- Wakka ; Tarot - The Fool's journey.

Elitism at its best.

2010-03-10T04:34:00.001+08:00

Was reading theonlinecitizen.com regarding this PAP MP who replaced older Singaporean workers with foreigners( http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/who-elected-these-clowns/ ), i scrolled down and was stunned to read the comments written by this guy with the moniker of Hansen. I do not know if what he said is true or he is just a troll, I've copied and pasted the comments he made. Truly elitism at its best.

"uneducated old people are useless. we can keep the educated ones as they are still useful but the uneducated ones can work as our maids and cleaners. this will reduce the dependence on foreign maids."

"hi joe, yes we will all grow old one day just like we were all young once.

uneducated old people are just trash. plain and simple. good for nothing. vile and feral human beings."

"i treat my parents real nice. i bring them for checkups and give them a generous allowance monthly. they brought me up, i pay them back. it is like repaying a loan from the bank. a natural and decent thing to do.

but will i ever listen to their advice? no. dont be stupid. they dont even know how to use the internet and can’t even point out europe or indonesia on the world map.

look at all these old uneducated usless people in our hawker centers and macdonalds. what are they good for? nothing. despite their total lack of education and knowledge, most of these people are extremely loud and vile. disgusting feral human beings. most cannot even recite their abcs properly.

i met this old lady begging for money the other day stalking me. she had more lines on her face than a zebra. and many of her teeth were missing. she hissed at me in some chinese dialect that is not hokkien. i spoke to her in english. she didn’t understand. i tried mandarin. she didn’t understand. and i couldn’t understand her dialect. she started running towards me waving her arms at me agressively. she gripped my arm and pulled at me.

i told her in english to get an education so she can be a useful member of society. with an education, she wont be begging for money or working in hawker centers for 800 sgd a month. she stared at me like a dazed donkey without a brain.

i then took out two dollars and threw it on the floor for her to pick up so she would stop harressing me.

with a sad shake of my head, i walked away quickly. i took a good bath at home to ensure that i wash all her filth off me properly. god knows what those hands of her have handled.

how can we solve this problem of old, uneducated and trashy useless people in our society?"

"when you meet some of these old educated fools who cannot string together a proper sentence in english or make any sense no matter what they say, you really have to wonder about the infinity of human stupidity.

i guess it is just a reflection of their third world upbringing. we would have better luck talking to a turkey. i think birds are more intelligent than them."

"i get what you mean.

i am educated, well paid, well housed, and intelligent.

these old uneducated people are uneducated, work for peanuts, live in shitty quarters and dumb.

so? lol. if there are no uneducated, dumb and poor people, how can there be educated, smart and rich people?

if everyone is a harvard graduate who will work as a hawker?

these uneducated people are there for us to step on. they are the idiots who make us appear intelligent. they are the trash who make us appear as humans. so feel free to step on them. they are good for nothing, literally. no skills, no education and cant even speak english well."

"strumtruppen,

dont be an idiot please. you think anyone will care if you need help? sure they will help a little if they can but not much. you die your business. a classless society is a pipe dream boy.

are you living in lalaland?

wake up. time to wake up. wonder how your daddy and mommy brought up such a delusional person.

i think we should make all these old uneducated people work as our maids and cleaners. at least it would give them employment and reduce the reliance on foreigners.

i would be glad to employ one of these people to clean my toilet bowls and floor."

"Anonymous Coward,

you said it yourself. these people grew up poor and had no education and had a third world upbringing. that is the crux of the problem. the third world mindset sticks with them forever. no manners, no intelligence, no skills and no education.

it is not true that each successive generation outdo the previous one. in many other long developed countries, the percentage of degree holders in older generations is almost the same as younger ones. similiarly in singapore, there are plenty of older ppl who did their degrees and landed good jobs.

old people are the ones who built the nation? dont make me laugh.

sure some people did contribute to the nation but these are the educated skilled older people who spoke good english and are highly intelligent.

the coffeshop hawker, cleaner, admin assistant did not build the nation. they were just struggling to make a living from month to month. in fact, they are a liability to the nation. they are trash. lowlife human beings.

these people could not build lego bricks even if they set their mind to it. that is how trashy they are.

whenever i see one of these people, i roll my eyes and give them the disgusted look. if they are rude to me, i will remind them of their total lack of education and skill, which is why they are making 20% of what i make and they are the ones serving me food…tsk tsk"

"“really”,

i am not high class, i do not even drive, my house is modest and my wife is normal looking but intelligent. my iq is also much probably much lower than 200.

but i am much better than your uneducated, old, rude, vile trash."

"how many uneducated trash were lucky enough to make it big in business? come on, wake up and face the world.

if it was that easy to start a business and strike it rich, why are there these hawkers and petrol kioks assistants etc?

9 out of 10 businesses fail. of those that dont fail, only a small percentage manage to break even. out of those that manage to break even, only a few manage to make a profit.

when you talk to these lowlife trash about education and getting a professional job, all these chinese helicopters always tell you that without education you still can run big businesses, drink at ktv lounges, drive mercedes…

i guess they can’t say they worked as accountants or doctors or any professional, can they? i will laugh my ass off if they say that.

either that or they buy 4d every week and pray to strike it big.

delusional like hell.

most of the time, small business owners put in hours after hours just to see small profit margins. they might as well work for someone and it will be more stable and they will earn more money for much less effort."

"why would you think i am joking?

singapore and many countries have an aging population problem. see how governments all over the world call it a “problem” and not a “good thing”?

a third world upbringing has left many of these trash with a terrible attitude. many are rude, vile and agressive."

"gemami, you have to do better than wishing i get struck by lightning or suddenly become paralysed. how supertitious can you be?

i guess you must be uneducated and old eh?

the cleaners and hawkers are not serving me. please dont talk like they go to work everyday thinking of how they can contribute and make this world a better place. they are out to scrape a living that is all. many won’t even donate 50 bucks to charity when someone begs them to.

when i am old and leaking urine, i have enough money to employ a nurse. i also have insurance so dont worry about me. worry about the uneducated trash who have neither money or education.

what is wrong with looking down on the uneducated? you dont study hard in school, you have no skill, you can’t find a decent job, you live in poverty. simple.

everyone looks down on the uneducated. and old people are looked down upon as well because they are just more expired and ugly. many have no education and are slower. many are jaded and ignorant.

why do you think companies refuse to employ workers above 40,45?"

"randomnessinmind, who cares if you earn more than me? i doubt you earn more than me and even if u do, so what? it is not like i need money, i have enough.

you are still uneducated and you are still trash. you still have a third world mindset and attitude. i can find a job anywhere in the world easily, it doesn’t matter if i am retrenched because i am educated and skilled and young.

it wont be you putting me down. it will be me putting you down.

how do you compare a third world uneducated punk to a first world educated man? you just can’t compare and you just can’t win, can’t you see?

to all the old punks leaking urine out there, i just want you to know my arteries are not clogged and i have a head full of black shiny hair. it is a good day my friends, not for you but for me.

thank you."

"why would i remember what i said on this forum?

crazy man."

Homophobia - A much needed change.

2010-03-01T03:39:00.006+08:00

Homosexuals have been oppressed since many years ago in modern society. The level of homophobia here in Singapore is significantly higher as compared to other European and most western countries, judging from the amount of derogatory comments I’ve seen in various online articles which added salt to the wound, backing Pastor Rony Tan’s slander on homosexuality, justified by literal biblical interpretations.

One comment pointed out the inaction of the LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender) community regarding such discriminations etcetera. However, the truth is that these activists are largely silenced and showcasing homosexuality in a positive light in our 151th media is banned and will be fined by Media Development Authority.

Mediacorp was fined for an episode of a home and decor series called "Find and Design" that featured a gay couple wanting to transform their game room into a new nursery for their adopted baby. MDA stated that the gay couple and their baby “promote a gay lifestyle". There are more cases of censorships such as Sean Penn’s Oscar acceptance speech for Milk, parts of Desperate Housewives and more. As a result, homosexuals only have a place in Singapore TV dramas as the gay paedophile or molester, furthering enforcing the stereotype and leave homosexuals little to no way to redeem themselves and change general misconceptions in mainstream media.

People Like Us is a group which “believes that everyone in Singapore should have a full and equal place in our society regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and to this end, (they) shall work for more informed understanding, the removal of barriers and a fuller integration of sexual minorities with the larger community”. However, the government’s Registrar of Societies denied the group’s application on two counts in 1997 and 2004. Luckily, the group was not deterred by its status and continued its work to combat homophobia and organised various events such as forums, workshop etcetera as an informal group, starting Indignation, Singapore’s very own pride season of LGBT intellectual culture. Other than the denial from the registrar, the GLBT community also often encountered denials for permits from the authorities regarding various events such as exhibitions, picnic and 5km runs.

Against widespread state-sponsored homophobia, Singapore’s LGBT community, activists and supporters tried to repeal Section 377a in the recent years and managed pass a petition and sparked the most heated debate in parliament history. However, as we all know, the law has been retained as “(Singapore is) a conservative society uncomfortable with the notion of homosexuality”. Though ones cannot be sure about the general population’s exact sentiments as the online petition for the both retain and repeal are not regulated – zealots from both sides can submit multiple signatures.

On the international stage, the controversial issue of gay rights has also been hotly debated all over the world and domestic political wars being fought in US’s various states over it as well as several other countries. Often than not, it is the “deviant and unnatural” LGBT supporters against the “holy and morally right” right-wingers. A year ago, “United Nations Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” was proposed to condemn violence, harassment, discrimination, exclusion, stigmatization and prejudice based on sexual orientation and gender identity to the UN. 67 of the United Nations' 192 member countries have sponsored the declaration, including every member of the European Union and most Western nations. Singapore, the only first world country joined the ranks among second and third world countries and declined the declaration, making no attempts to make a step for social justice.

