She came, she saw, she collected millions, and zoomed off into the sunset in her Ferrari California. Budget for train maintenance, whazzat? Engineering is so unsexy. The new guy seems to think so too.
February.
His sacking triggered a by-election. In retrospect, it was a godsend; the relentless witch hunters will have the tables turned on themselves before the year was over.
March.
Even the dead have to give way for the development plans to feed the real estate bubble. What they fail to tell you about asset enhancement is the cash impoverishment side of the story.
April.
What killed the wage shock therapy was not the call to raise the income of the poor, but the audacity to suggest a wage freeze for the filthy rich. "Never mind your Gini coefficient", was the old man's dismissal.
May.
What Susan Boyle did for "I Dreamed a Dream", Hougang contributed as much to popularise another Les Miz favourite. Don't be shy, join in the chorus,
"Do you hear the people sing?
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes..."
June.Botox is great for masking blemishes. But who would have thought speeding tickets could be papered over by waffling about appropriate traffic laws that were in force in 2006?
July.
Kudos to the keyboard warriors who shattered the imprimatur of the minister who initially endorsed the profligate spending exercise. Just because minister says okay doesn't always means okay, okay?
August.
The Chinese proverb says: When you drink water remember the source (饮水思源). Does not apply when your heart tells you different in a moment of celebratory euphoria.
September.
The national con got off to a good start. Until eagle eyed netizens spotted the card carrying party loyalists and aspiring sycophants embedded in the discussion group.
October.
Xenophobia had a good run, kicked off by the "more dogs than men" quotable. The unpardonable was this foreign talent's explicit blog of ugly bedroom gymnastics. If the 51 guys had come across his gross pictorials earlier, they would be so turned off by female anatomical parts that the under-aged online hooker's bookings would be less prolific.
November.
Thanks to the pioneering contribution of this lot of bus drivers, our official lexicon now recognises the proper word for industrial action. It may take 26 years to call a spade a spade, but such is the new timeline for progress in our nation.
December.
The English translation may lack the panache, but Confucius once made this cynical observation:, "For I have never encountered anyone who puts principles before licentiousness."
微臣從沒見過
如斯好德如好色的人
Tatler, your Singapore round up for the year is as good as they come !
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Pictures speak more than words! Hope to read more of your posts next year.
ReplyDeleteThe KEY question is;
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Is PAP still living up to your expectations?
How many more screw-ups and scandals will it take to convince you?
Will you and Singapore go bankrupt first before you wake up?
That famous apology at Raffles Pl last year was much better than a Taiwanese drama. Think that fella forgot much about everything that is important in this "country" which is turning into a big employment agency.
ReplyDeleteLike a bad smell the AIM scandal will not go away.
ReplyDelete"ASPIRING SYCOPHANTS" - good one!!!
ReplyDeleteMay 2013 bring some joy and happiness to ordinary Singaporeans. Let more skeletons fall out of the closet.
ReplyDeleteJan 2013 - AIM gate?!
ReplyDeleteLots of dirt and shit before 2013.
ReplyDeleteLet us help to clean them up from tomorrow onwards, else we will be overwhelmed by rubbish and stench.
May we have a cleaner place to live healthier
for a better tomorrow.
patriot
The year ended with a developer selling a subsidised EC unit for S$2m WITHOUT URA's approval, is the developer not being as greedy & arrogant as our PAP Govt to run foul of our regulations ?
ReplyDeleteAre they not making a mockery of our PAP Govt's condition of S$12k/month salary limit for applicants ? Do these applicants look like they need a subsidy from our Govt ?
Does it not make our Govt look every bit as greedy as that developer and can we ever expect our PAP Govt to improve for the better in spite of our PM's infamous apology ?
Maybe our PAP leaders can start questioning us what is exactly wrong with being greedy ? If there is a BE @ Punggol, maybe Punggol constituents can do the rest of us a favour by sending a clear message to our PAP leaders that something is wrong ?
........2012 was a special year to me i came across this blog and it has been a fantastic journey since with the tatler even my children 18 and 15 enjoy reading this blog it has opened up their eyes even wider......
ReplyDeleteGuys Wishing one and all a wonderful year ahead.
may god save our little red dot from the MIW's
This is the list of the aspiring sycophants in the first NatCon. I have a sneaky feeling the PAP candidate for the Punggol East By-election (if there is one) will come from here. Probably someone in the 40's, maybe a lawyer. Leave out the students and young Papies.
