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Japanese Nina Minami (ニーナ南) is a gravure idol and actress. Her girl-next-door look coupled with her assets makes her an instant stunner. Pictures after the break. [Gravure Alert]

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January 18th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

“but some of the Blogosphere is profound.. for many of them are speaking with voices that we have not been able to hear before.”[the boy who knew too much] This probably sums up what we are trying to do here. And it’s nice (if not vain) to think we had a hand in bringing some attention to articles like that, ..like a scribe we mark the sparks that dot the unfinished canvas… Although one might argue any form of non-machine aggregation can never truly be free from some level of bias, I’d like to think that here at least there is no taint of the white parade.

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war,
For a lead role in a cage?
- Waters, Gilmour

They say History belongs to the victors. I prefer to think that the battle is yet to be won.

This is our history:

Citigroup ashopping
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Hard Questions on the Citigroup Purchase
- Hear ye! Hear ye!: Great Singapore sale comes early
- The States Times: Betting The House
- Canadian Silver Bug: Teetering at the abyss

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Patriot: That’s not the way to build confidence in youths
- Back Stories of Singapore: Teachers,should they be even judging?
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Lessons on patting thyself on thy back…
- Fauzi Russull: Singaporeans, Please Don’t Act As If You’re Angmoh, Can? [Thanks Sam]
- The armchair critic: Condom Ads near school to be reviewed??!! [Thanks syed]

Life, the universe and everything
- Han Neng V3.0: eNets Virtual Account Service Closed Down
- My Lovely Rays: Myopia?
- SinGeo: 42km of Off-Road Cycling in Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- Sistic: Dream Theater at Fort Canning tonight

January 17th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (15)

Macworld 2008
- Wired Gadget Lab: Liveblogging the 2008 Macworld Steve Jobs Keynote
- Macworld: Analysis: MacBook Air, iTunes position Apple for big 2008
- Theory.isthereason: Macworld 2008: A Photographic Journey of the Expo
- Mac Rumors: First Look at the MacBook Air
- MacDailyNews: Hands-on with Apple’s MacBook Air (with video)
- Gizmodo: Is MacBook Air Worth the Money? 5 Slim Laptops Face Off
- TUAW: Macbook Air: The downside
- Engadget: iTunes and Apple TV rentals and purchases: what you can (and can’t) do
- AppleInsider: Wall Street analysts weigh in on Apple’s Macworld announcements
- Fortune: Jobs wows the faithful; Wall Street is underwhelmed
- Gizmodo: Macworld 2008 Coverage
- Apple: Macworld 2008 Keynote [Quicktime vid]

Reviews
- Legit Reviews: GeForce 8800 GTS Roundup – Albatron, eVGA and XFX
- Legion Hardware: ASUS Extreme N8800GT 1GB
- Techware Labs: Razer Destructor: Gaming Mouse Pad

Tech News
- Fudzilla: Nvidia GT200 is a single PCB
- The Tech Report: Asus to bring Windows, better hardware to Eee PC
- DigiTimes: Acer to launch low-cost notebooks late in 1Q or early 2Q
- ars technica: Intel stock tanks—despite record fourth quarter earnings
- Macworld: Don’t upgrade to Vista, UK gov’t agency tells schools

January 17th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (1)

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Insane Polygons: Motivational Posters for the Elite 5

Not that we love Caesar less…
- The Daily Backtrack: Luckier
- For What It’s Worth: survivalism

Daily Discourse
- The States Times: Military Justice, Singapore Style
- the(new)mediaslut: Tiger Airways delay – How the 3Rs would have improve the situation
- Yuhui’s Blogger: Rejected ST Forum letter: “Unfair of HDB to demand $18k back for its mistake”
- JUST STUFF: Life Is Like A Box of Chocolates
- Singapore Life and Times: Themed Bus

Life, the universe and everything
- Alice in Wonderland: Mona Lisa identity solved
- A Mind of My Own: Let Your Credit Card Earn Money

January 16th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Paula Taylor (Thai: พอลล่า เทเลอร์, birth name: Punlapa Taylor) is an English-Thai actress, model and VJ. This stunning lady was a participant in Amazing Race Asia Season 2. Pictures after the break.

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January 16th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

65th Golden Globe Award Winners

Best Picture: Atonement
Best Director: Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
Best Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
Best Picture (Comedy/Musical): Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best Actress (Comedy/Musical): Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Best Actor (Comedy/Musical): Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street)
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best Screenplay: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Best TV Series: Mad Men
Best Actress (TV Series): Glenn Close (Damages)
Best Actor (TV Series): Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Best TV Series (Comedy/Musical): Extras
Best Actress (Comedy/Musical): Tina Fey (30 Rock) [Yay!]
Best Actor (Comedy/Musical): David Duchovny (Californication) [Welcome back!]

