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• Volvo V40 Cross Country - Packed Full Of Safety - A Car Even My Wife Can Drive
  OK ladies, please do not be offended by the title of this post. You see, Sammi has never driven but is about to learn. When I passed my driving test many years go (*ahem*), the most challenging part was managing to master the art of reverse parking. Thanks to my buddy, Smith, and the team over at Wearnes Automotive, a couple of weeks ago, I was able to […]
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• SKW Live - Be A Star... Why I Love My Grassroots!
  Well I can certainly tell you, dear reader - life is about as busy as it gets right now!!   Don't misunderstand me - I am not complaining, just perhaps making excuses why I'm so far behind with my blogging. When you mix a very busy day job and career with outside activities such as press appearances and media interviews, along with the wonderfu […]
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• DOCUMENTARY: Dru Chen - Intentions Tour: (Singapore / Malaysia)
  From January to March 2013, R&B / Soul Artiste, Dru Chen performed 20 shows in Singapore and Malaysia to promote 'Intentions EP'. This footage, collected and painstakingly put together by director Edwin Tejoz tells the story of his journey. With a talented crack-team of R&B, Rock and Jazz musicians including Adam Shah, Weiye Tan and […]
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• Canadian Anti-Smoking 'Quit the Denial' Campaign Video - 'Social Flatulance'
  Health authorities in Canada have come up with a campaign to curb 'social smoking', by comparing the smell of cigarette smoke to flatulance. The key message from the quite clever Ontario 'Quit the Denial' campaign, is "Social smoking is as ridiculous as social farting". 'Just because I fart every now-and-then doesn' […]
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• Parenting At Its Worst
  I'm just back in town after a month of travelling with very little access to internet. So, I couldn't resist writing my first blog article after the short hiatus by exposing a couple of the worst efforts of parenting that have been reported in recent times.   Firstly, there is the news of a 38-year old mother from Utah (Robin Willette Rumsey), w […]
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• 'Instant' Citizens?... I Think Not
  Before I make the observation below, let me state extremely clearly that as a permanent resident of Singapore I absolutely WILL NOT even try to enter the debate on the Singapore Government's Population White Paper. Not only would doing so be completely inappropriate as it would be out of place, but I would rather do without the online harrassment, baggi […]
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• Absolute Scoop – Dru Chen’s ‘Singapore Solo Tour’
  Many of my faithful long-term readers and followers would most probably recall an article that I wrote back in late 2009, about an extremely talented singer / songwriter by the name of Andrew Chen.   Well let’s now move the clock forward to January, 2013 and having rebranded himself as ‘Dru Chen’ he has really found his groove and developed into THE mos […]
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• The 2013 Speak Mandarin Campaign - If I Can Do It, So Can You!
  In 1979, the Prime Minister of Singapore at the time, Mr Lee Kuan Yew launched The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC). The intention of the campaign was to "transform a deeply entrenched social-linguistic habit of Chinese Singaporeans who were long used to the speaking of dialects". The objectives of the campaign were as follows: 1. To simplify the […]
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• Fraud And Risk Red Flags - Property Development Previews In Singapore
  Now I'm not trying to be a smart-a** here... I am sincerely bewildered by this seemingly strange process to preview a new property development in Singapore. Also, I'm truly hoping that an estate agent or property developer could enlighten me as to the reasons why.   I've come across this a few times now - both in person when showing intere […]
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• Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat... Where Have You Been?
  I've heard of 'cat-burglars', but a 'cat-smuggler'? - Well, I'll be... A seemingly stray cat is the latest perpetrator in a prison smuggling attempt. Guards at a prison in northeastern Brazil thought there was something suspicious about the little white kitty - perhaps it was something to do with all of the contraband strappe […]
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