I was just poring over the exit polls today, and it dawned on me: I believe Obama was voted 44th President of the United States because of who he was, not so much because of what he promised to do.
I’ve asked a few people (in Singapore) over the last few weeks who they’d vote for [...]
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They Voted The PERSON, Not The POLICIES
Thursday, 6 November, 2008
Theirs To Lose
Sunday, 19 October, 2008
Before tomorrow’s race, let me just say this: The championship is Lewis’s to lose.
Will he choke the way he did last year? I don’t think so, but we can never be sure. But at the moment, it’s looking quite unlikely that Lewis will lose the title to Massa this year.
In the same way, the presidential [...]
Obama = Hamilton, McCain = Ferrari/Massa
Thursday, 9 October, 2008
The US Presidential Election is just weeks away, and tensions are clearly mounting. The stakes are higher than ever.
Same goes for the conclusion of the 2008 Formula 1 championship season.
You could argue that Obama’s situation is exactly like Lewis Hamilton’s, and that McCain’s situation is exactly like the Ferrari/Massa situation.
Well, apart from the obvious fact [...]
It Doesn’t Add Up
Tuesday, 7 October, 2008
Something doesn’t add up.
On the one hand, I’m reading about how “World markets slide as governments struggle to stem panic” and how “Singapore shares close more than 5% lower”…and yet on the other hand I’m reading about “Households to see average rise of about 21% in electricity bills from Oct” as well as “SingTel increases [...]
“GOP” Stands For…?
Friday, 12 September, 2008
Since the US presidential election campaign is well under way, I’m sure you’ve encountered the term “GOP” countless times when reading about McCain or any other Republican politicians.
Basically “GOP” is a term which refers to the Republican party.
But what do the letters G.O.P. really stand for? I’ve always wondered.
Go do a search.
The answer might surprise you.
“76% Of Drivers Who Do Not Pay ERP Daily Benefit From 15% Road Tax Cut”
Thursday, 24 July, 2008
I found this news article on Monday a little bit puzzling:
“76% of drivers who do not pay ERP daily benefit from 15% road tax cut“ (source: CNA website)
In particular, the first two paragraphs:
“SINGAPORE: Only a quarter or 24 per cent of all drivers in Singapore incur daily Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges.
Speaking in Parliament on Monday, Transport [...]
“Traffic Conditions Improve In First Week Of New ERP Criteria”
Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
The LTA continues to pat itself on the back for a job well done last week:
“Traffic conditions improve in first week of new ERP criteria” (from CNA website)
To quote from the article:
“The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said there has been an overall improvement in the travel speeds and traffic conditions in the city centre since [...]
Increase ERP? Yes! More Wages? No!
Thursday, 10 July, 2008
You gotta love what you read in the news these days.
Today’s Straits Times headline says: Tharman: Pay rises no cure for inflation
(Hmmm…”pay rise”…now where have I heard about this contentious topic before?)
Anyway, whatever it is, our Minister says a pay rise is NOT the best solution in times of rising prices. There are better solutions.
And [...]
When Will Bloggers Ever Learn?
Wednesday, 21 May, 2008
Article from CNA today: Man arrested for posting racially-offensive content online
Basically this 24 year old blogger has been arrested “for posting racially-offensive content on his blog”.
I don’t wanna go into the details, but let’s just say I have read the post in question and I think it’s just disgusting. (You can read more about this incident [...]
ERP = “Every Road Possible”
Wednesday, 24 October, 2007
It’s funny, I was at the Kumar “The Queen” show at the Esplanade the other night, and at one point Kumar was poking fun at our ERP system.
Kumar was saying that ERP stands for “Every Road Possible”, which I thought was excellent!
He also went on to say that the way things are going (i.e. the ever [...]