Singapore is the one of the few if not the only first world country which criminalizes homosexual acts. Other than laws that feed homophobia, religious hatemongers such as Pastor Rony Tan, Thio Li-ann and various individuals who caused the AWARE saga continue to cast aspersion onto the LGBT community. Frequent allegation and unsubstantial argument and insults used include but are not limited to paedophiles, zoophile, sexual and/or drug abuser etcetera.

These then in turn can encourage and cultivate mentalities such as internalized and social homophobia for LGBT and heterosexuals respectively. A LGBT individual with internal homophobia will often feel negative towards oneself due to his/her sexuality and can easily develop inferior complex, depressions etcetera. A heterosexual with social homophobia might fear issues such as being approached by homosexuals romantically, being molested or being labelled a homosexual, curtailing social interaction with others of the same sex.

According to UK HIV/AIDS charity AVERT, lack of homosexual feelings or experiences, religious views, and lack of interaction with gay people are strongly associated with such views. With the government and certain religious organisations joining hands in discriminating against homosexuality coupled with generally apathetic Singaporeans who do not question much, world 151th media, unwelcoming environment for coming out of the closet, a vicious cycle is formed to demonise homosexuality. It is no wonder that homophobia is so prevalent in Singapore.

The Hypocrisy.

In our country where welfare is a dirty word, gays are spared from the hammer of justice for their contributions to society, which is logical. For LGBTs contribute to the society as well to attain our relatively good GDP.

"I don't think we are homophobic," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Then he went on to give everyone reason to wonder.

At a luncheon Question and Answer session organised by the Foreign Correspondents' Association on 6 October 2005, Lee was asked by Time magazine correspondent Jake Smith how he felt about gays, while throwing in a comment that the Singapore Government gave "every impression of being somewhat homophobic".

Read from yawningbread.org.

I believe Mr Alex Au practically said it all.

Results of Homophobia

A study in the US showed that LGB have a higher risk of suicide than non-LGB young adults aged 18-26. The reported % of respondent who have thoughts of suicide are 17.2% and 6.3% respectively. The % of respondents who attempted suicide are 4.9% and 1.6% respectively. The LGB respondents are more prone to suicide due to depression and significantly less to alcohol and drug abuse as compared to the non-LGB respondents.

See full report HERE.

According another to another study - "Gay Male and Lesbian Suicide" by Paul Gibson in 1989, he concluded that gay and lesbian youths are 2 to 3 times more likely to suicide, and the results of both studies seem to correlate.

Factoring in the state-sponsored homophobia, the environment of Singapore towards LGBT is much more toxic than that in the US. The figures reported might be even higher here. By taking part in breeding homophobia, you are indirectly driving LGBT to attempt suicides. Do you want your son or daughter to have social homophobia? Do you want to increase the risk of your future child to be traumatized by his/her best friend’s suicide? Do you hope that any of your child or future generation to be prone to suicide if he or she happens to be a LGBT?

Although the chances of these happening might be slim, you will never know. You can join the government to discriminate against homosexuals, stay neutral and apathetic or sound out against it. Our future generation will reap what we sow, regardless of being LGBT or not. Although homophobia will never be fully eradicated, we should start doing something to stop homophobia for our future generations.

to the homophobes out there.

2010-02-24T04:01:00.001+08:00

For those who are using the bible to justify homophobia,
Did humans walk along with the dinosaurs?
Why didn't Noah bring a pair of dinosaur with them into the ark?
If God created earth then men, where are the dinosaurs in the bible?
Dinosaurs are vegetarians as claimed by some ministries?
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/1999/11/05/dinosaurs-and-the-bible
Are we all product of Adam & Eve's inbreeding?
Where is Noah's Ark?
What did they actually do to survive so long in the ark?
After the flood, they inbred again?
How did the people live till hundreds of years old as stated in Genesis when our lifespan averages at around 70-80+ with current living standard?

If anyone likes to quote/interpret literally from the bible, please clarify the above points with objective evidences about the few points raised above and whether its logical and possible through the scientific method before further quoting.

The myth that being gay/lesbian/bisexual is a choice or psychological problem and can be "cured" is endorsed by pseudoscience institutes, often than not owned, managed, or sponsored by (anti-gay) Christians.

Major US, UK and Australian professional and scientific organizations regard attempts to change people's sexual orientation as potentially harmful.

Even the ex-chairman of the largest ex-gay ministry Exodus International who claimed that its "curable" showed otherwise - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paulk
I believe there are more cases such as his out there.

If you still do not believe these, try reading http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/HTML/facts_bibliography.html , maintained by the University of California. Write in to the experts and challenge their professional views on such issues.

For those Darwin’s theorem people, evolution can explain homosexuality. Do you know, the more sons you have, the higher the chance of him being gay?
"The birth order effect on homosexuality is probably a by-product of a mechanism that shifts personalities more in the feminine direction in the later born sons, reducing the probability of these sons engaging in unproductive competition with each other."
http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/stalkers/em_homosexuality.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_birth_order_and_male_sexual_orientation

For further reading, if you think biology have little to no link to homosexuality - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation

Please open your mind and move on please.
The bible was used to justify slavery.
The bible was used to justify sexism.
Shrimps were sinful to be eaten.
The god killed countless in the bible, even more than the devil.

Study showed that Norway has about 31-72% of Atheist/Agnostics, yet it one of the best place to live on Earth and one of the most peaceful country. It is also one of the most open-minded countries to acknowledge women, human as well as LGBT rights.

The courts in the US ruled out teaching creationism in public school. They approved most gay rights and decriminalized homosexual sex.

Will the US and most western/European countries end up like the bible's Sodom and Gomorrah who "turned against God"?

I doubt so.

Furthermore, do the straight people have anything to lose for gay people to fornicate in their own private space or for them to get a civil union, domestic partnership or even marriage? In fact, it is good for the economy and our government's face. LGBT couples can even adopt children and help with the declining birth rates. The LGBT gets to live their life as normal people, just that their partner is of the same sex and the government gets the economy stimulation, face and even better birth rates.

Do you want to be those that people label as "fundamentalist who follows by blind faith" and continue deny the minority's right?

Anyway, before anyone start the fallacy regarding gay parents breeding gay child, IT IS UNPROVEN. On the contrary, gay parents might even make better parents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_parents

P.S. if you have any rebuttal, please link non-religious source, for I do not subscribe to any religious beliefs.

Scandalous!

2010-02-23T05:01:00.006+08:00

My god(figuratively), i've seen the phrase "get out of my elite uncaring face" floating around the net but didn't know the origins of it until like minutes ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wee_Shu_Min_elitism_scandal

Other than that, read JBJ's profile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam

Just wanna share with whatever readers i have out there about these things, especially JBJ's experience.

People often have prejudice against the oppositions and think that they do not have talents which are comparable to the PAP. The GRC system (having 5-6 people in order to join election), banning of ALL political films(until recently revised to restrict certain kinds), protest strictly regulated (you need to ask the police for permission) and some other laws and regulations. Its no wonder that oppositions are unable to garner much support base and get voted in for test runs.

However, from what we saw from Hougang and Potong Pasir (both non-GRC) which are won by oppositions, the people there are still voting them elections after elections. Why? I believe the answer is evident.

2010-02-14T01:54:00.002+08:00

Part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

On gay and lesbians

What Pastor Rony Tan of Lighthouse Evangelism thinks about gays and lesbians from Kenneth Tan on Vimeo.

hate monger. watch and judge for yourself.

LHL - Singaporeans come first.

2010-02-06T02:44:00.002+08:00

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/sers-flats-converted-to-condo-for-expats/

DK
Feb 6, 2010 1:37

Let me see if I got this right.
Under HDB’s rules, foreigners, expats, permanent residents, students and S Pass holders are not eligible for rental flats provided by the HDB. So HDB do a SERS on those block and instead of demolishing the blocks, they transfer it to EM Services. Since they are transferred to EM Services, these blocks are technically not considered HDB flats.
So EM Services (which is partly own by HDB) can rent them out to foreigners, expats, permanent residents, students and S Pass holders without breaking HDB’s rules. Am I right?
WOW, I must really respect the person who came up with this idea.

Singaporeans first? More like money first, can't even be fucked to forgo some profit for needy singaporeans.

2010-02-03T23:42:00.005+08:00

Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.

i will be writing in regards to Singapore politics from time to time to reach whoever that are willing to listen to help cull political apathy, which retard changes, both good and bad in our country.

though my english and knowledge is nowhere near good, i will be writing whatever i know of and share my opinions and its up to reader's discretion to agree or disagree with me.

however, i do hope that if you think that i am misinformed regarding things that i've wrote, please point it out and back it up with evidences etc and regarding controversial issues, debates are most welcomed.

i am and will always be partisan, for i believe that no government is perfect. but NO government will improve if we keep the status quo. i simply refuse to believe that political parties will reprogram themselves and their beliefs overnight. thus we would have to incite change, which WILL NEVER happen if no actions are taken. this is my form of "activism". =)

=)

2010-02-03T00:19:00.002+08:00

my maiden article published to promote change. : )

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/the-singapore-government-–-worth-its-weight-in-gold/

The Singaporean Government – Worth its weight in gold?

By Wakka Kong and Simeon Ang

The Singapore government has always taken pride in its strong stand against corruption substantiated by Singapore’s high ranking (4^th) in the global corruption survey. According to Minister Mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the high salary remunerated to Singaporean ministers helps ensure a clean and honest government as well as to attract and retain local talents. Pegged to a percentage of some of the top earners in our country as well as economic growth, our ministers’ salaries top the world, with our Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong being the highest paid head of government, more than 5 times the remuneration of Mr Barack Obama, President of the United States of America.

