The Singapore Daily

Ho Chin Quits Temasek | State Fund Investments
- Singapore Alternatives: GIC lost 41%? Accountabiliity please!
- Littlespeck: The S$58b plunge
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Our Reserves..Time for Reform..
- Wayang Party Club: A call for the Singapore Government to be made accountable to the people
- SgEnquirer: How Norway manages its Sovereign Wealth Fund – the Norwegian Pension Fund with transparency
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: What Tharman said in Jan 2008..
- Wayang Party Club: Reserves “unaffected” by losses and is still “growing”
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Talking Things Up
- My sketchbook: We lost $58 Billion

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- TOC: Would Khaw Boon Wan send his mother to a foreign land?
- A Lesser Mortal: Staying Together Moving Ahead Without Our Aged! [Thanks Newcomer]

Singapore Budget 2009
- The Lycan Times: Budget 2009
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Depressionomics SOP needed

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Yawning Bread: 366 detained without trial in last 5 years

Fixing The Opposition
- Gerald Giam: Asking Chiam to step down? Only voters should decide

Re Education
- Making History Relevant: University Admission: Disclosures Matter?

National Service
- Almost Infamous: NS Part III – Responsibility

CPF
- Sgpolitics: A summary of my critique of the CPF Life scheme
- My little corner: CPF Changes from 1st April 2009

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Wayang Party Club: Foreign workers taking up non-skilled jobs in government-linked companies

Parliament
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots — 12 Feb 2009
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots — 13 Feb 2009

Daily Discourse
- groundnotes: Sacrifices at the Altar of Meritocracy
- TOC: Parliament unbound
- My Thoughts..: Isn’t It about Time We Took Our Business Elsewhere?
- Kent Ridge Common: Granting students political amnesty to allow freedom of political expression
- Journalism.sg: International Survey Says Singapore’s Not Yet A Think-Tank Hub
- Anonymous_X: SP Ausnet faces lawsuit over Australian bush fires?
- Sg Enquirer: Interview with a 80 year old toilet attendant

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Celebrating Chinese New Year On Treetops [Thanks Lem]
- Fauzi Russull: I Am Young, So.. [Thanks Sabrina]

Now Showing
- Mathia Lee: The Olive Depression
- Ian On The Red Dot: The Love Scene In Slumdog Millionaire

Infoblogaramous
- Tan Kin Lian: Forum for DBS High Notes 5 investors

February 16th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (14)

“there is a flaw somewhere in the logic [that the young need constant protection]; for one it presupposes that conflict is necessarily bad for kiddies and all we should really do is protect them from dawn to dusk.”
Darkness

“It is clear to me, from the Minister’s speech, that the direct intended outcome of JCS is essentially to give money to businesses, for them to spend as they desire. It is, as I said in my speech, a handout for businesses.”
Siew Kum Hong

“All men are fallible. Donning a white uniform does not put one above scrutiny.”
Gerald Giam

“Yet, by expressly forbidding its officers to “[speak] disparagingly of the Government”, MOE’s obvious corollary is that it is alright to speak glowingly of the Government. One is impelled to make comparisons with Communist regimes, where you could (and were expected to) praise the Party, even if your Trabant was belching smoke and out of style.”
Agagooga

“There has been a lot of talk even at coffee shops, at the grassroots level and among our residents, about the losses by our SWFs and whether this government has undone what our past government has so painstakingly built up.”
Inderjit Singh

“$58 billion is the [amount of Temasek’s losses]! I am Flabbergasted, astounded, stunned, bewildered, and shocked. And we have not even looked at GIC’s numbers yet!”
Dr. Huang Shoou Chyuan

“..so what is the difference in putting them in Johor Baru?”
Khaw Boon Wan on shipping old Singaporeans to Malaysia

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
More »

February 14th, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (3)

