Exciting stuff on the menu when The Fabulous Baker Boy reopens tomorrow
Photo: Artist's rendering of The Fabulous Baker Boy's new space Local stage performer Juwanda Hassim's bakery and cafe The Fabulous Baker Boy, is reopening on April Fool's Day. The Fabulous Baker Boy...
View ArticleZee Avi cancels Singapore concert and tour in light of MH370 tragedy
Malaysian songbird Zee Avi has cancelled the April 17 Singapore concert and her complete Asian tour in light of the MH370 tragedy. The tourwill be postponed to a later date this year and refund details...
View ArticleBrit indie rock band The 1975 playing at The Coliseum in July
Indie rock band from Manchester The 1975 will be playing in Singapore on July 22, 8pm. The group, which topped the UK charts with their debut, self-titled album in September last year will play at The...
View ArticleSupport Local... Not: Tiger Beer drops Singapore creative agency DDB
Now that Heineken has taken over Asia Pacific Breweries, one of the brands in the company's portfolio Tiger Beer, is looking outside Singapore for marketing cheer. It seems Tiger Beer has dropped local...
View ArticleLavender Food Square closing down to make way for commercial development
Popular hawker joint Lavender Food Square at Jalan Besar will permanently shut its doors to patrons later this year. The food centre, together with neighbouring Eminent Plaza — both built in the 1980s...
View ArticleVideo: Makcik takes 'fight' with cheating husband to bus stop
Oh, lookie! The viral video (scroll the bottom of story for link) of a makcik berating her husband for cheating on her has a sequel! This one was uploaded by YouTube user Jeremy Ang just yesterday. We...
View ArticleSurvey proves Singapore is most expensive city, but only for expats
A survey by think tank Asia Competitiveness Index (ACI) of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy ranks Singapore 60th out of 109 cities in the world in terms of cost of living for average residents....
View ArticleHDB will fund ideas to improve liveability
Since its launch in July 2011, the Cool Ideas for Better HDB Living initiative has received more than 220 ideas from the public. And now HDB has launched a new Cool Ideas Fund to help winning...
View ArticleMan who kicked bus in viral video arrested
A 51-year-old man who was caught on camera kicking the front of a bus after the bus driver refused to let him in has been arrested. The incident took place on March 29 at about 6pm in Little India,...
View ArticleReal or Not? Scoot launching YogaZone complete with 'hot room' on April 5
Singapore Airlines' budget department Scoot just announced they're launching the YogaZone — something like the ScootInSilence child-free cabin, but with extra room for stretching — on their daily...
View ArticleDJ Rozz's official Facebook page hacked
Lush 99.5FM's Rosalyn Lee or DJ Rozz as she's better known, has had the security of her official Facebook page compromised. Lee is the latest victim in the recent spate of malicious internet hacking...
View ArticleWell look who got trolled at the stroke of midnight on April Fool's Day
This is what whole days of calling out stuff like this video of a 'makcik' attacking her cheating husband, this possible IKEA publicity stunt and Scoot's weird-as-heck new YogaZone (wha—? Just tell us...
View ArticleGST Voucher payouts announced for April and July this year
About 800,000 Singaporean HDB households will receive $45m worth of GST Voucher – Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates in April. This is the second of four GST Voucher – U-Save payments, a household...
View ArticleVideo: So you think you can dance? You haven't seen this uncle yet
Having a drab Tuesday? We've got just the thing. This merry little video uploaded by Facebook community Singaporing.com shows an elderly man dancing with a female performer in what appears to be a...
View ArticleCyclist in critical state after OCBC Cycle accident
24-year-old Chia Wee Kiat is in critical condition after suffering brain damage due to an accident at the OCBC Cycle Singapore event on Sunday. Chia is now being treated at the Singapore General...
View ArticleFirms liable to pay more workers overtime
Firms now have to pay overtime to non-workmen, such as clerks and sales staff, earning up to $2,500 a month from the previous figure of $2,000. The overtime rate payable, however, will be capped at the...
View ArticleSomething about Zalora's lookbook doesn't seem quite right
In case you're wondering if your eyes are playing tricks on you, rest assured they're not. Online retail store Zalora is featuring cross-dressing models in its latest promotional campaign. The...
View ArticleThis 'crazy' man ran 31 marathons in a month. WHY?
Completing just one 42km marathon may seem like a distant feat for many of us mere plebeians but not so for martial arts instructor Gerard Lin. The 32-year-old who goes by the moniker 'Ah Siao',...
View ArticleGallery: Singaporeans have fun on wheels
More than 10,000 cyclists united to take part in the mass ride segments of the annual OCBC Cycle Singapore. We woke up bright and early last Sunday morning to check out the charity race action — here...
View ArticleVIdeo: Motorcyclist tackled to the ground in the middle of road
Thanks to mass smartphone use and in-vehicle cameras, incidents of road rage have been receiving an increasing amount of the spotlight recently, so not much really shocks us anymore. But this video of...
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