We have compiled a table of various data to compare between our leader and other countries’ to answer the mind boggling question of “whether the Singaporean government is worth its weight in gold?”

Country	Position	Name	Salary(US$)	Corruption Ranking (a)	Democracy Ranking (b)	Quality of Life Ranking (c)	GDP per capita (Int.$)
Denmark	Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	~$210,036	2	1	16	36,725
New Zealand	Prime Minister	John Key	~$253,746	1	3	5	26,625
United States	President	Barack Obama	~$400,000	16	15	7	46,443
Sweden	Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt	~$236,000	3	2	30	35,934
Singapore	Prime Minister	Lee Hsian Loong	~$2,856,930	4	71	70	49,433

* Salaries are from various sources.
* (a&b) Corruption & democracy ranking - http://www.worldaudit.org/corruption.htm
* (c) Quality of life ranking - http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2010/
* GDP per capita from International Monetary Fund - http://imf.org/

At first glance, our PM is drawing up to 12 times more than the other first world countries’ PM salary. What is even more surprising is that the anti-corruption rankings of these said countries are better than Singapore. We can see plainly that while Singapore has done relatively well in one area, the country is obviously lagging in other terms. In addition, their rankings in both democracy and quality of life are significantly better than Singapore – one can therefore safely conclude at this juncture, that an effective and efficient government does not require astronomical salaries to counter corruption and/or attract and retain talents who can be sound policy makers.

There is a need however to realize that it takes superior logic and foresight, such as those displayed by our Minister Mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew in the pre and post independence era of the 60s to 70s – minus Operation Coldstore (which is an outrage in my humble opinion). There is sufficient evidence to claim that the initial management of local housing and education by the first Lee administration provided an impetus for the growth of our country. This allowed the country to be propelled from third world status to that of the first world. However, there seems to be a downturn of sorts in the character and “spur” of the government at this moment. A very recent incident involving the Minister of National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan who tried to address concern about the housing needs of local Singaporeans by admitting that he was “caught off guard”. It would seem that the million dollar salary he is earning has not compensated him enough to be prudent for the needs of local Singaporeans. If such a said gaffe was isolated and sporadic, it would certainly pass the attention of the citizenry. However, as we all know, our million dollar paid ministers have recently been prone to many a faux pas.

A small little bright spot might be evident in the table we have shared above. This comes in the form of the high GDP per capita data. However, if we were to dissect the data provided we can attribute the high GDP per capita to a few reasons.

One of the main reasons for the high GDP per capita in recent years may be attributed to our lax immigration policy as some analysts suggests. The influx of cheaper immigrant workforce artificially inflated the GDP. However, this in turn strained Singapore’s infrastructure, pushed housing prices through the roof, lowered overall productivity, depressed local’s wages, contributing to the widening of the income gap which is one of the highest, if not the highest among developed countries. Ultimately, the people who reap the most from it are the rich. What many Singaporeans do not realize is that this translates to higher ministers’ salary as their remuneration is pegged to a percentage of the average income of the top 4 earners of 6 different sectors in the country.

Singapore’s ranking on the quality of life study further reinforces the views of many Singaporeans that life in Singapore is far from being a bed of roses, this, as compared to other first world countries. Furthermore, a 2009 study showed that average Singaporeans work much longer hours per year as compared to most other first world country citizens living in their capital. The table below collates some of the average work hours of the abovementioned countries.

Country/City	Avg. Work Hours/Year	Avg. Holidays/Year	Domestic Purchasing Power (annual net)
NZ – Auckland	1884	21	68.9
US – New York	1955	12	100
SG – Singapore	2088	11	39.9
Denmark – Copenhagen	1658	24	73.1
Sweden – Stockholm	1777	25	73.5

* Figures from “Prices and Earnings”, UBS

The huge disparity in Work hours and domestic purchasing power speaks volumes about the man on Main Street. As opposed to what the government would have its citizens think, Singaporeans are a hardworking bunch. The average work hour of a Singaporean far exceeds that of the other countries in our analysis. And yet what do Singaporeans have at the end of the day? Well, Singaporeans take home the lowest domestic purchasing power of all 5 countries. To add further insult to injury, the government has even called on Singaporeans to be “cheaper, faster and better”. Contrast this phenomenon with that of ministerial salary, we can see the evidence for the brand of a local drink, Heaven and Earth.

For some time now, the Americans have been criticizing about the excesses of Wall Street and the resulting use of Main Street to shore up the country’s economy. Putting this in context with the Singaporean society, it is time for the excesses of the government to be checked with the man on Main Street. It is time the government of Singapore realizes that they are only in power on the premise that they govern for the people and not for themselves. As George H. W Bush himself was quoted as saying, “A government that remembers that the people are its master is a good and needed thing.”

Multi-million dollar salary. Justifiable?

2010-01-31T14:18:00.000+08:00

Immigration.

2010-01-29T10:58:00.004+08:00

The PAP wants to increase Singapore's population to 6.5 million - 4.484 million at June 2006.

Due to Singaporeans unwillingness to have babies due to mostly money problems, the government turned to importing foreigners to artificially increase the population.

According to the statistics released by the government, the population was raised to 5mil as of Jun 2009.

And as of now, foreigners makes up 36% of our population, not counting previous PRs turned singaporeans - making Singaporeans roughly 3.2 million, due to PAP lax immigration policy, which is a result of little to no opposition resistance in the parliament, and them being unable to have any impact on the policies drafted, as there are only 2/84 oppositions in the parliament - far from enough to keep the PAP in check. According to the ministry of home affairs, 2/3 PR applications are approved.

Recently, our dear MM LKY announced that the importation of foreigners will be reduced in 5 years, however at the rate we're growing, i believe we will reach PAP's target of 6.5million populations, making Singapore born ( and bred ) to a measly 50%, or maybe even less.

If you think that you don't mind Singapore being a foreigner majority country, read this article.

Summary of the possible impact on Singapore.

- Higher cost of living.

- More public disorder, protesting outside MOE, disrupting public transport for 5hours+ etc.

- More competitions for work, depressing Singaporean's wages.

- More expensive "public" housing.

with all these, the problem of Singaporean's unwillingness to have babies due to monetary factor will be compounded, making Singapore foreigner:local ratio even more undesirable, resulting in a vicious cycle. Perhaps in 20 years, we will become a foreigner on our motherland and our males have to do NS to protect these "new citizens" and we will become a colony of China, where most of our foreigners hail from. Thus, make the right choice, DO NOT spoil your votes for vote for the PAP. vote for opposition to keep PAP in check, or else it will be like the last 2006 general election, 2% rise in GST and pay rise for the ministers.

2010-01-26T16:31:00.001+08:00

Straits Times Forum, 26 January 2010
THERE is a new breed of Ugly Singaporean more sinister than the ones who cut queues, pile up the buffet plate or rush onto the bus before other passengers can alight.
Those belonging to this new breed fancy themselves as keyboard warriors and deface Internet sites with postings that are plainly worrying.
Hiding behind the anonymity of the Net, they post comments that reek of prejudice, racism and envy.
For instance, it is virtually unavoidable these days to read anti-migrant comments online. These netizens flood message boards with anti-foreign worker vitriol that degenerates into childish name calling and personal attacks on those who are courageous enough to defend foreign workers.
These ugly warriors use labels like ‘traitor’ frequently. The irony is that these same anonymous posters say they want to leave Singapore because they feel they are being forced out by foreigners taking their jobs.
Another example: The Eric How controversy, in which an inflammatory Facebook diatribe by an unidentified individual who called himself Eric How and claimed to be a member of Young PAP triggered a witch hunt.
As a result, two other people named Eric How were caught in the crossfire of postings about the issue.
Those in this new breed of Ugly Singaporean worry me because they suggest a sense that beneath a placid exterior lurks a collective subconscious that is intolerant, mean and narrow-minded.
Keith Gerard Tan

THERE is a new breed of Ugly Singaporean more sinister than the ones who cut queues, pile up the buffet plate or rush onto the bus before other passengers can alight.

Those belonging to this new breed fancy themselves as warriors of the light and deface Internet sites with postings that are plainly worrying.

Hiding behind the anonymity of the Net, they post comments that reek of prejudice, elitism and misinformation.

For instance, it is virtually unavoidable these days to read pro-pap comments online. These netizens flood message boards with pro-pap vitriol that degenerates into childish name calling and personal attacks on those who are courageous enough to sound out against the government.

These ugly warriors use labels like ‘keyboard warriors’ etc and cast aspersion onto new/alternative media frequently. The irony is that these same (sometimes anonymous) posters often try to “engage the new media” but reject views that are not the same as theirs.

Another example: The Eric How controversy, in which an inflammatory Facebook diatribe by an individual named Eric How who is a member of Young PAP’s facebook page attracted these pro-PAPers to defend him despite his obvious fault.

As a result, two people named Eric How made police reports, and the 1 who was caught in the fray for having the name “Eric How” stood out to apologize for any inconvenience caused by the police report whereas the other mysteriously disappeared.

Those in this new breed of Ugly Singaporean worry me because they suggest a sense that beneath a placid exterior lurks a collective subconscious that is intolerant, mean and narrow-minded.

2010-01-26T02:37:00.002+08:00

PAP vote results, time line.

1955: won 3 of 25 elected seats,NA %. The PAP began as an opposition party with Lee Kuan Yew as opposition leader. The Labour Front won 13 seats and was the governing party.
1959: won 43 of 51 seats, with 53% of the vote (since 1959, voting in Singapore has been compulsory).
1963, Feb: Operation Cold Store
1963, Sep: won 37 of 51 seats, with 47% of the vote (opposition votes were spilt between the Barisan Sosialis Party and the United People's Party).
Started mobilizing Internal Security Department.
1968: won all of the seats, with 84% of the vote.
1972: won all of the seats, with 69% of the vote.
1976: won all of the seats, with 72% of the vote.
1980: won all of the seats, with 77% of the vote.
1984: won all except 2 seats, with 65% of the vote.
1988: Introduced GRC
1988: won 80 of 81 seats, with 63% of the vote.
1991: won 36 of 40 contested seats, with 61% of the vote.
1991-1997: HDB upgrade?
1997: won 34 of 36 contested seats, with 65% of the vote.
2001: won 27 of 29 contested seats, with 75% of the vote.
2006: won 45 of 47 contested seats, with 66.6% of the vote.

the boy's dream...

