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Cook A Pot of Curry Day (& Chen Show Mao Eating Prata with Curry)
Update 20 August 2011: Viswa Sadasivan has written an excellent letter reminding us that the event on Sunday is about a stand against the legitimization of intolerance. Let’s not immediately label it xenophobia (although some people are using it to … Continue reading
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Tagged article, bullied, controversy, Cook a Pot of Curry Day, curry, dispute, FaceBook, family, humble, Indian, mediation, outrage, ridiculous, Singaporeans, Telegraph, unfair, Worker's Party
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The Stop Cooking Indian Curry Story Upsets Me
Sunday, August 21st, is Cook a Pot of Curry Day. A brilliant group of Singaporeans set up a facebook page to celebrate curry as our way of life and it already has 17,364 attendees. (Update on 19 August 2011: The … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 August 2011, annoyed, August 21st, China, Cook a Pot of Curry Day, cooking curry, culture, curry, dispute, event, FaceBook, Indian, news, report, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporeans, society, Sunday, today paper, unfair, upset
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Survival of the Fittest
[youtube]rAj5km-2-es[/youtube] I know there are many people against any kind of Welfare System, but I am not one of them. This was a question and answer between MM Lee and the union during the downturn. The part that disturbed me … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, downturn, Indians, jobs, Lee Kuan Yew, Malay, Malays, MM Lee, retrenchment, SATS, Singapore, unfair, union, welfare, work
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Disappointed and Saddened by the Personal Attacks on Vincent Wijeysingha
I try not to get worked up by politics and to always keep a cool head. But this time the gutter politics has gone too far and I just can’t keep quiet. Let me be totally honest. I am so … Continue reading
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Tagged cruel, culture, dirty, gay, human rights, Kirsten Han, letters, Life, Living, mean, new paper, Singapore, today paper, unfair, Video, Vincent Wijeysingha
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Who are We Kidding? – There is No Work Life Balance
I just had to reprint this article in the Straits Times by Alan Tan, because it’s a reflection of what Singapore is becoming. It’s the key reason why the quality of life is low here even though Human Resources always … Continue reading
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Tagged bad, bad boss, boss, culture, Life, Living, long hours, office, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporeans, sucks, unfair, work, work life balance
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Beautiful People Get Away with Murder at Work
{Image: China Smack} My cousin just sent me this article. It’s about the old bias that everyone knows exists at work, but that’s never officially acknowledged. Better looking people who are less qualified can get away with lot of nonsense … Continue reading
Ban Retouching and Unreal Celebrity Images in Magazines
I think it’s unfair that men as well as women, think women have to look a certain way just because celebrities look impossibly perfect in magazines. Nobody has skin that perfect or a body that proportionate. It’s usually air-brushing through … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beauty, body image, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, freckles, Images, Life, photography, photos, photoshop, Retouching, slimmed, unfair, waist, women
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Grey Haired Lady Gaga: Does This Mean We Can Stop Colouring Our Hair?
I am posting this because my gen-Y cousin likes Lady Gaga. Also, I found this cover striking and I kinda found Lady Gaga’s matt gray nails attractive in the upcoming September issue of Vanity Fair. It’s also great if grey … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged aging, celeb, celebrity, Cover, Double Standards, Entertainment, fashion, Feminist, getting older, grey, grey hair, grey nails, Lady Gaga, music, nail polish, September, unfair, Vanity Fair, woman, Wrinkles
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