“TR: How do you feel about the current government policies in place, namely in Singapore?

LHS: For another Fajar Generation to emerge, the ISA of Singapore needs to be removed.”

I friggin’ hate headlines like “Wife of opposition politician sentenced to 16 years’ jail” because they only (consciously or unconsciously) perpetuate the stereotype/myth that opposition politicians are untrustworthy, when there is no inherent need to angle the story from the ‘opposition politics’ point of view.

“Here is the message that has just now arrived here:

From: Johnson Brown

I AM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF JOHNSON BROWN BOOKSTORE STORES INC. KINDLY BE INFORM THAT I WILL LIKE TO ORDER THE TITLE BELLOW (sic)…”

“Note to self: If I am reborn as a crocodile, I must remember never to run across the backs of hippos.”

This made me LOL first, then remember that I want to write a review/paper on The Blue Mansion that has to do with The Problem of Satire.

“Perfect for when you ran out of beer, cigarettes, tabloid news, and crap shows on TV.”

What a beautiful stop-motion video!

“The standard shopping model needs to be reversed. Instead of the shopper acting as hunter, and the product hiding as prey, you should be able to describe in your own words what sort of thing you are looking for, and the vendors should use those footprints to hunt you down and make their pitch.”

A recording of a speech by Dr Lim Hock Siew, Singapore’s second longest-held political prisoner.

Interesting perspective:

“Wah lau, can Dr Chee argue more creatively like Mr Siew Kum Hong or not? Can he concentrate on improving the lives of Singaporeans in meaningful ways and not waste his time on idealised notions of western democracy? Or is he so fixated with revenge on PAP and the First Family that he wants all of us to burn with him … erm Singaporeans not so like that one lah.”

A contest for the best worst writing you can manage in 300 words.

“…the circumstances seem to suggest that the young Goh Chok Tong in 1965 could have very well been one of the first few – if not the first – to have broken a civil service bond in Singapore.”

“While my colleagues and I have never objected to foreign talent – and let me be on record that we are in need of such talent – the truth is that the Foreign Talent Policy has much to do with foreign but little with talent.”

“This is the story of how young Singaporeans are being squeezed out of the housing market. The PRs are squeezing them out. One account does not tell the whole story, of course, but you know who has the full figures, don’t you. And that’s why you will also never know the full story.”

“Instead of repealing Section 376A altogether, because it serves a valuable purpose in protecting minors against abuse from sexual predators, perhaps a better solution is to introduce a legal exception for consensual sex between underage participants, with the issue of ‘consent’ between the minors to be proved as a question of fact.”

Eisen gives a blow-by-blow account of this year’s Straits Times National Schools Newspaper Competition:

“4pm: Ok, whenever I see fishes now I think of sushi and sashimi.

4.05pm: Whenever I see stingrays I think of Chomp Chomp, Newton Circus and barbequed stingray.

I decide against joking about this to the Underwater World PR lady. I don’t think she will take that joke very well.

4.15pm: HUNGRY. WANT SUSHI.”