‘Traditional moral values’ in inverted commas because we must remember that these are traditions and values that came to us rather late in life i.e. during the colonial period.

This is kinda funny.

“The new, post-print literary media are certainly amenable to brevity,” observed the New York Times in a recent piece about fiction and the zeitgeist. “And the short story may provide a timely antidote to the cultural bloat of the past decade, when it often seemed that every novel needed to be 500 pages long …”

How about tales 500 words long?

“But tinkering also taps into human psychology. Tinkering is an amazingly powerful way to learn. It is not about mastering dry, arcane bodies of knowledge: it is about learning how to use your hands, materials, and tools, scrounging stuff and ideas, learning from others and your own mistakes. Educational theorists call this active learning and they love it.”

This is really good!

“Our readers are not always aware of the work journalists do behind the scenes to try to present reports that are factual and objective, or the lengths to which we go to persuade those who are unwilling to speak to engage with the media and open up. It was certainly not for lack of trying on our part that the views of the new team led by Ms Lau and her supporters did not appear more often in our pages, especially in the early stages.”

“The result is like no illustrated Bible you’ve ever seen. Goliath is a horrific giant cyclops; the drowning sinners trying to claw their way onto Noah’s Ark are caught in flashbulb moments of terror and agony; Saul’s army rends the raw meat of their slaughter as they try to avoid starvation; the mutilated corpses of Baanah and Rechab dangle from nooses in Hebron; the boiled heads of donkeys emerge from the cooking pot as starving Israelites look on with hungry eyes; Daniel’s horned beast crushes a mountian of screaming men and women as it stalks the land; and in Revelations, the rains of fire, floods and famine lay waste to cities as horribly burned famine victims scream and claw at their flesh.”

“Stomp is not a representation of the Singapore netizen. The culture there is totally different from what you see in the rest of Singapore blogs/forums/twitter/plurk. The rest of Singapore netizen are becoming more and more mature and responsible in the things they say.”

“Alec Milne … thinks the Gurkhas have got a “bum deal” when it comes to their controversial handling by the Government.” – Mind you, this ‘bum deal’ isn’t only happening in the UK.

A writer from King Edward VII Hall, National University of Singapore documents the process by which undergraduates get to choose their room in the Hall of Residence in the subsequent academic year.

I shall refrain from commenting on this photo. Instead, I’d like you to form your own opinion and tell me what you think.

This is very cute!

"…web entrepreneurs pay attention, this is how to make a compelling online property: take an idea that everyone loves in theory but doesn't use in practice because it's a pain in the ass (in this case, embedding type on the web) and offer a hosting service to solve that problem. YouTube did this with videos, Blogger/Blogspot, TypePad, & WordPress did this with blogs, Flickr did it with photos, etc. etc."

Yawning Bread is switching RSS feeds… although I think he should revamp his website altogether

The most interesting thought for me: “…to whom should we credit these small steps to greater liberalisation?”

“Bigger GRCs are not needed because two-member GRCs can produce the optimum number of minority race MPs, while maximising meritocracy in the Singapore electoral system.”

“‘This intolerance may be our downfall,’ said Mr Koo, who is also MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC.” – Wei. Copy my argument.

“A Jedi lightsaber is plasma contained in a magnetic field. Plasma is basically the form of matter which stars are made of. Pre-Crisis Superman has flown through the heart of a star without being harmed. Therefore, he is immune to plasma.” – How arguments are formed: Statement, Elaboration, Evidence, Evaluation.

“Low Thia Kiang’s suggestion two days ago that an effective opposition can provide checks and balances on the ruling PAP party created a storm in the teacup we call Parliament.”

“Sometimes, the mainstream media can do a better job in getting the government’s attention than the online media. When there is a social problem wherein one group of people are suffering, website owners should think twice before the snatch the story, in the best interest of the victims, even at the expense of a scoop.”

“A British court has clarified the legal status of Pringles, which are sometimes regarded as being food items, and sometimes used in scientific investigations (one of which led to the awarding of an Ig Nobel Prize in 2008).”