Colloquial Singaporean English, widely known as Singlish, is an English-based creole language spoken in Singapore. With Singapore’s multi-racial background, it's not surprising that 'Singlish' borrows from the many different languages spoken in Singapore. First-time visitors often find themselves confounded by the Singlish colloquialisms that pepper Singaporeans' speech. Sinful English, a three-minute "how-to-speak-Singlish" video shot by a group of Americans and ...
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One Pound Fish
A fishmonger at East London market in UK has shot to fame with his “One Pound Fish” jingle. An amateur video featuring Muhammed Shahid Nazir, aka the "One Pound Fish Man", has propelled the little-known fish seller into the limelight. The two-minute video, showing him peddling his fish at Queen's Market through a silly sing-along to anyone who would listen, ...
Read More »What Chance Do Goalkeepers Stand Against A Penalty Kick?
For all of you football fans out there, what chance do goalkeepers stand against a penalty kick? I was reading the book "Why Don't Spiders Stick To Their Own Webs?" by Robert Matthews when I came across his answer to this question. Penalty kicks were first introduced into soccer in 1891. The penalty spot is placed twelve yards from the ...
Read More »Extremely Scary Corpse Elevator Prank
Programa Silvio Santos (The Silvio Santos Program), the Brazilian television show responsible for the girl ghost in the elevator prank, has created a spookier and more macabre prank as a sequel. In their latest stunt, the victims are now stuck in the lift with a coffin which springs open, revealing a 'corpse' that comes to life in a terrifying fashion. ...
Read More »Extremely Scary Ghost Encounters In Elevator
Imagine yourself being stuck in a lift when the light suddenly flickers off. I am sure you will find that a most unsettling experience. When the light comes on again, you see a creepy little child with a pale face and scraggly hair, dressed like the ghost girl from The Ring and holding a doll. How would you react? Some ...
Read More »Old Man Gets Sexually Harassed By Sexy Colleagues
A Singapore video entitled Old Man Gets Sexually Harassed By Sexy Colleagues has gone viral, garnering over 2 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on November 18. The video stars 53-year-old Toh Kia Hing as a Hokkien-speaking uncle who gave up what most men would consider a dream job – massaging models – to take up an office ...
Read More »Grand Canyon Photo Prank Goes Viral
How would you react if your daughter texts you a photo showing her falling into Grand Canyon? I am sure you will be terrified just like Rebecca Busch of Westmont, Illinois. Fortunately for Rebecca, the photo was just a prank played on her by her 22-year-old daughter Samantha Busch. The overprotective Rebecca was already nervous about her daughter Samantha’s trip ...
Read More »Capuchin Monkeys Demand Equal Pay
Human beings expect to receive equal pay for equal work. Any perceived inequality in pay by an aggrieved party will often lead to protest in some form or other. This attitude towards equal pay is best exemplified by the workers in the “Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard” (Matt.20: 1-16): “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ...
Read More »Ah Boys To Men 新兵正傳
Where making movies in Singapore is concerned, you can bank on Jack Neo. His latest movie Ah Boys to Men (新兵正傳) has broken local box-office records by earning more than $1.5 million over its opening weekend, in the process beating the James Bond movie Skyfall, which was in its second week of release. The coming-of-age film about youths stepping out ...
Read More »Albert Einstein Was Correct About Technology
An email about a quote by Albert Einstein has gone viral, generating much discussion online. This is the quote that was supposed to be attributed to Einstein: “I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.” The email contains these photos that offer proof that Einstein was right about ...
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