2010-01-12T10:03:00.003+08:00

currently....

graduate with at least 3.0 GPA.
go australia's mardi gras by 25 years old.

have my own multimedia company by 30 years old.

have my own apartment or flat by 35.

get married by..... who knows when..

maybe die when im 50 =p

let me daydream a little~ =x

Holaaaaa.

2009-10-28T17:56:00.002+08:00

Had been 2 months since i last blogged.

Had been 20 months since we both intertwined our lives.

Time flies.

Recently i've watched House M.D. and i find myself kind of in Cameron's shoes....

"Translated"

2009-08-30T22:39:00.001+08:00

after the classic benny lava....

here comes another one which i think is really funny :D

Hmmmmmmm.... racism in action.

2009-08-26T03:07:00.002+08:00

was watching this hard gay video on youtube ( wow down. :( ) and i just scrolled down and saw this stern comment..

SeanR666 (1 day ago)

There are a number of things wrong with this:

1) It is unfunny.
2) It is Asian and therefore, an epic waste of time.
3) It features homosexuals and is therefore subject to double-standards that entails labelling me a homophobe for saying that this is unfunny and a waste of time.

so sad people with such attitude exist. i don't understand how asian translate into epic waste of time but such elitist attitude..

Epic 404!

2009-08-01T05:46:00.000+08:00

You've felt it. You know the power of 404. You're surfing one night, you've got your new modem, your fast Mac, your ergonomic mouse, your precise mousing surface. Bring it on. You've got 7 windows open at a time, and you flip through them like dealing cards. You could tile them on the screen, like a little website mosaic, but you choose to keep them stacked on each other, so that each flip is a new adventure. Then suddenly, it screeches to a halt: 404. You don't want to believe it; that site was there last week! You reload, hoping it was a fluke. How could your painstakingly-compiled bookmarks betray you? 404 glares back at you, challenging you to contact the referring page's administrator. Questioning your spelling skills. What does 404 want from you?

Relax! 404 is your friend. It just wants to help you get where you want to go. It might intimidate you at first, with its stark white background and unadorned black text. But just think about it for a minute: 404 is baring its soul for you. It gives you its message and asks nothing in return. No login and password, no banner ads, no mailing list to keep you informed of future updates. All 404 has, it offers to you, knowing the likelihood that you will scorn it nonetheless, and leave as quickly as you came in. And 404 will continue to do so for every visitor, regardless of color, religion, or gender. 404 is nothing if not fair.

But why leave 404 so quickly? Why not stay a while and have a drink? 404 is an oasis on the web. It's like a rest stop with clean bathrooms on the interstate. 404 doesn't ask you to 'Click Here' or 'Visit our Sponsor'. It's perfectly satisfied if you just sit there and do nothing. 404 doesn't care how many visitors it's had since 8/1/96, and it's not tracking your click-through rate. So consider just hanging out for a while and relaxing. 404 is easy to get along with.

404 is full of intrigue. What did it used to be? What internet delight has escaped you? Will it return? 404 will never tell. Its mystery drives you to return again and again. Where there is 404, there is always the potential for something new. 404 is the eternal ebb and flow of life. One day you will return and 404 will be gone, replaced by a new page about South Park or the webmaster's cats. And it will be filled with the bittersweet memory of 404. You will be driven to seek out 404 in other places. Your desire for 404 will start to overshadow your career, your loved ones, even your passion for role-playing video games. 404 draws you deeper and deeper into its vortex. You must admit that you are powerless before it. 404 is not evil, it is a natural force that defies control. 404 is wild and free.

404 believes in your abilities. It doesn't try to lose you in a crazy series of redirects, it challenges your problem-solving skills. It asks, "Now that you're here, what are you going to do?" 404 willingly hands you the reins. Have you ever just closed a window on 404? No! You've considered your options, exercised your reasoning skills, and firmly chosen a course of action to deal with your situation. When you successfully navigate 404, you feel the blood coursing in your veins, the wind in your hair, and it's good to be alive. 404 is life-affirming. When you find 404, you know that even though the thing you were looking for no longer exists, there is still 404, stepping in to fill the void.

Where there was darkness, there is now 404. And all is right with the world.

from http://www.forthelose.com/

...

2009-07-16T04:27:00.002+08:00

一次不忠,百次不用

once again..

emptiness.

why am i not surprised?

iphone? MJ?

2009-07-07T22:09:00.002+08:00

sigh, i'm so jealous..

it seems like some many people around are carrying this slick little gadget which make many geeks go gaga.

although i find it overrated.. i want one too!

THE DESIGN IS SIMPLY TOO........... SEDUCING. =(

imagine, this super cute person ( girls for you perv/lessie and guys for you girls/guas out there ) in your pocket... i'd give it up and trade it for the iphone to be in its place!

but think again...... i'd still rather have the iphone than a one night thingy. :P

talking about gaga earlier, lady gaga rocks! so far one of my favourite contemporary artiste along with katy perry.. :P

and... everywhere is going crazy with MJ's death. the last time i heard his song was like ages ago and i keep hearing almost everywhere i go as well as see/hear things about him (news/banners/posters/songs) almost everywhere i go, RL or not. somehow this scenario reminds me of the joker from the dark knight..

Homosexuals are just like durians.

2009-06-30T03:46:00.001+08:00

They both have a natural, biological cause behind their existence. They come in several different varieties. They did not choose to be what they are. Both are loved by some and hated by others. Some people will pay ridiculous sums of money to enjoy them, while others flee before them in gut-wrenching disgust. You can’t ethically force either down a person’s throat, nor deprive those who love them. Preaching to them won’t make them go away or change them into something else. And both were, are, and always will be an inescapable reality in secular Singapore; even if both are banned under certain contexts. Thank goodness homosexuals are not banned on the MRT, but I digress…

from http://yawningbread.org/guest_2009/guw-162.htm

a really well written essay. do go read if you're free. :)

will and grace totally rocks. :D

2009-06-24T20:13:00.002+08:00

Karen : excuse me, you don't happen to have a breath mint on you?

Lady : actually i do, its in my purse.

Karen : well THEN GOD DAMN EAT IT THEN ITS NOT DOING ANY GOOD IN THERE.

Lady : how offensive!

Karen : honey, its your breath, not mine.

*Lady stands up and walk away*

Grace : forgive her, shes has a heart condition... she doesn't have a one.

LOL. total pwnage.

wakka the boomkin dancing :D

2009-06-24T06:03:00.001+08:00

shut up and sit down. LOL.

2009-06-11T10:46:00.002+08:00

Photoshop!

2009-05-29T21:37:00.002+08:00

beware...

2009-05-28T09:31:00.002+08:00

New word!

2009-05-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

Chim.o.lo.gy [chim-o-lor-gy] Show IPA

–noun

1. the science of the very chim vocabulary.

2. the sum or characteristics of the chim vocabulary and grammer of a person or class of persons, or of the chim vocabulary and grammer involved in a field of activity: the chimology of sullivan; the chimology of java programming.

Melancholy.

2009-05-19T19:21:00.006+08:00

Struggling to upkeep my hectic schedules..

The good old times are long gone.

Things will never revert back to what it was.

A whole new beginning?

I'll be so dead if i fall..

Lets hope that history will not repeat itself.

An interesting Saturday.

2009-05-18T04:05:00.001+08:00

How pink are you? :)

hmm..

2009-05-14T19:48:00.000+08:00

路遥知马力，日久见人心

* Warning *

2009-05-09T03:48:00.003+08:00

Not for homophobes or the conservatives. Trust me, you wouldn't like what i've posted if you're one.

For more details, visit http://pinkdot.sg

wakka is learning....

2009-05-04T22:10:00.000+08:00

violin!

a tone deaf musician? AHAHAHAHAHA.

club? cca?

2009-04-22T19:24:00.002+08:00

what should i join?

wei qi? symphony orchestra? strings ensemble? MI? photography?

the symphony orchestra people at the booth seem snobbish...

photography requires a camera.. and i only have a lousy digital one..

strings.. i don't have the slightest idea how to play it..

wei qi seems fun but.. no idea if i can play it long term..

MI also seems fun.. but don't really know what they do will interest me or what..

bleah.

2009-04-21T18:06:00.002+08:00

school started, in NYP MIT 0903 =)

so far so good...
and i learned some things!

1 + 1 = 2? WRONG.
its 10. :D

anyway.. am very lucky to meet a group of friendly people.
initially was kinda afraid i would be left out :S
but i think.. i'm quite the spoilsport.. :X
most of the mayo3-ers ( name for my class )are so enthu, having outing almost everyday since orientation day 2 till now and i seem to like... bail out on them lol.
hahaha, sorry peeps, am a busy geek!

so far... NYP food kinda suck and it seems like the best is Mcdonald's.... Maybe by the end of year 3, i'll be like having a spare tire if i continue eating that....

btw, went sailing on Saturday! :)
though didn't do anything other than tacking ( and helping them drain their water/soda supply on board ), it was still generally quite a nice experience, minus the sunburn..
i'm regretting why i didn't ask for any sunblock for my face..
argh, i'd have to live with the red nose and peeling skin. :(

some pics of sailing..
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=72830&id=593858719
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=72833&id=593858719
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=100995&id=777183244

Take That - Patience

2009-04-05T23:02:00.001+08:00

Just have a little, patience

I'm still hurting from a love I lost
I'm feeling your frustration
Any minute all the pain will stop
Just hold me close inside your arms tonight
Don’t be too hard on my emotions

Cause I, need time
My heart is numb has no feeling
So while I’m still healing
Just try and have a little patience

I really wanna start over again
I know you wanna be my salvation
The one that I can always depend

I'll try to be strong, believe me
I'm trying to move on
It's complicated but understand me

Cause I, need time
My heart is numb has no feeling
So while I’m still healing
Just try and have a little patience, yeah
Have a little patience, yeah

Cause these scars runs so deep
It’s been hard
But I have to believe in me

Have a little patience
Have a little patience

Cause I, I just need time
My heart is numb has no feeling
So while I’m still healing
Just try, and have a little patience
Have a little patience

My heart is numb has no feeling
So while I'm still healing
Just try and have a little... Patience

God says... oh wrong, its pope says..

