Help Greenpost Achieve Their Target

Back in 2009, Greenpost stated their aim of making Singapore paperless (as far as paper bills and invoices are concerned) by 2012. It’s November already, and they’ve got Starhub, Singtel, M1, Singapore Power (or SP Services) on their list, as well as some club memberships. This is where strength in numbers from consumers counts. The [...]

Extreme Ice Survey: The Must-Watch Movie of 2012

Forget 007 and Skyfall. Why not watch a movie that all of us starred in. Not as incidental extras, but leads, with very important roles in the plot and subplot. We’ve made this movie happen with our everyday acts – like turning our mall aircons to mimic temperate climates – so bring out the popcorn [...]

A Week After The Uneventful Angiogram

Anyone else had an angiogram before and whose arm aches like all buggery even after a week? Mine does. But apart from that, I’ve rested a few days, gone straight into work at writing the Hossan Leong Show: Flying Solo with Hirzi and Jasmine (the multi-tasking Stage Manager) – got your tickets yet? – and [...]

Help the workers who help build our country

It is a tragic day today with two workers dead and several others injured in a scaffolding collapse at an MRT station construction site. It is also a time to spare a thought for the thousands of migrant workers who do these tough, low-paying and s/metimes dangerous jobs building our country’s infrastructure. For as long [...]

Turning A Health Scare Into A New Lifestyle

A month ago now, we went to Bangkok for a complete health check at a hospital famous for their health check packages. There are comparable packages available in Singapore in terms of price, but there’s nothing like the setup they have there. In this Bangkok hospital, batteries of X-ray and other diagnostic machines line luxuriously [...]

Shark Trivia That’s Not Trivial

The SharkAid concert was held this evening at Orchard Cineleisure, fronted by popular local funny man (and my best friend) Hossan Leong. It was heartwarming that so many people turned up despite the rain and Labour Day Orchard Road traffic. Hossan was joined by Sylvia Ratonel, Eli T, Tessera and Darryl Yong in making a [...]

What do we want from our new Environment Minister?

Today marks the 11th UN-sponsored World Environment Day, and we don’t think there’s a better way to make Singapore’s newest Environment Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, sit up and take note about the environment than a couple of flash floods famously touted by his predecessor as “once-in-50-year” events. Today’s a good day to think about how [...]