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Daily SG: 30 Sep 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 30th September 2008



For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast.
And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest.
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam 5 January 1926 - 30 September 2008

The Passing of JBJ
- Gerald Giam: Passing of JBJ
- nofearSingapore: Mr. JB Jeyaratnam: R.I.P.
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: J B Jeyaretnam passed away this morning
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Thinking about Mr. JBJ
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Mourn for a Great Fighter
- The Itch To Write: The demise of …

Power to Cost the People
- Sgpolitics: Crude Oil falls well over 20%, but electricity bills rise 21%
- Feed Me To The Fish: Who’s paying for all the energy expended at F1?
- Jacob’s Weblog: We might as well live in darkness

High Notes and Minibombs
- Singapore Alternatives: MiniBond- Allocation of Responsibility
- Mr Wang Says So: Why Intelligent People Do Stupid Things Which Aren’t Really That Stupid
- Sgpolitics: My response to Mr Syu Ying Kwok’s ST letter

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yawning Bread: More people on this island, but poorer

SG Press rank 141 and falling
- This lush garden within: What role do the media play in Singapore?

Singapore F1 Grand Prix
- Singapore Life and Times: Start your engines
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Formula 1 Grand Prix Singapore 2008

Daily Discourse
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits S’pore’s speech to UN on the independent variables of ‘good governance’ and ‘democratic governance’

Infoblogoramus
- Lets Go To Speakers’ Corner: Calender of Events


My company was involved in the Singapore GP and this was the view from my hotel window where I stayed over the weekend. Not a bad shot with a cheap Nokia camera phone :-)

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Daily ChioBu: Wonder Girls

Posted by singaporedaily on 30th September 2008

Korean girl group Wonder Girls 원더걸스 debuted in February 2007 with the release of their album The Wonder Begins. It was not until the release and public performance of the single “Tell Me” that their popularity shot through the roof, not just in real world Korea, but in virtual communities on the Internet. The catchy song was performed with simple, pleasing dance steps, and within a month, fan performances of the song was circulating online on sites like Youtube and Daum. Pictures and fan performances of Tell Me after the break.

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