Source: HFPA

Not that we love Caesar less…
- The Online Citizens: MM Lee: Lucky Indonesians
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Lee/Suharto: Holding up a mirror in the twilight
- Unfortunately Singapore: A Shared Legacy: Suharto and Lee

Healthcare or Heckcare
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Against Means Testing
- Insane Polygons: Adventures of Elite Girl ep0038

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Empty Vessels: What’s wrong with this headline?
- Singapore Kopi Tok: Why taxis are not “Public Transport”

Daily Discourse
- Mr Wang Says So: It Will Become Quite Common To Die Alone & Unnoticed
- Singapore Patriot: Misbehaving parents

Infoblogoramus
- Singapore Film Society: Love and Pride Festival: 25-27 Jan 2008 [1st gay/lesbian-themed film festival in Sg]

January 15th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Reviews
- PConline: G94核心GeForce 9600GT全球首发评测 [9600GT Review Translated]
- MVKTech: Gainward BLISS 8800 GT 1GB Golden Sample
- Digital Trends: Fujifilm FinePix F50fd
- Tweaknews: Zerotherm Hurricane HC92 CU 8800 VGA Cooler
- Hardware Logic: Thermalright Ultima 90I CPU Cooler Review

Tech News
- Fudzilla: 9800 GX2 to cost more than Ultra
- Digitimes: Intel Shelton’08-based low-cost notebooks to launch in 3Q08
- ABC News: Toshiba Cuts Prices on HD DVD Players
- TechConnect: New eSATA technology to cut off the power cable
- techPowerUp!: Scythe Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary, Intros All Copper Ninja CPU Cooler
- Desktop Linux: Lenovo finally delivers SUSE Linux-based ThinkPads

SG Tech
- Decay on Net: Second Life bans banking services
- d bImBo WiF D tWiSt: A comment by Nuffnang
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain: Of advertisements and blogs – Bobo vs Nuffnang
- the(new)mediaslut: Nuffnang should read “Drop the Pink Elephant” 3Rs of crisis communication in dealing with Brainy Bimbo
- Hear ye! Hear ye!: Recommended router for DOTA fanatics
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Macworld Expo 2008- Looking forward to New Macbook AIR laptop?
- theory.isthereason: Top 10 Things you should know about Office 2008 for Mac
- Yuhui’s Blogger: Whither Singapore’s Internet grassroots organisations?

January 15th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Healthcare or Heckcare
- 100-Acres of Gerald Tan: Means Testing in Singapore’s Healthcare system- Subsidised Health Care for All?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Means Testing – The means to pay for what?
- Hear ye! Hear ye!: How to ensure a less unfair means test
- Singapore Life and Times: Testing times

Re education
- Alice in Wonderland: Principal callously ‘advised’ Sec 5 class to transfer to ITE
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Personal conduct NOT taken into account for Public Service Commission scholarships??

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- EDMW: 每一段路 都有个ERP

Daily Discourse
- Siew Kum Hong: OPQs 18 September 2007: Public Lecture by Professor Emeritus Douglas Sanders and UNSW Asia
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: The New Paper Disappoints with Logical Flaws in its Autocratic Arguments
- The boy who knew too much: NLB archive Xiaxue blogspot
- Enblocing Singapore: STB – Judiciary or Volunteers?
- Winter is Coming: Singapore Renaissance? Not in my life time?
- Your Local Asian Bimbo: Campaign For Cyclists
- My Singapore News: Compulsory Nannying
- When Docs Turn Gods: How has Singapore done in biomedical science and research?
- Webs@Work: Can Blogs do Journalism?

Life, the universe and everything
- harmless? bananas!: one of the most important lessons i’m taking into 2008
- Insane Polygons: Motivational Posters for the Elite 4

Infoblogoramus
- The FØØL’s Progress: SFX Production in Singapore

January 14th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (14)

Beautiful Taiwan Singer/Actress Hsiao Shu Shen 蕭淑慎 was never shy of using her assets to get the attention of viewers and photographers, two of the most important people in a celebrity’s career. At the 40th Golden Bell Awards, Hsiao almost caused a stampede among reporters and photographers by wearing a dress with a neckline cut to her navel. Hsiao was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Love’s Lone Flower) at the 42nd Golden Horse Awards. Pictures after the break.

