okto channel

The new okto tv channel is showing two timeless British comedy classics, Mind Your Language and 'Allo 'Allo now (GMT +8). Loved them then and absolutely still enjoy them now.

Congratulations to one of my best buddies...

Vega who will join with his love in holy matrimony this coming Saturday. I wish them a blissful marriage and never-ending days of happiness to come.

I feel for the Serangoon Gardens residents

The Ministry of National Development has decided to go ahead in the building of a foreign workers' dormitory at Serangoon Gardens and I can understand the concerns the residents have as well as their worries and anxiety, no matter whether they are rational or not, even though I don't live there. I am not saying we should discriminate against foreign workers and treat them differently but I will be lying if I say I won't feel threatened to my way of life when a large group of foreigners living within my community. I have no doubt that the government has done its homework, made the necessary feasibility studies, logical reasoning and logistical planning. However, it is missing the big picture, the most important factor of all, and that is the feelings of the residents: its people. What happens to the annual message of "one people, one nation" that comes around every National Day? What is being a Singaporean going to be like when we no longer lives in a Singaporean community?