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Hot Tomato Cafe & Grill @ Nex Mall

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Looking for a reasonably priced, no frill western restaurant in a shopping mall? Hot Tomato Cafe & Grill is a good choice. I won’t proclaim the food as fantastic, but they are as good as it get for the prices they … Continue reading →

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Word clouds: PAP manifesto vs WP manifesto

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

I learnt how to use Wordle.net to create word clouds today and thought to compare the PAP Manifesto 2011 with the Workers’ Party Manifesto 2011. Can you spot the differences? PAP Manifesto 2011: Workers’ Party Manifesto 2011: I generated a … Continue reading →

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Stranger in my own country

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

I haven’t been out shopping on a weekend for a long while as I do not like crowded and noisy places. On Sunday, over the Hari Raya weekend, Rachel and I decided to catch a movie at Marina Square and … Continue reading →

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Auditor-General chided sloppy civil servants

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

You can the full Report of the Auditor-General for the Financial Year 2008/09 HERE. It’s a 62 pages PDF file. Quite a few government ministries and statutory boards were named and shamed, of which the champion is the Media Development … Continue reading →

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Quoteworthy – Charles Chong

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

“When you ask Singaporean residents for feedback, they will complain that they have to wait more than 15 minutes for the bus. But when you ask new immigrants, they are happy that the bus comes in under 30 minutes.” Charles … Continue reading →

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