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Park Eun Kyung (박은경) is a very popular race queen from Korea. Haven’t been able to find out much about her. We’ll let the pictures do the talking ^_^

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January 16th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (4)

MP Burnt
- Cavalierio: The state of mind | MP set in flames

Have you ever wondered why we must serve
[Editor's note: Better to read in order to catch the drift]
- Digital Terrorist: Why is the SAF wasting Your Money to send me Overseas, again?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: NS Man collapsed in camp in his uniform…
- this lush garden within: NSF/NSmen injuries – should MINDEF pay?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: TOC Expose: Repatriation companies

High Notes and Minibombs
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Contact Persons (Distributor, Product)

Burma Protest
- TOC: Singapore is my second home

Hong Lim Park
- News Release by UncleYap: About Speakers’ Corner: I-S magazine’ Interview Q&A

Healthcare
- Singapore Life and Times: Health of my Pocket

Recession
- Just Stuff: Want to beat the recession? Then start by finding beauty in the small

Housing
- Wayang Party: The HDB scam: Are Singaporeans real owners or mere tenants of their flats?

Daily Discourse
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore 2nd freest economy: What it means
- Simply Jean: Is Singapore afraid of losing talents?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: faster pat ourselves more, we are dying under our own adulation
- Mathia Lee: Is War good for Singapore? Do you support War?
- My thoughts: Of Dragons And Shopping Centres…
- Yawning Bread: Independent investigation needed over Tang’s kidney transplant
- Singabloodypore: Singapore: Executions since December defy global trend

Life, the universe and everything
- eastcoastlife: Singapore Ironman challenges Brazil 135 Ultramarathon – WW
- For What It’s Worth: BSG roller coaster at Sentosa!
- Anonymous_X: Asian Hot Shots Berlin (13/01/09 – 18/01/09) – TEN Singapore films shown!
- Aussie Pete: Over 60 But Still Rockin’

Infoblogaramous
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Serenity in Stone: The Qingzhou Discovery

January 15th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Tech News
- wmpoweruser: HTC’s full 2009 line-up leaked
- Anandtech: CES 2009 – TV Trends, WirelessHD, 240Hz and Netbook Pricing
- Anandtech: Dell Adamo Unveiled
- The Register: Intel prepping chip price cuts?
- CNet: Intel to bring out chip for lower-cost thin laptops
- Engadget: Dell Adamo hands-on! (with video)
- Fudzilla: OCZ shows new peripherals at CES 2009
- Computerworld: Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch
- DigiTimes: Asustek and Gigabyte suffer overstock chipset inventories
- Think Computers: Installing the Windows 7 Beta with Virtual PC 2007 SP1
- The Toybox: How to get Windows 7 Beta 1 scot-free
- Ars technica: Deep inside the Windows 7 Public Beta: an in-depth tour
- Computerworld: Windows 7 Beta 1 shows off new task bar, more UI goodies
- Inquirer: Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux on the desktop
- Telegraph: Microsoft Windows 7 in depth review
- ZDNet Asia: Is OpenOffice.org a ‘dying horse’?
- HWZ: Surf’s Up with Mobile Web Browsers
- TrustedReviews: CES 2009: Sony Reveals Ultra-Wide Ultra-Portable
- Laptop Mag: Sony VAIO P
- Phoronix: Dell Inspiron 1525 Notebook
- The TechZone: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX5500 Revolution Review

January 15th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (1)

Time to Cast our Vote?
- TOC: TOC Opinion: Snap Election for early March?
- Yawning Bread: Why there mustn’t be an election this year

Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- The Secret Political Blog: Youth Vibes: The Government’s Pathetic REACH to “Apathetic Youths”
- Tribolum.com: The Public Servant’s Straight and Narrow
- Mr Wang Says So: Ministerial Salaries And A Sentimental Stroll Down Memory Lane

Burma Protest
- Unbranded Bread n Butter: Sing-guilt and Two Less Transient Workers to Count [Thanks Roti John]
- Chemical Generation Singapore: A Protest Misfired
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Lessons from the Singapore Flyer, Seng Han Thong and our MOM Protestors [PRC & Singaporean]
- Jacob’s Weblog: Video of local activists’ arrest outside MOM for protest against non-renewals of Burmese work permits

CPF
- Wayang Party: The CPF scam: Are Singaporeans being conned by an official Ponzi scheme?