ReplyDeleteChaly Ma @5:18 SLA Chairman
Han Hwee Chin @6:40, ex-JTC, ex-MTI, current GIC Real Estate
Marc Lim Kah Leong @10.50, Kampong Glam Club Youth
Hamidah Aidillah Mustafa @16:29, YP member & Mendaki
Gopalan Krishnan @22.40, Fengshan CCC
Devi Haridas seated in show, Telok Blangah CCC
Daniel Ho, Student @32:00 Boon Lay CC YEC
Rolf Gerber @32:55 Chairman of LGT Leichentstein Bank.
Trina Liang, MD @40:54 , one of speaker/supporter of TonyTan PE 2011
Lawyer Devi Vasantha Haridas
Telok Blangah Citizens’ Consultative Committee
Dover Community Centre Management Committee
Malminder Singh
PAP Member, Kebun Baru Branch
Tay Xiong Sheng
Activist, Woodlands PAP Branch
Michael Rebaczonoc-Padulo
The Ang Moh at Hougang By-election
Budiman B Mohd Salleh
YP Executive Member, Kaki Bukit Branch
Jasmine Chua (the one wearing green)
PAP connection: photo had lunch with George Yeoh
Certainly, there is a conflict of interest, come clean on the software sale, PAP Town Councils.
ReplyDeleteI suspect there's a ongoing Criminal conspiracy by the authorities to delay an investigation as it involves present and former PAP MPs, as the clock ticks,there is a possibility, potentially incriminating documents may be tampered
or doctored to cover up any wrong doing.Criminal conspiracy is also a crime.
Political leaders must continue to set high standards of honesty and integrity. Society too must continue to reject corruption.
Next, let's have a look at what the PM has to say about lawlessness.
"Tough laws were enacted and enforced vigorously. The goverment has also kept money out of politics and public officers are paid properly." Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Member of Parliament(PAP)said.
Dr Teo Ho Pin said although five companies collected the tender agreement, the sole bid was submitted by AIM, a company fully owned by the PAP.
Dr Teo Ho Pin is a Mayor of North-West District and Member of Parliament(PAP) for Bukit Panjang Constituency in Singapore.
"Mr Lee Kuan Yew said in a statement that "there's no end to human ingenuity", adding these were new forms of corruption."
(Transcript of Mr Lee Hsien Loong's speech,)
"Ultimately, the price of corruption is not just the dollar amount of the bribes,but the cost to society of the bad decisions and malfunctioning systems,which far exceeds the money exchanged.
Mr Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore has been able to keep the system clean by first having a strong political leadership.
Tough laws were enacted and enforced vigorously. The goverment has also kept money out of politics and public officers are paid properly.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said keeping Singapore clean goes beyond the civil service.
Political leaders must continue to set high standards of honesty and integrity. Society too must continue to reject corruption.
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Mr Lee Kuan Yew said in a statement that "there's no end to human ingenuity", adding these were new forms of corruption." unquote.
(Singapore News Alternative: AIM Saga: Member of public files ...)
http://singaporenewsalternative.blogspot.sg/2012/12/aim-saga-member-of-public-files.html
(Conflict of Interest - Mark R Simmons)
http://www.facilitatedcontrols.com/fraud-investigation/coiknow.shtml
Joshua Chiang
How huh?
ReplyDeleteNo ombudsman.
Law Enforcement Agencies dormant
and un-initiated.
Alternative Parties are not pursuing
improprieties existing in national policies
and systems.
So, how huh?
You forgot to mention
ReplyDeleteJUSTICE DEPARTMENT or
is it the JUDICIARY?
We want to earn more money
ReplyDeleteWe want to be promoted
We want landed properties
We want 2 cars
We want holidays
We want more than 1 property
We want our property values to rise higher each year
We want our shares to go higher each day
Yet we also
Want cheap food
Want cheap taxis
Want cheap cars
Want cheap bungalows/terraces/semi-d
Want cheap mRT rides
Want cheap air tickets
Want free Phone
Want free medical
Want low taxes
Want modern amenities
Want fast internet
Only capitalism can meet these wants
and PAP is pure bred capitalistic entity.
The rest pretend to be socialists, only because they need to be seen to be different to get votes.
A nice roundup for the year. I hope in the new year, people can understand that if they want rights, they have to stand up for it. No use complaining, blogging, any other passive way. People must learn how to organise themselves in vast numbers and party in the streets. If they continue their sitting ducks position, they will continue to be treated like carpets.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great start to 2012, even better end to2012. Bring it on 2013 & Singaporeans!
ReplyDeleteTo target, you ought to run your own newspaper.
May you have more good years of running.
Happy New Year, Tattler
ReplyDeletefish 'n' chips
I enjoy your blog a lot. Happy 2013.
ReplyDelete/// The Chinese proverb says: When you drink water remember the source (饮水思源). Does not apply when your heart tells you different in a moment of celebratory euphoria. ///
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, for Singaporeans, it applies when you are drinking NeWater.