Ho Chin Quits Temasek | State Fund Investments
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Temasek Caught in the Maelstrom
- Singapore Angle: Temasek’s Rebranding
- Wayang Party: Expect more goodies to be rolled out in the days ahead, thanks to Temasek
- Yaw Shin Leong: Super Ultra Extraordinary Losses
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Best Foot Forward for The Strait Times
- The Lycan Times: Temasek Losses & Lui-sms
- Sg Enquirer: Questions about Temasek, GIC losses
- Under The Willow Tree: Temasek’s Performance – A Dismal Failure of Singapore’s Elitism
- Sgpolitics: The Global Economy: A patient on life-support. Lessons for GIC & Temasek, and the Finance Ministry

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- Sgpolitics: First retirement villages in neighbouring countries, now nursing homes in Johor
- I’m talking, can’t you hear?: Appalled
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Putting our old folks in Johor
- Feed Me To The Fish: We don’t need no thought control
- Yummy BBQ Chicken Wings: 10 preparations to a successful nursing home industry in JB

Re Education
- The boy who knew too much: Singapore’s educational edge
- FWD: Teaching: A Glamourous Job? [Thanks Wayne]

Singapore Budget 2009
- Making History Relevant: Why S’pore shouldn’t have handouts

Parliament
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots — 11 Feb 2009

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Is our politics any different from China’s?
- Gerald Giam: Graciousness out of whack
- Sg Enquirer: Limit Pay Scale: Why Limit to Banks? [Thanks JJ]
- TOC: Total Defence – (Total Control)
- Jacob’s Weblog: Undercurrent of public discontent with the PAP government
- Balderdash: Dubai vs Singapore
- NUSSU the Ridge: NUS students take no pride in NUS sports achievements

Life, the universe and everything
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Stealing Cupid’s Bow [Thanks BL]
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Let’s boycott Valentine’s Day!
- Sg_Ljers: Plagarise much?
- Singapore Watch: The Bank’s Historical Interest Rates

Football, not Soccer
- inter alia: Brazil v. Italy at the Emirates Stadium – Feb 10 2009

Infoblogaramous
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: The Rice Project photo exhibition
- Singapore Social Activist: Candlelight Vigil for Peace

February 13th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Jun Natsukawa (夏川純) was born in Tokyo, Japan. She loves watching movies and listening to music, playing tennis and ping pong. Jun’s speciality is applying nail art as you can see in some of her photos here. More of her after the break.

More »

February 13th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- A Lesser Mortal: A Heatless and Thoughtless Proposal [Thanks Newcomer]
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: what will YOU defend?
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Sg Gahmen, Thanks for Cheaper Health Care in Johor
- The Secret Political Blog: Lets take our Old on a trip to Malaysia – One which they will never forget
- HWZ: SINGAPOREANS could consider living in nursing homes in neighbouring Johor Baru
- EDMW: Should KBW Apologise for his Insensitive Remarks?
- My sketchbook: Mr.Practical and logic of nursing homes in JB

Ho Chin Quits Temasek
- Yummy BBQ Chicken Wings: Singapore boasts another Number 1

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- The Singapore Enquirer: More accountability and transparency needed in management of Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Funds

Recession
- Anonymous_X: STATS ChipPAC sends a wrong message by retrenching 650 people?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Kway Teow Man: Idea to Offload Foreigners More Cheaply?

We Don’t Need No Regulation: MP burnt
- TOC: Discrediting the “new media”
- Making History Relevant: Wayang Party Club Proposal Is Irrelevant

Parliament
- Sg.politics.net: Parliamentary Snapshots — 10 Feb 2009
- Workers’ Party @ Parliament: Review of Criminal Procedure, Poor Judgement on Budget 2007, Vote Secrecy

Do We Have Strong Leaders
- actionslavehero: Leadership and Perspective

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Petition4fairtransport.org: Coverage for Plaza Singapura Outreach [Vid]

Housing
- TOC: HDB’s unclear LUP policy causes wastage
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: No playgrounds for children…

Daily Discourse
- The Itch to Write: Work VS Making babies
- Sam’s thoughts: Tackling Underaged Sex
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Get rid of the PSLE
- groundnotes: Glamour and Public Service: A Vicious Circle
- A Singaporean: Did Obama just describe how some Singaporeans feel?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Seletar Cat Killer

