TO SOME, all's fair in love and getting cheap buys - even if you are a graduate still hanging on to your matric card.

Take 27-year-old Timothy (not his real name), for instance.

Now working in the media industry, he graduated more than two years ago but still pays the discounted student price for his buffet meal at the Sakae Sushi chain.

SINGAPORE may be in recession mode but many Singaporeans sure are not.

Every weekend, shopping malls are packed, as are property and car showrooms. The stock market has been busy and discounts offered in the ongoing Great Singapore Sale are attracting hordes of shoppers who merrily tote bags bursting with purchases.

SINGAPORE'S 15th Influenza A (H1N1) case, a 39-year-old Indonesian woman, is also the first local case.

She had not been abroad recently. Her niece, who was the 11th confirmed H1N1 case here, was infected after returning from New York on June 1.