S M Ong: January 2015

Friday, 30 January 2015

Take me to Church: Never mind Serina Wee, look at Sharon Tan!

Maybe it's just me.

I know everyone's hung up on Serina Wee, but it seems to me that her fellow accused, Sharon Tan, is getting hotter and hotter as the City Harvest Church trial drags on.

Once she discovered bangs, there was no stopping her.

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UPDATE: 21 October 2015 (Judgment Day)

WATCH: Former City Harvest Church (Official) accountant Serina Wee, Kong Hee's deputy Tan Ye Peng and former church...
Posted by TODAY on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

UPDATE UPDATE: 20 November 2015 (Sentencing)

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE:

15 September 2016 (Appeal)

16 September 2016

21 September 2016

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE:

7 April 2017 (Appeal verdict)

19 April 2017

21 April 2017 (Starting jail term)

2018 UPDATE

1 February 2018 (Final verdict)

COLUMN: Sharon Tan, from ‘scary old lady’ to ‘chiobu’?

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Joanne Peh & Qi Yuwu expecting their first child: Twitter reacts

Wow efficient “@xinmsn_en: JUST IN: It's confirmed - @JoannePeh & Qi Yuwu are expecting their first chld. Congrats! http://t.co/GD3wBMGQUS…
— amy (@_OAOA_) January 28, 2015

WHAT THE FUCK JOANNE PEH PREGNANT ?! LOL
— R A N G E L (@jocelintsy) January 28, 2015

WHOOOOOAAAATT. Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh are expecting a #SG50 #戚白恋 baby??!?!?! http://t.co/s8NDfvTjRk
— lupcheong (@lupcheong) January 28, 2015

holyshit my 715 and joanne peh :O
— Chermaine ( `ิิ∇´ิ) (@Chermzmaine) January 28, 2015

Woah Joanne Peh is pregnant for 3 months o_o
— Ling (@bambishim) January 28, 2015

JOANNE PEH IS PREGNANT AHSJDLFLGKDJSJSJJD
— Vanessa (@vanessagohx) January 28, 2015

What Joanne Peh is pregnant??? The whole world is pregnant.
— =L U L U= (@ZhaoLucas) January 28, 2015

JOANNE PEH IS PREGNANT HOLY MOTHER
— yong le (@Yonglerrific) January 28, 2015

JOANNE PEH IS PREGNANT. K CANNNNNN. Too many celebrity babies. Haha.
— FINNA (@annifmika) January 28, 2015

Joanne Peh is pregnant? So fast? You sure?
— Nellie ♧ (@nelliezxc) January 28, 2015

Me to Mom: Joanne Peh is pregnant Mom: I bought your envelope. $2. Registered mail $2+. Pls email ASOS today. Talk about relevancy 😒😪
— D (@teuksdimples) January 28, 2015

RUINING NEWS: Joanne Peh and Qi Yuwu had sex AND THEY MADE A BABY!
— The Voice of NTU (@therealfakeNTU) January 28, 2015

Ermergerd Joanne peh pregnant
— See Double You (@NotSoGenius727) January 28, 2015

"JUST IN: @JoannePeh and Qi Yuwu are expecting an @SG50 baby. Congrats! http://t.co/cjQAWryCYl " SG50 AGAIN pic.twitter.com/KTMSFhhIdt
— YuCheng (@YuChengQ) January 28, 2015

"@STcom: Joanne Peh and Qi Yuwu expecting first child http://t.co/qUmwf6p2t0" these two make news like no others
— Esmond (@thequirkybrain) January 28, 2015

"Joanne Peh and Qi Yuwu are expecting their first baby" siala fast and furious
— 레이첼 (@RachelNUT) January 28, 2015

The guy can get it up meh? Lol RT Joanne Peh and Qi Yuwu are expecting their first baby http://t.co/N3JufUHQsw pic.twitter.com/xfl5J6blSe
— Justin Chan (@esti_d) January 28, 2015

Oh. My. Gawd. RT “@tdy_T: JUST IN: @JoannePeh & Qi Yuwu are expecting their first child. Congrats! pic.twitter.com/aiYX4n1yBA”
— Buaya (@AhBua) January 28, 2015

