Saturday, 20 August 2011

TELEGRAPH TURNS CURRY PROTEST INTO WAR

I was horrified when I logged on to Facebook this morning and read that Telegraph (UK) had run a story on the Cook a Pot of Curry event with the following headline, "Singapore’s anti-Chinese curry war.

Besides the misleading headline, the article made several factual errors. 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

SINGAPOREANS START CURRY PROTEST ONLINE

Calling on all Singaporeans in Sydney to cook a pot of curry this coming Sunday, August 21st, in support of Cook a Pot of Curry Day!

It’s an event created by a group of Singaporeans on Facebook to peacefully protest against immigrants who demand that locals change their ways to fit theirs.

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

DOWN, DOWN, AUSSIE $ IS DOWN!

Coles Supermarket’s “Down Down” jingle was ringing in my head when I read online that the Australian dollar was going down. A part of me wanted to shout out loud, ‘and stay down’!

You probably guessed by now why the news of a weakening Australian dollar mattered to this Singaporean student in Sydney. It hits the pocket! To be specific, my pocket, which has a big gaping hole created by the continued strengthening of the Australian dollar in the first half of 2011.