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January 14th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: ABC’s 20/20 : Singapore’s Secret to Satisfaction
- Pseudonymity: Joseph Stiglitz Says GDP May Be Poor Indicator Of Economy

Healthcare or Heckcare
- Insane Polygons: Sugarcoated Bullshit

Daily Discourse
- Simply Jean: Payout time!
- the(new)mediaslut: MediaCorp to lose viewer due to bad program controller
- Singapore Life and Times: Hype up an apartment
- Sam’s thoughts: Chimera research for chimeras by chimeras
- Blogscapes: Local blogs part of Singapore’s historical archives
- Decay On Net: Second Life bans banking services
- JUST STUFF: Why Is The Internet So Like That One? A Study of The Parallel Universe

Life, the universe and everything
- The Fitness & Design Jurulatih: Bill Gates plays guiter hero with Slash
- Cooler Insights: World’s Worst Predator?

Infoblogoramus
- Journey With Pilgrim Parent: Freecycle!

January 11th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Eiko Koike (小池栄子) is a Japanese model and actress. She was the spokesperson for Japan’s PRIDE Fighting Championships. Pictures after the break.

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January 11th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Alice in Wonderland: 5 new ERP gantries in the heartland
- Simply Jean: Of taxi drivers and me
- Decay on Net: LTA can predict which road will have congestion

Burma Protests/13th ASEAN Summit
- Pseudonymity: Pia Muzaffar Dawson Did The Unthinkable Last November

Daily Discourse
- Simply Jean: For once, I actually agreed with Lee Kuan Yew… wholeheartedly
- Sam’s thoughts: You are what society puts in your mouth

Life, the universe and everything
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Who is Marcus Ng?

January 10th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

CES 2008
- PC Mag: Consumer Electronics Show 2008
- Phone Scoop: CES 2008
- Gizmodo: Gizmodo at CES 2008
- Engadget: Engadget at CES 2008
- Bleeding Edge TV: CES 2008 Vidoes
- Joystiq: Joystiq at CES 2008
- SlashGear: Coverage of CES 08
- News.com: CES 2008: Highlights of the day
- CrunchGear: Sony’s medium-sized OLED TV is gorgeous
- G4: CES 2008: Slash Rocks MS Keynote
- Sony.com: Sony CES 2008
- OCIA.net: 2008 CES Booth Babes
- Gizmodo: The CES 50-Babe Battle: Booth Babes vs. Regular Babes

Reviews
- Anandtech: Antec’s New Products [Twelve Hundred, Three Hundred, Mini P180, Signature Power Supply Series and TruePower Quattro 1200W]
- TweakTown: GIGABYTE X48-DQ6 Mobo – DES Arrives!
- Legion Hardware: Arctic-Cooling Accelero Xtreme 2900
- FrostyTech: Scythe Andy Samurai Master Heatsink Review

Tech News
- BBC: Intel ‘undermined’ laptop project
- OSWeekly.com: Firefox 3: Why Bother to Upgrade?
- Fudzilla: DirectX 11 comes in 2009
- Extremetech: TLB bug still present in B3 rev Phenoms

SG Tech
- theory.isthereason: Gadget Porn: My Top Five CES Picks
- Internet Siao Singapore: CES 2008: Microsoft Surface
- Cool new gadgets and gizmos: [Singapore-based] Shiro reveals cool MP4 players at CES 2008
- Simply Jean: Live blogging from Singapore PHP User Group meet up (January 2008)

January 10th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Looking through the eyes of: Puh-lease, Pt. 2
- Alice in Wonderland: Taxi driver resorting to cheating $0.20 out of customers

Get Rich or Die Tryin’
- Pseudonymity: 15 Mar 08: A Rally As Part Of Campaign Against PAP’s Greed And Exploitation Of Singaporeans

Daily Discourse
- Insane Poly: Perception vs Reality
- Welcome to Mad: Liberal arts: much to gain and little to lose
- JUST STUFF: The Machine That Changed The World – A critique of the (OLPC) One Laptop Per Child project
- Oikono: Singapore’s Better Kept Secret – A North Korean Embassy

Life, the universe and everything
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain 鸟话连篇: Of advertisements and blogs – Nuffnang Gliterati
- Get Rich Cheap: 10 ways to get your finances back into shape for 2008

January 9th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Taiwanese model Patina Lin Jia Qi (林嘉绮) was an ambassador for a breast enhancing and slimming agency. She has since modeled for numerous internationally renowned brands such as YSL, Escada and Hermes. Pictures after the break.

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January 9th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (9)

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Complete contradiction betwen first world regulator and first world transport companies
- Simply Jean: Discounts by taxi drivers are ILLEGAL
- Singapore Patriot: Fear not, cab companies…LTA to the rescue!

