Some recent stuff that I put on FB...

The big news this week was the massive rush-hour train system breakdown on 7/7 evening, so I chipped in on Facebook...

Mr Lui Tuck Yew is Transport Minister; Mr Desmond Kuek is CEO of train operator SMRT

Chris' commentary piece is available online:

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/if-smrt-lacks-resources-government-should-step-in

There are times when the picture accompanying the story helps a sharp headline-writer to seize the moment!...

 
The panel ad on the bus says "Relief For Headaches":

ST, July 9 (ST Photo: Seah Kwang Peng)

 I felt one headline writer failed to do justice to an offbeat story...

I even have a silly knock knock joke (from way back) for such an occasion:

Knock, knock
Who's there?
Zebra
Zebra who?
Ze braless!

I keep a continuing interest in the South China Sea disputes...

Somehow, durians got pulled into the comments that followed:

Speaking of durians, someone posted this tongue-in-cheek spoof on FB, which I reposted on my timeline:

http://newnation.sg/2015/06/overnight-raid-in-geylang-sees-authorities-seize-500kg-of-immoral-durians/

Baby boomers, stand tall! As Arnie says in his latest Terminator movie, "Old, not obsolete"!...

Meanwhile, I felt Hillary was demeaning not just people from China, but Chinese people everywhere including in the USA...

Such callous stereotyping makes one feel like vomitting, or is it vomiting?...

The proper spelling should be "vomiting". Sloppy headline work and sloppy checks by editors.

One should also be careful in the use of idioms, especially when there have been tragic instances of maids here falling off balcony ledges while doing their cleaning chores...

 
Finally, an ass is an ass, be it the animal or the bum. There is no need to "cover" it up with asterisks like it is some four-letter word! In fact, I disagree with such use of the asterisk. There is a need for editors who can stand up to such a silly practice...