Life, the universe and everything
- Angry AngMo: How To Survive Valentines Day In Singapore During The Financial Crisis And Still Make Your Loved Ones Happy

Books and Papercuts
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Naipaul and his women
- Rambling Librarian: Book: LibWorld – library blogs worldwide

Infoblogaramous
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: National Sustainability Conference
- nussu the ridge online: Ticket Giveaway: NUS Arts Festival 2009 (NAF ‘09)
- Kaffein-nated: Help for bushfire victims

February 12th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (7)

Tech News
- ARN: Asus hikes prices on all notebooks and Eee products
- Expreview: Western Digital to Launch 2TB Hard Drive This Week
- Fudzilla: ION to offer same battery life as current netbooks with 10x the graphics performance
- Tom’s Hardware: Nvidia Ion Microsoft Approved; Due in Spring
- TweakTown: NVIDIA demo Windows 7 multi-tasking on ION (video)
- Bit-tech: Intel unveils 32nm process technology
- Laptop Mag: Acer Q+A: Netbook Specific Cellular Plans, Nvidia Ion, and Smartphones
- MyBroadBand: Microsoft ends Windows 7 Beta programme, gets ready for final release
- NordicHardware: ASUS R.O.G Genes series – mATX boards coming, pictures
- PCGH: Fallout 3: New texture mods deliver almost photorealistic graphics
- TG Daily: Chip drops Boolean logic, runs seven times faster

Reviews | Guides
- Anandtech: The Phenom II X4 810 & X3 720: AMD Gets DDR3 But Doesn’t Need It
- The Tech Report: Nvidia’s Ion platform
- Legit Reviews: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor Review
- Reg Hardware: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB hard drive
- PCSTATS: ASUS P5E3 Premium/Wifi-AP.N Motherboard Review
- BigBruin: Lian Li PC-C36 Muse HTPC Case
- TrustedReviews: Samsung SGH-i780 BizBee Smartphone

SG Tech \ MISC
- A tiny blip in the continuum: I can haz the internetz anywhere?!
- Tech65: Review: Motorola Razr2 V9
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Free Trial of The Lord of the Rings Online

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

Ho Chin Quits Temasek
- nofearSingapore: 58B!
- TOC: Looking forward to (more) Goodyear
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Temasek Holdings poorer than three years ago
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Die also must look alive, ugly also must look good
- Mindblogging Stuff: Ho ho ho

Singapore Budget 2009
- The Kway Teow Man: The Road to Hell
- The Legal Janitor: Education for economics illiterates

Khaw wants to ship me to another country when I get old
- Feed Me To The Fish: Please Mr Khaw, have a heart
- TOC: Nursing homes in Johor Bahru – revisited

Opposition – where to Forum
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Opposition Parties : The road ahead..
- Young PAP Blog: The Singapore Pakatan?
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: My speech at the Opposition Unity Forum

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- actionslavehero: Where is fairness in efficiency?
- Yawning Bread: Female teacher admits to sex with boy aged 15
- Where Bears Roam Free: Is the law protecting boy victims or women sex offenders?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- TOC: Listen to us! Student activist group engages the transport authorities
- simpled: infrastructure? but we’re first world!!!

High Notes and Minibombs
- Mr Wang Says So: The Saga of the Structured Notes – What Next for the Struggling Investors (Part 3)

Singaporeans A Dying Breed
- Information Read By Me: Have 6 Children: NMP should Lead By Example [Thanks Jaunty Jabber]

Strangers In a Strange Land
- TOC: “Singapore law good for boss”

Housing
- En Bloc Block Blog: Purpose of “Purposive”

Re Education
- The Sun Chair Critic: NUS ranks as one of world’s most expensive college!

