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Melissa Chen, a SG-born activist in the US famous for helping Amos Yee get asylum, faced backlash this week for using a picture of a local wet market in an article about Chinese wet markets. Why? In another picture that pissed off a bunch of people, a parody Facebook page called “NUS Atheist Society” posted a pic of a Quran next to a Bible with the caption “For use during toilet paper shortages"....

Malaysia going into lockdown is the latest development in a week that saw Covid-19 become the most global event in recent times (besides the World Cup or the Olympics). So...toilet paper? Self-quarantine? Social distancing? And what the hell is herd immunity? We talk through all these along with our own thoughts and worries, so hopefully it’ll be as cathartic for you as it was for us. ‘Cos sometim...

Jonathan Mok, an SG student in London, went viral around the world after he posted images of his punched-up eye after being jumped by a group of strangers in a coronavirus-related racist attack. And his is just one of many hate-attacks around the world. WTF is up with attacks like this? 'Cos they suck big time. On the flip side, everyone has seen at least one Covid-19 meme. With serious incidents...

Step aside Coronavirus, Malaysia has bigger shit to deal with - their government. What a week it’s been for our neighbours and we TRY to understand and explain what happened. But we can only not talk about the virus for so long, so we share our totally non-expert thoughts on how it’s impacted our lives and what the future looks like for Covid-19, the asshole. Our "One Shiok Things" for this week!...

A 25-min audio clip of Minister Chan Chun Sing spewing Singlish and scolding the “idiotic” hoarders of Singapore leaked online. Some people loved it, some didn’t. But did he go too far? Or is he “the Ah Beng” we deserve? Elsewhere, XiaXue ripped into the media for glorifying obesity. Does she have a point or is the Queen of Controversy at it again? Joining us is the ever-eloquent Munah Bagharib, w...

"She loves parrots" was one of the reasons given by friends of the Chinese bride. Weird reason aside, is this yet another case of "cultural appropriation" or are netizens being "too sensitive" again? We dive into this with the husky-voiced Noah Yap, one of the stars of our recent TV show. Our "One Shiok Things" for this week! Terence: Eminem's performance during the recent Oscars  https://globalne...

Come April 2020, ALL motorised PMDs will be banned from footpaths (even hoverboards *gasp*) and users might even need to take theory tests! But are people as triggered or have we all moved on from anything PMD-related? On the other side of the world, Shakira and J Lo rocked the Superbowl Halftime show but people questioned the need for all the gyrating, crotch-grabbing, pole dancing and grinding (...

On 1 Feb, Singapore became yet another country that imposed travel restrictions because of the Corona virus BUT became the FIRST in the world to ban anyone with a Chinese passport. But is it a xenophobic policy? In other news, the Singapore Sports School soccer team  beat Assumption Pathway 32-0 in a B Division match, and the internet was divided. But are we? Our "One Shiok Things" for this week!...

Do we really need to be that scared of the Wuhan Coronavirus? And is eating wild animals that wrong? In other China-related news, Facebook incorrectly translated a Facebook post by Aung San Suu Kyi and ended up referring to China’s President Xi “faeces hole buttocks” or “Mr Shithole” or both. Coincidental mistake or brilliance passive aggression? Our "One Shiok Things" for this week! The Crown (Se...

We thought our podcast series on SS was done and dusted when Sukki Singapora popped up suddenly in Singapore! We chatted not just about the show but also about the art of burlesque, in much greater detail than was ever covered in the show. Like the first time she performed in public in Singapore during SG50. If you enjoyed this, check out our chats with Vinny and Paul at the links below! Vinny Sha...

So much has been said about the bushfires in Australia, but why is it still so easy to not give a damn? Should we even though? And a YouTuber made a video dissing SIA crew and got more than 100,000 views. And some people were triggered. What happens next??? Click here to HELP the bushfires (Thanks Thor) - https://lnk.bio/fightthebushfires Our "One Shiok Things" for this week! "Telling Lies" - the...

What better way to start 2020 than talking about Mother Earth and if Singapore can ever ban single-use plastics like our neighbours Thailand just did? Elsewhere, an ex-NTU student uses her intellectual assets to scam her friends into paying for an upgrade to her...other “assets”. But is there more to the case? Our "One Shiok Things" for this week! "2020" Balloon mistaken for S.O.S signal https://w...

