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  • So Much For A Clean Singapore

    One of the things that Singapore is known for is its cleanliness, so why is it being treated so badly? Look at this mess! This is a sitting area below an HDB block. It’s regularly like this as well. I’m sure the first thing someone will want to say is, “There are lots of foreigners!…

  • Heroes of the Typhoon Ondoy Tragedy

    Rice Photos via Flickr / CC BY 2.0 This is a photo of the Laguna area, roughly 60 km south of Manila. It’s not the exact location where the following events took place, but it’ll give you an idea of what the area looks like. Also, I found the sign in the image to be…

  • Hurricane Ondoy. What the hell happened?

    (Image Source: Times Online) Typhoon Ondoy is one of the worst disasters to hit the Philippines in years.  I believe I also read that this was the worst typhoon in 42 years.  It also raises a lot of questions about why there was so little warning, why there was such a poor response, and what’s…

  • Cream Cheese and Monkeys

    This is just a funny conversation I had this morning that I thought I’d share. I went downstairs to make a small breakfast and the house maid was washing some dishes. I dug around in the fridge a bit, looking for the Philadelphia Cream Cheese.  I held up a cup and said, what’s this?  “Bangus…

  • Philippine President Arroyo’s Son Boozing It Up While Filipinos Are Dying? #Ondoy

    While several of our countrymen were waiting to be rescued, Mikey Arroyo, the son of that Malacanang bitch was photographed buying liquor in Rustans in Katipunan. MAGSAMA KAYO NG NANAY MO, KUPAL KA!!! via Grachelle Bravo From everything I’ve heard I don’t have much faith in politicians in the Philippines. They’re nothing but a bunch…

  • Acting Like A Fool In Public

    Today while we were standing in line waiting for a taxi at Tampines Mall, we saw a guy make a complete fool out of himself.  We were having a conversation about cat toys when I heard a guy yell something at the top of his lungs.  He sounded angry.  When he yelled a second time…

  • Shoes For The Leopard Prince

    If you don’t understand the title, Google “Ris Low”. Posted via web from Bradley’s Posterous

  • HDB Balcony Gardens

    Singapore’s HDB housing blocks can look pretty sterile.  From the outside they all look the same.  In some areas there are whole groups of buildings that are built in the same fashion.  From what I’ve noticed, it seems like tenants have a lot of leeway with what they do to the interiors, but sometimes the…

  • Aggressive Salespeople Are Ineffective

    Sometimes employees in Asia can be a little too helpful for comfort. There’s a stereotype that in the Southern US, people are more friendly.  In most cases that’s true.  It’s not unusual to have a conversation with a stranger.  It’s acceptable to ask a stranger for directions.  It’s not uncommon to have a conversation with…

  • Misbehavior on Public Transportation in Singapore

    [Update 15 June 2012: Peoples’ behavior when getting on and off trains really isn’t that much better in New York City.  In fact, it’s about the same, or maybe worse.  I suppose that’s a “grass is always greener” thing, because I may have been remembering NYC better than it was while in Singapore, or I…