Daily Discourse
- Jacob’s Weblog: Holding Lee Kuan Yew accountable – Part 1

Life, the universe and everything
- Yummy BBQ Chicken Wings: Are you suffering from socio-political blogs’ addiction?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Oh no, not another naming contest

Infoblogaramous
- Food Fads: Recall Of “18″ Sports Drink (Blueberry, Lemon Lime, Grape & Original Flavours) 600ml Imported from Malaysia [Thanks Joel]

[Connection to our web host is spotty again. It was terrible over the weekend but seems to be better now. Try reloading if you cannot access the site. Works for me. Tell us if you still have trouble. Thanks Soojenn!]

[Thanks Packrat for spotting the typo on the headlines ;o)]

February 11th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (5)

Singapore Budget 2009
- Siew Kum Hong: More thoughts on Jobs Credit scheme
- The Kway Teow Man: The Untruths About Jobs Credit!
- Feed Me To The Fish: Is Singapore Cracking Up?
- Making History Relevant: Why S’pore should keep GST
- Mr Wang Says So: $330, One Youth and a Minister
- TOC: Together we save jobs?

We Don’t Need No Regulation: MP burnt
- Mathia Lee: Recent comments not to control, but to discredit internet content
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Did the bloggers squander an opportunity or the government still doesn’t get it?
- Sam’s thoughts: Tangled in the Internet
- Wayangparty: 3 feasible strategies the government can adopt to counter rising anti-establishment sentiment in cyberspace

Ho Chin Quits Temasek
- Yawning Bread: Re: suggested career path for Madam Ho Ching
- Under The Willow Tree: Bank of America / Merrill Lynch Watch (Feb 09)
- Yummy BBQ Chicken Wings: Even Ho Ching is joining the unemployed
- SgForums: Ho Ching to leave Temasek Holdings
- HWZ: Ho Ching resigned from Temasek; new CEO is ex-BHP head Goodyear

Opposition – where to Forum
- SgForums: Opposition – Where To?: A public forum

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Just show me the money, says S’porean filmmakers

Housing
- This lush garden within: MPs solution to HDB housing woes – build slums
- HWZ: The HDB Flat prices you pay for includes playgrounds, covered walkways & BBQ pits?

Parliament
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots — 09 Feb 2009

Daily Discourse
- Empty Vessel: The Great Divide between the creative and the conservative
- Dotseng: Why Do We Need To Put A Policeman In The Head of Every Kid?
- Journalism.sg: The future of journalism in a post-newspaper world
- ringisei: Lesbian triathletes not slapped with ban
- The Secret Political Blog: The Stomp out STOMP movement

Life, the universe and everything
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Writing for SIIA
- The Banzai Effect: S.O.Y.A Cosplay 2009 – Have You BEAN There?
- AngryAngMo: Weird Things Made In Singapore?

February 10th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Leah Donna Dizon リア・ディゾン, a model of Chinese, French, and Filipino origin, was a moderately successful model for import car magazines in the US. She gained a large fanbase overseas, predominantly Asia. Following the advice of her fans, Dizon sent a demo tape to a talent agency in Japan. She was signed up immediately and became an instant celebrity in Japan and many parts of Asia. In October 2006 she released her first photobook Petite Amie followed by numerous commercials, her own debut album and several more photobook exclusives.

This is Dizon’s second photobook Hello!Leah [I think its her best]. Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]
More »

February 10th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

We Don’t Need No Regulation: MP burnt
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: The Voice Of The Void
- This lush garden within: Lui Tuck Yew’s one-sided argument
- Yawning Bread: Behind Today’s Lui story
- TOC: RADM Lui’s comments highlight growing divide that needs to be bridged
- Wayang Party Club: Real culprit spreading lies about cause of fire attack on Seng Han Thong is SPH!
- a writer’s blog: Engaging creatively online
- Gerald Giam: My response to RAdm Lui’s remarks about “self-regulation”
- SilentAssassin’s Archive: Internet Regulation: more to come?
- My Little Corner: Online Self Regulation?
- Cavalierio: Atrocious Aussies
- Digital Terrorist: Nothing Changed Since 1994
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Ms Ho’s best friend, no not their family’s dog
- Singapore Alternatives: Reflections: Voice of the People

