Monthly Archives: December 2013

Is MCE the Most Congested Expressway?

Posted on 31/12/2013 by Gintai_昇泰

Our 10th Expressway was opened to the public on the 29th Dec 2013. It is the most expensive expressway costing more than $4 billion and the most difficult to build touted as a great engineering feat overcoming many difficulties. It’s … Continue reading →

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2013 in review

Posted on 31/12/2013 by Gintai_昇泰

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 180,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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Never ending taxi tales …

Posted on 28/12/2013 by Gintai_昇泰

Some tales I heard from a very experienced taxi driver. He’s also our instructor – Mr Foo imparting priceless knowledge and tons of past anecdotes to his trainees. All the trainees agree that he is the best instructor. One lady … Continue reading →

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“The Kill List” by Frederick Forsyth

Posted on 22/12/2013 by Gintai_昇泰

Sometime last month, I was notified by the National Library to collect “The Kill List” – Frederick Forsyth’s latest novel published beginning of the year. I had booked that novel online when it first became available many months ago. But … Continue reading →

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Where to get $2.50 Nasi Padang?

Posted on 22/12/2013 by Gintai_昇泰

An Archbishop checked into a hotel with a lady. The press got hold of the news and on the next day, splashed it across the newspapers headlined “Archbishop found sleeping with woman in hotel!”. When asked, the Archbishop clarified that … Continue reading →

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