| Romanian Diplomat Hit And Run Saga |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|12:57 pm] |
The Romanian diplomat, Dr Ionescu, is now a suspect in a hit-and-run accident. The embassy’s economic counselor, Alexander Nicolae Coseru, told newspapers that Dr Ionescu was back in Romania because he was ill and suffering from diabetes.
The victims:
Mr Tong Kok Wai suffered severe brain damage. He was taken off life support in the hospital.
Mr Bong Hwee Haw fractured his pelvis.
Muhd Haris Abu Talib is warded at NUH with injuries.
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2621527 |
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| I say I'm putting you first (so stop your f****** whining) |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|12:16 pm] |
From PM Lee's New Year Message:
1) "Workers will need to up-skill, re-skill and multi-skill. They must be flexible, willing to adapt to changed conditions, and take on new jobs as conditions change."
= Improve your skills (up-skill) and do more kinds of work (multi-skill). Work longer hours with lower expectations (be flexible) and adapt to harsher and harsher conditions without any real workers' rights.
2) "Earlier this year, when job prospects were uncertain, workers took skills upgrading seriously. Now that job prospects have improved, workers must not think that this is no longer urgent."
=> There is always this danger that Singaporeans become complacent and adopt the wrong attitudes. Terrible people.
3) "Older workers should also carry on working for as long as they can; one encouraging sign through this crisis is that employment rates for older workers stayed high."
= Erase the word "retirement" from your dictionary. Erase the word "retirement" from your dictionary. Erase the word "retirement" from your dictionary. Erase the word "retirement" from your dictionary. Erase the word "retirement" from your dictionary. . . .
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I'm happy that old folks are competing with young PRC foreigners for cleaning jobs (one encouraging sign) while my father accuses them of not being hardworking enough.
4) "[T]he best way to protect workers is to give them the right skills to remain productive and employable, and ensure that their companies stay competitive internationally."
= Workers should not be protected by stupid things like rights. We protect them by helping their companies stay competitive internationally. Let's start with depressing wages so that the companies will always remain competitive. Competitive companies are always beneficial for workers, aren't they?
5) "The Government’s first responsibility is to Singaporeans.
= I say lah. No harm saying.
6) We will manage and moderate the inflow of foreign workers, so that Singa-poreans are not overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. But we must continue to welcome hardworking, enterprising people to our shores. We need them both to expand our talent pool and help Singa-pore to prosper, as well as to top up our own population and make up for our low birth rates.
= When I say you are not overwhelmed by the number of foreigners thanks to my management, you are NOT overwhelmed. My word is truth, as always.
7) "Our history has been one of overcoming difficult odds to survive and prosper."
= Of course, there will be those who can overcome difficulty and there will be those who can't. Let's only remember the former. Let the latter die off naturally and be forgotten.
8) "Singapore’s prospects are good. . . . Our policies are sound and we have the courage to do the right things."
= Yes, you may hate what I'm doing, but trust me, it is the right thing. Because I say so.
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In a nutshell:
Singaporeans, continue to faithfully vote for the PAP, believing that it will do you good no matter what the reality of your plight tells you! =) |
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| Fresh Year, STale Propaganda |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|08:38 am] |
Oh hi hi hi! Happy New Year everyone! It's the New Year and everyone's favorite newspaper must start the new year on the right note—by publishing the model ST (ET?) Forum letter. This time, exemplary citizen Loke Kong shares with us how wonderful the government is. :)
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| Young Singaporeans Reading History and the Politics of Age |
[Dec. 31st, 2009|01:19 pm] |
Presented at the forum on 2009 Year in Review, organised by The Online Citizen, 29 December 2009
2009 was a return to history. Men in White, written by three Straits Times journalists, appeared noisily in September, purporting to tell the ‘untold story’ of the PAP, including that of the ‘losers’. It was, however, one of the ‘victors’ who made an eye-catching critique of the book the following month. Yoong Siew Wah, former Director of CPIB and ISD, complained on his blog, Singapore Recalcitrant, that the authors had taken at face value a statement by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on Yoong’s alleged mishandling of an investigation into lawyer Francis Seow in 1971. The authors hastily apologised and promised to withdraw the offending point from subsequent prints of the book. For Yoong, now 82, reading Men In White was about restoring his reputation.
Younger Singaporeans have also been reading Men in White for political errors and suspicious silences, although for quite a different purpose. Before the book’s official launch, film-maker Martyn See posted an entry on his blog, responding to a preliminary news report on the book. Martyn raised two questions on the book’s credibility: that the report made no mention of Operation Coldstore, in which over a hundred leading leftists in Singapore were detained in 1963, and that the authors had not contacted two of the PAP’s main opponents in the early 1960s: Dr Lim Hock Siew and Dr Poh Soo Kai. In responding to Martyn’s queries, the authors, well, defended their work, stating that they did approach Dr Lim but he refused to be interviewed. They of course used his oral history interview at the National Archives of Singapore which many researchers are aware of, but this, I think, was not Martyn’s point. And there were many other instances of ‘history watching’. In a subsequent column in the Straits Times, one of the authors, Sonny Yap, lamented that the numerous salvoes, many in cyberspace, fired in their direction were ‘factually off the mark’.