Ho Chin Quits Temasek
- Yawning Bread: Ho Ching had 10-year term at Temasek; leaves early
- TOC: Madame Prime Minister bows out
- ringisei: Shock over Kah Ching’s departure
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore fund handover after worst losses: FT
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Temasek under Goodyear ? – Debunking the CEO’s glorious track record – Part I
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Ho Ching is out of Temasek!
- Yaw Shin Leong: Singaporeans Deserve Better
- My sketchbook: Ho Ching says goodbye

Singapore Budget 2009
- Yawning Bread: No need to know how President uses his second key, says government
- TOC: Deliberations of President shrouded in mystery
- a blog day’s work: A reversal of roles?
- Gerald Giam: Trust, but verify
- StaticVariable: Track Record
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Subterfuge and Survival

Opposition – where to Forum
- Wayang Party Club: Proposal for the opposition, civil society and blogging community to get their act together
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Forum: Opposition needs to come together
- Tan Kin Lian: Challenges faced by alternative parties
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: The Oppostion – Where To?
- Yawning Bread: Opposition unity still illusory
- Making History Relevant: Tan Kin Lian is Right, But..
- UncleYap: Oppositions’ Forum Still On-Going Now @ 1630Hr
- Opposition: Where to?: Videos

High Notes and Minibombs
- Tan Kin Lian: Compensation for the Credit Linked Notes
- Tan Kin Lian: Opinion of Queen’s Counsel

Singaporeans A Dying Breed
- Anonymous_X: My answer to Nominated MP Loo Choon Yong’s “Reconsider 5-day week?”
- The Lycan Times: More babies or back to work
- EDMW: Dr Loo Choon Yong says: “Procreation ‘not our forte” and want gov to reconsider 6day work week

Tan Yong Soon can cook
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: I say, Thank you Mr Tan Yong Soon..

Housing
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: HDB to help home owners avoid default..
- Information Read By Me: Prices of HDB up 10 ~ 30 whereas Pay only 3 ~ 5 [Thanks JJ]

Healthcare
- nofearSingapore: Medical Guideline on Fees should be reinstated now

Association of Bloggers Singapore
- Discuss the Net: Overlooking and Underestimating PR [Thanks Renhao]

Parliament
- TOC: Parliamentary report — Debates on HDB rental flats, upgrading, e-engagement and Gaza crisis
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots – 05 Feb 2009, 06 Feb 2009

Daily Discourse
- Feed Me To The Fish: Talk is Cheap & Bully is Mean!
- Balderdash: contract MOE made him/her sign
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Should ERA be ordered to pay $257k?
- Journalism.sg: Films Act changes target civil disobedience videos

Life, the universe and everything
- Tribolum: Soul Searching
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Happy Birthday Singapore!!!

Infoblogaramous
- My Way: Dating Violence Awareness Week 2009
- Mathia Lee: Singaporean film – by Joshua Lim : The Olive Depression

February 9th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (8)

Tech News
- DigiTimes: Windows Mobile phones to become just Windows phones, say sources
- Computerworld: Microsoft reveals ‘My Phone’ backup, sync service
- HWZ: Windows 7: How Low Can You Go?
- ZDNet: Windows 7 chiefs: We messed up
- The Tech Report: Chrome could support Firefox-like extensions by late May
- CNET: Intel solid-state drive price cuts enough?
- Gamasutra: Metal Gear Solid 4 Helps Drive Strong Konami Growth
- CNET Fully Equipped: Sony’s missed opportunity: How the PSP could have been the iPhone
- Hexus: Jon Peddie predicts great second half of 2009 for graphics market

Reviews | Guides
- B3D: LeadTek WinFast GTX 285
- Windows7Forum: Run Windows 7 in VirtualBox
- OCModShop: How to get rid of unused device drivers in Vista
- Anandtech: Core i7 System Buyers Guide
- Bit-tech: The Dark Side of Overdrive
- TrustedReviews: Sony RDR-HXD890 DVD/HDD Recorder
- Tom’s Hardware: Under The Kimono: Inside Intel’s Hidden R&D
- LaptopLogic: Top 50 Linux Alternatives to Popular Apps
- Technibble: Computer Repair Utility Kit