2009-03-27T22:03:00.003+08:00

"( AIDS ) cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms; on the contrary, they increase it."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/17/pope-africa-condoms-aids
http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKLR110752._CH_.2420

they have excellent sexual educations.. @_@

back from batam!

2009-03-24T19:21:00.002+08:00

just got back recently from batam.

quite a nice place if you know how to speak bahasa indonesia or at least malay.

their food are so damn cheap!

Nagoya Food court is such a good place for food :D

quite a big bowl of 鲍翅 which is enough to serve 2 cost less than SGD 8.

and the normal 鱼翅 which is also enough to serve 2 cost less than SGD 3!

it cost only about SGD 5+ each to have a great meal which would usually cost at least SGD15 or more in Singapore.

Their clothes are also quite cheap :P

the beach was quite disappointing though. the water is slight greener than Singapore's ( which is almost gray ) but the visibility of the water still suck. =(

We stayed at batam's KTM resort, which was quite a pleasant experience. They even have a HUGE statue of guanyinma at the resort.

recommended for their cheap food & shopping and short getaways from singapore ( app. 1 hr through ferry )

not recommended if you do not have any malay speaking companion.

links to some photos..

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69550&id=593669331

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69554&id=593669331

lelong lelong~

2009-03-24T13:12:00.006+08:00

from garrett mak light, here comes a great blogshop.

Quote :

Lightie Is Washing My Hands Off Abt This Company says:

http://lightees.blogspot.com

Haha stay tune promo on the 28 to 31

I will be uploadibg new stocks

do show him your support eh~?

screech. scream. shriek.

2009-03-10T17:05:00.004+08:00

its like i have a banshee in the house..

poor thing. i guess i can't blame her.

how could you blame a moth for being attracted to a fire, getting hurt in the process?

Slumdog Millionaire

2009-03-04T18:31:00.002+08:00

An epic story on the big screen. Although this film kinda protrayed developing india in a bad light ( theft, child trafficking & mafia etc ) , it was highly entertaining. Probably over-rated, it was still an eye opener, a great should-watch film in its genre. However, there was a scene which really made a really big impression on me. If you watched it in the cinema, you'd probably know what! ( i could see the OMG face on many of the cinema goers around me. LOL )

Singtel, what a disappointment.

2009-03-02T19:19:00.004+08:00

I've been a customer of Singtel for nearly 3 years whereas my brother has been for approximately 8 years.

My mother, who is English illiterate has been paying the bills blindly probably for years, attributing the rise in bills to us ( over usage of out-going call ), thus she didn't bother either my brother or I regarding the bill.

However, the spike in the bill maintained for several months until she showed me the bill and i realised, Singtel had added charges for services we did not request for and using the excuse of bundled value-added service ( eg. byebyeringring, colour-me-tone ) to leech us of our money. One of the service which they activated for us without our knowing was a service regarding MP3 music pack which we did not even know existed and has been charged for till this incident.

Other than that, my bill also had another additional charge - Broadband for mobile, a service i had unwittingly activated. Several months ago, i called Singtel to activate my MMS/GPRS service. As an ex-patron of Starhub, the service was rendered as pay-per-use, charging you for the bytes you download/surf, thus i assumed it to be the same with Singtel. However, i was wrong. A simple activation to receive MMS cost me a whooping $10 per month when i don't even use GPRS. Prior to the activation, the operator also did not provide any information regarding the monthly subscription. When my mom made her way down to a Singtel Hello Shop, the customer service crew even lied to my mother that i've been over exceeding the bandwidth every month (10mb) when the only thing which might eat up the bandwidth is the WAP push sms advertisement from Singtel, thus rejecting the request for a waiver.

We've been paying for all these services which we did not ask for all these months, or maybe even years ( my brother's line which had been using for 8 years has the same charge on the bill ) all the best the telephone operator could do was to waive the charge for 2 months of the MP3 service.

All these redundant services added $20+ dollar every month to my family's bills, increasing the burden on my mom's shoulder, who is the sole bread-winner of my family.
I hope those who read this would check their phone bills properly to avoid such unnecessary charges.

heading towards......

2009-02-04T01:33:00.002+08:00

truth hurts and lies worst..

the pain is getting worst and more frequent.

i'm unable to adapt to it and get desensitized after so long..

i hope i can cut myself off my addiction, but i can't seem to be able to stay away for too long.
more often than not, i would yearn for it even though those seemingly determined words of quitting parted my lips.

often, i'll question myself, what are all these for? is it worth it?
the answers which i found were all negative. yet i'm still holding on.
if only i could stop putting more burdens onto myself.
if only i could put down everything..

i've changed.. from the gullible idealist who doesn't really bother about anything to the skeptical idealist who wants to know and make things go his way..

Dota?

2009-01-21T00:02:00.002+08:00

to win in a random public game....

theres probably 4 ways.

1. train yourself.

2. gather all your (pro) friends and rely on them.

3. use maphack.

4. spam lag till opponent dulan/disconnect or something like that.

@.@

Partially Happy New Year.

2009-01-01T01:38:00.004+08:00

It is the second hour of the new year as Wakka opened the door to a dark and empty apartment alone.

He had just reached home after watching the fireworks at Esplanade bridge with the "current love of his life ( CLOHL ). The fireworks were stunning as palette of different colours filled the night sky with CLOHL in his arms.

Wakka was feeling blissful and elated but the mirth didn't last long. After hanging up a phone call, CLOHL took on an apologetic stance and said, "my mom wants me to go home. I'll be going to my second uncle house tomorrow."

"That is so CLOHL, standing me up." Thought Wakka. Disappointed once again, his "emotional white blood cells" were activated to defend himself against the invasion. What he thought to be a great night to relax together turned out to be a lonely night home on this supposedly joyous night.

so.. out.

2008-12-30T01:10:00.002+08:00

i feel so.. not my age group.

i guess i've been feeling that since i was around.. 15?

ANYWAY. i really can't wait to be officially 18. =)

* even though my looks/mental state probably already moved on and beyond that. *

muwahahahahaha.

screwed.

2008-12-26T00:44:00.003+08:00

my head feels screwed.

up, down, left and right.

over and over again.

God.

2008-12-17T15:44:00.002+08:00

We should believe in god!
We should pray & praise the god!
For, god loves us.

Bullshit.

Religions only put irrational ideas into people's head.
Look at the terrorist attack.
The terrorists think that they will be reserved a place in "heaven" by god if they do such "heroic" act as the religious text tells them about "after-life". as though dying is nothing or even bring them in an even better place.

Look at the homophobes.
They selectively followed the "religious teachings" blindly.

Look at this news which i came across.

http://www.sgclub.com/singapore/wis_parents_prayed_61939.html

Lets pray, for god will heal us. Sounds hopeful.
i prefer praying to the doctors to cure us though

omg..

2008-12-09T12:04:00.002+08:00

i read a leaflet recently on Social Anxiety Disorder and did a questionnaire on it and had a score of around 30+ while the safety zone is =<19..

perhaps i have it. :(

perfume-tized.

2008-12-08T18:55:00.003+08:00

I was walking along an underpass and suddenly a strong smell of ( lady's ) perfume pierced my nose and sent unpleasant signals to my brain where the nearest passer-by in that isolated MRT underpass is at least 5 meters away.

Would putting on such a strong smelling perfume attract men like bees to flower? Or make men shun her as though shes a tear grenade?

Its not that the perfume suck, i feel that its a case of "over-dosage" as "more is good"..

Busy... and totally broke.

2008-12-08T05:45:00.003+08:00

totally broke. really stretched the "financial rubber band" till the potential energy is probably nearing its limit.
the "emotional rubber band" is stretched as well.
lots happened these few days.

nevertheless, i still love and miss you loads.

just reached home not long ago from.. partying.
isn't exactly clear-minded ( relatively, HELLO, i've been up for like god knows how long. ) right now.
thus, i shall spare my faithful readers ( if any ) from my mindless rant.
BUT, I WILL BE BACK. ( i've accumulated some stuffs to blog about. hopefully i would still have the mood to blog when i'm awake ).

i kinda grew to like this song..

I wasnt jealous before we met
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And Im possessive, it isnt nice
Youve heard me saying that smoking was my only vice
But now it isnt true
Now everything is new
And all Ive learned has overturned
I beg of you......

Dont go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

It was like shooting a sitting duck
A little smalltalk, a smile and baby I was stuck
I still dont know what youve done with me
A grown-up woman should never fall so easily
I feel a kind of fear
When I dont have you near
Unsatisfied, I skip my pride
I beg you dear......

Dont go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Dont go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

Ive had a few little love affairs
They didnt last very long and theyve been pretty scarce
I used to think that was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible
cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all Ive learned has overturned
What can I do......

Dont go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Dont go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

so out of trend.

2008-12-04T23:52:00.004+08:00

Like the title stated, i'm so out of trend.

