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Singapore trip
8th July 2005 Arrived in The Inn-crowd. First thing that made me like the place… There are cats! We arrived about 10am so our beds were not ready. We were asked to just hang around for an hour. What I disliked about the place? It is hot! There was only one aircond in the whole place packed with more than ten caucasians. We made ourselves some & sat around pouring thru maps to plan our outing for the day. We decided to go to Sim Lin Square to check out electronic stuffs. After that we just walked around & ended up shoe & clothes shopping in OG. I was tired,…
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Beloved City
Kuching once again made headlines as a healthy city in the NST yesterday. Well, this is not a first, as Kuching was voted as cleanest city in SEA before, and even best infrastructure. Something like that. Proud to be Kuchingite! Miaw! Kuching may not be known in the Western Pacific region for development, but the city wins hands down when it comes to health standards. The World Health Organisation declared Sarawak’s state capital a model “healthy city” last October for its exemplary role in ensuring the health of its residents. “Healthy cities like Kuching are continuously implementing plans to improve the health of the people,” its Western Pacific Building Healthy…
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Live 8: Why use celebrities?
The number of blogs around the world writing about Live 8 is reaching about 10000 as of now. However, instead of promoting Live 8 and the cause behind it, that is to pressure the G8 leaders as they meet to cancel the debts of Africa, saving the lives of millions from that continent, many of these blogs are actually skeptical of using celebrities in such a concert to speak the message. One such blog totally bashed the people behind this, the celebrities and even accused the campaign as acting as a free publicity for these celebrities. Many of them are skeptical that these freaking rich celebrities’ voices has any effect…
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Kenny Sia is a celebrity ah?
Wahlau, ChannelnewsAsia featured an article called A quiet dinner meeting with top Malaysian blogger turns riotous about Kenny’s little adventure into the island of Singapore, with the writer, Benjamin Lee, giving him the stamp of Celebrity Status. Last week, it seemed as if Kenny Sia (www.kennysia.com) was the most popular Malaysian in town. The most popular Malaysian in Singapore ah? Singaporeans idolising a Malaysian blogger? Is this a first?
