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TVD’s Picks: Budget 2009

Happy New Year! Did we get a real hong bao, the one we expected or rather hoped for? The budget is a bold one for many reasons. Breaking the piggy bank and digging into the reserves is one. The focus on companies (and workers indirectly) rather than voters per se is a politically risky move [...]

Elitism Rawkz! (My lesser mortal ass)

Yo Lesser Mortals, Little People, Get Out of My Elite Uncaring Face, spending $15k a head on a Frenchy branded cooking course is only peanuts! Who’s who of condescending remarks uttered and then quickly nervously explained away as figures of speech? Charles Chong, Catherine Lim, Wee Shu Min and Mrs Goh Chok Tong. What started [...]

MP Seng Flamed Again and Again

Burning is a form of errrr… cleansing they say. From witches at the stake to tires around the neck in ANC necklacing fashion, that was what was raging through the web. Woooosh! At first the once-punched Yio Chu Kang MP was set on fire during some grassroot event. Then he got flamed again in the [...]

What Others Are Saying: MP Kena BBQ! Piangz!

Wahlan Sg turn into dis sort of hoorigan country oredi when economic lecession. Not happy then go and throw kerosene on MP and then try to BBQ him! Got one temple chairman sibeh sway sit next to the MP oso kena burned! A bit too much rite? If you anger at him, scold him KNNCCB [...]

What Others Are Saying: Sg Ferris Wheel GM tio Sacked..Err Paiseh…Resign!

Sg Ferris Wheel GM resign coz he let his company down so quickly ….compared to last mth when he let the passengers who kena stuck on the wheel down so slowly. hehe Sgporeans vely the kiang one, chop chip oredi say dat in privates sector, the axe very sharp chop the tao’s head vely fast [...]

Sit Down, Sit Ins in 2009?

Check out this stirring bouncy version of James’ Sit Down in its (then) swan song come-full-circle Manchester gig. Damn, it’s a bloody goosebumps song in a sit in. I participated in one of those student entertainments before for laughs. All of us with cheesy beckoning hand gestures, spontaneously hummed, clapped and sang that activist anthem [...]