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GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- EastStop: Temasek has learnt its lesson well

Daily Discourse
- The Void Deck: Petrol Price Lagi Loh Man! CNG How?
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Worst habits in Singapore
- My Singapore News: The growing dependency syndrome
- Sam’s thoughts: From the white to the red side of Hougang
- Sgpolitics.net: Just received the lift upgrading election carrot

Life, the universe and everything
- Majulah Singapura: Comiqs NDP 2008 Contest
- My Very Own Glob: Would you like fries with that?

July 31st, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Tech News
- [H]Enthusiast: 3G iPhones Prone To Cracking?
- PC Perspective: How NVIDIA will Invade and Change the Apple MacBook Line this Year
- Hexus: Dell reported to be testing a new MP3 player
- Engadget: Leaked Eee PC roadmap shows 23 models, redefines brand dilution
- DigiTimes: Nvidia to launch 55nm GeForce 9500 GT GPU in 4Q08
- Geek.com: Freecom release world’s smallest 2.5″ external hard drive

Reviews | Guides
- VR-Zone: Advanced Overclocking Championship 08 Field Report Day 1
- Benchmark Reviews: Acer AL2002W 20-Inch WS LCD Monitor
- HotHardware: Dell XPS M1730 Gaming Notebook
- BCCHardware: iPod Touch Air Jacket
- Tom’s Guide: iPhone 3G’s Entourage: Cases and More : A Question of Taste
- Icrontic: The ugly story of Microsoft and Yahoo

SG Tech
- The eOK .network: Cuil is pretty darn… urm… cool

July 31st, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Another quarter; another loss
- e pur si muove: Some good Temasek news
- TOC: Merrill Lynch
- SPUG: Haiz… SG Investment really down & under

43 years, from nation to multinational
- This lush garden within: 2 more weeks to National Day… where are all the flags?

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Just Stuff: When All Fails, Throw in the Joker! – A Study in Conspiracy Theories

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Simply Jean: Going down: Petrol and diesel prices again

Inflation
- Singabloodypore: Soaring Prices Hit Singapore’s Poor

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: Dumb kids spread AIDS

Singaporeans, A Dying Breed
- Mr Wang Says So: A Personal Baby Insight From Mr Wang

Return of the JBJedi
- SgForums: Letter to PM from Mr JBJ

Life, the universe and everything
- Young Pay-And-Pay Blog: Government-owned forum tells FT to make police report against citizen
- e pur si muove: Excerpt from ‘Through a Glass Darkly’
- Cooler Insights: Merging of Mainstream and Social Media?
- Ian On The Red Dot: Women Are Dumb When They Lament The Men Don’t Get It
- theory.isthereason: Singapore Biometric Passport in hand (and how to anti-RFID it)

Infoblogoramus
- Indignation 2008: Calendar of Events

July 30th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- TOC: A matter of intepretation
- URBANRANT :Interesting tussle between the AG and the judiciary

Having a Goh at Hougang
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: What has changed?
- My sketchbook: The amazing “broken record” man
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Government, grassroots and PAP are strange bedfellows
- SgForums: SM Goh confident PAP will eventually win back Hougang
- HWZ: SM Goh confident PAP will eventually win back Hougang

The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K
- Anonymous_X: $1M Reward for the capture of Mas Selamat Kastari & how things can go wrong

Daily Discourse
- Alamak: How to Compare Parking Charges
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Asean and Appeasement
- Mr Wang Says So: The Disease of Being Normal
- Singapore Peak Oil: Energy, Entropy, Economics, Ecology: Feedback to the Government on a Sustainable Singapore
- Yawning Bread: Escalator and other paralyses
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: On National Day, Underlying Philosophy on Migration and Helping the Poor in Singapore

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July 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (5)

Tech News
- PC World: Cuil Stumbles out of the Gate
- The Industry Standard: Out of the gate, Cuil is ambitious but flawed
- TGDaily: Cuil: When your best feature becomes your worst enemy
- Time: Why Cuil is No Threat to Google
- Fudzilla: Quad core Q8200 to launch on August 31st
- CNet: Microsoft looks to ‘Mojave’ to revive Vista’s image
- InformationWeek: Get Ready For Google Gadget Malware
- Yanko Design: The Softer Side of Hard Drives
- TechConnect: GeForce 177.73 beta drivers up for grabs

