AWARE: Demonstration Of Democracy

The recent developments at AWARE have been most fascinating. To have an understanding about the official point of view and preference abou...

Straits Times Changes Headline 4 Times Today!

There are possibly three reasons why I continue to pay money to read the Straits Times online. The first reason is that I want to know what ...

News Travel Fast!

A few moments ago, the postman delivered the latest TIME magazine to my mailbox. I was quite shocked to see the Olympic flame on the cover....

This is MADNESS!

"IN THE climactic scene of the movie, 300, Persian emperor Xerxes was laying siege on the Spartans. He offered the Spartan king Leonida...

Evaluating Reliability

Source A : An online news report from Channel News Asia. SINGAPORE : A police officer crashed his car into a pillar along a walkway at abou...

Stop The Presses! EP 2

Welcome to another installment of STP. (EP 1 here .) Today we're looking at the 'foreign talents' issue. Two days ago, Channel N...

Stop The Presses!

Today's activity is: Spot the differences! (Click for larger pictures.) Oops, I thought maybe they didn't like the layout and decide...

Straits Times Survey: Almost Half Of Respondents Don't Trust Straits Times

Oops! From today's Straits Times: Believe those blogs? Only 1 per cent find them credible IT MANAGER Jerry Chia, 34, trusts the newspape...

The Art Of Writing Press Statements

As visitors to this blog might know, I love to read, and sometimes write, press statements/releases. Press statements are like structured pr...

I Love Op-Eds III (Yet Another One About Pr0n!)

In the previous installment of my current serious I Love Op-Eds , we came across a funny Op-Ed that was pr0nographic. In today's episod...

I Love Op-Eds II (The One About pr0n)

Due to an occupational hazard, I treat everything that I read in the newspapers, even the serious stuff, as satire, unless shown otherwise. ...

I Love Op-Eds

There're two interesting Op-Eds today in the newspaper Today. One's titled "Free speech: Are you responsible enough?" from...