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200,000 and counting | wandering smurf
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Pondering thoughts of a wandering smurf. 200,000 and counting. October 13, 2012. It’s been a long while since I updated this blog as I’ve been inundated with schoolwork since classes started about a month ago, so pardon the intermittent blog posts over the coming weeks. I was reading The Sunday Times website when I came across an interesting article “200,000 S’poreans living abroad”. Which reported that based on the Population in Brief 2012 report. Responses to “200,000 and counting”. Feed for this Entry.
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Surprise! Two things you never thought are banned in North America | wandering smurf
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Pondering thoughts of a wandering smurf. Two things you never thought are banned in North America. August 21, 2012. Did you know that Kinder Surprise eggs are banned in the United States? Well I certainly did not until today when I stumbled across this astounding fact. According to this article. According to this couple’s account. It could have cost them US$2,500 per egg. Ouch. In any case, I think I’ve just found the American equivalent of Singapore’s infamous ban on chewing gum. Feed for this Entry.
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Grave misfortune | Musings from Aotearoa
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Finding life in New Zealand. August 30, 2012. Never in my mind that I will expect such grave misfortune to happen to me but it does and it strike me very badly. I have a misfortune of having my backpack stolen from me today when I was in the library, the misfortune being further compounded by the fact that almost all my valuables as well as numerous important documents were stolen together with the backpack given that I had them all inside. Returned to the library and passed them the report but unluckily...
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Govt rejects poverty line, says prosperity line better for social objective : Void Decker
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Govt rejects poverty line, says prosperity line better for social objective. Govt rejects poverty line, says prosperity line better for social objective. October 24, 2013. Middot; by voiddecker. Middot; in Government. 8220;Who will go after tampon throwers if we focus on the poor? SINGAPORE — The government was today baffled by calls from social workers and experts to define an official poverty line, when the problem had been declared extinct a good twelve years ago. When told that poor people and the ho...
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PNE Fair 2012 | wandering smurf
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Pondering thoughts of a wandering smurf. Two things you never thought are banned in North America. 200,000 and counting. August 26, 2012. The Pacific National Exhibition. PNE) Fair is held annually for 17 days (starting in August) in Vancouver. Most of the major Canadian cities (except possibly Montréal – correct me if I’m wrong) hold a similar annual fair (or carnival, exhibition – whichever you call it) with performances, exhibits and amusement rides, though they all vary in scale:. 8211; K’Naan. Perfo...
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Bowen Island | wandering smurf
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Pondering thoughts of a wandering smurf. 200,000 and counting. October 14, 2012. 4 weekends ago, JL and I embarked on a day trip to Bowen Island (an island municipality in Metro Vancouver that is a 20 minute ferry ride from North Vancouver’s Horseshoe Bay terminal), our first ever trip there. The ferry journey there was memorable, with low hanging clouds formed a backdrop that created a wonderfully mystical atmosphere. On the ferry to Bowen Island. View from Bowen Island’s Snug Cove pier. Back in Singapo...
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No, Lee Hsien Loong, You Be Kinder. | The Heart Truths
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To Keep Singaporeans Thinking by Roy Ngerng Yi Ling 鄞义林. March 17, 2014. No, Lee Hsien Loong, You Be Kinder. The Singapore Prime Minister (for now), Lee Hsien Loong, wrote on his Facebook that Singaporeans should “ be kinder and more gracious to one another. 8220; This was in response to an article in the BBC which had said that there was a “ massive compassion deficit. 8221; in Singapore. We should try harder to respect and help one another. It will make life more pleasant for all of us.”. And according...
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Your Essence - JustMyTypeMag
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March 18, 2013. People will always flock to you because of all the good qualities you present – your success, your popularity, your charisma. Pay attention to those who have the ability to see beyond the good stuff. The ones who appreciate you for your nature – your essence. The ones that view your quirks and weirdness not as flaws but as perfections – perfections that make you, uniquely you. To love you for your essence is to truly see you. And life's a little weird. Love you for your essence. The One T...
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We all go back to where we belong : Void Decker
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We all go back to where we belong. We all go back to where we belong. November 14, 2013. Middot; by voiddecker. Middot; in Miscellaneous. When R.E.M. retired in 2011 after a 30-year career, they released their last single “We All Go Back To Where We Belong”. You can check out one of the two videos. For the song here. I was lucky to have caught my favourite band in concert in the first month I arrived in London. Or if you prefer to a more local context, check out this wonderful but forgotten song 笨鸟的表白.
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