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Daily SG: 13 Nov 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 13th November 2009

APEC 2009
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Panda Diplomacy and Chinese/Taiwanese Soft Power to Singapore
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Apec seen through the eyes of China
- The Temasek Review: Amnesty International writes to Canadian Prime Minister condemning Singapore for its human rights violations
- Rachel Zeng’s blog: Justifying the Public Order Act through fear mongering
- UncleYap: Banner Demonstration During APEC 2009 [Thanks uncle]
- Reuters: Obama has busy itinerary on whirlwind Asian tour [Thanks gerald]

Road to Perdition Election
- Unbranded Bread n Butter: Chee Soon Juan on Muttons to Midnight, 98.7FM [Thanks Roti]
- The Temasek Review: Depoliticizing the upgrading issue

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Temasek Review: Open letter to Prime Minister Lee expressing unhappiness at his pro-foreigner policy (Part 1)
- Musings From the Lion City: The Reason Why
- Singapore Manifesto: Anonymous Singaporean Thought #3 [Thanks M]

Mainstream vs X-Stream Media
- flaneurose: The increasing irrelevance of mainstream media in Singapore
- TOC: Big brother is watching New Media

Housing
- Who Moved My Singapore Cheese: Our PRs are helluva rich bunch
- Singapore Watch: No, you cannot take up a fresh mortgage for your paid-up HDB

Twilight in Paradise. Growing Old In Singapore
- Sgpolitics.net: Are Singaporeans clueless about retirement, and if so, why?

Singaporeans are fed up with progress
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Snippets from Capitalism A Love Story..

Re education
- TOC: Goh Chok Tong: The Pioneer Bond-Breaker?
- Singaporean Skeptic:Generous Singapore Scholarships for University Students! Too good to be true? There is a catch

The Gospel of Harry
- Today In Singapore: The Truth In Comics

Daily Discourse
- Anonymous_X: Wellness Village Spa & Fitness is a limited liability partnership…so what?! [Thanks wacky_artz]

Life, the universe and everything
- My Very Own Glob: What sporting event around the Padang that’s better than F1?

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Daily ChioBu: Yuriko Shiratori

Posted by b on 13th November 2009

Yuriko Shiratori 白鳥百合子 is a 24 year old gravure idol and actress from Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. Yuriko was talent spotted during her high school days and started modeling for local Sendai magazines. After high school, she attended a vocational acting training course and moved to Tokyo in 2005 with the intent on becoming a star and started a blog about her journey. While she attended modeling auditions, Yuriko took on odd jobs including working in a supermarket and video rental stores. Her break came a year later in 2006 when she won the A-TEAM Crystal Pure Audition A-TEAMクリスタルピュアオーディション and signed with the A-Team agency. Yuriko eleased her first DVD Sukidayo Shiratori 告白 and appeared in the weekly magazine Shūkanshi and also in the internet magazine Fashion Walker. She made her nationwide TV debut in 2007 as the heroine Hana ハナ on the Kamen Rider Den-O 仮面ライダー電王 series. Her starring role in the popular series propelled her popularity. Yuriko has since appeared in TV commercials, TV programs as co-hosts, movie appearances, theatre shows and photo spreads in major fashion magazines.

Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]
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