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Map credits: jaunted
(Blue key – Epicenter of earthquake)
(Yellow & Red keys – Dujiangyan Irrigation System)

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May 18th, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

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May 17th, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

So it’s going to be a David vs David final. Cook’s peaking at the right time and looks like he might just steal it on the last day. But I feel that The Chosen One’s too much of a prodigy not to win it.

Voting for the Opposition
- Yaw Shin Leong @ WP: A Vote For The Other Side
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Unpacking Yaw Shin Leong’s Choice – Treading the Colloboration Line
- Sgpolitics.net: WP candidate publicized on his blog that he voted for PAP, draws flak on the Internet. My personal take.
- Sg_Ljers: I voted for PAP in 2006 elections: WP candidate

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Donations for earthquake-stricken China
- Webs@Work: Covering China’s Uncensored Quake [Thanks Joanne]

Bloggers unite for Human Rights!
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Unite for Human Rights – May 15 – Special Post
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: China, The Internet and Human Rights Infringement

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- BHP: One battery chicken life coming up in the Net?

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics.net: Woes faced by households hiring maids
- Haumau: International Museum Day 2008 theme “Museums as agents of social change and development”
- HWZ: PM Lee: Singapore will be a first class living environment for Singaporeans

Life, the universe and everything
- Sabrina.SG: Little SG boy beggar “talks”!
- The Tom!: Singapore Sports Council: Chicken & egg edition
- EDMW: Mrs Lee Kuan Yew in serious condition after brain haemorrhage
- Coffee Shop Talk: LKY’s Wife in ICU

Infoblogoramus
- The annotated budak: What nubile Nonyas wear
- ALVINOLOGY: Singapore Blog Awards 2008 – registration/nomination now open

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

Akiyama Rina (秋山莉奈) is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. Her most notable appearances are in the Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Agito and Kamen Rider Den-O. She also has a cameo appearance in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in which she is featured in a poster on one of the levels. Pictures after the break. Pictures after the break.

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May 16th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Cooler Insights: In Media Relations, Timing is Everything
- Singapore Alternatives: Criteria of Good Political Leadership

MSK WKS Debacle
- The Online Citizen: A psychological perspective
- Sheep City: Seventy-seven days of nothing

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Sam’s thoughts: Freedom in the Net (pun intended)
- BHP: Past, Present and Future in the Real and Virtual World

Healthcare
- Random Rants: Means Testing (3)

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The Online Citizen: Reducing commuting time – national effort needed

Transport Reforms Announced? Same ‘ol, same ‘ol
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: Another Reason To Get A Car

Lemons for Money
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: The Great Singapore Fire-Sale Part II
- The Void Deck: Indonesia Really Dowan Fren Temasek

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- this lush garden within: More reasons for leaving Singapore
- Simply Gab: More Govt Lapses [Thanks Gabriel]

Daily Discourse
- Lushhome: An underground reservoir?
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Buy food from street hawker?
- To PM Lee Hsien Loong: The Taiwanese Mochi Merry-go-round – Organisers found
- My Very Own Glob: Smartypants Singtel

Life, the universe and everything
- Mindblogging Stuff: Star Wars according to a 3-year-old

May 15th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (5)

Reviews & Guides
- Hardwarezone: ASUS’ Special Ones – EN9600GT TOP & Silent
- Overclock3D: ASUS show off their latest R.O.G board
- SPCR: Zalman ZM1000-HP: Quiet KiloWatt PSU
- BCCHardware: Zalman FPS Gun Mouse
- TrustedReviews: BenQ W5000 Full HD DLP Projector
- Legit Reviews: Game Testing 2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit

Tech News
- Hexus.net: Inno3D launches i-Chill GeForce 9800 GTX Accelero Xtreme
- VR-Zone: MSI Wind PC Actual Product First Look
- Laptop Mag: Getting Windy: Full Specs of the MSI Wind
- Engadget: Microsoft says no new Xbox 360s in 2009
- Tweaknews: Force fed technology that the average consumer doesn’t need

SG Tech
- Webs@Work: Twittering the China Earthquake

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

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Sgpolitics.net: Internet freedom: Rights come with responsibilities. My response to a ST letter

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: The Dump After Completion (Image Heavy Warning)

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- InsanePoly: “Mediocre” Governments, Happiest Nations

Burma Aid
- The boy who knew too much: Who is international aid to Myanmar feeding?
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: 2 Disasters, 2 Responses
- Simply Jean: Chengdu’s quake and Myanmar’s cyclone

Censorship and Pink Issues
- The Online Citizen: Does Singapore deserve its press freedom ranking?

