"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way." - Jane Austen

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I wonder what excuses the Peak Oil crowd are coming up with now, after their crowing not so many months ago.

It is not hard to find proof of the perfidy of humanity and the misery of the human condition, but when you see it in those you know it is doubly saddening.

MFM theorises most jazz musicians are male because jazz requires a lot of improvisation. Someone else points out that it's the same for Early Music.

Denigrate comes from the Latin dēnigrātus/dēnigrāre meaning to blacken, from "de" (completely) and "nigr(āre)" (to make black). More racism in the English language!!!

Lee Kuan Yew is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour. Uhh.

Except for Chickens and Rats, even female domestic animals aren't allowed on Mount Athos. Meh.

It seems all foreign cultural performances in Singapore are expensive. I heard tickets to see Frances Yip in Sydney went for a flat price of $28. Maybe Singaporeans are just suckers.

RT @mrbrown: "Malaysia receives their first Scorpene submarine, the KD We Boleh. I hear it will fire Proton torpedos and run on palm oil"

I saw a woman whose tattoos extended down into her cleavage. Her tattoo artist must be very skilful(and her weight must not changed much since she got them)

"If you remember Flooz, Beenz, CyberCash, Bitpass, Peppercoin and DigiCash, it's probably because you lost money investing in them" (Source)

RJ now has sex education where they sign pledge cards pledging not to have pre-marital sex. Ugh.

Friend: "I think feminists, like racial minorities enjoy discrimination towards them but make a bitch of a scene at the first sign of prejudice against."

I talked to someone who'd studied in Japan for 9 months, and he said when you first meet Jap girls they talk in a high voice, but later when you know them better and you're at the bar they will talk in their natural voice.

In the past few years I've seen more guys with long hair, but they tend to be one or both of: 1) Above 40 (so the slavemasters don't touch them), 2) In non-professional jobs (hawkers, delivery boys, grasscutters - few are in officewear)

Someone who was from one of the NUS Sports Club's Sub-clubs said that a lot of girls' photos had gotten stolen (including hers) (this is a followup to this post)

I think manual cars are popular in Europe, and automatic ones in the US, partly because fuel is cheap in the latter.

There's a place called "Inaccessible Island" *facepalm*

From @lucian: "migration.com.sg leads to Australia Migration Agency."


I was at Zam Zam at 10+ and they claimed they ran out of Kosong Prata. Wth: how is that possible?!

Great, there're separate Wikipedia entries for Roti prata and Roti canai. They say prata has more variations because Malaysians are poor. Hoho

Someone on Malay food: "it's better in sg cooked by a combi of chinese and indos than in malaysia. Mind, i've had my experience confirmed by malaysian malays. Ghafar baba used to have takeaways of nasi lemak, rendang and suchlike from singapore weekly. Apparently malay food in sg is made with a greater emphasis on freshness and quality of ingredients, hence the better result."