Sweet drinks up cancer risk
Feb 8th
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WASHINGTON – PEOPLE who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.
Sugar may More >
China woman washes clothes with ‘free’ water from Sembawang hot spring
Feb 8th
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This woman was seen filling many pails to the brim with water from the Sembawang hot spring, and using the ‘free’ water to wash her clothes.
She did it even though there was a sign that stated “不要在这里洗衣服” (Do not wash your clothes here).
STOMPer SPI Kenny informed us about this incident in an email More >
Foul-mouthed undergrads bicker about foreign students getting more benefits
Feb 8th
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STOMPer Cyber policeman is stunned by netizens, who are apparently undergraduates, hurling expletives and vulgarities at each other in an online argument about foreign students receiving more benefits here.
The STOMPer is concerned how these foul-mouthed netizens may represent Singapore’s brightest students.
"Someone sent me a link to the website given and when I visited More >
Boy genius, 13, wants to do medicine at NUS
Feb 7th
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A SINGAPOREAN boy sat for the British equivalent of the GCE A-level examinations last year and aced all his papers – and he was not even 13 yet.
Muhammad Haikal Abdullah Zain, a former student of Rosyth School, scored straight As in Biology, Physics and Chemistry, which he took last November.
He turned 13 a month later More >
Guy from massage shop continuously harassed my wife
Feb 7th
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Trips to the bathroom turned into a nightmare for a STOMPer’s wife, who claims that a male staff from a massage store started harassing her a week ago, calling out to her and even tugging at her hair.
The first incident happened when the man offered the woman a massage for free if she went More >
Lady service staff tells us: ‘You won’t die from eating rotten mussels and fish head’
Feb 7th
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STOMPer nikeboi1984 and his friends were served rotten mussels and fish head at a steamboat restaurant, yet the lady service staff told them that they won’t die from eating it, and made them pay for half of the bill.
The STOMPer recounts:
"My friends and I went to this steamboat place on Jan 30.
"The More >
Poly girl poses topless with BF and posts pictures on blog
Feb 7th
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STOMPers have expressed both surprise and embarrassment with the audacity of this girl who is posing with her chest exposed in a series of online pictures taken with her boyfriend. The girl is reportedly a local polytechnic student, and the pictures were apparently posted on her blog.
STOMPer Vanessa wrote in to say:
"At times More >
Seoul launches floating island
Feb 7th
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SEOUL – A giant steel float that will be part of a "floating island" in Seoul boasting off-shore entertainment facilities began a snail-paced trip towards the city’s Han River Saturday.
The football-field-sized structure, resembling the hull of a cargo ship, moved at a barely noticeable speed over rows of giant rubber airbags from a riverside More >
Resorts World at Sentosa awarded casino licence
Feb 7th
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SINGAPORE: Resorts World at Sentosa has been awarded its casino licence. It is the first of Singapore’s two integrated resorts to get the go ahead for its casino operations.
Although the opening date of the casino at Resort World has not been announced, preparations are in full swing.
Resorts World Sentosa chairman Lim Kok Thay More >