Healthcare
- nofearSingapore: Suggestions to improve specialist healthcare to subsidised patients

Paper Chase
- Mr Wang Says So: How to Manufacture All-Rounded Students
- groundnuts: Tutorship: Reviving the Spirit of the Ancients

Daily Discourse
- Feed Me To The Fish: 2009, So far, so newsworthy…
- Military Life: Duty for Singaporeans, Scholarships for Foreigners
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore slips further: Freedom House survey

Life, the universe and everything
- mrbrown: “And they came for me” by Lasantha Wickramatunga
- BHP: Little Nyonya – The Prescriptive Cure for the Sign of our times
- Aussie Pete: Forget The Recession – Apply NOW For The Best Job In The World

January 14th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

A posthumous award for an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Heath Ledger for his portrayal of Joker in Dark Knight.
The complete list of Golden Globe Awards nominees and winners here.

MP burnt
- Sam’s thoughts: Burned by the system
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: First punch, now burn. What’s next?
- Military Life: Senseless Violence in Disneyland with a Death Penalty
- Simply Jean: Ex-cabby, assailant of MP Seng Han Thong charged
- The Void Deck: What Others Are Saying: MP Kena BBQ! Piangz!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Insane act, insane attacker…
- Agents Are Go!! vs The Psychic Wall: 2009 – the boiling point

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- groundnotes: The AIMS Report: Fire-fighting the MICA Way
- Wayang Party: Are netizens living in their own ivory towers in cyberspace?

Recession
- Information Read By Me: The Wake Up Call: Help yourself [Thanks Daniel]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: The story of Delowar

Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: together, we are one singapore family
- BHP: If you can’t handle the truth; then don’t read this! – The Mufflement of the Truth!

Burma Protest
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Latest – 2 Activists Arrested Outside MOM Building
- Jacob’s Weblog: Two local activists, Seelan Palay & Chong Kai Xiong, arrested outside MOM for speaking out on Burmese work permit issue
- Sgpolitics.net: Local activists arrested for supporting Burmese cause
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: One Country, Two Systems Part lll

High Notes and Minibombs: From Hong Lim to Istana
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Mr Tan Kin Lian and his bid for political office

Daily Discourse
- Angry Angmo: A Short History Of Singapore Becoming Extinct

Life, the universe and everything
- Aussie Pete: Backpackers Stream to Columbia – Harming the Environment and Themselves
- the iStuff we get from ForWarDed emails: How companies logo will look like after the crisis is over
- The fire in my life: The new ‘Chinatown’ of Singapore

January 13th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Maki Nishiyama (西山茉希) was scouted by a modeling agent in 2004 and became an exclusive CanCam model in 2005. She’s been the image girl for Daikin Industries and modeled for NTT, Kao Soap, Toho and JR East.

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January 13th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

MP burnt
- Simply Jean: Singapore MP set on fire
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: The ‘why’ and not the ‘what’
- Kaffein-nated: No joke, I’d rather have a shoe or two thrown at me

Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: a distrusting government, suspicious of its employees and its customers
- Feed Me To The Fish: Are We Having A Real Dose of Bad Government?
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: SInce Independence Day, independence aplenty…
- Kaffein-nated: Chambermaid vs foreign maid – got difference meh?

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: one step forward, another step back?
- Sgpolitics.net: Has the PAP Internet Brigade lost its teeth?
- Mathia Lee: Mission (Im)possible: State regulation of the Internet
- Wayang Party: Lame response to AIMS recommendations shows how behind times the PAP is
- Yawning Bread: Singapore government rejects AIMS’ key recommendations
- My sketchbook: Short illustrated guide on government’s response to AIMS
- Sgpolitics.net: Government retains the same old climate of administrative discretion with regards to political films
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Singapore Goverment still fearful of political films

Recession
- The Singapore Enquirer: Govt will do its part during recession, but community urged to help too

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Sent home with S$600
- TOC: Mega development projects and labour supply chains – whose responsibility is it?

