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"New Look" versus "Old Look"
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A group of "Hair for Hope" shavees posing before the event.My previous blog on "Going Bald...Just to Blog" written in a somewhat flippant and light and humorous style to share my personal experience as "in praise of the bald".One year later, I volunteered to expose my naked scalp boldly in public for a good cause for the "Hair for Hope". The mission of the "Hair for Hope"to "Stand in solidarity with children impacted by cancer. Shave with us. Donate to the cause. SUPPORT HAIR FOR HOPE!" for ...
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No Two Stories Are Alike
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A friend forwarded me the following link to share here:What Happened in My Birth Year .... a nostalgia look backThis is really slick.Just type in your year of birth and watch!You'll enjoy this. . . . . .Try it out for yourself: "What happend in my birth year" .In 1948, the world was a different place.There was no Google yet. Or Yahoo. Or Bl120w.blu120.mail.live, for that matter.In 1948, the year of your birth, the top selling movie was Easter Parade. People buying the popcorn in the cinema...
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"Brandless Religion"
From Blog To Express, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This curious photo is unrelated to the bus slogan in the background. "THERE'S PROBABLY NO GOD. NOW STOP WORRYING AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE"Obviously, this blasphemous bus panel was not an ad slogan in Singapore.It beats me! New and unconventional, unorthodox ideology are found everywhere, every day with the exploitation of the Internet freedom of speech.And especially found today on the Internet about a group of SingaporeHumanism Meetup. It is not an issue moral or immoral, right or wrong, merits or...
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45th National Day Parade at Padang
From Blog To Express, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Singapore 45th National Day on 9th August, 2010 at "The Padang".First Singapore National Day on 9th August, 1966 at "The Padang".The venue of 45th National Day Parade 2010 is at the historical grounds of the Padang, where the declaration of Singapore's independence was held on 9th August, 1965.None of the replays that we saw from the perspective of 45 years at the wink of an eye, from the first National Day birthday on 9th August, 1966 to the 45th on 9th August, 2010. So much has changed...from...
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Community Volunteerism
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Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo, Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC, and Adviser to East Coast GRC Grassroots Organisations presented People's Association Community Long Service Awards 2010.The Community Long Service 10-Years Award by People's Association.An honour as a volunteer to serve the community in a modest contribution with low profile. For this personal blog, it appears that I am blowing my trumpet to have a ten minute fame and the chance once in awhile to show-off and taking an ego...
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Ageless Retirement
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Photo Credit: Don WongSource: TODAY, Thursday, July 29, 2010This is a blog topic which is close to the heart of yours truly at age 62 this year.Other than the Minister Mentor's opinion for a Singaporean not to think of retirement, my similiarities with MM ends here.Twenty-five years younger than him and a type of job I do now is a diffence between heaven and earth. The Chinese saying: "cannot compare with a strand of a single hair between the greater and the lesser person in social status,...
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Colour of Harmony (2)
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"How can color blind people be without racial discriminations'"An interesting article I found on the Internet:"Just out of curiosity, are there any color blind people here' i've always wondered what it would like to be color blind and how it would affect the saneness of an individual. With the issue of racism and skin color being a ongoing issue, do any of you people who are color blind have trouble distinguishing race sometimes' what are some of the major issues you guys deal with in everyday...
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Colour of Harmony (1)
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Racial Harmony Day is celebrated on 21 July, 2010 in Singapore. The event is to commemorate the 1964 Race Riots, which took place on 21 July 1964.This year, Uncle Dick Yip's posted his latest "Wise Old Owl" blog topic ?Racial Riots or Racial Harmony'Your Choice!? Some people may wonder why the need to highlight about racial riots on a sensitive issues in a multi-racial Singapore. Would it be better to just pretend that there was such a thing which happened' Can people not mention about...
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"Patchwork of Reminiscences'
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Join the Book Launch " Here "Following the previous "Blog on Clogs" posted, I received an email from Miss Cheryl Quek, of Nanyang Technological University, Welfare Services Club (NTU - WSU) a project committee regarding the "Patchwork of Reminiscences". Her blog as follows:The launch of "Patchwork of Reminiscences" on 25th July 2010 at Jurong Point Shopping Centre."Patchwork of Reminiscences" is a heartwarming compilation of true and inspirational stories from the lives of 17 Singaporean...
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Blog on Clogs
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The banner on the stage of The Plaza, National Library Building from afar, I was attracted by a colourful picture of a pair of wooden clogs. The event, "Colouring Lives, Painting Futures" was bustling with young students, volunteers and participants on Sunday, July 4, 2010.I was undecided whether to use the blog topic title as "Down Memory Lane in Clogs" or "Colouring Lives, Painting Futures". Both titles reflect an inter-generational bond, the old and the young, the modern and the traditional...
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