Perspectives

The Class Divide Only Gets Worse In Our Schools "If you have the most expensive things, you're the most popular also." This is how one lower primary student feels about the rich and the poor in her school. So what exactly was "expensive" to the student? Smiggle pencil case, Smiggle bag, whatever...

Honestbee Delivery Man Treated As 'Invisible' On Toa Payoh Bus How far would you go to help a stranger in need? A kind-hearted netizen shared a heartbreaking story on Facebook about a scene he witnessed on Monday (24 Sep) in Toa Payoh. An Honestbee delivery man in a motorised wheelchair was met...

Viral Video Shows Lorries Allegedly Booked For Illegal Parking There's a new video getting netizens hot and bothered. This time, it concerns movers unloading their goods along Sembawang Crescent, a 2-lane road. In a Facebook post that has now gone viral, netizen Zheng Han Pua posted a video of lorries unloading...

Netizen's Nostalgic Post About Lee Kuan Yew's Generation Leaders Goes Viral A man named Gerard Ong recently shared his take on why our 4G leaders can't command the same amount of respect as LKY's generation. Here's what he had to say in a lengthy 1000-word recount posted on Saturday (29 Aug). We...

Singapore Rules That Adidas & Lutong Trademarks Look More Dissimilar Than Similar So, Adidas tried to prevent a Taiwanese company from registering its trademark here in Singapore, but failed. South Korea, Hong Kong and Germany have disallowed Lutong from using this symbol. Here's what happened. A trademark war In 2015, Lutong Enterprise applied to...

Peranakans In Singapore - Wedding Specialists & Kitchen Gods Abound Many of us know that Peranakan men are called Babas while the women are known as Nyonyas. We play host to many Peranakans in Singapore, and enjoy their beautiful architecture, which have sometimes been dubbed as the "Chinese Baroque". "Chinese Baroque" Source But beyond...

Latest Roadkill Within Mandai Vicinity Was A Pregnant Wild Boar Yet another animal has been killed in the vicinity of Mandai. On Thursday (21 Jun), a pregnant wild boar was run over by two cars travelling along the Bukit Timah Expressway near the Mandai Road exit. A third car crashed into the...

E-Scooter Parking From Sharing Company Mess At Tanjong Pagar And Bugis E-scooter sharing is becoming a bigger deal in Singapore. Last September, the third and most aggressive e-scooter sharing service launched here. But people are beginning to notice the "messily parked scooters" in shared community spaces. Members of the public are starting to...

Singapore Is Not Part Of Malaysia Or China, Or The Entirety Of Sentosa Don't get us wrong, we're not bitter about anyone not knowing where to place us on the map. Our island spans all of 50km across, a mere pinprick as compared to gargantuan America or North Korea. But as the...

"Animal Communicators" Develop Telepathy With Your Pet To Converse With It People who have always wanted to know what animals are thinking need look no further than self-styled "animal communicators". Animal communicators claim they can speak telepathically to pets to find out their needs. While this service raises eyebrows in many quarters...