Reviews | Guides
- VR-Zone: XFX GeForce GTX 280 1GB XXX: Enough to stop the competition?
- X-bit labs: New Wolfdale Processor Stepping: Core 2 Duo E8600 Review
- Digit-Life: Conroe vs. Wolfdale: To the Limit
- Legit Reviews: Part 2: Which motherboard company is more efficient, ASUS or Gigabyte?
- BCCHardware: D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router
- TrsutedReviews: Back to Blu-ray Basics
- I4U: Labyrinth Lite Edition for iPhone Review

SG Tech
- Tech65: 65Bits Episode 81: A Boomy Science Centre
- Extreme Prejudice: iPhone 2.0
- ed’sperience: Why I’m returning to DSLRs – Prole Level Nikon D700
- Rambling Librarian: Press Release: Singapore Announces Ported Creative Commons licenses
- xinyun.sg: Loving It, IPhone 3G

July 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Having a Goh at Hougang
- TOC: SM Goh, please love your country more than the PAP
- Sgpolitics: Goh Chok Tong’s remarks on role of opposition raises many alarm bells
- Mollymeek: Win back Singapore
- Balderdash: Short notes on: SM Goh confident PAP will eventually win back Hougang
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: SM Goh : PAP will win back Hougang..
- This lush garden within: SM Goh tells residents to check opposition’s town council accounts

43 years, from nation to multinational
- TOC: The 5 stars of our flag
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: A made-in-Singapore movie to celebrate Singapore National Day NDP 2008 新加坡国庆日

Lee vs Chee
- Singabloodypore: Stanford University writes to Minister over CSC’s case
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Stanford is not a good university

Return of the JBJedi
- Jacob’s Weblog: JBJ’s interview with Malaysia’s Star
- Singapore Patriot: Past performance no guarantee of future results

Pedra Branca
- the(new)mediaslut: 12 nautical miles more, please?
- TOC: Politcal saber-rattling

Abortion
- Yawning Bread: Singapore’s religious rightwing trains its sights on abortion

Housing
- ecstasy: Housing WoesTemasek & GIC suffers over US$10 billion paper loss on bank investments

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- This lush garden within: Temasek & GIC suffers over US$10 billion paper loss on bank investments

Daily Discourse
- e pur si muove: Scholarship agencies: old hat in a global labor market
- The Rot Within: Scattered Comments on PY, A*Star and Singapore
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Organ sales and public sector salaries revisited
- My Singapore News: You are free to leave!
- Singapore Alternatives: Is PAP government FOR the People?
- Yawning Bread: Of airports, nudity and an insult to men

Life, the universe and everything
- No political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Speakers Cornered screens in public
- Cooler Insights: What Do Museums and Zouk Have in Common?

Infoblogoramus
- Notes On Serangoon Road: Launching on 16 August

July 28th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Sara Malakul Lane is a successful Thai model. She was born in Guam from an aristocratic Thai mother and an English father. Her family name Malakul from her mother’s side, is related to the Thai royal family. Sarah revealed in an interview that the name actually worked against her when she first began modeling. Her unique features and universal appeal have launched many products including Nivea in China and Ponds in Taiwan. She has also appeared in several movies and was also voted one of Asia’s sexiest woman by FHM magazine.

Pictures after the break.
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Jurong By-Elections
- This lush garden within: Why not having a by-election will hurt the PAP more
- Article 14: Is the Constitution redundant?

The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K
- SG Review: S$1Million Bounty – Bountiful Reasons to Fret

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- This lush garden within: Singapore ranked 5th most expensive in Asia, 13th worldwide
- Recruit Ong: Stuck at lower needs?
- SgForums: Singapore ranked 5th most expensive city in Asia

Inflation
- TOC: Why so silent, PAP Town Councils?

