Archive for January, 2007
Reservists’ Sentiments
In my earlier post on What benefits do Singaporeans enjoy?, I wrote about my sentiments on performing National Service for a country that doesn’t treat us locals much better than foreigners. Today, I will blog on my observations on other NSmen sentiments.
I had the benefit of spending my nearly 2.5 years in a reservist unit [...]
Whinings of an asthmatic
The weather is killing me nowadays. I love the coolness that rainy days bring, but my lungs cannot take it for much longer.
You see, I’m an asthmatic. I used to have childhood asthma, but I thought I more or less recovered, till I got admitted in hospital for pneumonia last year. My doctor there told [...]
流星下的愿
我要花儿开个不停陪我们永远年轻
每朵花代表了纯净的爱情
我要种出一个森林陪他听落叶回音
陪它看雪花融化了的宁境
我怎能不相信飞舞的流星
正是为了实现我和花儿的约定
看满天的星星写出我心情
正好代表着我和你拥抱的生命
也许云端里有精灵窃听我的心
就让我们一起闭上眼睛
葬月
月光请听我诉说寄望
若果这世界只得这样
请准许将我心
在月夜下埋葬
就此抛弃这冷冷世上
飞到星河新生方向
拥抱明月再哭笑一场
NUS Tuition Fees will not increase this year. How about next year?
Today, I received an email annoucement stating that tuition fees will not increase this year. By the wording of the announcement, it sounded as if they were doing us a favour by not raising fees.
The decision to freeze fees was taken in view of the proposed increase in the goods and services tax (GST) rate. [...]
I Must Exercise
Ok, not the first time I’m saying this and not the last either… I really must get down to exercising. I’m getting fat, and Chinese New Year’s approaching fast.
Somehow, I always seem to have excuses for not exercising. Does anyone have a good idea on how I can motivate myself?
Dummies guide to donating in Singapore
If you are thinking of donating some of your hard-earned cash away, better think twice about who you want to give it to. In the wake of the NKF and more recently, Youth Challenge scandals, many people are starting to wonder who are the real beneficiaries of charities. Just how much of the money that [...]
Silence is Golden
In recent years, the gov’t has been trying to get its citizens to speak up and voice out their concerns on governance and social issues, through proper channels. They call it “active citizenry”. However, it hasn’t been very successful, despite great efforts made to publicise several initiatives such as the Government Feedback Portal, which has [...]
What Benefits do Singapore Citizens Enjoy?
Nowadays, I have been wondering – what benefits do Singaporeans enjoy from the Government, compared to our foriegn friends (i.e. Foreign Talents, Permanent Residents)?. Do we really enjoy so much more benefits compared to foreigners that we have to be so indebted to the nation and (for the males) serve 2 years of full-time NS [...]
Rain Rain Go Away…
I guess for me a rainy day is like a love-hate affair… on one hand I love it because it´s really cooling and I love the sound of raindrops hitting the ground. One the other hand, I hate it when I have to go to school in a heavy rain. I got to walk quite [...]
