Ewen Boey

    Traveller | Photo-taker | Writer | Guitar-player | Aspiring space tourist

  • A conversation, backed by courage

    By Andrew Loh A national dialogue about the future of the country must necessarily focus on the fundamentals which undergird how that society functions. This, perhaps more than anything else, should be the starting point of our own National Conversation … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/singaporescene/2012/09/17/a-conversation-backed-by-courage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Tin Pei Ling’s Kate Spade bag up for auction

    Here’s your chance to own a piece of Singapore-style history. Remember Tin Pei Ling’s infamous Kate Spade bag from the General Election last year? Yes, THAT bag. Well, it’s now up for sale after the MP for Marine Parade GRC volunteered the bag for auction at AWARE’s upcoming Supersonic Big Ball.

  • Man survives in Singapore through social media

    Can one survive in a different country on social media alone? The answer would be "yes", albeit with some difficulty according to Martin Pasquier, who spent a week in Singapore with just a smartphone, 10 items in his backpack and no … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/singaporescene/2012/03/07/man-survives-in-singapore-through-social-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Elusive Yaw remains silent on party expulsion

    Disgraced former Workers' Party (WP) member Yaw Shin Leong has maintained his silence over his expulsion from the party, and has remained uncontactable according to party chief Low Thia Khiang, reported The Sunday Times (ST). Low, a long-time Hougang MP who left … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/singaporescene/2012/02/18/elusive-yaw-remains-silent-on-party-expulsion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Blog hoax of NSF death lands teen in trouble

    A teen has been arrested after he posted a fake blog post on a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) serviceman who was apparently killed by a stray bullet. In a Straits Times (ST) report, a police spokesperson said that the incident did not … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/singaporescene/2012/02/17/blog-hoax-of-nsf-death-lands-teen-in-trouble/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Poll: How will you vote if a by-election is held in Hougang?

    Yaw Shin Leong’s surprising departure from the Workers’ Party (WP) – and hence, from Parliament – has flung wide the doors to debates on who could take the Hougang seat in a by-election, if there will even be one.

  • Can this Singaporean live on social media alone?

    Daphne Chui is about to find out just how far one can survive in a foreign country with no cash and just a small backpack and smartphone.

  • Social Media Week hits Singapore

    A recent study has revealed that social media is actually more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol. In Singapore, Facebook and Twitter are now a daily staple for many with more than 2.5 million Facebook users and over a million twitter users in Singapore.

  • Man charged with disposing of illegal worker's body

    Foreign workers don’t have it so good in Singapore. On 30 March 2010, the body of Chelladurai Lenin, 42, was dumped along Upper Changi Road after he had died from head injuries – a fractured skull and internal bleeding in the head after falling from a construction site, wrote The Straits Times (ST).

  • Should bankrupt be allowed to help run S-League?

    Local football fans are up in arms after the news that the S-League's new deputy CEO,  Johan Gouttefangeas, is in fact a bankrupt. Some Yahoo! users expressed their displeasure at his appointment on Facebook, and said the Football Association of … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2012/01/17/should-bankrupt-be-allowed-to-help-run-s-league/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Neymar wonder goal voted best of 2011

    Brazilian superstar and Chelsea transfer target Neymar won the FIFA Puskas Award for the greatest goal of 2011. The 19-year-old's strike came in a 5-4 defeat for his team,  Santos, against Flamengo. Neymar weaved his way past four markers to … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2012/01/10/neymar-wonder-goal-voted-best-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • LionsXII can’t wait to get MSL campaign going

    Singapore LionsXII coach V. Sundramoorthy can't wait to finally get the Malaysian Super League (MSL) campaign underway after much media hype over the last few weeks. "There're a lot of off-the-field stuff going on, and we want to get this … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2012/01/09/lionsxii-cant-wait-to-get-msl-campaign-going/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Rush for tickets for Lions XII opener against Kelantan

    Look no further for signs that Singapore's much-awaited return to Malaysia Cup football after 17 year is going to be a hot-ticket item. A snaking queue of about 300 people were already in line when tickets for next Tuesday's opener … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2012/01/06/rush-for-tickets-for-spores-first-m-league-match-opener/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • My LionsXII First XI

    COMMENT With the hotly anticipated season-opener against Kelantan around the corner, Lions XII coach V Sundramoorthy must surely be pondering his starting XI for the Jan 10 season opener at Jalan Besar. It will not be an easy task for … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2012/01/05/my-lionsxii-first-xi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Pitch invader attacks Alkmaar keeper, gets beaten

    With Ajax leading AZ Alkmaar 1-0 in the 35th minute of their Dutch Cup round of 16 match, a pitch invader charged at Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado. The fiery keeper did not appreciate this, so he kicked the snot out … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2011/12/22/pitch-invader-attacks-alkmaar-keeper-gets-beaten/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Runaway golf cart ploughs through crowd

    The Texas State Championship 5A final match descended into chaos at the weekend as a runaway golf cart wreaked havoc. Confusion reigned over the events at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, but it appears that a block had lodged itself over … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2011/12/21/runaway-golf-cart-ploughs-through-crowd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Is backward scorpion kick the best own goal ever?

    Festus Baise is at an awkward angle when the cross comes in from the Citizen AA winger in a match in Hong Kong. He's off-balance but determined to get to the ball first. Stretching out at full pace, he throws … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2011/12/21/is-backward-scorpion-kick-the-best-own-goal-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Marek Hamsik converts penalty, runs downstairs, misses retake

    Tuesday's match between Napoli and Juventus proved to be one of the best of the Serie A season thus far. Even if Juve didn't score twice in the final 20 minutes to come back from 3-1 down, the sequence of … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2011/11/30/marek-hamsik-converts-penalty-runs-downstairs-misses-retake/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Fabio Santos celebrates goal by getting eaten by a bush

    Fabio Santos scored with an impressive backwards header during Brazilian Serie B side Vitoria's 3-1 win over Criciuma over the weekend, but he quickly dispelled any illusions of grace with his goal celebration. Fabio decided to hurdle the advertising board … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/sportsblog/2011/11/15/fabio-santos-celebrates-goal-by-getting-eaten-by-a-bush/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Lunging humpback whale nearly swallows up surfer, kayaker

    By Pete Thomas A woman on a surfboard and two people aboard a kayak were nearly engulfed by a humpback whale that charged out of the water, its mouth agape, just a few feet away. Barb Roettger's video of the … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/buzzing/2011/11/03/lunging-humpback-whale-nearly-swallows-up-surfer-kayaker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>