The next half of us talking about big shit that happened during the year, based on your searches online (we know everything). Also, WE’VE GOT ANOTHER GIVEAWAY. So listen up. And since this is the last podcast of the year for us, we just wanna say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has listened in. We're so psyched at the response we've got, and we wanna kick more ass in 2020. And it'd be great if you...

We review the biggest things that happened this year, according to what we searched for online. Publicly AND privately. Also, our FIRST ever giveaway. But you gotta listen for the goodies. Part 1 of 2 so listen up for next week’s episode. Our "One Shiok Things" for this week! Terence's love for "Legend of Zelda: Breathe of the Wild" https://www.zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/   Haresh's love for Sin...

In the third of our series getting “Singapore Social”-ed, we chat with Nicole Ong. As the only one of the cast who wasn’t already dipping her toes in the media scene, she offered a very different perspective on the show. And she also talked about THAT cousin. It was a fun convo, especially ‘cos she doesn’t talk as much as Vinny Sharp. Then again, no one does (muackz Vinny!). If you enjoyed this, c...

In the second of our series diving into Netflix’s “Singapore Social”, we chat with Paul Foster, who we’ve verified to be as nice in person as he appears to be in the show. Admittedly, this was the first time we met him face to face, but things still flowed as smoothly as a good Teh Tarik, and we get some insider info on the show. If you enjoyed this, check out our other chats with Vinny and Nicole...

A group of conservative parents in Singapore lobbied MOE (again) to remove the highly-acclaimed book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” from a school’s reading list because it has 28 F-words. But do they have a point? In other news, a CISCO security officer was caught on camera kicking a PMD rider off his bike and onto the road. Thank the heavens for camera dashcams. Our "One Shio...

In the first of a very special series on Yah Lah BUT, we have the most open interview yet with Vinny Sharp, one of the stars of Netflix’s latest series “Singapore Social”. Eloquent, articulate and probably on the list of most desirable son-in-laws for Indian mothers around the world, we go DEEP beneath his beard and into his soul.  If you enjoyed this, check out our other chats with Paul and Nicol...

After 6 years of “discussions”, the govt announces that the MRT Cross Island line will literally “cross” through the forests of central Singapore instead of going around it to save 6 mins of travel time and $2 billion in cost. But why are people so pissed? We also talk about last weekend’s clusterfuck in central Singapore that left people stuck in traffic for 3 hours! Thanks to the U2’s concert, B...

Netflix’s latest reality show “Singapore Social” dropped on 22 November and lots of people vented on social media. But do they have a point or are they, as some suggest, “jealous”? One thing’s for sure - no one will be jealous of a group of teens who were held in jail for 14 hours after their powdered armpit deodorant was mistaken for drugs while at the W Hotel. If you enjoyed this, check out our...

District Judge Kaur explains why she didn’t hand out a jail term to the latest NUS molester (we wish we didn’t have to specify “latest” but alas). Headlines erupted, but does she have a point? In other news, the Govt announced “CleanSG Day”, an initiative to give town council cleaners a day off to “raise awareness of the littering problem” and get residents to clean up. But how much can one day do...

Imagine if you saw a crime, chased down the suspect and held him till the police came. Heroic, right? But what if the suspect dies in your hands? That’s what 5 Good Samaritans in Singapore are currently facing after they stopped a suspected upskirter in Little India. We try to wrap our heads around this case of a good action gone bad. On the flipside, some bad actions can go good, like the lewd me...

We’ve been gone for a while but ONLY because we’ve been working our asses off for our first ever TV show! More details on that later. For now, there’s been only one thing on the minds of Singaporean’s this week - PMDs and the ban. We share our thoughts and judge the thoughts of others. In other news, we cover a ridiculous local sexual fantasy crime story that sounds more like an episode of CSI tha...

This week, Ho Ching shared a blogpost that defended her husband’s (i.e. PM Lee) salary. We are less annoyed about her post than we are about the ridiculous BLOGPOST by Seedly, a local finance startup. In other news, SG Minister Masagos Zulkifli says Elon Musk’s Tesla cars are more about “lifestyle” than climate change. He also blamed the “lack of parking lots” in SG as a reason why we can’t have m...

This week, a leaked video of fully-grown adult NTU students chanting a cheer about “Kukubirds” (slang for penis) went viral. They also performed lewd gestures and one too many thrusts of their hips. It’s weird. But more importantly, WHY?? Or is there an unspoken benefit to such “bonding” events? In this overly sexualized week, we also cover  Singapore’s first “panty-sniffing influencer” who posted...