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[Ed: While posting this, I got the error: "A post may have at most 10 labels" - so I have held some of the observations over for the next time]
Money illusion: thinking more money necessarily buys you more real goods
Goods illusion: thinking more possessions necessarily makes you more happy
Data illusion: thinking more data necessarily enlightens you more
I was told that someone espied, in a double hall room with double beds, 2 PRC couples going at it (on either bed - not at the same time)
When people get older, they usually wish they had been more adventurous. They rarely wish they had been more strait-laced.
In a girl, it's called "self-esteem" and is something you cannot injure.
In a guy it's called "ego" and deserves to be punctured.
Men wouldn't treat women as conquests if women didn't present themselves as entities to be conquered
I am very amused that in RGS, the girls are/were reminded not to hug one another - because of H1N1.
A most unfortunate Twitter handle for a girl: @SaggyTAN.
No, this is not my overactive imagination talking again:
(Un)fortunately her user picture doesn't allow us to see if she really is Saggy.
Maybe she's a Sagittarius.
Then again, someone tells me he knew another girl called Saggy.
Citizenship classes in Singapore should teach - 'Singapore is hot and humid. Please bathe everyday'. Maybe they can sponsor this with the $10 million integration fund.
Judicial independence, vote secrecy, the anonymity of IVLE anonymous feedback and the like - even if they really do exist, it's telling that people think they don't. Either way it's sad for the institutions concerned.
No taxi driver's son, no matter how talented, will qualify for a PSC scholarship if he doesn't have a guarantor. Hurrah meritocracy!
Local journalism is about repackaging ministerial press releases. Because investigative and critical journalism are not nation-building.
The NDP cheerleaders were damn ugly. No wonder so many people are migrating.
[On The Cove] "If dolphins are so intelligent, why do they keep getting caught in tuna nets, or keep returning to Taiji every year?"
RT @samho_ outstanding. expressions in the army, 'lanjiao' is used to articulate your disagreement, while 'cheebye' is used to express you disgust
Most motivational shit is nice-sounding nonsense you want to agree with, but actually means nothing, or is false.
For example: RT @tinkertailor:
"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." Right. How about HIV?