When Hello Kitty mania strikes (aka the Ugly Singaporeans)...

More on what makes a Singaporean a Singaporean (OK, not all Singaporeans)

Smog or no smog, just mention Hello Kitty soft toys up for grabs at McDonalds (you've gotta buy a meal, of course) -- especially if it's the last in the series, the Singing Bone Hello Kitty (aka Black Kitty) -- and you have Singaporeans queuing up for hours way before the toys are available for sale.

Tempers flared, of course:

Here's a YouTube clip of Channel NewsAsia's report which carried snippets of some of the altercations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10O6CLKDR8

AsiaOne's report is here:

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130627-432684.html

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Meanwhile, on the PSI front, this ST Forum letter raises an interesting question about the air quality here, smog or no smog:

Oh, for peat's sake!

Finally, I thought this ST graphic pretty much explained why peat fires are so terrible...