Re education
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Can Singaporeans analyse and express themselves clearly?

The Day The Singapore Flyer Stood Still
- The Void Deck: What Others Are Saying: Sg Ferris Wheel GM tio Sacked..Err Paiseh…Resign!

Daily Discourse
- Gerald Giam: “One-eyed Dragon” hanged
- Singapore Life and Times: Genocide in our midst
- Just Stuff: Ah Kong & Ah Ma Are Going Back To Work? – The Great Singaporean Work Fest
- Information Read By Me: Elderly As Cash Cows [Thanks Daniel]
- The Singapore Enquirer: Don’t negate the social roles of elderly Singaporeans
- A Singaporean: Uniquely Singapore – The Real Deal?
- Cavalierio: History | First wor(l)ds, final Singapores
- Information Read By Me: Born, Study, Work, Die. Average, Typical SGean Life [Thanks Daniel]

Life, the universe and everything
- Angry Angmo: Singapore Just Got Hacked (On Wikipedia.org)

Books and Papercuts
- Jacob’s Weblog: Reclaiming our (‘not-the-PAP’ version) history

Infoblogaramous
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Fund-raising for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza
- Endoh’s Dungeon: A Walk Through Broken Relationships
- Otterman speaks: NTU Bike Rally – 15 March 2009

January 12th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Micro$oft publicly released a beta of Windows 7 over the weekend. Go here for the official download page, or right-click and save-as the following links:
Windows 7 32-bit Public Release [DVD ISO]
Windows 7 64-bit Public Release [DVD ISO]

If you get the product keys (by going through the official download process), your beta will run till 1 Aug 2009. If you dont get the keys, you have 30 days to test it. Have fun!

Tech News
- OverclockersClub: CES 2009 Coverage
- Futurelooks: CES 2009 – Gadget Hunting at Digital Experience
- BCCHardware: CES 2009 Daily Coverage
- VR-Zone: The Zii Mystery Is Unravelled – Creative’s Nano-Sized Supercomputer
- Fudzilla: DirectX 11 cards in late 2009
- Hardware-Infos: AMD RV790 and RV740 in 40nm from March 2009
- TG Daily: AMD: Netbooks? No, thanks.
- Engadget: Buffalo debuts stylish new MiniStation hard drives, NAS device
- PC World: Toshiba Unveils 500GB Portable External Hard Drive
- XFastest: Shuttle X50 All-In-One [Pics]
- The Inquirer: Nvidia gives 3D porn the horn
- VentureBeat: Google hacks the Wii Balance Board to surf Google Earth — literally

Reviews | Guides
- HWZ: The Comeback Kid – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Full Review
- Bit-tech: Games to Watch in 2009
- Digital Trends: Technology for Women and Girls
- Techgage: Audio Archiving Guide: Part 2 CD Ripping, Part 1 Music Formats
- TrustedReviews: Sony VGC-JS1E All-In-One PC
- Tbreak: Microsoft Desktop 8000
- Tech Arkade: Razer Lycosa

January 12th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

“Taking five weeks’ leave from work is not as difficult as one thinks.”
Perm Sec, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tan Yong Soon

“The internet decentralizes power, takes it out of the hands of the elite few, and distributes this power into the hands of each of the millions. With the internet, talented journalists that Balji calls for, may no longer be needed. When something happens to you, you no longer need to wait for a talented journalist to tell the world your story – you can do it yourself. And if everyone involved in your situation does so, we would have the same story told from a hundred different angles, and the reader will be the determiner of the truth. No longer do we have to hear only one or two reporters’ version of the story, with all the bias – with the internet, the ideals of many many independent news providers are achieved, because everyone can now be a news provider.”
Mathia Lee

“As leaders of our nation and caretakers of our economy, they should have a keener sense of business acumen and judgement of characters. But then again, Singaporeans aren’t too smart themselves to be keeping this bunch of half-baked potatoes in the government for eons.”
Wayang Party

“We are still paying golden peanuts for stupid monkeys.”
Singapore Dino

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January 10th, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (3)