SG Tech \ MISC
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Review: HP Mini 1000
- Unique-Frequency: Event: Linksys By Cisco Media Hub
- Tech65: Gear65 #7 – Windows 7 Beta

February 9th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

“The direct help for individuals & households amount to less than 13% ($2.6 billion) of the total [budget]. 66% ($13.5 billion) is given directly to companies. Past reserves are accumulated savings and wealth of the nation and hence of its citizens. If the reserve vault is to be opened, the direct benefits should be skewed for more to go to [citizens] instead of to companies.”
Tan Kin Lian

“It is because there is no social safety net in place that the ruling party can capitalize on economic crises and the accompanying anxieties of the people to wring from them gratitude and indebtedness… Create a population that is put at your mercy and you can be merciful. You don’t even have to be responsible.”
Mollymeek

“It’s exhausting to write about Singapore not because it is confronting, but because it is so incomprehensible. What else can I say, with the legal noose tightening around our necks, but that we need words more than ever, to write against falsehood, to write for our own truths. Going through the numerous blogs that dot our local cyberscape, our catharses and confessions read like prison writings. The hopeful, the resigned, the escapist, the ignorant, the aware but imprisoned, all sitting alone in their dark cells scribbling into existence what’s going through their heads, to pass time and to let time pass them by. How different is that from us, sitting alone in the dark in our rooms, typing so as to escape, so as to forget, even if just so briefly?”
Cavalierio

“I recommend the Singapore government set up talks with the President of the Internet, to formally complain about the behaviour of its netizens.. and express very strong feelings of disappointment.. Netizens can help by taking courses on acceptable online behaviour so that we can cybertalk in a way that the gahmen finds responsible.”
mrbrown

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
More »

February 7th, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

We Don’t Need No Regulation: MP burnt
- Sgpolitics: Lui Tuck Yew’s admonishment of netizens misses the forest, the trees, and even the overhead bridge
- Yawning Bread: Shield us good, mock us bad, says Lui
- Empty Vessels: We don’t need no regulation..
- a writer’s blog: Self-regulation fail?
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Lui Tuck Yew Obviously Do Not Read My Blog
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Is the gahmen going to regulate cyberspace now?
- Dotseng: Mr Brown and The Man Who Got Burnt?
- The Lycan Times: Cyberspace Self Regulation?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Slander: your definition or mine?
- The Wayang Party Club: Lui Tuck Yew should recall what his PAP colleague Wee Siew Kim said in 2006
- TPJCians: Citizen Journalism In Singapore [Thanks azhar]
- Sam’s thoughts: Lui Tuck Yew and the Internet
- My sketchbook: Our cyberspace sheriff
- EDMW: Just now I saw on evening newspapers headlines that police is going to investigate..

Singapore Budget 2009
- Feed Me To The Fish: Ms Denise Phua, will you shave your head?
- Singapore Alternatives: Will Subsidies to Companies help save jobs?
- ThinkingNectar: An Alternative Jobs Credit Implementation [Thanks Chin Yong]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Govt Help – What it is really like..
- TOC: Sylvia Lim’s Budget speech – are we depleting our current reserves?
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Sensible suggestion but was unfortunately shot down
- Military Life: Money Got Enough: Defence Budget Increases by 6% Despite Recession
- Sgpolitics: NSP Budget Response 2009 — Extensive But Not Comprehensive

Recession
- Yawning Bread: Half-million is the new benchmark
- The Wayang Party Club: Koo Tsai Kee’s non-rebuttal to WSJA’s criticism
- This lush garden within: There is no poverty (line) in Singapore
- The Itch To Write: Singapore’s TV license is world’s lowest..
- HWZ: MDA said “TV licence fee among world’s lowest”!

Singaporeans A Dying Breed
- ringisei: Demography ‘not my forte,’ says MP
- Mollymeek: Singaporeans as Production Units, Not Humans

The Association of Bloggers
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: So Much for the Bloggers’ Association

Daily Discourse
- The Temple of Thoughts: Why Singapore can’t succeed in Arts just yet
- Singaporean Skeptic: Another former IMH patient charged in court
- Making History Relevant: The Failure of SDP
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Rare Singapore protest over Sri Lanka war
- Petition for Fairer Transport Fares: Latest – We did it!

