In case you don’t understand Mandarin, this piece of news is about a pregnant woman named Swee Lay Kuan who went to Raffles Hospital to deliver, then bled to death. After she delivered twins, she continued bleeding. The doctors ordered extra blood units for transfusion but this was disallowed by the hospital managers (as all… Read More »
Diversified technology company 3M was so sure its “Security Glass” would stand a double-footed kick from a man with a 30ft head start that it stashed a large stack of cash behind it in a bus stop ad, as shown in the picture on the left. It’s a great advertising gimmick, but I wonder how… Read More »
Over the weekend, I was back in Singapore to process some documents at the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and I observed that the place was flooded by mainland Chinese either applying for citizenship or passport. This got me thinking: these people are unlikely to vote against the establishment, since by opting to come to Singapore,… Read More »
Notwithstanding FORTUNE magazine’s portrayal of him as a futurist (“The smartest (or the nuttiest) futurist on Earth”, May 14 issue), Ray Kurzweil has demonstrated an eerie sense of delusion. An obvious indication of his delusional nature is that the man intends not to die. And he’s planning to achieve that by taking 230 supplement pills,… Read More »
After her dismal showing in the opening round of the US Women’s Open in California where she carded an 11-over-par 82, Michelle Wie was quoted as saying: “It’s just a very fine line between shooting 69 and shooting what I shot. It’s a couple strokes here, a couple of strokes there.” Wow… a very fine… Read More »
In Singapore, it’s quite the opposite – everything comes down to the PAP. Related story: America’s most dangerous unindicted criminal