Daily Discourse
- Ian On The Red Dot: Singapore Is Making Some Of The Mistakes That Led Empires To Ruin
- quachee’s blog: Ni Hao
- the world is thinking: Nation Builders – A short film by Martyn See

Life, the universe and everything
- Stuff Singaporeans Like: #6 Mr. Brown [Thanks Richard]
- Angry Ang Mo: Stuff Singaporeans Like vs. Stuff White People Like
- Mr Endoh: [VIDEO] The Secret – The Law of Attraction
- vinyarb: Memory Woman
- BHP: The Woman Who Likes to Scratch My Car

May 14th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Charmaine Sheh Sze Man (佘詩曼) is the first TVB actress to be shortlisted in the semi-finals of the Best Actress category at the 35th International Emmy Awards in 2007. In 2006, she became the first TVB actress in history to walk home with two major acting prizes at the TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Actress and My Favorite Female TV Character for her captivating performance in “Maidens’ Vow”. Pictures after the break.

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May 14th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- The Lionheart: Responsibilities and Regulations
- BHP: My Inalienable Right to Remain Anon

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: What we don’t know about sex

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Feed Me To The Fish: ERP – Rates to be displayed at all gantries?

Burma Aid
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Myanmar, Pariah
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: A Stupid Referendum

6 in 10 new jobs go to foreigners
- Military Life: Outsourcing the Singapore Armed Forces

Paper Chase
- Looking through the eyes of _ _: Singaporeans are a bunch of weird people

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Yawning Bread: Stop demolishing, start integrating
- The Online Citizen: The Unions, the Press, and the People – Part II
- My sketchbook: Temasek takes a fall

Daily Discourse
- Mr Wang Says So: Thank You For Reading My Blog, Aljunied Town Council Members
- Simply Jean: PM Lee and MM Lee vs. Dr Chee and Chee Siok Chin in court face-off
- URBANRANT: Seat belts in school bus: LTA deems it necessary to spend more time to study issue
- For Want of a Better Title: Disciplining your Child is YOUR responsibility
- Ignorance is Curable: ISPs in Singapore blocking BitTorrent traffic

Life, the universe and everything
- Ian On The Red Dot: Powerset Doesn’t Excite Me The Way Google Did
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Made in Singapore Strapless Bikini

May 13th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Reviews & Guides
- TweakTown: Palit 9600GT Sonic 1GB Graphics Card
- Hardwarezone: ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe (Intel P45) – Ready for Action
- X-bit labs: Dual-Display Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2263DX Review
- RBMods: Noctua NH-U9B CPU Cooler Review
- OCIA: Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock
- Techgage: Razer/THX Mako 2.1-Channel Speaker System
- [OC]ModShop: Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard
- TrustedReviews: Panasonic DMR-EX768 DVD/HDD Recorder
- Extreme Tech: Gaming Performance: Windows Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3
- Anandtech: Eight Months of Gaming. A preview of what lies ahead in 2008

Tech News
- The Register: Windows XP SP3 blame game begins
- Mozilla Dev News: Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 Code Complete
- PC World: Powerset Unveils Test Version of Google-killer
- TechRadar: Nvidia: Current CPU-GPU balance in PCs is ‘obscene’
- CIO: Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits
- VFilm: Gore Verbinski to direct ‘Bioshock’

May 13th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

In case you are from out of town (like another planet), The Red Devils has done it on the last match of the season. One more match in Moscow and the women can have their men back on Weekend nights… until the Euro 2008 :)
Congratulations to the Devils!

Fear and Loathing in The Lion City
- People Like Us: Chan Mun Chiong should not have been charged under Section 377A
- Yawning Bread: Here’s proof: Section 377A being enforced
- Sayoni Speak: Broken Promises Part II: HIV positive man prosecuted for s377A (Singapore)
- Musings: Broadcasting Gay Content: S’pore vs. HK
- Yawning Bread: Hong Kong broadcasting regulator’s decision overturned by court

Burma Aid
- Sgpolitics: Converging Parallels – Burma & Singapore
- nofearSingapore: Burma’s xenophobic actions leave me almost speechless!
- The boy who knew too much: Taking credit for the goodwill of the world

21 to Vote
- The Online Citizen: Give credit where credit is due, Andy
- Empty Vessel: You serious?

Inflation
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: And the pain deepens..

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Mr Wang Says So: Films That You Won’t See In Your National Education Classes

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- The Void Deck: Touchy Bloggers or Govt?

Daily Discourse
- mrhardy: A theory as to why Singaporean bloggers are so “bo liao”
- The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod: This Is What Happens When you Cultivate A Culture Based On Possession
- Feed Me To The Fish: Kiasi, Kiam-Siap, Chui Kong Lanpar Song!

Life, the universe and everything
- Fresh Brainz: Counterintuitive Science: Grand Complexity From Humble Beginnings
- Insane Polygons: Making Games Is Not Always Fun and Games part 1
- BHP: Who I am and who are you in the age of cut and dried

May 12th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (66)

Methinee Kingpayome (nickname Lookkade) is one of the top models in Thailand. She has been a regular in most of Bangkok’s major events, magazine covers, TV and print ads for a long time. Pictures after the break. [NSFW]

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May 12th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

To all mothers, Happy Mothers’ Day!