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- TOC: Singapore has an independent judiciary

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- HWZ: 76% of drivers who do not pay ERP daily benefit from 15% road tax cut

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: The Very Real Terrorism of Enblocs

Lee vs Chee
- No political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Transcript part Vll – M. Ravi vs LKY

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- My Singapore News: More than US$10 billion in losses
- EDMW: Singaporeans PWNED: UBS hit with multibillion-dollar suit

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics: My prochoice stand on abortion laws
- Just Stuff: The Great Singaporean Baby Blues

Life, the universe and everything
- Mr Guay’s teaching blog: Make your own balance toy
- Singabloodypore: Singapore has Largest Rental Price Increase in Asia
- the(new)mediaslut: Singapore Press Holding’s Stomp Star Blogger found to have plagiarised posts..

July 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Kiguchi Aya (木口亜矢) is a popular Japanese gravure idol, race queen, singer and actress, known for her cute face and ample rear. She is currently one of the “4Tunes” Super GT Race promoters. She has also been in TV commercials, DVD’s and photobooks. [PNSFW]

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July 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (6)

The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Rewarding Capture
- Simply Gab: Psychological Warfare Tactic

Parliament 21 Jul 2008
- Sgpolitics.net: More Parliamentary Snapshots

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Mr Wang Says So: Human Rights And The Government Baby Incentives – Part 1
- TOC: Feeding our babies to the economy monster

Daily Discourse
- a blog @ Singapore: The vacant seat poser
- Singapore Life and Times: The Real Last
- the boy who knew too much: The dangers of a kiasu mentality
- Jacob’s Weblog: Propaganda movie in the making??

Life, the universe and everything
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Satay eating competition: Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi face-off in Singapore

Infoblogoramus
- The eOK .network: Why I want to meet Meng

The most whimsical and nostalgic lyrics ever.

I would like a place I could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain of my wounded heart

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July 24th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Tech News
- Wired: Details of DNS Flaw Leaked; Exploit Expected by End of Today
- Computerworld: Step away from the hype: 5 ways where iPhone 3G still lags enterprise-wise
- Aviv Raff: iPhone is Phishable and SPAMable
- Shacknews: DirectX 11 Details Emerge, Adds New Features to DX10 Hardware
- Tom’s Hardware: Nvidia To Bring WHQL-certified PhysX Drivers On August 5th
- The Register: Google unfurls less laughable Wikipedia

Reviews | Guides
- Benchmark Reviews: Best CPU Cooler Performance – Q2 2008
- TweakTown: ATI Catalyst 8.7 Analysis – XP & Vista
- HWZ: Shootout: Nokia N95 8GB vs. Samsung SGH-G810
- Techware Labs: External Hard Drives: How To Carry Your Life With You (And Why You’d Want To)
- PCStats: Beginners Guides: Diagnosing Bad Memory
- Icrontic: An Introduction to Using Your New Digital Camera
- Bit-tech: Top 10 Computer Game NPCs

SG Tech
- Tech65: 65Bits: Episode 80 – YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!

July 24th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K
- Singapore Kopi Tok: $1 Million Bounty For Capture Of Mas Selamat – Why The U-Turn?

Parliament 21 Jul 2008
- Sgpolitics.net: Ministry of Home Affairs in the Parliamentary spotlight again
- Mr Wang Says So: The Emigration Surprise
- Simply Jean: 1,000 Singaporeans give up citizenship each year – are you one of them?

Education
- URBANRANT: Primary One School Registration – Citizens vs Permanent Residents

Organ Trading
- Sze Zeng’s Life: Great Singapore Organ Sale? Legalisation of Organ Trading
- My Singapore News: A little window dressing may do the trick
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: A poor person may have nothing left to sell but his organs. It sounds bad, but his organs ARE his to do as he pleases…
- Just Stuff: The Immorality of The Uncommons – Stem Cells, Kidneys and Organ Transplants

Ren Ci Head Monk Charged
- The Online Citizen: A charitable cause

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: “Is there such a thing as a happy enbloc?” Jessica Cheam’s article online

Daily Discourse
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Political logic
- The Itch To Write: My emails to different Government Bodies (I)
- nofearSingapore: Why Bukit Batok needs a by-election: Letter to the editor

Life, the universe and everything
- Majulah Singapura: Scifi fans in Singapore, rejoice!

