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PRC is the 2nd biggest economy in the world now but not really rich per capita yet. If every PRC citizen has on average 1/3 that of Americans, PRC will become world's biggest economy. Simple maths as PRC population is >3x that of USA. The only other country with population anywhere near PRC is...

Familiar with PAP style, read in reverse. They want to increase Medishield premiums revenue. They say it's because the medical costs are rising. Because of they worry that people may not have enough coverage, they should increase coverage. That means higher premiums. That's because they care for...

The way things are going for dependless old folks, the only way left may be plain bread and tap water. Look at hawker centre prices. Even working adults at lower wages are scraping by. Another one from VB. After spending overbudget 4 times in YOG without any noticeable interest from public, he...

Oh I don't know that NTUC is involved in hawker centres. NTUC has Income for insurance, FairPrice for supermarkets and Cheers for convenience stores, those I know. So what is it this time? NTUC Hawks? I second that. I always have a plate of that whenever I happen to be around the area. That...

Looks delicious but look at the amount of salt and fats. Well I eat it anyway though I've seen how it's cooked. But I restrict roast pork rice to once a week. I always order a mix of brown roast pork and red roast pork (char siew) for a mix of saltish and sweet. Ask for more cucumber to cushion...

So I guess in Holland just a bulb means a tulip bulb. ;)

Government says fine will go to a fund to help needy passengers. That's it. Where and how to apply, no mention.

What do they call light bulb in UK English?

LSS is contradicting himself and LKY. He says it's the right thing not be populist with high wage policy. But he supported ministerial payrise and said himself feeling very rich. He now says winning election isn't important. But LKY always says every election is important and every PAP candidate...

A few weeks ago I went to a new discount shop in my neighbourhood just to buy a light bulb. The cashier was a PRC man. I asked him in Chinese, 请问这里有没有卖电珠？He looked blank replying, 电珠是什么？I was even more blanked by a PRC who couldn't understand that. So I said it's a light bulb. He replied...

I've always heard of "you shall..." but I've seldom heard of "shall you..?" Unlike "you will..." and "will you..?" both sound natural.

In school I was taught to use "unlikely" for between 1 to 33% chance, "possibily" for 34 to 65% and "probably" for 66 to 99%. "Certainly" is of course 100%.

This is curious English. Fat chance means very low chance and slim chance also means very low chance.

I go for any decent department store and buy my clothes and footwears without regard to brands. Just likeable style, comfy fit and reasonable price for an average man would be good enough for me. But I'd stop short of going to pasar malam and buy junks however cheap they are.

It was East India Company and you may be right about new name Singapore Government. Both love to import workers from China and India.

It looks raw like sashimi. Is it raw or cooked?

Now there're very few Malay stalls selling traditional small triangle packet nasi lemak. Nasi campur or nasi padang is more common like Chinese chap chai png. Bigger in scale and easier to be profitable enough to sustain a full stall whole day with enough or more than enough profits left...

I don't know the exact history but guess yes, scarcity should have contributed to sense of luxury and upping prices.

I think caviar is like sharkfin and birdnest, not really overrated but really overhyped into luxury category.

What if Speaker receives a stack of exuses from LKY, LHL, GCT and their pets? 75% absteeism is serious matter worse than parliamentary boycott. I suggest same criteria be applied to MPs as applied to commoners, excuse only by MC or travel abroad. This is no joking matter but yet laughable. I...