jo is finally 20, (and very soon we will all be) we celebrated at a very quiet phin's. happy birthday darling. don't forgot our very long movie on tuesday.

are we something to be envious of? we work at keeping our friendship while most 'friends' just drift apart after secondary school/jc/poly/uni/whatever. i suppose it's something to be proud of. recently there was a fissure amongst but perhaps it's patched now. people forgive and forget, i try. libras don't forget easily.

anyways, enough of the sentimentality. i'm embarrassing myself. (you may disagree)

last week's - i think it was wednesday's - TODAY they had a section titled "Beyond the Big O".

ok. let's be straight with each other. first glance, what comes to your mind?

i'll be honest, i thought it was a supplement sponsored by Romancing Singapore or Focus on the Family. c'mon, beyond the big o. sheesh.

but no, singapura is conservative. it is an advertorial disguised as credible articles about the release of 'O' level results (oh! remember those days!).

so "cheyyyyyyyyy" right? but i did see elisa's byline, nice job. :)

speaking of newspapers, Straits Times is making us pay for their online subscription! not that i actively read their online content as i'm a physical newspaper person, still, it reeks of snobbery and ostentation. i'm sure a lot of people will agree with me that their reason for implementing a paid subscription simply cannot be justified. what special special content do they have? none what! hao lian only.

that TODAY also! they're getting to be quite irritating with all their ad supplements. today's edition had Beijing 101 masquerading as their frontpage -- masthead and all. what irks me is that the flooding of those advertisements makes it seem like TODAY is a company that only cares for its bottomline.

"readers? readers neh mind one lah! readers aren't the one paying what."

hello, just because you've become the only free tabloid in singapore (and that's by sheer luck) doesn't mean you can slack off on content.

if this carries on where am i going to get my news? mrbrown.com?!?

(no offense to mrbrown :) )