Pennant’s Penance
by Felix Cheong Jermaine Pennant, the former Arsenal and Liverpool winger, has signed a one-year contract with S-League team Tampines Rovers. His salary is about $40,000 a month. In this satirical...
View ArticleTuesday at Cheongster Cafe: Trumping Trump
by Felix Cheong Vengeance is Mine WHEN the 20-foot wall running the entire length of the US-Mexico border was finally up, President Trump was quick to call for a press conference. He had Mexican...
View ArticleTuesday at Cheongster Cafe: A Nation of Social Climbers
by Felix Cheong WHEN social climbing was first mooted as an inter-school sport three years ago, few reckoned it would catch on. Even though social climbing, much like rock climbing, involved fitness,...
View ArticleBringing Up a Reader
by Felix Cheong “YOU can punish me anyway you want, but don’t take away my books!” cried my son, then nine-turning-14 and testing the limits of my patience. This incident happened more than a decade...
View ArticleNew book by Felix Cheong: Singapore Siu Dai 3, The SG Conversation Dabao
OUR columnist Felix Cheong, the wisecracking mouth behind And on Saturday and Cheongster Café, will launch his 11th book today (Aug 26), titled Singapore Siu Dai 3: The SG Conversation Dabao. The...
View ArticleAnd on Saturday: Why you need good eyesight
Starting this week, And on Saturday takes on a new format. Columnist Felix Cheong re-imagines news of the week as made-up Letters to the Editor. This week, we hear from See How Can, president of the...
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