Tag Archives: Singapore-related

So now we’re lesser mortals?

First, Singaporeans are labelled quitters and whiners. Now, it appears that the majority of us are lesser mortals. “Maybe it made lesser mortals envious and they thought maybe he was a bit boastful. Would people have taken offence if his wife (a senior investment counsellor at a bank) had paid for everything?” ~ PAP MP… Read More »

Cooking up a perfect storm

Only in the overpaid Singapore civil service do we have an immediate superior (Peter Ho) eat humble pie on behalf of his subordinate (Tan Yong Soon) for blowing taxpayers’ money on a personal extravagance and further rubbed salt into the wound by highlighting that he could have shirked work longer than five weeks if he… Read More »

Singapore Fryer

According to Steven Yeo (not related to yours truly), general manager of the Singapore Flyer, a total of 173 passengers were trapped in the Flyer when a small electrical fire caused the stoppage. The attraction is in operation for barely a year and this was already the fourth power outage it has experienced so far.… Read More »