Tag Archives: Singaporean
‘They were waiting’: Singaporean motorcyclist accuses Malaysian bikers of ganging up to stage accident on Causeway, Singapore News
Top Stories Tamfitronics PUBLISHED ONAugust 08, 2024 2:12 AMByChing Shi JieOne Singaporean biker has accused several Malaysian bikers of harassing him after staging an 'accident' on the Causeway.Taking to Facebook on Monday (Aug 5), the man said in the Scam Alert Singapore group that this incident happened right after he drove past the Checkpoint on July 27 at around 10am."They (The Malaysian bikers) were already waiting," he said in a 47-second clip.While they were seen trailing behind, one of the motorcyclists sped up and swiped the Singaporean's vehicle on the side."A random third biker suddenly cornered me," he said. "They ganged up and accused me of hitting their bike."Despite being at a numerical disadvantage, the motorcyclist was seen arguing while pointing to the road touts that he had "video proof"."And they left me alone," he...
‘An act of rebellion’: Singaporean opens shared library in Bukit Merah where people can rent bookshelves, Lifestyle News
Lifestyle "If I die not opening a bookstore, I would probably regret it very much."Those were words that freelance photographer Rebecca Toh posted on Instagram last year.Fast forward a year later, what seemed like a distant dream has turned into reality, with the opening of Casual Poet Library on Monday (August 5).Casual Poet Library is no ordinary community library, however, but an amalgamation of bookshelves 'owned' by individuals who stock them with whatever books they desire.Lifestyle 3 months to take shapeRebecca tells us that the initiative was inspired by a trip that she took to Shizuoka prefecture in Japan in April.There, she'd chanced upon the shared library carefully curated by individuals who rented the shelves, with the space watched over by volunteer librarians.These 'bookshelf owners' pay a monthly fee to maintain the shelves, stocking them...
Becoming Singaporean: From young boy growing up in rural Chinese town to raising a family in Singapore, Lifestyle News
Lifestyle At the age of 13, Bao Shang Ze, better known as Bunz, could barely form a sentence in English.Growing up in Wenzhou, a city in China's Zhejiang province, this wasn't an issue.However, his lack of proficiency in English would prove to be a problem after his father dropped the unexpected news that the family would be migrating to Singapore.This was in the year 2000.His dad was already working as a software engineer in Singapore and decided to bring Bunz and his mum over to live here permanently."It came as a shock. We didn't even have an idea of where Singapore was!" Bunz told AsiaOne in an interview.Conversing in English comes naturally to him now but as a teenager, he recounted feeling fear and anxiousness at the thought of relocating to a new country and being exposed to a different culture."I had to leave my...