The latest trend in Singapore among teens ( and post-teen and post-post-teen ), is to suicide and get yourself landed in the hospital.

Within 2 weeks, 3 person i know was admitted into A&E for swallowing pills. But i think i'm more qualified to swallow pills than most of them ( 2/3? ) though.

BUT, i'm a good citizen ( even though the government hates me, and probably hope for less lesser beings like me around ), i say NO to drugs. ^^

dilemma. confused. lost. sad. angry. agitated. jealous. afraid.

2008-12-02T13:25:00.004+08:00

若要人不知，除非己莫为.

Fear is.. Good.

The fear of death keeps people alive.
The fear of your partner leaving makes you faithful.
The fear of being rejected makes you work harder.
The fear of loneliness upkeep a social life.
The fear of law maintains order.

Fear draw boundaries. A specially tailored comfort zone for everyone.

And.. If there is god, his manifestation would probably be fear.

thankful.

2008-11-25T23:02:00.003+08:00

Thank... NOT "god". Perhaps my parents or environment.

I'm so blessed to be able to take ( most ) things with a pinch of salt.

One thing i guess i can't take with a pinch of salt is probably getting isolated from all sources of entertainment for an extended period of time.. i think i'd really go bonkers like that

o_O

2008-11-24T22:00:00.003+08:00

Applied for work at Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore ( IRAS )..

Hopefully i'll be recruited to work there.

Read about the IRAS and found a pie chart which breaks down the the type of tax they had collected..

Our government really has a high operation revenue.. These taxes collected by the IRAS ($29.1 billion) only accounts for 72.1% of the operation revenue ( total of $40.4 billion ).. and our GST only fund a teeny weeny 15% of the total government operation..

Wondering...

2008-11-22T11:10:00.003+08:00

Wwas chatting with Check on the bus regarding languages..

Certain spoken languages tend to curl the tongue much more to produce the correct sound etc.

In Singapore, out of the four major languages - English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, Tamil seems to be the one which requires the most work. For example..

English - I love you

Chinese - 我爱你 ( wo ai ni )

Malay - Aku cinta kamu

Tamil - Naan unnay kadhalikkiren

You can hear the announcements on the MRT in four different languages as well and the same pattern shows.

So... Tamil seems to be the hardest language within the four major languages in Singapore!

so... Fluent Tamil speakers tend to be able to maneuver their tongue to curl etc better than other tongues?

if so... that means they would be better with oral sex! :P

a small list of things in the near future..

2008-11-20T20:01:00.003+08:00

1. clear my liabilities.

2. go on a dinner date :P

3. IT hardwares.

4. fill up more spaces of my closet.

hmm......

i'm incurring expenses and making debts even before any income is made and received.. ><

Work, work.

2008-11-20T11:30:00.003+08:00

Omfg, i'm indulging in a feast of "foreign talent" with my eyes at work.

smart and good-looking, if there are gods, and they are fair ( excluding some gods who are of different skin colour ), these people definitely have a major defect somewhere!

like.... totally fuck-ed up personality, erectile dysfunction, 3" dick which makes sex unendurable for their partner(s), or a super duper hairy butt which turns people off, a pair of unmatching big-small boobs ( o O ), a big boobs with SUPER TEENY WEENY NIPPLES ( imagine, a dot left by a pen or something like that )! or maybe the ladies have HAIRY CHESTS!

anyway, superfically, they are still fabulous.

if its the same under the clothes/skin, i guess we won't ever know. :P

Blowjob?

2008-11-10T22:26:00.002+08:00

From Sex & The City's Samantha Jones.

"You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement and jaw stress and suction and gag reflex and all the while bobbing up and down moaning and trying to breath through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothing."

LOL.

:(

2008-11-10T10:10:00.002+08:00

Whats our threshold of pain? of heartache?

how far can the trust in each of us bring us to?

A life-time? A decade? A year? or two?

or perhaps a recurrence of a rough patch marks the end of the road?

curiosity; endless questions of life. who will be able to satisfy the ever hungry mind of mine?

no one.

A small list of my materialistic wants.

- desktop upgrade

- wow

- more foooooooood.

- more clothes.

.__.

:D

2008-11-07T22:22:00.002+08:00

nursing sounds fun!

skali....

when the nurse is cleaning an old man's ass, the old man teaches the nurse a lesson in life ( not farting or shitting into his face )~

then the nurse learns a lot from the old man...... and writes a book!

maybe will be something like Tuesdays With Morrie and become a bestseller!

IF........

2008-11-07T22:08:00.003+08:00

i fail both science.. and the poly course ( nursing, cut off point 28 ) needs a science grade 1-6 to enter.. if i have a score of about 20, anyone have any idea if i can appeal for entry into the course? :(

Freedom of speech?

2008-11-03T09:47:00.003+08:00

look at how religious party cast aspersion on people in the name of "god".
look at how people in singapore openly curse/swear about "foreign talents".
look at how our selective media reports.
... like nobody's business ( other than the person/party involved, and nosy people like yours truly. )

freedom of speech is so passe, just like journalism ethics and bell-bottom pants.
the in thing nowadays is... the freedom of SELECTED speech ( and skinny jeans )!

woooooooots.

2008-10-29T20:57:00.003+08:00

6 down, 8 more to go!
am gonna fail my science.
never mind, NURSING, HERE I COME!

i realised awhile ago.. photoshop is a damn imba 1337 program if you know how to manipulate it to do your bidding!
IT FIXED SOME OF THE VERY OBVIOUS FLAWS I FOUND ON MY PICTURE EASILY!
zomgwtfbbq.

Btw, i found this interesting site.. might get some people pissed, but hell with them! you can get there from HERE! slightly retro idea though, but i read somewhere before - "to be out is in!"

awwwww..

2008-10-21T21:00:00.002+08:00

3 papers down! 11 more to go!

the MRT should stop spamming "please allow passengers to alight before boarding" when the truth is "please board before allowing passengers to alight"
do we really need to have something like "NO BOARDING BEFORE PASSENGERS ALIGHTED - FINE $200"?

and.... damn sad journalism ethics is crap here in singapore.

2008-10-21T02:56:00.000+08:00

1 paper down, 14 more to go!

LOL.

2008-10-20T22:42:00.001+08:00

cyber flasher?

2008-10-19T22:34:00.005+08:00

from http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2132990

somethings to note...
1) someone has to lead him on to do such things. ( entertain him, accept the cam, reply etc. )

2) no full story with details are told, might be framed.

3) the pics are taken in sequence, seems like the taker anticipated it.

4) only the cam pics are cropped out, leaving out all conversation between the duo.

5) look at the left side scrolling bar, the window seems to have quite a long and engaging conversation going on.

he is a weird cyber flasher ( who get a hard-on just by watching a fully clothed girl in cam OR just her display picture ) who can be prevented easily with a click of a mouse, but the friend chose to continue watch and entertain him and go all dramamama.

in the 21st century where so many people are like wearing as little as they can ( mini skirt, spag strap etc ) which is almost akin to branding themselves as a sex icon.. and when confronted with sex.. they are acting like all innocent and angelic.

its not that the guy is right, but its just... the hypocrisy kinda disgust me.
or perhaps most guys have.. "provision for hypocrisy on (*possibly* beautiful/cute) female species" but sadly, i don't. =)

and... Eagle Eye is a must watch!

Condom ignorance!

2008-10-16T21:35:00.002+08:00

Oh my god, ITS BREAKING NEWS!

ONE in two Singaporeans does not know that using a condom during sex can prevent the transmission of Aids, according to a survey conducted by the Health Promotion Board last year.
Read more..

So now, for the greater good of the society, i shall help promote usage of condoms as well as the answer for "HOW THE HELL DO YOU USE A CONDOM?"

** we can disregard the whatever mark thing in step 1.

HOWEVER, using condoms is bad! its almost equivalent to abortion as well as against government's pro-creation message!

AND, do not try having sex with ANYONE under the age of 16 to test your new found knowledge! its illegal to have sex with a minor ( boys included! ) in Singapore! not even consensual sex!

katy perry!

2008-10-07T18:02:00.001+08:00

cool song writer!

choices.

2008-09-29T17:09:00.001+08:00

Go school and revise.

Go school and slack.

Stay home and revise.

STAY HOME AND SLACK~!

which should i choose!? SO CUNTFUSING!

do you buy what they preach?

2008-09-26T12:01:00.004+08:00

i wonder why religion still get through so easily to so many people in the 21st century..
i think it is totally unpractical in the 21st century we're living in..

In the bible, they will..
- stone you to death for believing in other god(s) or deities
- curse you for worshipping an idol which is shaped after anything which is so-called created by god.
- put you to death and eternal damnation for abusing god's name
- stone you to death for working on sabbath day
- put you to death for not respecting or cursing your parents
- put both the adulterer and adulteress to death for adultery
- teach you how long you should keep a slave before free-ing them

aren't the bible's followers making a mockery out of it by not heeding its "words of wisdom"?

Buangcock dangerlous.

2008-09-24T17:15:00.003+08:00

pay 6.50~10 bucks for retarded gun fights, relatively ugly main lead, cheesy and boring love story, several disgusting scene such as cutting off someone's hand with a boat's propeller, several scene with topless thai babe showing their tits ( which amazingly did not get censored under the NC16 rating ) with a stupid plot.

don't know its me or what, i just realised the main lead's name is Joe only after the show when the credits start rolling.

irritated.

2008-09-21T03:15:00.003+08:00

a pair of brothers are getting on my nerve.

- one left a game of dota cause of first blood. a in-house game somemore, all are real-life friends, linked in a way or another.

- didnt apologise but tried to argue with his warped reasoning.

- his warped reasoning couldnt get through, then resort to spamming and name callings, and even brought up parents. spamming things like you retarded motherfucker.

