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In case you want to find me on Threads, I’m (at) mr_brown there.

@mrbrown on Twitter (@mr_brown) on Threads

LEE Kin Mun: Blogfather of Singapore, satirist, writer, photog, traveler, podcaster, bestest voice actor. Loves tech, cameras & bicycles. mrbrown.com. 15K Followers.

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Not the smash-and-grab they envisioned.

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Can work until die.

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What the heck? Man with samurai sword swings at cars and people. I’m glad nobody was seriously hurt.

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A mom confiscates her daughter’s phone and the young lady tries to reach to her followers by all means possible. That last one cracked me up. #freedorothy

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What’s stopping you from dressing up like this in Bangkok?

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@kakijalans Legend says they are still hammering at the glass display case to this very day.

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1 year

@visakanv This is me. And yes, my wife is delighted with my service. Hahaha

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4 years

Apparently the sounds of Sengkang residents when the sample count came out for Sengkang GRC. WP 53% - PAP 47% #sgelections #ge2020 #ge2020sg

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6 years

So true.

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6 years

No. Way. iPhone XS now has editable depth of field. Meaning you can now control the bokeh of your Portrait mode photos AFTER the photo is shot. #AppleEvent

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It’s called the Devil’s Tear in Indonesia. Many tourists don’t heed the warning to stay away from the wet rocks and never turn your back on the ocean here. She is lucky to be alive.

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Please, I am Asian. We would eat the T-Rex without thinking twice. And figure out how to cook every single part of it. Even the tiny hands.

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4 months

It’s almost as if Asia does not exist in their world. In what universe is the UK safer than Japan or Singapore?

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3 years

Also quotes Joe Rogan a lot.

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5 years

Listening to some vintage K-pop, you know, Girls’ Generation.

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3 years

There’s always more to the story posted by clickbaity publications. So please be aware.

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2 years

Not to be beaten by MP for Expiring Degrees, this MP wants to regulate bubble tea.

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From an NYT piece on party etiquette. Please lah. Asian families would throw you out.

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3 years

#DOTA2 truths

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Driver in a Bentley tried to run down a security officer at Red Swastika School who told him he could not drive in without a school label. Held up other cars for 15 mins too. Security uncle had to see a doctor and was given 3 days MC for his right knee pain. Charge the driver!

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Siao ah. You think everybody so rich that they can go to do upgrading courses every five years to keep their degree “valid”? After spending a small fortune and considerable time getting the degree? Who is paying for the study leave or course fees? You think degree is COE ah?

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3 years

Kim Huat would like to have a word with the Chief Minister of Delhi. In fact, he has more than a few choice words.

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5 years

Thank you, Singaporeans who are overseas this long weekend. Because half of you are out of the country, my wanton mee came very fast; and my Grab and taxi bookings were easy and affordable.

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3 years

If you are unvaccinated, at least have the balls to own it, and not try to lie your way through safety protocols designed to protect you and others, with a screenshot.

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3 years

Pro tip for all our F&B friends: From tomorrow, some anti-vax mooks might try to pull a fast one by screenshotting friends’ TT app to bluff that they’re vaxxed (the irony). Make them press the refresh button. It’s a new feature! If nothing happens, they’re showing u a screenshot.

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6 years

Now that’s a funny moment of helpful bro-ness.

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5 years

I think if you try to run over a cyclist with your lorry, and then rush out of your vehicle brandishing a weapon, you deserve every inch of that left hook.

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8 years

1. I appreciate that PM cares enough about camera angle. 2. Singaporean Ah Beng Squat in the White House lawn FTW.

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2 years

Another view of the man swinging the samurai sword at cars and people. Seriously what the.

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1 year

Pritam Singh today.

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10 years

Major Japanese pop group Arashi opens the #Tokyo International Film Festival to the cheers of their fans. http://t.co/FaMaLegAWa

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2 years

GST moves 1% but food prices moving up 15-20% leh.

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3 months

We pay our bus fares here in Singapore like civilized human beings, madam.

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9 years

They are very serious about parking fee payment here.

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9 years

Singlish is got grammar one hor. Don't say don't have. Dr @gweezilla gives us an intro course. http://t.co/ru9ZOr55LJ

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2 years

UM, NO THANKS.

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3 years

Singapore gets a new university of the Arts and some Singaporeans have an absolute fit. It’s 2021 already and there are still people who think the only viable jobs in the world are doctor and lawyer. And what is a “graphicity arts”?

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2 years

Jollibee Chicken Joy > KFC. Discuss.

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1 year

This is a terrible infographic. There is next to no difference between the bars.

