"The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79." - Douglas Adams

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Teacher caught naked with boyfriend gets the sack - "A KINDERGARTEN teacher lost her job after she was caught naked with her boyfriend at the kindergarten for a second time"

Thief 'rescued' by police after tourists deliver beating - "The thief, from the northern region of Liguria, stole a handbag from a Korean family when they were not paying attention. He threatened the family with a knife when he was spotted and then tried to flee. Two men from the family, in their 20s, chased him for several hundred metres before they got him down with tae-kwondo moves. They disarmed the thief and continued to beat him."

The breast of times - ""I thought this year's Miss Singapore Universe (Carol Cheong) won because of her boobs," says Joshua-Uriel Leong, a banker in his 30s who admits that he is a "boob man" and is drawn to a woman's breasts ahead of her other physical attributes. And "Yes, yes, yes - size does matter", he adds. According to Doy Teo, director of the Singapore operations of lingerie brand Triumph International, the number of women going up to a bigger C cup has surged from about 10 per cent a decade ago to 18 per cent... As boob "authority" Jeffrey Chung notes: "The first things guys notice about girls are breasts. Instead of keeping them in, the media might as well capitalise on them." He ought to know - he is the model agency owner who made headlines by marketing three D-cup models as the Singapore D-Cup Show Girls... "Boobs are the reason men wake up in the morning and the source of comfort as they lie in bed with their ladies at night," says a male banker in his 30s who declined to be named. "The ideal breast size should be big enough for you to notice, but not of the size that you end up talking to them instead."... Ironically, women are the ones who are less accepting of their own body shape... it's no surprise that Triumph has sold five million push-up bras - the famous Maximizer - in Asia since its launch, and that 90 per cent of the brand's range have padded cups."

Lunch-time beauty boost to increase breast size - "FOR six years, she has had one dream: to have bigger breasts. Now, Miss Joan Guo’s dream has finally come true – albeit temporarily. Thanks to breast fillers, which let her walk into a clinic a 34B and walk out less than two hours later, a proud 34C. The cost: about $15,000... The doctor injects a gel containing hyaluronic acid – which occurs naturally in the body – into the breast. The gel gradually breaks down safely in the body over time. It lasts one to three years, depending on the individual... “Some people may say it’s stupid to spend so much money, but it depends on what each individual wants,” she said. “Having bigger breasts helps me feel more confident.” Apart from living frugally, she has to put up with sore and swollen breasts for now... [her boyfriend] added that a few of his female friends have gone for breast implants."
Strangely, nothing on whether it looks and feels more natural than implants. And perhaps that's why Singaporean women are allegedly getting bustier