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May 11th, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

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May 10th, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Our 147th|151st Press
- The Online Citizen: The Unions, the Press and the People

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- A Xeno Boy in Sg: A Kilo of Rice from Tua Pek Kong
- The States Times: A Moment Of Truth

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- My Singapore News: Mica responding
- utopia: New media regulation/censorship
- BHP: Why my right to privacy is ultimately a matter of choice – Sex, G-15 bloggers and Samizdat

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Life and Times: Card in cashcards
- The Unofficial Cat Welfare Society Diary: Class 95 calls for fines for cat feeders
- CLessThanThreeC: Irresponsible Duo: Glenn Ong and The Flying Dutchman
- Anonymous_X: The Maid Trade – Singapore: “And then, NO BOYFRIEND! This one’s very important, okay?”

Life, the universe and everything
- Empty Vessel: Visual Literacy: Colours
- Ignorance is Curable: UOB does it again

Infoblogoramus
- Yesterday.sg: Singapore in maps, 1819-1954

May 9th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Kosaka Yuka (小阪由佳 or こさか ゆか) is a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model. She is also known as her nickname “Yuka-chin”, and has starred in a number of TV dramas and films. Yuka made her debut in 2004 after winning the Grand Prix award in Miss Magazine 2004. In the fall of 2004, Yuka’s popularity rose when she became the campaign girl for the Japanese convenience store, Circle K Sunkus.

Pictures after the break. [NSFW]

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May 9th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Sgpolitics.net: Ministry for Information, Communication & the Arts reply to bloggers’ Proposals for Internet freedom in Singapore
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: It just boils down to power and control
- Journalism.sg: From Light to Lighter: Government Signals Direction of Net Regulation
- Musings: Maintaining Racial and Religious Harmony through Criminal Law
- BHP: Superman’s ‘Right’ to Blog Anonymously

Help for Burma
- Random Thoughts of a Freedom Thinker: Donations for cyclone-hit Burma
- The boy who knew too much: Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar: the true danger

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- The Online Citizen: Aljunied Town Council – Taking the easy way out?
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Indonesia increase interest rate to curb inflation; S’pore gives citizens hundreds of million in spending-cash

Censorship and Pink Issues
- Sam’s thoughts: The celebration of heterosexuality

Daily Discourse
- vinyarb: What raffles place ghost? [Thanks Richard]
- The Online Citizen: The truth about life insurance
- Rambling Librarian: Singapore Police Force in YouTube (or “Should our SPF have a blog?”) – Part 3
- Simply Jean: How will I feel after I leave Singapore?
- vinyarb: The hot seat [Thanks Richard]

Life, the universe and everything
- theory.isthereason: Singapore’s own 11yr old “John Mayer” in the making

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

Stuff from Windows.com:
- Win XP SP3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers
- Win XP SP3 ISO-9660 CD Image File
- Release Notes for Win XP SP3
- Win XP SP3 Overview
- Steps to take before you install Win XP SP3

Win XP SP3 Released
- PC World: FAQ: What you should know before installing Windows XP SP3
- KTAR.com: Should I install Service Pack 3?
- IEBlog: IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3
- ars technica: What you need to know about IE6/7/8 and Windows XP SP3
- Deseret News: Like Windows XP over Vista? You’re safe a few more years
- Supersite for Windows: Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3)
- Lifehacker: Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Your Windows XP Installation CD

Reviews & Guides
- Anandtech: 24″ LCD Roundup
- OZ Hardware: Fujitsu LifeBook U1010 (3.5G) Notebook Review
- Hardwarezone: LG GGW-H20L (Blu-ray Rewriter/HD DVD-ROM)

Tech News
- Shacknews: Doom 4 Announced
- EETimes: AMD discloses 12-core server chip
- X-bit labs: AMD May Divide Itself Into Two Companies

SG Tech
- The eOK .network: First Takes: VMware Fusion 2 Beta 1

May 8th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (3)

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Simply Jean: Blogger jailed – When is it freedom of speech? When is it seditious?
- Yawning Bread: The pigeons are among us already

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: Turf War 2

Fines Are Us
- A Sampan on S’pore Soil: More and more enigmatic
- Cirque de Liberte: Coming Soon: The Powderful Town Council Wealth Funds

Help for Burma
- Singapore Patriot: Appeal for help for Myanmar
- Sheep City: The cyclone that failed to destroy the junta

MSK WKS Debacle
- BHP: Mas Selamat

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Feed Me To The Fish: Golden Age or Hungry Years? If Singapore is so rich, why am I poor?
- URBANRANT: Why Lionel Messi is worth 80m pounds to Chelsea? And the implications for ministerial salaries in Singapore

Censorship and Pink Issues
- Sam’s thoughts: The Homosexuality Debate Goes On (2005 article)

Daily Discourse
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee Speaks – Ultimate Wisdom on Protests
- Endoh’s Dungeon: “Diet” drinks & their cancerous compounds
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Scratching head in disbelief
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Same profession, different treatment
- The Void Deck: TVD’s Picks – Taking on NTUC
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Irresponsible Speech & The Right to Forgiveness
- Rambling Librarian: Singapore Police Force in YouTube (or “Should our SPF have a blog?”) [1] [2]

Life, the universe and everything
- Empty Vessel: Visual Literacy course : Part 1

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