Archive for March, 2007
A democratic society, based on justice and equality?
Recently, there has been some controversy over a posting by a young member of the ruling party on their official blog. I quote him here:
One cannot claim that he is a taxpayer and should benefit from the likes of those in a PAP constituency when he voted for the opposition.
In a nutshell, this statement shows [...]
Ministers’ salaries skyrocket
Latest news is that Singapore ministers’ salaries will go up to around $2.2mil or even more. It’s strange that details of this comes only some time after the budget was released. Policy makers sure know something about having a good sense of timing. Releasing the good news (on economic growth, workfare packages, etc) beforehand to [...]
Singapore – Well-loved or Well-hated?
When I go overseas, I’d often pretend to be Malaysian, or Taiwanese. Somehow, I don’t feel comfortable telling others I hail from Singapore.
Singapore’s official media often reports that “relations are normal” between us and our neighbours. However, that isn’t really the case. Singapore/Singaporeans have rather bad reputation in the region and beyond.
A look at a couple of Thai [...]
Remembering memorable times together
I remember the first overseas trip I had with my GF was to southern Thailand. That was nearly 6 years ago. We had to endure a gruelling 14 hours coach ride there. Oops. Not exactly a good idea for a romantic getaway, but, what to do, we were both poor students back then. No budget [...]
Being proud of our parents
My father earned a living as a taxi driver after he quit his hawker business many years ago. Back then when I was in my lower secondary school days, for some reason I was embarrassed of the fact that my dad was a taxi driver.
Now, thinking back, it was rather foolish and silly. Perhaps it [...]
Minister Mentor’s Wikipedia photo replaced with Hitler’s
UPDATE: As I was updating my blog here, the photo at Wikipedia has already been replaced with a authentic one of MM Lee. They sure work fast!
Today, out of boredom I dropped by Wikipedia to see what is being written about Singapore’s history. To my surprise, in MM Lee’s Wikipedia entry, his photograph was replaced by that of Adolf [...]
LSD stopped my headache
Too much mugging plus some flu symptoms = headache.
Luckily I’ve got LSD, I feel so much better now.
Hehe, don’t get me wrong, not LSD as in Lysergic acid diethylamide. I mean LSD as in Love spirals downwards. Incredible what one can do with a guitar and vocals.
I highly recommend all those who are stressed [...]
Are foreign athletes the long-term solution?
One of Singapore’s top imported athelete Zhang Xueling has decided to pack up and return to China.
Consistent with Singapore’s foreign talent policies, we have been importing our top athletes from all over the world (OK, mainly from China anyway) for many years. Our government lures them with promises of good money, rewards for scoring medals [...]
Feelin’ Lost…
Many times I´ve asked myself – what is it that I want out of life? What can I do to truly satisfy myself, so that at my deathbed I will not regret that I´d lived my life in vain?
For a very long time I´ve been searching for answers. What I´d always wanted to do, is [...]
