Association of Bloggers – are you kidding me?

What we see in the socio-political scene today – the social divide between the elite civil servants and poor peasants, is now coming onto the blogosphere – very soon we shall witness a social divide between self-branded, “elite” bloggers versus “peasant” bloggers like mrbiao.

Request for support: Demand an apology from MP Charles Chong for his discriminatory remarks

MPs are leaders of their constituencies and are part of Singapore’s leadership. In times, of economic difficulties it is expected that senior civil servants and government leaders be sensitive, sensible and empathic towards Singaporeans’ feelings.
Permanent Secretary Tan Yong Soon got rapped by the head of the civil service for being insensitive with his writings in [...]

Homework of the day – 2008 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Noveau

The wine Japanese people swim in (Photo: Reuters):

Beaujolais Noveau – unlike the typical red winemaking process which can take many months or years (including barrel ageing), this wine is marketed within 8 weeks of harvest. It is made using the carbonic maceration technique whereby grapes are fermented whole (instead of the typical winemaking process which [...]

Growth at all costs – what now?

PAP MP Inderjit Singh recently criticized the Singapore Government’s “growth-at-all-costs” model while speaking “in his personal capacity” at a seminar. Here are some highlights of his speech:
“As we brought in more and more people, many from India and China, not just at the top level of talent, but also at various levels including unskilled workers, [...]

Another trip to BKK

Just snagged a couple of return tickets to Bangkok on Jetstar for the Hari Raya weekend (in September!) for the princely sum of $69 all-in. That explains the early booking. The price was so ridiculously low, I couldn’t resist it although I had previously said Bangkok has kinda lost it’s charm with me already. Nowadays [...]

Job seeking in a recession

These days jobs are hard to come by… even for someone with a GPA of 4.72/5 like myself. My CV isn’t that bad, with a mix of relatively good CCA records and track record in a business startup. I applied to probably a dozen places already, but only got one single interview and either got [...]

Second attempt at baking pineapple cookies

Still not very good I think. I followed the recipe found in the Sunday Times. Either it sucks, or I must have screwed up somehow along the way. The pastry turned out crumbly and not as firm as I like it to be. I thought it was due to the fine flour I used the [...]

Managing one’s expectations in life

Yesterday night I was thinking, life is so short… although I may have another 50 years to live based on statistics of average life expectancy… but that’s just if I am lucky (and if I take care of my health). One in four Singaporeans will die of cancer. And that’s just cancer only… there [...]

Varsity students suffer in silence during the economic crisis

In the midst of an econonmic crisis, the government and grassroots organizations come up with various measures to help affected businesses and individuals cope with the rising costs of living and employment issues such as retrenchment, job search, etc.
It seems that a lot is being done… but, wait a minute – as an undergraduate, I [...]

Butter cookie baking

Second attempt at baking cookies. Not so good this time ‘cos the butter was not cold enough.