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: To kill a mocking blog – a Twitter whodunit [Thanks Aaron]
- Singapore Fountain Pen: The 11 Rules To Change Our World

February 6th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Mikie Hara (原幹恵) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. She has acted in many TV roles and has appeared in many DVD videos and commercials. Cutie Honey The Live is her first leading role in a drama. Pictures after the break. [NSFW]

More »

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

Singapore Budget 2009
- Singaporean Skeptic: That is why we need more opposition MPs in Parliament
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Disappointed with the Budget Debate
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: About Jobs Credit Scheme
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Ganging up on Low Thia Khiang
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: Why SDP “alternative” budget will not work?
- Making History Relevant: SDP Version of S’pore Budget 2009
- Sgpolitics.net: A consolidation of my views on Budget 2009
- a blog day’s work: Can a news agency swap an online article at fancy?

High Notes and Mini Bombs
- Making History Relevant: Economics of Structured Notes

We Don’t Need No Regulation: MP burnt
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Minister Liu : Community squandered” an opportunity to show a higher degree of self-regulation
- Celluloid Reality(s): Diversity and eating one’s proverbial cake
- The eOK .network: Is the crowd telling us a story?
- mrbrown.com: Singapore Govt says: Internet very unruly and unkind, not self-regulated enough
- ringisei: Coffee shop talk not an effective self-regulated regime
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: You can do more: because you didn’t show sympathy for the burnt MP

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Mathia Lee: Put Singaporeans first

Re Education
- Information Read By Me: More help for needy students, how about Borderline? [Thanks Jojo]

SG Press rank 141 and falling
- Gerald Giam: Is Straits Times protecting Govt from criticism?

Freedom, Choice, a Place for My Voice
- Jacob’s Weblog: From Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hall in Race Course Lane to British High Commission in Tanglin Road

Daily Discourse
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Need help? Just ask. But ask who?
- Feed Me To The Fish: Why Do The Crazies Love To Hurt PAP MPs?
- Cavalierio: Visceral reasonings

Life, the universe and everything
- Balderdash: UNESCO World Heritage Site for Singapore!
- Boleh! Boleh!: $10 Prosperity Pack, $28 Abundance Pack, $228 Lucky Pack
- vinyarb: If you see Christian Bale… F*CKING RUN!
- A L V I N O L O G Y: dumbest.info: website for boliao people
- The fire in my life: No money, no honey.. [Thanks Joel]

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

Tech News
- PC World: Google Latitude Service Lets You Track Your Friends: How It Works
- Electricpig: Toshiba TG01: Hands-on photo fest!
- DigiTimes: Nokia to increase handset chip orders in March
- Unwired: Samsung to present the world’s first 12MP phone at MWC 2009
- Tech Fragments: Apple’s Next iPhone to Include Video Conferencing
- Beyond Binary: Windows Starter gets new market: Netbooks
- Crave: Windows Mobile 7 will arrive in 2010
- Expreview: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 to Make Its Debut at Cebit 2009
- TweakTown: Seagate Constellation series brings us 2TB HDDs
- Fudzilla: RV740 40nm to arrive in April
- OnlyGizmos: Sakshat: The $10 Laptop that is not a Laptop

Reviews | Guides
- Guru3D: ASUS GeForce GTX 295 review (ENGTX295)
- Legion Hardware: CPU Scaling With The GeForce GTX 295
- HWZ: NVIDIA’s Ion ‘Cannon’ Lock and Loaded!
- HT4U: Power consumption: TDP vs reality
- ExtremeTech: The Rights and Wrongs of Upgrading
- TweakTown: Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Retail Desktop Drive
- EverythingUSB: SuperSpeed USB 3.0 FAQ
- ITReviewed: Dell XPS One 24 Desktop PC
- TrustedReviews: Sony Bravia KDL-55X4500 55in LCD TV
- HWZ: From a Gigabyte to a Terabyte – 10 Years of Computer Storage

