2012 is now history. It will be remembered as the year of Gangnam Style. I turned 55 in 2012. I survived the Mayan calendar. As I start the first blank page of my new 365-page book, I pray that the book will be filled with great memories. 2012 has been a very memorable year.  For me, the year was filled ...

Mom is such a special word To me mom is the greatest person in the world She brought me into this world And refused to let me go When dad wanted to give me away Because of mom, I am still a Lim I almost drowned when I was a little kid Because of mom, I am still here today ...

Christmas is just round the corner so I just want to share this joke with you with the hope that you will have a hearty laugh. Merry Christmas to you all! There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...