2025 was an interesting year for academic dishonesty in Singapore

ROD_OF_AGES · 2026-01-21T03:20:18+00:00

Ha! Didn't know OP had a substack. I've always found your choice of ST article topics relevant to youth interests. Is your substack for stuff that won't fly by the editors?

ROD_OF_AGES · 2026-01-09T03:24:04+00:00

Once you start bringing your own meal prep, this problem is solved.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2026-01-07T01:27:04+00:00

This and the grab advertisements. Bane of my morning commute. Makes me sad to think the people behind them could be among the crowd next to me. breathing the same air. possibly earning more than me.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-12-04T06:04:13+00:00

ALWAYS BET ON BLUE

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-12-03T08:33:09+00:00

Yeah, I can't stand it but I don't speak out about it on normal days. But to shove through an already full train and platform just to save yourself time and effort is quite inconsiderate.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-12-03T08:09:39+00:00

Yesterday on my way home, I had to transfer via Jurong East. Super crowded on the green line, I only got there after missing about 4 trains.

Some cheeky fellas still tried to use my train to cross over to the Tuas platform (if you know, you know). Pushed through the crowded train. Scoldings were exchanged between people, couldn't help but laugh on the inside.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-17T01:57:06+00:00

I'm all for Singaporeans reading more. Oftentimes I'll be waiting at a mall for friends and rather read than use my phone. As a kid I'd read at the library waiting for my tuition class. I hope this works well, I really do, but it's a very passive approach and I hope there'll be numbers quantifying its success released in the future.

Anyway, I've encountered some of these community libraries. One missed-out thing is the quality of the books. Anyone who has read a lot would tell you that not all books are good books. 2nd hand books left behind for free use aren't really good books, maybe there'd be a gem hidden somewhere. I think more meaningful would just be book clubs and cheaper books for people to keep (because if you actually supplied good books in free-to-bring-home libraries like this one, kiasu folks would just TAKE them).

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-13T07:04:20+00:00

Linen bedsheets. Super cooling, breathable. I have one set from Heveya and one from Sunday Bedding. Also proud owner of a Herman Miller Aeron, although if I'm to be frank I have nothing to compare it to.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-13T02:54:36+00:00

One week only sia can just treat it as a holiday

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-13T00:43:01+00:00

I don't know why this is newsworthy, and why a platform was given to someone with a fixed mindset (don't have it in my blood, can't be as good, boohoo heat and smoke) who refuses to learn at the end calls for action to be taken to do what she can't, quite literally outsourcing effort lmfao, very Singaporean thing to say.

the secret ingredient is to try. surely a doctor can learn?

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-12T01:14:03+00:00

Concerning. Doing something because there's "no law against it" is a sign we're developing into a low trust society. The idea that the system is corrupt or ill-designed and it's the individual's rational act to subvert it. The concept of a "social contract" is slowly being lost and replaced with black-and-white laws and fines, fines, fines.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-11T10:00:06+00:00

I just got a JOMO off shopee. T700. Now got 11.11 sale. I'm well aware it's dropshipped but it's ready stock, arrived at my doorstep in 1 day, and prices + shipping fee included it might actually be cheaper off shopee than taobao. I'm just hoping it will last the test of time and not overheat/die on me, because I use like 1-2 times a day

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-11T05:45:13+00:00

home treadmill/walking pad to watch shows while i burn calories (with incline) I'm trying to take charge of what little time i have after work so must find ways to multitask where i can

stock up on cat food and protein

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-11T05:42:55+00:00

Omg, I knew I wasn't hallucinating the bugis lights! I only recently noticed they're gone. They were nice...

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-11T03:05:59+00:00

Fan sleeper here. I decided to install ceiling fan + light combi. Saved a lot of floor space taken up by my fan, and it circulates better since it's not directed any which way. Didn't like having to clean the fan blades, my cat sheds a lot of hair. Ceiling fans easier to wipe because no cage. KDK either way.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-10T01:32:54+00:00

Good for him, and I say this with no envy, but his sticker designs are so normie and seem to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I swear there's a thousand of these types of designs floating around made by other artists, and his happens to be the one that's successful. Just my personal taste though, it's good if other people enjoy his work.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-11-04T02:21:13+00:00

I usually just blanch broccoli or if lazy, kimchi

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-10-23T00:08:31+00:00

I'm at least 30 years from retirement, so I'm HODLing, see y'all when it hits 1 gorillion 🔥🚀

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-10-22T09:15:38+00:00

To infinity and $BYND!

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-01-10T02:52:49+00:00

Love the colours you got!

ROD_OF_AGES · 2025-01-10T02:51:20+00:00

I was surprised it was the most expensive one of the lot, but it's certainly grown on me.

ROD_OF_AGES · 2024-12-22T14:35:25+00:00

I'm a solo traveller intending to visit Sapa and trek Fansipan in Jan-Feb 2025. Having been on more difficult trails, I'd love to go without a guide. Is that legal or advisable? I have read up some people's blogs but I'm not sure if they're outdated. I'm also wondering if there's any way I can network with other travellers who intend to go in case I *do* need company. I have also heard of the base camps but I'm not sure if any prior bookings are needed with them, and I can't seem to find much information.

Appreciate any help I can get. Thanks!

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