- played a few other games with him and he was provoking people after killing someone, pushing blames to others when losing, finding excuses for feeding, talking things that doesn't make sense at all * at least to me and my soulmate, and perhaps several others in the game *.

- everytime tried reasoning with him, i would be called off as retard.

another bigot..

My school's 8 core values - integrity, resilience, discipline, compassion, pride in work, teamwork, responsibility and respect.

i think our school should to teach some of its students some sportsmanship or is it under integrity? if so, apparently the message didn't go through

amazingly one of them is from my school's so-called best class in academic achievement but i guess god is fair. ( if there is really someone supreme somewhere )

MAMMA MIA!

2008-09-17T14:17:00.000+08:00

a must watch!
FABULOUS show!

Bible?

2008-09-16T17:17:00.002+08:00

King James Bible (1611?)
1 Corinthians 6

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

GOD'S WORD ® Translation (1995)
1 Corinthians 6

9 Don't you know that wicked people won't inherit the kingdom of God? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals, 10 or thieves, those who are greedy or drunk, who use abusive language, or who rob people will not inherit the kingdom of God. 11 That's what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God's approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

International Standard Version (2008)
1 Corinthians 6

9You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, 10thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 11That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah and by the Spirit of our God.

Words of god can be translated into so many different versions? Which is the correct or most accurate one?

the power of boob(s)!

2008-09-15T22:24:00.000+08:00

inflation..

2008-09-15T20:37:00.001+08:00

inflation is scary..
over the last few months, cooking oil prices rose..
the one my mom was using rose from about $7+ to $9.80..
prices of everything in Singapore is rising, but not the income of some, or maybe most families.

how to cope with these rising prices?

feeling remorse.. slightly.

2008-09-11T19:07:00.002+08:00

i feel so guilty for intentionally upsizing my sandwich to foot long from 6" because my mom is paying. ):

good luck for my POA tomorrow. hopefully i can pass it with my slight knowledge of its topic here and there.

Politics?

2008-09-10T15:15:00.002+08:00

A large amount of news which i had read is all about politics.
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, India, China and the US.

isn't politics supposed to help improvise on the various situations in the different countries?
and now it is generating havoc and chaos in some countries..

mental and verbal war, in my opinion.
dark and scary politics.

and there are recent uproars about the foreign workers from serangoon gardens.
ungracious Singaporeans. little bit also must complain, kao!
I've been living in little India for like years and i had no problem with them. ( other than the once in a while pee-ing and littering issue )
the foreign workers contributed so much to our society, yet so many shuns them.
they are living in a bad housing condition in Singapore, away from their families, often given minimal wages, orchesized and few people would offer help to improve their situation.
don't help also never mind but still complain and complain and make things worst for them than it already is.

i dread knowing how this will end. i fear the ministry of national development will quietly set up more dormitories in Jurong, tuas and Chua Chu Kang. Again, the west will un-proportionally shoulder this inconvenience. we in jurong should not put up with more dormitories, cemeteries, columbariums, industrial funnels of 'eternal flames', and ever more powerful fighter jets. i hope the authorities will not sacrifice the wellfare of residents in the jurong, tuas and chua chu kang areas to protect the minority 'interests' of serangoon gardens residents.

From Straits time's SGsnaps. read and think for yourself.
I learned about compassion in my school's CME lesson last year.
pretty much obvious why we need CME lessons, CIP to teach us all about the critically acclaimed virtues such as compassion and integrity.

*shrugs*

prelims!

2008-09-09T22:48:00.001+08:00

currently i'm hoping that i can make it to fail the prelims everyday.
then after seeing how terribly i failed in my prelim, hopefully i would get more motivated to avoid the shit marks i received.

thinking..

2008-09-03T18:22:00.002+08:00

Mediacorps own all 7 local television channels as well as 14 radio channels.
Temasek Holdings own Mediacorps.
Singapore government owns Temasek Holdings.

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Judicial independence is the doctrine that decisions of the judiciary should be impartial and not subject to influence from the other branches of government or from private or political interests.
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The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore established the nation's political system as a representative democracy, while the country is recognized as a parliamentary republic. The People's Action Party (PAP) dominates the political process and has won control of Parliament in every election since self-government in 1959.

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Representative democracy
The representatives form more than one independent ruling body (for an election period) charged with the responsibility of acting in the people's interest, but not as their proxy representatives—i.e., not necessarily always according to their wishes, but with enough authority to exercise swift and resolute initiative in the face of changing circumstances. It is often contrasted with direct democracy, where representatives are absent or are limited in power as proxy representatives.

hmmm...

musing..

2008-09-01T19:09:00.001+08:00

Hmm... i'm beginning to harbour a distasteful feeling towards religions after a visit to 佛牙寺..
a gimmick, their temple is. flaunting their assets by locating their temple at such a prominent place, the cost is doubtlessly damn high for them to build this posh temple on such a big plot of land, decorated a lot with what i heard, real gold.

If i were to pray at a temple, i'd still prefer to pray at some traditional temple like the one at Bugis.. Anyway, i'm sort of an atheist, i guess praying is more like a symbolic ritual to me for good luck and/or self-conforting than faith in god.. hmm..

WOOHOO!

2008-09-01T17:44:00.003+08:00

I've inherited my father's legacy - partying till the sun rises, followed by a good day's sleep, then rinse and repeat.

Hopefully the melatonin can help.

World of Warcraft wouldn't improve my situation in any way i guess, but i can't bear to stop myself from indulging in it. LOL.

awwwwww....

2008-08-31T12:59:00.001+08:00

i wish that i can reverse the time to the period that i haven't learn to play 三国志大战. ~_~

awww.

2008-08-28T11:31:00.002+08:00

i wish i can blog on the go.
i often see unusual things or conceive some thoughts which i think are worth a blog but these often get lost in the sea of thoughts before i could blog about them. ):

anyway, wow!
i saw this ahpeh playing a PSP at the wet market!
people are advancing, soon these ahpehs will learn to play something like WoW or Cabal!

!!

2008-08-26T10:34:00.002+08:00

omg, redbull's spoof - THE GOLD COW!

anyway... is... sleeping aids ( sleeping pills etc ) more harmful or reversed body clock?
i wonder..

Tranquility in my house.

2008-08-25T05:14:00.003+08:00

my sister had left for the airport from home less than a hour ago.
she will be in China for roughly 1 1/2 months.
my house gonna get cold and quiet for quite awhile..
will i miss her? probably.
bon voyage!
or rather.. 一路顺风！its cheena shes leaving for~

disturbia.

2008-08-24T21:56:00.002+08:00

Disturbia - Rihanna
i'm hooked!
bum bum be dum bum bum de dum bum~

LOL.

2008-08-18T09:37:00.003+08:00

was fooling around with my new account 'imakeyoupissed' on battle.net and played my first solo of that account.. and here are the screenshots of the replay..

and guess what? I WON. LOL.

无名。

2008-08-15T01:15:00.004+08:00

无意招惹，
自请上门。
无犯小人，
暗遭中伤。
刀剑正前，
不可不防。
若有恶意，
谁可奈何？

a courteous reply to a superfluous review

2008-08-14T00:47:00.007+08:00

A reply to an unpleasant and ,supposedly, private review on my shared LGBT blog which i received through an online friend. The unpleasantness was to such a degree that i found it personally insulting.

Extracted from ExiaEncephalon's Livejournal, feel free to take a look when you have the time.

After years of futile attempts at dating and about getting probably the worst dates –and the best- , one would probably come up with a checklist of what would qualify as a good date and what doesn’t. Call me judgemental? Fuck it. See if I care.

You’ll probably never want to continue dating for a few reasons :
-- when all your date does when they are out with you is whine and complain
--All they ever do when they are out with you is mope and cry.
--catch them kissing someone else.
--catch them giving head to someone else.
--when their capricious moods kills every date you have.
--their self-pity spamming on your blog tag board.
--Their actions confuse the purpose of your company. – slut or date –
--insecure needy insect who sticks to you constantly

If you have done most of the above. Please. Commit. Suicide. Or consider personality alterations to probable make u a more ‘datable’ material.

Was intending to make this a real short post. However, I came across a certain site that caught my attention. Not in a good way.

why do gay teens these days like and believe it’s the right thing to do to create a ‘gay’ blog? Correct me where I am wrong, but being gay should be part of your identity and not your identity.
Secondly is the substance of it. Those who try so hard and attempt to write and mimic the writing styles of those who already made a name of themselves.
The difference between them and the writers? The writers dared to over step the boundaries and make controversial stands while those little boys simply tiptoe in their shadow, living their excitement through other people.

Came across the blog rainbowlifestyle.blogspot and to me, A for effort but content should just be chucked to the abyss of hell and burned. When one chooses a blog title like that, isn’t it rather obvious that they would be shouldering a rather huge expectation? I was honestly expecting writing with much more calibur but I found that site rather disappointing.

Nothing against sham, whose writing, I find worth taking a moment to read. Short and rather intellectual. But the writers of ‘wakka’ and ‘koonda’, I found simply a pain to read.

If one doesn’t have the things to write about nor the point of views to look at and study, might I ask what is the point of writing at all? True that they have every right to express on a blog for that is it’s purpose. Then choose a name that would not mislead people. Correction. If his writing would lead reader’s anywhere at all. It contains no individualism nor point of views. When most of his posts come from WIKI and the only post with bits of individualistic character (closet post) has to be verified with GOOGLE, might I ask that dear writer. Why write?

The other one who re-writes the already over-written topic of long term relationships. Might I ask who is he really to give us a lesson on LTR?
He who preaches so much and telling us bout LTR but come again. Why listen to someone who himself believes that you can find LTR but shouting it out in irc? Does he honestly believe that he can find a long term relationship in a place filled with people whose ultimate motive is to get off? Perhaps he should reconsider his position before writing articles to ‘advice’ people.