SG Tech \ MISC
- Tech65: 65Bits Episode 105: Huat Ah!!!
- Ong Jiin Joo: Don’t change URLs, ever
- The eOK .network: Installing Windows 7 Beta on VMware Fusion
- theory.isthereason: HyperConnected Beings // From Social Web to Networked Consciousness

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

Support fairer transport fares for our students! [Thanks Bernard]

Singapore Budget 2009
- Endoh’s Dungeon: One man’s dream – Today’s a reality
- Feed Me To The Fish: Job Credit Scheme is a Misnomer!
- groundnotes: Job Credit scheme: False dilemmas aplenty
- TOC: Workers’ Party MP questions effectiveness of Job Credit scheme
- Siew Kum Hong: Budget 2009: Speech on Budget Statement, 3 February 2009 [Vid][Thanks craven]
- Sgpolitics.net: Parliamentary Snapshots — 03 Feb 2009
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: The TRUTH about Jobs Credit!
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: so we invested in other countries more than we invest in our own

The Association of Bloggers
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Some clarification to the newspaper articles

High Notes and Mini Bombs
- Mr Wang Says So: The Saga of the Structured Notes – What Next for the Suffering Investors? (Part 2)

Do We Have Strong Leaders
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: A Kind Government

Fixin’ the Opposition
- Sgpolitics.net: Misconceptions about the Singapore Democrats

SG Press rank 141 and falling
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Straits Times reports old tourism news

Censorship and Pink Issues
- Sam’s Thoughts: Straight-jacket problem

Daily Discourse
- Nomadism: “New POSB branch concept”..is it really that new?
- Cavalierio: Just ask (from See Nao)

Life, the universe and everything
- Aussie Pete: Culture Matters – My Interview On Chinese TV [Go Peter! Don't forget us when you become rich and famous :-)]
- ed’sperience’s blog: Shoe hurled as Chinese PM speaks
- NO BUNS NO LIFE: Rubik’s 360 is HERE. Bigger and Badder than Rubik’s Cube. CAN YOU SOLVE IT?
- quachee’s blog: Chinese New Year Malacca

February 4th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Singapore Budget 2009
- The Kway Teow Man: Jobs Credit Explained
- Sg Enquirer: One week after the Budget, even GLCs are retrenching

Recession
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: The need to do more about unemployment in Singapore
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Economic woes spilling into society and politics..

Freedom, Choice and a place for my Voice
- Gerald Giam: Amendments to the Films Act

Healthcare
- My Little Corner: Means Testing for 2009

The Association of Bloggers
- Cowboy Caleb: TNP: 30 Bloggers Joining SG Bloggers Assoc

Daily Discourse
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Ignorantia legis neminem excusat?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot- for lesser mortals only: Stupidity rules when you enforce stupid rules
- Dotseng: Does Aunty ECL Blend? -The Day We Became Animals And Ate Our Own!
- TOC: STOMP the biggest loser in TPJC controversy
- Wayang Party Club: Why there is no ‘Malaysiakini’ in Singapore

Its Football, not Soccer
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: EPL this month

Life, the universe and everything
- Cogito Ergo Sum: Is this Singnet manipulating my traffic? What about your ISP?

February 3rd, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Carmen Soo Wai Mun 苏慧敏 is a Malaysian Chinese fashion model and actress. Her unique looks came from her Malaysian Chinese father and British mother (her mother is half-Chinese and half-British). Soo started modeling at 17 and moved to Hong Kong to further her career at 20. In Hong Kong, she appeared on the covers of several magazines and was the spokesperson for Longines. Soo also landed herself a minor role in Jackie Chan’s movie “Gorgeous”. In addition to various TV roles and stage plays in Malaysia, Soo has also opened a boutique named ‘Kushi’ in KL Bangsar. She can speak fluent Malay, Mandarin and English, and currently resides in Petaling Jaya with her family.

Pictures after the break.
More »

February 3rd, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (4)