Singapore First Tattoo Show

One-Party to Rule Us All
- The Secret Political Blog: Vote Wisely. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- Bohemia Bunny: Is Straits Times inviting guest journalism? [Thanks udders]
- Singapore Dino: Permanent Secretary Slammed for boasting about expensive holiday during recession
- Just Stuff: Why the Elites Take a Wrong turn – The Evil Power of One

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Simply Jean: Petrol prices: Here we go again… same old *beep* again…

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Keeping seniors at work
- Information Read By Me: These Days it’s about SPURs [Thanks Daniel]
- Wayang Party: EDB CEO Teo Ming Kian and PAP ministers must be seeing red over Satyam’s fraud
- Nomadism: EZ-link card REPLACEMENT BEGINS
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Not Good for Taxi-Drivers
- The Singapore Enquirer: Singapore to develop new ways to get citizens to work longer
- Rambling Librarian: NLB Announces Library Policy Changes To Encourage Responsible Library Usage and Prompt Return of Borrowed Library Materials
- Simply Jean: Now, don’t forget your US visa
- My sketchbook: Retirement age to be raised…
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Top Asian think tanks

Life, the universe and everything
- Aussie Pete: The Wildest Festivals Of 2009
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Bloggers’ Calendar 2009
- eastcoastlife: Singapore first to launch Sony VAIO P in Asia!

Akan Datang
- a writer’s blog: my life, my thoughts: The political elements of Milk

Infoblogaramous
- Angry Angmo: Everything You Need To Know About “Singapores 1st Tattoo Convention 2009

January 9th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Wakatsuki Chinatsu (栗原千春) is a popular Japanese gravure idol. This multi-talented lady is also an actress, former race queen, and former singer. She is not to be confused with the AV star of the same name and spelling.

Pictures after the break. [NSFW]
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January 9th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

Do We Have Strong Leaders?
- The Singapore Enquirer: Few changes expected in Singapore’s political status quo in 2009

Recession
- The Singapore Enquirer: Earlier allowance payment

144th and falling: The Internet Is Not Reliable!
- Mathia Lee: The truth in blogs and between the lines

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Of SAF “fixing” Social Application Personnels

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Empathy, where?
- Wayang Party: Perm Sec Tan Yong Soon openly boast about spending S$46,500 to learn French cooking
- Singapore Complain Hub: 2 singaporeans gunned down in Denmark!!

Life, the universe and everything
- Tattooed Banker: Liar Liar [Thanks ST]
- A L V I N O L O G Y: How would Zhang Ziyi fare in a battle of the celebrity beach nudies?
- Angry Angmo: How To Get The Most Out Off Your Singapore Public Holidays 2009

January 8th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Tech News
- InformationWeek: CES Likely To Offer Tech Evolution, Not Revolution
- Legit Reviews: CES 2009: CES Unveiled Pre-show Event
- TG Daily: CES 2009: Asus shows touchscreen EeePC and Keyboard PC
- The Mobile Gadgeteer: CES2009: MSI announces Wind netbooks with SSD/HDD and WiMAX/3.5G
- TechARP: ASUS Launches New Range Of GeForce GTX 295 & GTX 285 Graphics Cards
- Macworld: Macworld Expo Keynote recap
- WIRED: iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM, Adds New Prices
- Between the Lines: Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries
- AppleInsider: Apple’s final Macworld booth in photos
- SOHO Networking: Iomega launches new low-price Home Media Network Hard Drives
- TechConnect Mag: HP announces first AMD Neo-powered notebook
- Laptopmag: Budget Friendly Dell Inspiron 15 Now Available
- Tom’s Hardware: $199 Netbooks Without Intel Inside
- Sk Gaming: Blizzard releases new Starcraft II screens
- Shacknews: Championship Manager Dev Reports 90% Piracy Rate
- VR-Zone: Trojan blocks The Pirate Bay and Mininova

Reviews | Guides
- Laptopmag: HP Mini 2140
- Fudzilla: Geforce GTX 295 steals ATI’s mojo
- Hardware Canucks: EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 55nm Superclocked Edition Video Card Review
- HWZ: Total Recall – The Past Decade in Memory
- OCModShop: NZTX Tempest Gamer Case Review
- VR-Zone: Hands-on with Logitech’s G19 Keyboard and G35 Headset
- Tweaknews: Razer Moray Noise Isolating Earbud Headphones
- DriverHeaven: Steelseries 7G Keyboard

