How much of this high voltage politico smiling can a public endure before demoralisation and utter collapse? Raising glasses over dinner, embracing at podiums, greeting fellow notables, movers and shakers.
Yet another orchid here named after another foreign eminence. The US No. 1 could not make it down for another gabfest, not after WWI commemorations and festivities earlier in the week in Paris. No. 2 therefore substituting and receiving the honour. One needed to put in the effort coming on down here to get this particular gong, it could not be bestowed remotely, that was not how this particular arrangement worked. As a consequence, no exotic botanica named after Mr Trumpet and Melania; instead Papiloncenda Mike and Karen Pence into perpetuity.
A few years ago our Julia had likewise been honoured (without the formal marriage, Chief Dude No. 1 omitted on that occasion). That the revolving door operating in the highest office down on the Great Southern Land might have the National Parks Board here hesitant on further honours would be understandable.
A report a few weeks ago supposing impeachment stood some kind of chance in the States had suggested Vice Pres. Pence in the White House would be even worse than his boss.
Meanwhile, a Ms Goh letter-writer to the ST Forum page expressing her appreciation for the Disney-themed Christmas decorations on Orchard Road. There had been criticism from traditionalists at the Disney characters replacing the earlier motifs and bunting. A great number of Ms Gohs here accompanied by Mister counterparts wheeling pushers and sporting the tees bought for them. (Bare Bears a recent favourite spotted.)
Not an ice block’s chance in the Tropics stopping this runaway train by any means of human invention; in other global locales the true position was masked and hidden.
Two pages on in the Saturday edition a pic from the files for the recent Picture This feature series showed 700 yoga practitioners with their colourful mats at a riverside location worshipping the iconic MBS standing tall in the background.
A feature in Life (the exclamation mark left off for good now) on the home gyms set up in the HDB flats ranging from $2.7k – 10k forced one to the conclusion we are well and truly beyond, far exceeding the predicament of Johnny Lau’s Mr Kiasu, a graphic novel published here some ten years ago centred on competitive ostentation. (The film adaptation was currently in production by Sony in China, Johnny revealed at his laksa place nearby a few days ago.) Far, far beyond.
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