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4 years

Malaysian thermometer very the powderful one. Aim one person can read all the rest. Must be the thermometer got Ultra Wide-Angle Lens.

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2 years

Old days: “I kena COVID.” “OMG are you okay???” These days: “I kena COVID.” “Ok. See you in seven days.”

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5 years

You cannot miss the Singaporean accent. Even in a corner of New York City. In a quiet street in the Meatpacking District, you can hear your countryman’s distinctive voice. We are everywhere.

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2 years

#siasuay Singaporeans in JB.

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2 years

Maybe he saved up? Maybe he got it as a gift? Maybe he EARNED THE MONEY TO BUY IT? WLE wear a watch also got salty jealous comments. Eh, he stole your grandmother’s money to buy that Omega ah? What is up with people?

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11 months

I would like to thank Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian for giving us public holiday. #PE2023

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6 years

This month, please remind your helper not to place her gloves this way.

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8 years

Everybody wish our favorite #CardboardConstable a blessed marriage! So cute! [Photo shared by his lovely bride.]

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3 years

Kim Huat is absolutely livid about the #KTVcluster .

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6 months

Don’t blame young families for poor national development planning.

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Strong demand from young families pushed prices of 4-room HDB flats up by 35% over last 5 years, say analysts

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3 years

Dude flies from London to Singapore on a VTL flight, complains about having to queue. When actually, he didn’t do all the preflight prep others did. Gets earful from others who breezed through Changi Airport.

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5 years

Potential to excel in life. [via A Good Citizen ]

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//“Any time anyone decides to abandon caution, thinks that, ‘It's okay, I do not need to abide by the safe distancing measures’, they put themselves, and they put the whole country at risk," said Lawrence Wong.// So does holding a GE in a pandemic, buddy

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4 years

If you make $30k a MONTH and you are still in serious debt, you only have yourself to blame.

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3 years

Heads up: please be informed that there may be 52,000 new job opportunities coming.

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About 52,000 employees in Singapore remain unvaccinated against Covid-19: MOM

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As a Singaporean, it made me proud to see Singapore take a stand against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. @BurhanGafoor got our point across with eloquence and authority. He even got a hug from his Ukrainian counterpart.

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3 years

The only BTS meal you need.

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5 years

“Therefore, if you get a piercing in a poorer country like Singapore, you have a much higher risk of getting AIDS, Hepatitis or a severe infection.” You’ve got to be kidding me. Soxna, have you even BEEN to Singapore? Poor country? And do you know how high our standards are?

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4 years

Hahahaha wut

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5 years

The many iconic fountains of Singapore.

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Eh. This is LITERALLY the definition of inflation leh: “a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.”

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I like how Singapore authorities won’t allow food companies to suka suka say your cereal “can help lower cholesterol”.

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1 year

I assure you that Southeast Asia is deeply familiar with Japan as a military power that tortured other Asians. This is what happens when you whitewash your history and deny your imperialistic past.

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4 years

This Indian restaurant called Sitara was giving out free briyani to any taxi driving past. The boss is just standing by the road side with umbrella in the rain flagging cabs down and giving drivers free packs of briyani. That is just pure kindness.

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6 years

If the #Avengers had been filmed in the 90s. [via ] #AvengersInfinityWar

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2 years

Who the heck hates Acar. Who? And how is chicken porridge ranked higher than Nasi Lemak, Pho, Pad Thai, Satay and Chilli Crab? WLE this ranking is done by who sia. More like TasteAtLess.

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3 years

Justice League #SnyderCut is still a flawed movie but it was waaaaaay better than the theatrical cut. I actually enjoyed it a lot on HBO Max/HBO Go. And I know I’ve been cynical about it for years but I’m going to put myself out there and say it: #RestoreTheSnyderverse

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5 years

There is a Cantonese saying, “If you don’t open your mouth, people won’t know you are stupid”. Please lay off our fine Gurkhas who serve and protect us, with more loyalty than we deserve.

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I know some of us in Singapore are wondering why people in the UK are freaking out over 30+°C temperatures and calling it a heatwave. But bear in mind that their homes are designed to keep heat in. Not like ours, designed to keep heat out. Also we got aircon in homes.

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A joke from Malaysia. http://t.co/Hh5jYTE03N

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This is why kids cry at PSLE maths exams. Because their parents set them up as Maths Gods at age 12, instead of encouraging them to always be open to learning from mistakes. Nobody is 100/100 all of the time. The sooner kids learn this, the better. And the parents too.