My conclusion for this blog : Though it contains bit of useful information – and I mean bits – the writing needs to be drastically improved to allow it to last longer. If one’s writing is good, why would they need to worry bout getting readers? Queercast’s been doing well and you don’t see them advertising their website on irc.
(to whichever writer which is promoting the site on irc, what’s the point? Seriously.)

Firstly, i would like to apologise for my poor English and if i've stepped on anyone's tail for advertising the blog http://therainbowlifestyle.blogspot.com
And also, i would like to thank the 'kind soul' for wasting his 'precious' time to do our first review on the blog instead of 'date-hunting', even though the review sucked.

I would have to agree that being gay is part of our identity. If being gay is the most interesting thing about anyone, their lives are so screwed. However, what link do 'gay identity' have with 'whether it is right or wrong to have a gay blog'? Its not like the agenda of creating the blog is to publicise that i'm gay. Furthermore, you are stereotyping 'gay teens' as being attention seekers whereas your kind self has been able to mirror such faint verbosity of words without having much thought.

Regarding the substance of the blog, we're a group of like-minded people who have come together and are writing out of pure interest. Not everyone who likes to write are able to match your 'calibur' of writing. If we are really mimicking 'writers who made a name for themselves', I would have to say we had succeeded partially, for you, an 'esteemed' reader, are able to compare our amateur articles to theirs. By the way, i have totally no idea which writer or writers you were referring to, but i do greatly admire Alex Au from http://yawningbread.org for his immense knowledge and well polished writing skills.

I do not have much knowledge about Singapore's politics and law etc. Thus i dare not step over the boundaries in case i end up like the recent blogger who had published racist comments on his blog. And if everyone see themselves as 'tiptoeing in other's shadow', there wouldn't be any new authors, stars etc or platform for people with aspirations.

Our blog's name misled people? Please do not tell me that you were expecting gay pornography in the blog. We post LGBT related contents in it, 100% related in a way or another to the name which was chosen.

I would like to ask how do people expand their knowledge? Most probably is through reading, watching or listening. And now, it is bad to tap on the internet for other's knowledge and insights? And most professional writers don't work alone. They have a pool of editor(s), source verifier(s) etc. I have nothing, other than a computer, a working broadband connection and my brain. Thus, i would have to verify my own assumptions regarding issues and things which i'm writing on and work from there, which is better than making conjunctions which merely assume the untruth.

Is verification a sin? If it were so, i'm sure that the esteemed writer would be able to write comments that our dearly beloved Dr Chee S.J had been making. One need only be abreast of current politicals scenes to know of the current predicament HE is in.

Another thing about 'why write?', i would prefer to write about things which interest me, instead of the 'whoever and i went to wherever and i saw a fucking cute pussy.'. =)

With regards to koonda, there are all sorts of people around. For example people like koonda and yours truly who believe in love beg to differ from your stereotypical assumptions. I've seen you 'shouted out' quite a lot before in IRC as well. However, you were shouting " www.*deleted*.com/?*deleted* 17/chn 1x2 6x friends chat? =D". Are you sure you are there for chat/friend? Someone who find 'friends' in IRC, i seriously wonder what are you ultimately looking for. Just friends? Or friends with benefits? Or probably a date/LTR as well. I'll leave that to the readers to their own mental devices.

And regarding advertising the blog on IRC, it is akin to you advertising your own profile in the channel. Just that we advertise a small fragment of our brain in writing and words, unlike you, advertising your face and body?

My conclusion : Yes, the writings need to be improved, but it is not an overnight process. Furthermore, our blog is relatively new and managed by much more inexperienced people as compared to Queercast, which is in operation for nearly 2 years or writers like Alex Au who had estalished yawningbread.org since 1996.

P.S regarding your dating problems, I wish you the best of luck. I can understand how it feels when you are trying hard to portray yourself as an elitist. I sincerely hope that you do not tire yourself in trying to be the cream of the crop. I've seen it in most drama serials, those drama queenies. '狗眼看人低' is a trait which shouldn't be practiced at all. Have a good day.

Religion of the New Age?

2008-08-10T05:09:00.003+08:00

Perhaps i should i start a religion where I'm the prophet, the light and blah blah blah.
Then if i do, i shall get my disciples state that 'people who was born with IQ below the 10th percentile are abominations.'

Some Fun Facts.
- brain scans in adults suggest that sexuality could be determined in the womb.
- the approximated % of gay and lesbian in the world is 10.

=)

rantings for national day!

2008-08-04T20:23:00.000+08:00

national day is approaching!
say YES to the public holiday!
national day is held to commemorate the day we gained our independence.
and to celebrate our success as a multi racial/cultural/religious nation.
but...
1 - do we really love our country?
2 - do we really support multi cultural/racial/religious environment here?

for 1, i don't think we do. or at least i think majority of us doesn't. for example, people who goes to the NDP i think mostly care about the goody bag, maybe performance and the fire work. like most people think, Singapore, kiasu kiasi. don't think as many would like to go the event without the goody-bag and the fireworks to watch propaganda performances.

for 2, i don't think we do as well. if we really did, i wouldn't know so many people who dislike and kept complaining about things like the indian's coconut oil etc. if we did, there wouldn't be so much racist jokes going around. if we did, there wouldn't be so many loosely collected social groups all around and mostly comprise of only one race.

i would have to agree Singapore had achieved economic excellence, but regarding the multi-racial case, its thanks to the fear factor caused by the law, than really multi-racial.
though it also boils down to the individuals too.
because of the fear factor, many Singaporeans are afraid of everything. staying only in their safe zone.

so, yeah. think about these yourself, provided that you wasted your time reading my rubbish rant. =)

Azumanga Daioh

2008-07-21T04:28:00.003+08:00

Simply the best anime ever. Really loved it and laughed my head off.

episode 1 part 1/3

episode 1 part 2/3

episode 1 part 3/3

i'm determined to go school!

2008-07-20T20:27:00.003+08:00

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see my determination!? i've typed it 99 times to show it!
and now, the 100th time!
I'M DETERMINED TO GO SCHOOL!
i wonder who will believe it though. LOL.

yawns..

2008-06-30T18:57:00.002+08:00

We cannot and must not, allow ourselves to be consigned to a subsidiary role.
We cannot and must not ever, be ashamed of who we are and what we believe in.
We cannot and must not allow our dignity to be compromised.
Without our dignity, in the truest sense of the word, in the sense that it entitles us to a moral right and inclines us towards a moral virtue to be intolerant of unjust devaluement and disparagement, we are no more human.

- Samuel, Peculiar Chris - Chapter XIII

o__o

2008-05-13T11:35:00.002+08:00

四、才華型 (生日日期︰ 3,12,19,30)性格解構：
你要記住，這類型的女孩子大多數都充滿藝術天分或者語言天分，
亦具有高貴的氣質。她對任何人和事也抱有興趣，
喜歡提出許多疑問，故知識非常豐富。還有她的想像力十分強。
即使性情令人難以捉摸，不過基本上都是屬於受歡迎的類型。
但有時又容易沉醉於玩樂而缺乏責任感。
建議：你最好先熟讀一些關於藝術方面的資料，方便與她聊聊。
學一兩句外語也無妨。別把自己裝扮的太俗氣，避免令她反感。
只要你有多方面的知識，或者是某方面的專家，就很容易獲得她的青睞。

被舔耳朵时反应

双鱼座

太阳、金星落在双鱼座的人反应是：「喝醉了嘛！玩的开心就好了」。

個性地雷

雙魚座2/19～3/20

引爆指數：80%

在十二星座中最神奇的，就屬雙魚座了。溫和的魚魚忍功是一流的，而且他很會向人認錯。但也因為這樣的個性，反過來被魚魚惹火的人卻不少。因為愛做夢的魚魚，總想些不切實際的工作，造成別人的阻礙。而當別人一再原諒他的過錯之後，他也一再的重複犯錯。更可怕的是，魚魚從不認為他們的想法是夢幻的。
滅火秘方：將原本工作可用的時間、成本打八折後，再讓他去執行，保留安全底限，才不會讓自己抓狂。

永遠都無法相信的事實

雙魚座

我永遠都無法相信，他真的騙了我嗎？

不可能，不可能，他對我是那麽的好！你們不知道的，他曾經指着月亮對我發誓，說會愛我一生一世不變，還有他給我的短信，你們看！有這麽多條：他說永遠保護我的！你的證據肯定是僞造的，他不會騙我，他不會背叛我，他真的是很愛我的呀。一相情願的雙魚遇到上當受騙了，還不願完全相信那個自己深愛的人就是傷害自己的人，她甯願動用自己的豐富想像力來假設種種以外的情況：也許他有難言之隐呢？你除了被他氣死，還有什麽辦法呢？

o.o;

2008-04-30T09:29:00.002+08:00

wooooooooooo.
many things happened.
but lazy to post things about my boring life.
nothing significant anyway.
and how time flies.....
i'm still in dreamland...
yawns.

anyway. anyone plays sangokushi-taisen? 三国志大戦?
addictive...... i keep playing till i keep dreaming about it at night. zomgwtfbbq.

2008-04-22T17:01:00.000+08:00

LOL.

woooooooooo.

2008-04-22T16:17:00.002+08:00

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

- The Moulin Rogue

watched moulin rogue!
very old movie.. but its damn nice!
a great bitter-sweet musical..
the soundtracks are superb!
this show somehow reminds me of the phantom of the opera.
nice nevertheless~

shrimps? prawns? mussels? seafood?

2008-04-09T04:54:00.006+08:00

do anyone of you out there love seafood?

Leviticus 11:9-12 says:
⁹ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
¹⁰ And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
¹¹ They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
¹² Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:9-10 says:
⁹ These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
¹⁰ And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

fuck seafood?
roflmao.