Daily SG: 16 May 2008

So it’s going to be a David vs David final. Cook’s peaking at the right time and looks like he might just steal it on the last day. But I feel that The Chosen One’s too much of a prodigy not to win it.

Voting for the Opposition
- Yaw Shin Leong @ WP: A Vote For The Other Side
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Unpacking Yaw Shin Leong’s Choice - Treading the Colloboration Line
- Sgpolitics.net: WP candidate publicized on his blog that he voted for PAP, draws flak on the Internet. My personal take.
- Sg_Ljers: I voted for PAP in 2006 elections: WP candidate

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: Donations for earthquake-stricken China
- Webs@Work: Covering China’s Uncensored Quake

Bloggers unite for Human Rights!
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Unite for Human Rights - May 15 - Special Post
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: China, The Internet and Human Rights Infringement

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- BHP: One battery chicken life coming up in the Net?

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics.net: Woes faced by households hiring maids
- Haumau: International Museum Day 2008 theme “Museums as agents of social change and development”
- HWZ: PM Lee: Singapore will be a first class living environment for Singaporeans

Life, the universe and everything
- Sabrina.SG: Little SG boy beggar “talks”!
- The Tom!: Singapore Sports Council: Chicken & egg edition
- EDMW: Mrs Lee Kuan Yew in serious condition after brain haemorrhage
- Coffee Shop Talk: LKY’s Wife in ICU

Infoblogoramus
- The annotated budak: What nubile Nonyas wear
- ALVINOLOGY: Singapore Blog Awards 2008 - registration/nomination now open

Daily ChioBu: Akiyama Rina

 

Akiyama Rina (秋山莉奈) is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. Her most notable appearances are in the Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Agito and Kamen Rider Den-O. She also has a cameo appearance in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in which she is featured in a poster on one of the levels. Pictures after the break. Pictures after the break.

Daily SG: 15 May 2008

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Cooler Insights: In Media Relations, Timing is Everything
- Singapore Alternatives: Criteria of Good Political Leadership

MSK WKS Debacle
- The Online Citizen: A psychological perspective
- Sheep City: Seventy-seven days of nothing

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Sam’s thoughts: Freedom in the Net (pun intended)
- BHP: Past, Present and Future in the Real and Virtual World

Healthcare
- Random Rants: Means Testing (3)

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- The Online Citizen: Reducing commuting time - national effort needed

Transport Reforms Announced? Same ‘ol, same ‘ol
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: Another Reason To Get A Car

Lemons for Money
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: The Great Singapore Fire-Sale Part II
- The Void Deck: Indonesia Really Dowan Fren Temasek

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- this lush garden within: More reasons for leaving Singapore
- Simply Gab: More Govt Lapses [Thanks Gabriel]

Daily Discourse
- Lushhome: An underground reservoir?
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Buy food from street hawker?
- To PM Lee Hsien Loong: The Taiwanese Mochi Merry-go-round - Organisers found
- My Very Own Glob: Smartypants Singtel

Life, the universe and everything
- Mindblogging Stuff: Star Wars according to a 3-year-old

Daily Tech: 15 May 2008

Reviews & Guides
- Hardwarezone: ASUS’ Special Ones - EN9600GT TOP & Silent
- Overclock3D: ASUS show off their latest R.O.G board
- SPCR: Zalman ZM1000-HP: Quiet KiloWatt PSU
- BCCHardware: Zalman FPS Gun Mouse
- TrustedReviews: BenQ W5000 Full HD DLP Projector
- Legit Reviews: Game Testing 2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit

Tech News
- Hexus.net: Inno3D launches i-Chill GeForce 9800 GTX Accelero Xtreme
- VR-Zone: MSI Wind PC Actual Product First Look
- Laptop Mag: Getting Windy: Full Specs of the MSI Wind
- Engadget: Microsoft says no new Xbox 360s in 2009
- Tweaknews: Force fed technology that the average consumer doesn’t need

SG Tech
- Webs@Work: Twittering the China Earthquake

Daily SG: 14 May 2008

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Sgpolitics.net: Internet freedom: Rights come with responsibilities. My response to a ST letter

Housing
- Enblocing Singapore: The Dump After Completion (Image Heavy Warning)

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- InsanePoly: “Mediocre” Governments, Happiest Nations

Burma Aid
- The boy who knew too much: Who is international aid to Myanmar feeding?
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: 2 Disasters, 2 Responses
- Simply Jean: Chengdu’s quake and Myanmar’s cyclone

Censorship and Pink Issues
- The Online Citizen: Does Singapore deserve its press freedom ranking?

Daily Discourse
- Ian On The Red Dot: Singapore Is Making Some Of The Mistakes That Led Empires To Ruin
- quachee’s blog: Ni Hao
- the world is thinking: Nation Builders - A short film by Martyn See

Life, the universe and everything
- Stuff Singaporeans Like: #6 Mr. Brown [Thanks Richard]
- Angry Ang Mo: Stuff Singaporeans Like vs. Stuff White People Like
- Mr Endoh: [VIDEO] The Secret - The Law of Attraction
- vinyarb: Memory Woman
- BHP: The Woman Who Likes to Scratch My Car

Daily ChioBu: Charmaine Sheh

Charmaine Sheh Sze Man (佘詩曼) is the first TVB actress to be shortlisted in the semi-finals of the Best Actress category at the 35th International Emmy Awards in 2007. In 2006, she became the first TVB actress in history to walk home with two major acting prizes at the TVB Anniversary Awards - Best Actress and My Favorite Female TV Character for her captivating performance in “Maidens’ Vow”. Pictures after the break.

Daily SG: 13 May 2008

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- The Lionheart: Responsibilities and Regulations
- BHP: My Inalienable Right to Remain Anon

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: What we don’t know about sex

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Feed Me To The Fish: ERP - Rates to be displayed at all gantries?

Burma Aid
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Myanmar, Pariah
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: A Stupid Referendum

6 in 10 new jobs go to foreigners
- Military Life: Outsourcing the Singapore Armed Forces

Paper Chase
- Looking through the eyes of _ _: Singaporeans are a bunch of weird people

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Yawning Bread: Stop demolishing, start integrating
- The Online Citizen: The Unions, the Press, and the People - Part II
- My sketchbook: Temasek takes a fall

Daily Discourse
- Mr Wang Says So: Thank You For Reading My Blog, Aljunied Town Council Members
- Simply Jean: PM Lee and MM Lee vs. Dr Chee and Chee Siok Chin in court face-off
- URBANRANT: Seat belts in school bus: LTA deems it necessary to spend more time to study issue
- For Want of a Better Title: Disciplining your Child is YOUR responsibility
- Ignorance is Curable: ISPs in Singapore blocking BitTorrent traffic

Life, the universe and everything
- Ian On The Red Dot: Powerset Doesn’t Excite Me The Way Google Did
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Made in Singapore Strapless Bikini