Friday, May 21, 2010

In the News....

Like most things in Singapore- the newspapers can be unintentionally hilarious, confusing and plain odd. Here is today's selection of very strange things:
1) What's wrong with a candlelight vigil or moment of silence?


If you cannot read the text: the relevant portion says:
Some 3,000 people, including Buddhist monks, watched as students mimed raping, bludgeoning, strangling and eviscerating bound victims to remember those who died.
Now I support remembering and learning from tragic historical events- but I am not sure this is the way I would have suggested....

2) Thailand anyone?
 
Yea- come visit Thailand. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain the violent protests in the streets. Cheap shopping, good food and free flying bullets!
Maybe they should think about waiting to push Thai tourism until say, the foriegn embassies re-open.
This advert is even more entertaining if you take in to account that there were atleast six different articles preceeding this add detailing how bad and scary things are in Bangkok. Good luck guys, better luck next time.

3) Things not to do in China include:

Noted. 
This makes me think, in light of recent scandles in the media, Tiger Woods et. al., what must they think of the US?  

4) Headline What?
A swear they speak English here. Although I have no idea what this means.

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