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JR Pass prices are going up MASSIVELY in October 2023! 7-day ¥29,650 yen to ¥50,000 14 day ¥47250 yen to ¥80,000 21-day ¥60,450 yen to ¥100,000 Green Class 7-day ¥39,600 to ¥70,000 yen 14-day ¥64,120 to ¥110,000 21-day ¥83,990 to ¥140,000 >68% increase for the 7-day pass!

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What the…

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Chinese win.

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Why must…

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This kindergarten in Taiwan probably shouldn’t have used photos to mark each student’s plant. #choychoychoy

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What the. I hope the motorcyclist is ok. Poor guy.

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Sandra needs a geography lesson.

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Dear NYT, I tried to pronounce my Prime Minister’s name the way you said it should be pronounced. I sprained my tongue. #TrumpKimSummit

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If you’re naked in your own flat and your neighbours see you, and you get charged for being “naked in a private place while being exposed to public view”, it’s Singapore.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝

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If you're naked on the front porch and the neighbors can't see you, it's rural. If you're naked on the front porch and the neighbors call the cops, it's suburban. If you're naked on the front porch and the neighbors ignore you, it's urban. If you're naked on the front porch and

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Articles like this only perpetuate the rise in hotel wedding prices. My mom says, "Give what you can afford. Why should friends and relatives finance their fancy wedding?" Save the dinner money. Go on a nice honeymoon. Start your marriage properly, without crippling debt.

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Last time when A&W was around, nobody go. Then close shop. Now they reopen, some of you are willing to queue 2.5 hours at Jewel to eat there. Humans are hard to figure out.

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My Teh Si Kosong Peng just went from $1.70 to $2. And a Milo Peng from $2 to $2.80. At the rate this is going, nobody is going to order kopitiam drinks liao.

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6 years

Brutally honest.

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1 year

After watching the US Senators who were grilling TikTok’s CEO, and the standards of US Congress, I am now convinced that Leong Mun Wai could become a US Senator. In fact, I think Tan Kin Lian can even become the President of the United States.

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4 years

Kim Huat takes the bus and meets a heavy shopper. #SingaporeZombieApocalypse #wuhanvirus #coronavirus #wuhancoronavirus

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1 year

There are more than enough Kdramas on Netflix. More Jdramas please. Thanks.

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New K-Dramas Coming To Netflix In April 2023

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Wife: “Faith hasn’t woken up yet. It’s almost 12.” Me: “It must be her wild night at Zouk yesterday.” We both laugh. But there is also a feeling of longing in our hearts. If only. #autism

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4 years

Can’t wait to try their next product, Suck My LJ, Singapore’s best lime juice.

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2 years

Scale Mount Faber adventure ah?

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Me: “I am at the market. What you want for lunch? I dabao.” Orders came in: 1. Wanton Mee 2. Beehoon with egg 3. Hokkien Mee 4. Yong Tau Fu (must have yam, yew char kuay, and eggplant) 5. Char Kway Teow 6. Fried Rice with Imperial Pork Ribs Six. Different. Stalls. One Papa.

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4 years

Well-played NTUC Fairprice Well-played. Thanks for the milk!!!

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5 years

Yes, Andrew Loh is right. This is not mob justice. This is Thank Goodness for Social Media. If it wasn’t for social media, Monica Baey’s appalling situation may not have seen the light of day. It shore a light on how lightly NUS and the authorities treated her case.

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Heartbreaking to have to watch PM announcing the passing of his father, as PM and as son. #RememberingLKY http://t.co/LOsyphMbQW

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This is how you lose your hawker culture, Singapore. And if we don’t find a way to help these businesses, our kids will and their kids will never get to taste the real thing.

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Dear Gahmen. There are people going around selling payslips to beat the system and to get the $500 from the temporary relief fund. Please catch these bastards and make the penalties hurt.

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NKS conceded so the media can go home. “No point keeping you all here for a few more hours.” Very gracious. Sybil Lau looks proud of her Ah Lau. #PE2023

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“Thailand worked hard and fought back COVID-19 with public health. Instead of seeing that, however, the NYTimes asked if it was something in their blood. We’re talking about magic oriental blood, in 2020.”

The Overwhelming Racism Of COVID Coverage

Western media cannot write western failure

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Sample count out. Tharman 75%. A* score leh. Make him PM already lah. #sgelections #ge2020 #ge2020sg

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They should have this poster in Singapore trains too.

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Afiq Syazani is our cycling hero this National Day. He rode 75.4 KM, over 7 hours, on a 3-speed Strida Evo to make this Lion Head. He even made it look like the reservoir is water coming out of the lion’s mouth. I salute you, good sir. #NDP #NDP18 #NDP2018 #stravaArt

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