Hitting all the right notes, except when it's "coins only"!

Olympics: Singapore women paddlers win nation’s second medal

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/olympics-singapore-women-paddlers-win-nation%e2%80%99s-second-medal

High Fives and congrats to the trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei! Your fellow Singaporeans are so proud of you. I watched the 3-0 slug-out for the team bronze... it was really nail-biting.

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Two London Olympic snippets...

Bolt to run rings round Man U's rivals?
Man U's Rio Ferdinand thinks it's a great idea to get the world's fastest man (100m to date), Usain Bolt, to join the English Premier League soccer team. Here's Bolt's good-humoured reply: "After the Olympics we work on that...LOL..thanks man."

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/weird/man-utds-rio-keen-for-bolt-in-team

It's true, we Olympians wee-wee in the pool, says Phelp

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/weird/phelps-admits-to-peeing-in-the-pool

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NDP 2012 Theme Song: "Love At First Light"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTvzs6Hzpc

It's a nice, saccharin-sweet song but I don't think it's National Day Parade (NDP) material or one we will sing along to in future Aug 9's. I'm not panning it but the lyrics just do not tug at the heartstrings.

"I Still Love You"

Meanwhile, a group of young Singaporeans have come up with their own song titled "I Still Love You" to mark National Day 2012. I like it for its catchy tune and good-natured parody of everyday Singaporeana, but it's also not evergreen material.

Here's insing.com's story, which includes the song's video clip. My favourite character from the video is the prata man!...

http://news.insing.com/tabloid/i-still-love-you-singapore/id-555b3f00

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Penny Wise, Pound Foolish Singaporeans?

KA related this incident to me in a text message:

"I was approached by a National University of Singapore Student Union (NUSSU) flag seller this morning [for Rag and Flag Day]. I took out a $2 bill to put into the tin but the flag seller asked if I had coins instead. When asked why, she said the fund-raisers will weigh the tins!" [In the end, they lost $1.50 in donations from KA.]

So this is how one of the nation's esteemed ivory towers raise charity money! What if the person approached was prepared to drop in a $5 bill or a $10 bill? Sorry, no good!... coins only, please? Yet another example of "Just follow hor/Just follow lor"?

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Clerihew note: Thanks, Anon, for your contribution. Nice!