SG Tech
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Review: The Lenovo Thinkpad X300
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Thoughts on MacWorld Expo Keynote 2009
- No Buns No Life: HOW TO Build a PlayStation 3 SUPERCOMPUTER with 8 PlayStation 3 Consoles

January 8th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th Anniversary
- Singapore Social Activist: Making a Commitment (2009)

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice: MINDEF
- Digital Terrorist: SAF Clamping Down on NS Facebookies
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: blogging will destroy our nation

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Sgpolitics.net: Dr Chee Soon Juan responds to CJ, AG and Law Minister
- Sgpolitics.net: Dr Chee’s response leaves CJ, AG and Law Minister in the dust

Daily Discourse
- Gerald Giam: Perspectives on the situation in Gaza
- Singapore Enquirer: 2.1% training places taken up: MOM offers more courses under SPUR
- Singapore Indian Voice: Singapore Prepares to Gobble Up Its Last Village
- Anonymous_X: To Eu Yan Sang: Xia Ku Cao herbs sans cigarette butts, please? [Thanks wacky_artz]

Life, the universe and everything
- eastcoastlife: Are You My Type? – RT /WW
- Rambling Librarian: “Singapore – Crossroads of the East 1938″
- Angry Angmo: Who Else Wants Cheap Holiday? – The Complete Guide To Singapore Budget Airlines
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Changi Boardwalk
- Empty Vessel: Music gets its mojo back
- Just Stuff: The Day, The Yellow Brick Road Turned Red – A Singaporean Study in Living with Uncertainty in a Certain World / Part 1

January 7th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

In Memory Of JBJ
- News Release by UncleYap: families & friends held memorial for Mr. JBJ
- Sgpolitics.net: Photos of JBJ Memorial at St. Andrews Cathedral, 03 Jan 2009
- TOC: In celebration of JBJ’s birthday
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Countdown at Hong Lim Park…

Recession
- TOC: Disappointed with NTUC chief’s top 3 priorities

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Mathia Lee: Justice, Law, and the Courts II
- Wayang Party: Double standards in application of laws: Do foreigners have more rights that locals?

Fixing the Opposition
- The one dimensional island: 2009 – the year of change
- Sgpolitics.net: US trade union interviews SDP Chairman Gandhi Ambalam

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- groundnotes: Finally, an argument for the ISA

144th and falling: The Internet Is Not Reliable!
- Feed Me To The Fish: Political Orthodoxy and Respect!
- TOC: Disgrace – The life and times of Chua Lee Hoong*

Daily Discourse
- The Secret Political Blog: New Health Threat: Third-Hand Smoke and the Smoking Campaign Debate
- Singapore Enquirer: Rising Cost of Consumption: 9 prices to track in 2009
- Military Life: Blanket Party in the Singapore Armed Forces?
- Anonymous_X: Update on Ren Ci Probe: The Venerable (?) Ming Yi to go on trial in April
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Who is Lee Wei Ling

Life, the universe and everything
- thegreatsze: The Potential Bias
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: Gahmen Agencies
- The Death of a million is just a statistic: The True Meaning of True Love
- The fire in my life: Worms in CNY oranges? [Thanks ecko]

Infoblogaramous
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: UTTERLY ART presents its first show of 2009: The Stage

January 6th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Kim Jung-hwa (김정화 or 金晶和) is a South Korean actress and model. After making a debut appearance in an MTV, a producer offered her an acting position. Jung-hwa was awarded the Best Supporting Actress in 2003.

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January 6th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

In Memory Of JBJ
- Voices Sg: CSJ Sings, in memory of JBJ, at New Year’s eve “Opposition Party” [Thanks Jude]
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: In Memory of JBJ
- The Singapore Enquirer: JBJ memorial service at St Andrews Cathedral. Grandchildren and nieces tribute
- TOC: Service of celebration and thanksgiving

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Balderdash: CJ Chan says courts’ authority must be respected by all
- Mathia Lee: Justice, Law and the Courts
- Mollymeek: Forbidden Questions, Or:Tactics of Persuasive Denial
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Protecting the integrity and independence of our courts…

Recession
- The Kway Teow Man: On Capitalism and the Free Market
- EastStop: The Aftermath of Financial Crises
- My sketchbook: Singapore’s economy slides again…

High Notes and Minibombs
- TOC: Fidrec – more symbolism than substance?