Joanne peh pregnant...? I also pregnant with ramen
— daphy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (@orgasnom) January 28, 2015

i thought qi yuwu was gay wut
— WILLIAMMM (@WLYCx) January 28, 2015

EHh..Joanne Peh not with angmoh bobby meh? | http://t.co/hnMVI4SKeB pic.twitter.com/gSwGFMUpSA
— PSI Singapore (@PSI_Singapore) January 29, 2015

715's reaction to @JoannePeh's pregnancy: "Are you sure? Can you double or triple confirm it?" http://t.co/qs1VQUu2DT pic.twitter.com/HEjYD6U8or
— xinmsn.com (English) (@xinmsn_en) January 29, 2015

LOL?! Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh expecting a child?! Like seriously..
— Psijic Order (@Bananasian) January 29, 2015

Joanne Peh proves once and for all she's not Qi Yuwu's beard — they're expecting an SG50 baby. http://t.co/X79V1RsB5H pic.twitter.com/ZIgCI8GzJI
— Coconuts Singapore (@CoconutsSG) January 29, 2015

Joanne Peh like the Singapore version of taylor swift
— H (@_Huuuuda) January 29, 2015

"Rubbish newspapers. Commodity prices are plunging and Joanne peh's pregnancy on the front page"
— BYEsarah (@Quekynator) January 29, 2015

The news is not about Joanne Peh being pregnant, it's about how 715 could make get her pregnant.
— Bryant Keagan™ (@BryantKeagan) January 29, 2015

EARLIER: Here are a few choice tweets about the Joanne Peh-Qi Yuwu wedding

COLUMN: What happened to Joanne Peh

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

A Christmas card in January

I rarely check my work mailbox (as in a physical mailbox, not e-mail inbox) because I rarely get any snail mail at work.

Yesterday, a colleague noticed something in my mailbox and I found this, a Christmas card date-stamped Dec 15, 2014.

It's from Ms Zaibun Siraj, a former Aware president (1996–1998), who has written to me before.

It was after I mentioned her in my column about the boisterous Aware EGM in 2009, where I said that with her "retro-futuristic purple streak in her hair" and matching outfit, she looked like the Joker.

But I didn't get her snail mail until months after she sent it to The New Paper because, as explained above, I rarely check my work mailbox.

And now, six years later, it has happened again.

In the Christmas card, she wrote some very nice things and I wish I had seen it earlier.

So either she has to start using e-mail or I should check my mailbox more often.

Thank you, Zaibun.

And, uh, merry Christmas to you too.

You goat to be kidding me: Oh sheep! It's the year of the goat puns

There has been some controversy over whether it should be the year of the goat or the year of the sheep.

But a more pressing issue is: How many goat puns can we tahan before the Government introduces a Goat Pun Control Bill in Parliament?

It's getting really baaaaaa-d. This has goat to stop.

But if you can't bleat them...

Monday, 26 January 2015

I just discovered the toy collectors' paradise at China Square Central

I never thought of myself as a toy collector, but I may just be in denial.

I started hanging around the toy shops in Plaza Singapura and Bugis Junction with my daughter after she got into Marvel comics and Dr Who.

I may have also been influenced by a few of my toy-collecting colleagues (all male, of course), who display their collection on their desk like an exhibit.

A photo posted by SM Ong (@sm_ong) on Oct 18, 2014 at 8:57pm PDT

I have bought toys for my family and my colleagues as presents. I have bought McDonald's Hello Kitty toys for myself as a joke.

A photo posted by SM Ong (@sm_ong) on Jun 11, 2014 at 7:17pm PDT

But lately, I've been buying more and more toy collectibles for keepsake, from the Sharknado Funko Pop vinyl figure to the Lotus Esprit car from The Spy Who Loved Me.

A photo posted by SM Ong (@sm_ong) on Dec 22, 2014 at 9:09am PST

A photo posted by SM Ong (@sm_ong) on Nov 26, 2014 at 6:07am PST

Does that make me a collector?

The answer may lie in how thrilled I was to discover the toy collectors' paradise at China Square Central yesterday.

How come I didn't know about this place before? Did you?

I just happened to be there to meet an old diver friend from the navy, Stewart, whom I hadn't seen in years. He had rented a stall in China Square to sell his collection of toys, DVDs and music books at the weekly flea market.

After my reunion with Stewart, I walked around the building and was astounded to find the number of toy shops there.

On top of that, half of the flea market were also selling toys. The other half were selling vintage stuff like old watches, phones and postcards. Some of the toys are old too.

Here's a bunch of photos I took with my Narrative Clip.