Justina on May 31st, 2005

“Cancer cells grow in an uncontrolled manner. One malignant cell becomes two, two become four, four become eight, and so on, until a mass of cells (a tumor) is created. The tumor interferes with the normal functioning of healthy tissue and can spread to other parts of your body.” (source) Long before you are even [...]

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By BERNIE ZUCCARELLI GUEST COLUMNIST In August 1999 I spent two weeks in Singapore. Other than an occasional taxi ride and one ride in a car owned by a relative of my host, I got around the city in modes of transportation other than an automobile. I didn’t need a car because Singapore has one [...]

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Wai Kay on May 22nd, 2005

Daniel Libeskind, master planner of the Freedom Towers (which are to replace the WTC), has been branded and “egghead” by Donald Trump. “It’s a terrible design. It was designed by an egghead architect who really doesn’t have a lot of experience of designing something like this,” said Trump in an interview with Chris Matthews. Instead [...]

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Justina on May 19th, 2005

A really well written article by Theresa Tan, on the issue of Child-Sex Tourism. Excerpt: In today’s Straits Times (17 May 2005, Page 3 and H4), Theresa Tan (my younger, brighter, smarter, better-writing, passionate young friend of the same name) reported on the issue of child sex exploitation by Singaporean men being brought up in [...]

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Justina on May 18th, 2005

“Back to the Future” is a series of satirical articles anonymously posted on the UseNet newgroup “soc.culture.singapore”. The secret to be given away here is that it is really written by David Lin, author of the popular series “Moving to Singapore”. Here’s an example: SINGAPORE, February 29 (lint) – An eight-year old “arrested” his parents [...]

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