Tag Archives: Switzerland

Turning 40: My List of 40 Travel Memories

Posted on October 12, 2010 by bookjunkie

I’ll be turning 40 in a few weeks, and all year long I have been anticipating going into a deep funk. So far it hasn’t quite happened yet and I think I have to thank my blogger friends on WordPress … Continue reading →

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Gallup Migration Poll: Singapore Most Popular?

Posted on August 21, 2010 by bookjunkie

Whenever there is major news reported in our local media, I try to find an alternative unbiased perspective.  So for the article saying that Singapore’s population would swell if people could migrate freely, I decided to go directly to the … Continue reading →

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Swiss President on Oliver Fricker’s Sentence

Posted on July 10, 2010 by bookjunkie

The Swiss President urged Singapore to drop corporal punishment but did not intercede on behalf of Fricker as reported by AFP It is not really surprising as Singapore is Switzerland’s biggest trading partner in South East Asia as reported by … Continue reading →

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Oliver Fricker Pleads Guilty and Singapore Floods Again

Posted on June 25, 2010 by bookjunkie

{Getty Images} Gosh, I find Oliver Fricker really pitiful. The Telegraph reports: Damning evidence, including emails ordering paint, photographs and a wire cutter used to cut through the fence of a train depot, left Fricker with little choice but to … Continue reading →

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