Regardless of whether the allegations were true, I believe Sonny Yap missed the point. He should have been happy, rather than flabbergasted, that so many netizens, especially young Singaporeans, responded so acutely to a book on Singapore history. This is a country where Singaporeans born after the 1950s and 1960s are periodically reprimanded by the state for not showing interest in the country’s past. The responses to Men In White demonstrate that this is not entirely true. What is important is not whether the allegations were accurate, but that they were allegations. They revealed what histories, and whose histories, mattered to the Singaporeans born after independence. In comparison to the former ISD Director, their concerns have greater import.
I wish to talk about the possibilities and pitfalls of young Singaporeans reading our country’s history today. This is an enterprise which is crucially important but also perilous, both academically and socially. Writers of history, whether it is historians or the participants, inevitably select their facts, interpret their data and make their claims. The readers likewise: how they read will be largely determined by their views and values, by the social and political context, by their age.
There is a tendency for young Singaporeans to read our past for inspiration and vilification. This is not surprising and is part of the enduring appeal of history. Inspiration because the past provides positive precedents, or heroes, of an earlier generation of Singaporeans (also young and idealistic then) struggling to make Singapore a better, fairer and more open society. Vilification because history also provides what appears to be proof of what some present day young Singaporeans want to believe – that the government is repressive, manipulative and narrowly neo-liberal. In short, we read Singapore history for Lim Chin Siong and Operation Coldstore.
This is to some extent unavoidable. I have had my own ‘honeymoon’ with Lim Chin Siong, this formidable, yet humble, political and labour activist who could bring 40,000 people to their feet with a few choice words of Hokkien, whose work was destroyed in the making of Malaysia. Lim Chin Siong has passed into legend in Singapore’s cultural imagination, which makes writing and reading about him doubly difficult.
One of the first living leftists I met in 2005 left a lasting impression. Walking up to him in Toa Payoh MRT station, he looked no different from many other ah peh in the graying estate. He firmly grasped my hand and lowered his head in greeting. I never forgot that sense of humanity he conveyed in that single moment. He was Lee Tee Tong, a labour unionist in the Singapore Bus Workers’ Union, who in 1963 stood and won in Bukit Timah (the old constituency of Lim Chin Siong), but never took his seat as he was arrested and detained without trial shortly after for 16 years. I interviewed Lee Tee Tong on a later occasion for over five hours about his life, work and politics.
Writing history for me is about getting ‘inside’ the past, achieving empathy and then crafting an independent narrative and analysis. I have researched on different facets of the Singapore left: trade unions, university political clubs and rural associations. I find a good number of possibilities for writing the subject. We can frame the left as offering the alternative ‘paths not taken’ to a different (maybe better?) Singapore. Or as pathbreakers whose work made possible the PAP’s success, visionaries whose ideas enabled the making of modern Singapore. Or as nationalists who were outmaneuvered in the geopolitics of the Cold War and then forgotten. Still, I am concerned with what the left did for Singapore and how that contribution has for so long been ignored.
The possibilities are closely related to the pitfalls. The left’s history is far richer than the themes of inspiration and vilification. The left fought for a union of Singapore and Malaya – in fact, this belief was unquestioned to a point which most young Singaporeans born into a sovereign state would have difficulty imagining. The left’s ideology was socialist, although that some radicals were less doctrinaire than others. Socialism as a doctrine entails a belief in radical change and transformation, of both nature and human nature, no less radical than the development pursued by the government since the 1960s. Will Singapore be necessarily better, fairer and more open under a socialist regime? I believe deeply in the need for greater social justice in Singapore; much of my research has been on marginalised groups in Singapore history. But I doubt the road of socialism leads to a just society any more than the highway of neo-liberalism.
These are aspects of the history of the left which we should also read and consider. I recognise the complete history is yet to be written, but at the same time, we have a moral duty to be more creative, more rigorous in the ways we explore our history. Above all, we need to ask new questions. Lee Kuan Yew gave a grudging stamp of approval to Men In White but still deemed it necessary to repeat his charge that Lim Chin Siong was a communist. I think most of us here have no interest in reviving that question, much less the answer. Each generation writes its own history but this cannot begin until we first ask new questions, questions for a new era, for a new purpose. And young Singaporeans cannot simply inherit the perspectives of the older generation.
