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Nov 28, 2021 • 37min
#309: 5BX Scrapped For New Stretching Based Exercises
The Singapore Army is replacing the current five basic exercises, famously known as 5BX, with "prehabilitation exercises", otherwise known as PX.
Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/11/no-more-5bx/
Nov 28, 2021 • 34min
#308: PSLE Results
After nearly 50 years, the Primary School Leaving Examination T-score, or transformed score, came to an end with more pupils making the cut for the Express course under a new scoring system. The class of 2021 also saw 98.4 per cent of pupils doing well enough to progress to secondary school.
Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/the-big-story-psle-results-out-for-first-batch-of-pupils-under-new-scoring-system
Nov 25, 2021 • 31min
#307: Life Experiences
We talk about our life experiences. Feels good to ventilate once in a while 😅
Nov 25, 2021 • 31min
#306: BN Wins In Malacca
Barisan Nasional (BN), led by Umno, won the Malacca state election after securing enough seats to form the new state government. Unofficial results show BN winning in 16 seats, with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in four seats.
Read more: https://www.thesundaily.my/local/bn-wins-malacca-polls-EH8584305
Nov 25, 2021 • 34min
#305: Fake Gynaecologist
A man accused of impersonating a female gynaecologist in order to cheat a woman into sending photos of her breasts is said to have cheated 29 other victims into sending photos of their private parts.
Read more: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/fake-gynaecologist-allegedly-cheated-29-more-victims-sending-photos-privates-031755321.html
Nov 21, 2021 • 32min
#304: Mixed Reactions Over Name, Jack Neo Apologises
Right after the Ah Girls Go Army cast was unveiled and filming kicked off on Nov. 13, some members of the public noticed that a character in the movie was named, "Amanda Man". The character is played by Kelly Kimberly Cheong, 27, who is a transgender actress, martial arts practitioner, and a TikTok content creator with more than 340,000 followers. Reactions to the post were mixed.
Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/11/ah-girls-go-army-amanda/
Nov 21, 2021 • 51min
#303: Finding Headlines
Not really easy to find headlines to fill our weekly podcasts. Sometimes we resort to reacting to boring news. Here is a glimpse how we select the best content for our listeners.
Nov 21, 2021 • 43min
#302: Grab Outage
Singapore users of the Grab super app and Grab Driver app continued to face problems on Wednesday, Nov. 17, the second day of service disruption on the platform. In Singapore, food delivery riders had to put up with the Grab Driver app's buggy interface, as some struggled to complete their delivery on the app, which kept looping, while others had to reboot and refresh the app to get it to work correctly.
Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/11/grab-down/
Nov 17, 2021 • 31min
#301: Covid Positive
An African lion at the Singapore Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19 after showing signs of illness, the Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) said on Wednesday (Nov 10).
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lion-singapore-zoo-covid-19-night-safari-infected-staff-2304381
Nov 17, 2021 • 30min
#300: Healing The Divide Sues The Gov
Iris Koh, the woman behind Singapore's "Healing the Divide" group, intends to take the government to court for violating her human rights. In a Nov. 13 Facebook post, her lawyer, M Ravi, announced that he had been instructed by the prominent vaccine sceptic to "commence judicial review proceedings".
Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/11/healing-the-divide-legal-proceedings/