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Sgpolitics: Inflation hits home hard
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: 只加一点点。。。[translate: only add just a little more..]

Get Rich or Die Tryin’
- Reality of Kai: In reply.

Healthcare or Heckcare
- The States Times: The Devil Behind Means Testing

Daily Discourse
- Just Stuff: NLB + Blogs = History?
- The States Times: Fixing The Bloggers
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Ironies and Sensibilities by Singapore Ambassodor to the United States
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Is the Price of Security, Freedom?

Life, the universe and everything
- Reality of Kai: Silence of the crowd, part II
- utopia: no more garang guni
- Decay On Net: Creative advertisement on Google main page?
- Sophie’s World: Giant cesspools
- Mr Wang Says So: The Unfortunate Major

Infoblogoramus
- The Young Businessman – Everyone Loves Him! : Are you a Student Entrepreneur?

January 8th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

CES 2008
- CNET: CES 2008 Coverage
- Wired: Wired @ CES 2008
- I$U: Intel unleashes 16 new CPUs at CES 2008
- BCCHardware: CES – Microsoft Showcase and Bill Gates Keynote Speech
- OCIA.net: 2008 Bill Gates CES Keynote
- BCCHardware: CES – Samsung Press Conference
- Mobilelah.com: CES 2008 : New Sony Ericsson Cell Phones Pre-Launch Leaked?
- The Inquirer: Shuttle to release sub-$200 Linux box

Reviews
- Virtual Hideout: Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse Review
- Bjorn3d.com: Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Review
- ExtremeTech: Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC Review
- OZ Hardware: Inno3D GeForce 8800GT Standard vs. Overclocked Performance Comparison
- Bit-tech: Asus EAH3870 TOP 512MB Review
- PC Mag: Sony Mylo COM-2 Preview

Tech News
- Photography Bay: Sony A200 DSLR Announced
- DigiTimes: MSI prepping launch of low-cost PCs in June
- DailyTech: NVIDIA Details GeForce 9600 GT

SG Tech
- theory.isthereason: OLPC = Really “Social” Computing
- Simple is the Reason of my Heart: Intel & OLPC: A divorce waiting to happen
- Rambling Librarian: The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO Laptop
- Ignorance is Curable: ASUS – The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry
- YoungJedi: Are you ready for Iphone, Singapore?

January 8th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The boy who knew too much: The mystery of the Singaporean numbers game
- Looking through the eyes of: Puh-lease
- Singapore Life and Times: Taxi as a service
- Diary of a Singaporean Mind: Are you sure you want to take TAXI?! So who wanted the taxi fare increase?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Oikono: The Hawker and the Banker
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Two tiers of GST “radical” according to the Straits Times?

Looking forward looking back
- Terence Lee for TOC: 2007: The year virtual reality shaped reality – A review of the new media landscape in 2007

Get Rich or Die Tryin’
- Sgpolitics.net: There’s a reason it’s called “public service”

Healthcare or Heckcare
- Yawning Bread: The healthcare funding gap

Daily Discourse
- The Void Deck: Singapore’s Regional Image in 2007: The Risks of Independence and Interdependence in Foreign Policy
- Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth: Being ‘young’ and ‘without history’
- Singapore Patriot: Joining Young PAP as your stepping stone to Parliament?
- Think HappinesS: Let Judges Decide
- Just Stuff: What Ever Happened To Small Is Beautiful?
- Endoh Pure Ranting Room: So… civil servants had it easy?
- The Online Citizen: Al Jazeera talks to Singapore university students
- Words of the Lionheart: A Hundred Dollars to Nothing: The Future of Oil and the World
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Hunger Strike: Importance of the Choice of the Protest Form
- Singapore Indian Voice: End of Fast Protesting Detention of Hindraf 5

Life, the universe and everything
- Insane Polygons: Motivational Posters for the Elite 3
- Suzumebachi: How to raise smart kids (long article plus a rant at the bottom)
- Gerard’s Point of View: Bookworm

Infoblogoramus
- Nussu the ridge online: 2010 Youth Olympic Games Open Space Forum
- Enblocing Singapore: NUS Survey on Reserve Price
- En Bloc Block Blog: You matter! [En bloc discussion in REACH Forum (formerly Feedback Unit)]

January 7th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Bangkok born Aum Patcharapa Chaichua พัชราภา ไชยเชื้อ is one of the most popular actresses in Thailand. She was voted the FHM (Thai edition) sexiest woman for three consecutive years (04,05,06). Pictures after the break.

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January 7th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (4)