Strangers In a Strange Land
- Aussie Pete: Are ‘Ang Mohs’ Welcome To Live In Singapore?

Lee vs Chee
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Reflections of 08 and Expectations of 09

144th and falling: The Internet Is Not Reliable!
- The Singapore Enquirer: Credibility: an inverse relationship between the New and Old media

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics: The Singapore Change – Real or Illusion?
- Wayang Party: Hidden message behind PM Lee’s New Year address
- Singapore Life and Times: The Old and the New
- Mathia Lee: Freedom of expression, offense and anger
- Just Stuff: The Expert Needs To Be Destroyed In Our Brain! – A Singaporean Study in the Cult of Elitism
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Death Penalty Watch – Singaporean, Fajar Taslim & Ghanaian, Stephen Obioha
- Singapore Indian Voice: Singapore sentences Ghanaian drug trafficker to death (Reflection and report)
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: staying together, moving ahead, wait, 2 dollars first
- Tan Kin Lian: Rating of political leaders

Life, the universe and everything
- cavalierio: Writing home | To the memory of JBJ
- Jacob’s Weblog: Singapore’s last village to disappear; Short film on Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Food for All 2008 Report

Infoblogaramous
- a writer’s blog: Assault and Flattery

January 5th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Tech News
- InformationWeek: Windows 7 Reviews Mixed On Pirate Bay
- Fudzilla: January 18th is time for energy efficient quad-cores
- VentureBeat: Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
- eFluxMedia: Microsoft Solves Zune Bug
- Fortune: Top 10 Macworld rumors for 2009
- 9to5Mac: Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro to go unibody, lose removable battery
- PC World: The iPhone 3G Unlock Chart: Will Your Carrier Work?
- TGdaily: Apple patents iPhone gloves
- Gamasutra: Nielsen: PlayStation 2 Most-Played Console In 2008, WoW Tops PC Gaming

Reviews | Guides
- X-bit Labs: Personal Computers of 2009: Nine Predictions
- Laptopmag: The Best Notebooks of 2008
- Tom’s Hardware: System Builder Marathon: Performance & Value : Is Spending More Justified?
- Anadtech: 300W to 450W: 20 Power Supplies on the Test Bench
- Bit-tech: The bit-tech Hardware Awards 2008
- Benchmark Reviews: Year In Review: 2008 Computer Hardware Industry Failure
- [OC]ModShop: 2008 Year In Review
- Madshrimps: Western Digital Scorpio Black, the none-SSD Laptop HDD Upgrade
- Hardware Secrets: ASUS Eee PC 1002HA
- InsideHW: Toshiba NB100
- 1UP: Readers’ Choice Awards 2008
- Tech ARP: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO to NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Mod Guide

SG Tech
- Tech65: What’s this Zii all about??

January 5th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

In memory of JBJ: 5 Jan 1926 – 30 Sept 2008
5pm today at St Andrews Cathedral

“Unlike the authorities of other countries who spoke to the victims to see what can be done to help them, MAS kept its distance. MAS refuses to conduct direct investigations.. Our leaders stepped forward to blame the victims for their plight.. This incident showed how extraordinary our leaders are for they acted differently from the leaders of every other country where the problem occurred. This incident shows clearly where our leaders will stand when Singaporeans suffer from misfortune.”
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

“As a country obsessed with nation-building and the great Singapore story, local education is invariably intertwined with national education. From the sheer competence of the PAP, the evil of the communists, the stupidity of the Barisan Socialists, we are taught one specific narrative of our history. From authoritarian classrooms to being told what subjects to study (and what to drop), we are taught the value of strict hierarchy and maintaining the status quo.”
groundnotes

“It is high time Singapore (or rather the Goverment) stop boasting to be one of the market leaders when you cannot even take charge in a small little red dot.”
Endoh’s Dungeon

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January 3rd, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (4)