Garden Beats (and every other festival) on a budget

Weekends in Singapore never seem to be a dull affair with our weekends constantly being packed with art events and now the upcoming picnic/music festival which is Gardens Beat. However as all outdoor music festivals go, it can be mind racking to stick to a financial plan especially with all the additional spending leading up to […]

Shop in Lucky Plaza ripping off a domestic worker $145 for a screen protector

EZ Advance

A shop in Lucky Plaza known as EZ Advance Trading Enterprise was reportedly ripping off a domestic worker $145 for a screen protector. According to the domestic worker’s employer Mr Denise Han, the domestic worker was put under pressure by the shop worker to pay up. And here is the account of the employer of the […]

Lumiere International Pageantry clarifies dethroned winner’s allegations

Melissa Wix

Lumiere International Pageantry has issued a response to Ms Melissa Wix’s allegations of being scammed and dethroned by Lumiere. And here is the company account in full: Dear All, It has come to our attention that on 12 February 2018, there have been a allegations posting by Ms Melissa Wix with regards on us being a […]

Eden Ang’s alleged victim identified herself and clarified her account

eden ang

The alleged victim of Eden Ang has finally stepped out to clarified her own side of the story. A second alleged victim back in 2015 also has stepped out to share her incident. Eden Ang is best known in local YouTube channel Wah!Banana, and acted in Tanglin, the long-running English drama on Channel 5 by Mediacorp. In […]

Unethical hairdresser twists facts and prices for services

This is a reader-contributed story. “My colleagues and I would like to share our horrid experience with Sharene Hair & Beauty Works and strongly discourage anyone from stepping into their unethical shop. On the 23 January 2018, my colleague called the salon to inform them of our interest for hair treatment and would like to […]

How did Uber know I’m flying out of Singapore?

Uber

A reader sent a letter to us and asked us to help publish this letter. Dear Editor, I recently booked a flight out of Singapore for a short weekend trip via Scoot. I also booked a hotel stay via Agoda.com for my trip. Within 1 or 2 days, I received an email and a SMS […]

How to Buy an iPhone X for cheap? Fly to Japan

Earlier this month, Apple announced three brand new iPhone models – the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and the dainty iPhone X. Being our typical kiasu selves, it’s not possible to just look at the new models without being the first to own them. However that is exactly where the root of our problems start – […]

Woman cheated of more than $8000 on Carousell

Carousell

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be kind and helpful. A 42 year old mother helped her fellow mothers in her “mummy group” to place an order of 150 infant formula milk on Carousell and was cheated of $8893. Ms Tay, who works as an administrative executive had previously placed orders of infant milk formula successfully […]

Girl who was physically and emotionally abused wants back her freedom

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A poor girl who was physically and emotionally abused at the hands of a man wishes to gain back her freedom. Here her close friend account: Someone very close me me has been suffering under the hands of this man, Allex Ang Hwee, for 9 long years. (I will not be sharing who this close […]