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July 23rd, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (6)

The Million Dollar Bounty for M$K
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Updates on the Mas Selamat saga

Parliament 21 Jul 2008
- Sgpolitics.net: Look at security lapses in perspective: Shanmugam
- Siew Kum Hong: Speech on “Security Lapses and Public Confidence”: 21 July 2008
- Singabloodypore: Mandatory Caning Of Foreign Workers Who Overstay In Singapore

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Jacob’s Weblog: Our biggest struggle is not against the PAP, it is against what the PAP has done to our minds

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Intelligently Retarded: Screw

Organ Trading
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: You may soon be able to sell your kidneys
- Simply Jean: Organ trading may be legalised in Singapore
- The Void Deck: TVD’s Picks: The Ethics of Organ Trading Meme

Daily Discourse
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Betting on F1
- TOC: Fighting inflation – suggestions for the Govt

Life, the universe and everything
- A L V I N O L O G Y: How to get rid of Telemarketers

July 22nd, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (5)

Source: Intel

Tech News
- ComputerWorld: Intel slashes chip prices up to 31%
- The Tech Report: AMD releases Catalyst 8.7 drivers
- InformationWeek: Has The Time Arrived For iPhone Anti-Virus Software?
- Fudzilla: 2008 E3 was a bust!
- iphone-dev: PwnageTool 2.0.1

Reviews | Guides
- VR-Zone: Graphics Slugfest: ATI Radeon HD 4850 CF, HD 4870, HD 4870 CF vs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, GTX 280
- HWZ: What’s the Right Price – A Trio of GeForce GTX 260
- TrustedReviews: Apple iPhone 3G
- InformationWeek: 8 Killer iPhone 3G Alternatives
- ars technica: Hands on: Facebook redesign tries to clear the social smog
- TechOnline: Under the Hood – Update: Apple iPhone 3G exposed [via Kevin]
- Anything But Ipod: Creative Zen X-Fi Review
- Pocketables: Review- Creative Zen X-Fi
- TweakTown: The State of Solid State

SG Tech
- theory.isthereason: Mouse in the Air – The GyroTransport Pro

July 22nd, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

43 years, from nation to multinational
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Don’t say Goodbye…
- TOC: I am a patriot
- My Singapore News: After 45 years of independence…
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: The NDP propaganda

Yes to Minister pay raise, no to worker wage raise
- Feed Me To The Fish: Time For A Ministerial Raise?
- a blog @ Singapore: Ministerial salary debate revisited – Part 2
- Sgpolitics: The Singapore Democrats’ economic policy paper – on Wealth and Poverty

SG Press rank 141 and falling
- MollyMeek: ST Takes Liberties with Maid
- The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: A sign of paradigm shift in the PAP’s mindset?

Lee vs Chee
- Singapore Dissident: July 19, 2008, Singapore

Prosperity versus individual rights. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Singapore
- Article 14: Of Word Games and Human Rights, democracy, rule of law and all that Jazz (Part 2)

Re Education
- The boy who knew too much: Where are all the world class writers?

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: The Singapore Constitution and the Enbloc Law Pt 1

Organ Trading
- Urbanrant: The legalization of organ trading – Government going down a slippery path

Daily Discourse
- The Lionheart: Law is Political
- TOC: A day in the life
- Just Stuff: Iis the Internet dumbing down Singapore? A study in irrelevance vs relevance

Life, the universe and everything
- Empty Vessel: How to kill visual literacy among the masses
- Sam’s thoughts: The importance of being socially inept

July 21st, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Iris Yang 翟凌 became the talk of Chinese Internet forums and chat rooms after stealing the show at the Beijing car show. The statueques model from Shandong province is no stranger to the limelight. She was awarded second runner-up at the 2nd International Silkroad Modeling Contest and was also third place at the 3rd Chinese Lingerie Model Contest.

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July 21st, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)

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