That generation of leftists is already writing its own histories. Men In White was quickly followed by The Fajar Generation, a book by former members of the University Socialist Club in the 1950s and 1960s (a subject which I have also been working on separately). The Fajar Generation is a collective biography, a classic example of a generation writing its own history. But it also significantly blurs the line between biography and history because, as far as I know, it is the first instance where the participants have relied not just on their own memories, but also the colonial archives, to establish their views. Young Singaporeans who seek only inspiration and vilification in history will find much of both in The Fajar Generation. My suggestion is we read the book as a collective biography, and then ask ourselves, why are the former leftists now writing their histories, and what else do we want to know?
The politics of age lies between generations of Singaporeans. Another plane of the divide is on social history. In my interviews with leprosy sufferers, kampong dwellers, fire victims, and British base workers, I have come to sense something of the collective psyche of ordinary elderly Singaporeans – what they feel about the breaking events of our recent history; about politics under the PAP government; about the regimen of life and work in a ferociously developmental state.
I bring up social history because it provides new insights into the past, because it allows us to explore ‘politics’ more broadly, but also simply because we really haven’t spoken enough to our elders about the past. Our nation’s history is not simply about the struggle between the left and the Lee Kuan Yew group. One thing which struck me in my interviews with elderly people is the ambivalence in their memories of life, housing, family, work, and change in Singapore. Leprosy sufferers tell me that ‘our lives are bad but our luck is good’; they have been forcibly segregated from society and relocated from their homes several times in their lives. One victim of the 1961 Bukit Ho Swee fire wanted to find a new attap house to live in and did not want to move to an emergency HDB flat, yet recalls Lee Kuan Yew as very hiong as the prime minister in tackling the country’s challenges at the time; young Singaporeans, she insists, have had it much easier. Many elderly Singaporeans firmly support the development of Singapore and the authoritarian government which has made it possible, but are also aware of the personal and social price that they – we – have had to pay in the process. They are also the keepers of memories of events and people which can serve as a valuable counterpoint to the Singapore Story, which will help us to bridge not only generational, but also mental, divides. In listening to them, we realise that history is not painted in black and white, that there are many more ‘untold stories’ to uncover. We will find new ways to look at our history in the last 50 years which will enable us to re-imagine the future. |
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| Books |
[Dec. 30th, 2009|07:23 pm] |
Okay the reason why I haven't posted anything these few days was because I was busy clearing and cleaning up my room, as well as sneezing, tearing and sniffing; had gotten a new bed frame, and a bookshelf.
The biggest problem was my mega ton of books in my room. It's no secret that I love to read since as a kid and I never got rid of ANY BOOKS I have. I still keep all my childhood Enid Blyton books to casual read sometimes before I sleep. I always read something before I drop off dead to the world and I generally favour easy going reading. Incidentally my Enid Blyton's Famous Five original series are no longer in print and you can't get the original version anymore!
Anyway so I decided to store up majority of my books and just keep those that I usually always read, thus freeing up two bookshelves. Previously I have three bookshelves and still not enough!!!!
In case you're curious over how many books I've got... take a look...
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| The State of Issy, 2009 |
[Dec. 30th, 2009|12:57 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | mylifeisboring | ] |
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Honestly, I haven't felt so lost for ages. With G's passing in June, it's been a roller coaster ride of emotions. While I'm mostly okay in the company of friends and family, it's when I'm alone at night that the overwhelming crash of sadness hits me right in the face. There are so many what-ifs which keep cropping up that it's a struggle trying to keep a lid on it even though I know I've done everything I could in her last days. I miss her very very much.
( the rest )
For love, happiness and contentment.
Happy New Year, people.
Change the things you can change
Accept the ones you can't
Why look for reasons it didn't go your way... Why?
The world won't wait till you get it right
The sun continues to shine
Regrets just hold you back while life passes you by |
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| Molly helps Janet Wee Fix TOC |
[Dec. 28th, 2009|07:04 pm] |
Dear Molly,
I have found out that a certain righteous Ms Janet Wee is trying to protect the reputation our leaders and has written to the Singapore Police to complain about The Online Citizen for being seditious. I am worried that her email does not get the point across clearly enough. Will you please help her out so that she can lodge a better complaint?
Mr. Lee See Nao
Dear See Nao,
Ah yes, finally someone is complaining about those terrible people who criticize a government that can do no wrong. I will try to help.
Yours,
Molly
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 27th, 2009|09:37 pm] |
Anyone know where I can get a black corset and/or knee-high black boots? I can't order online because (a) no paypal account and no credit card and (b) I've never worn a corset before so I want to make sure it fits properly. I don't mind buying secondhand if anyone knows of someone willing to sell.
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| Holy still |
[Dec. 26th, 2009|05:05 pm] |
I managed to screw four tops over the course of two days.
Well not literally though of course before you guys get all excited!
To put it in the context of the local lingo, I flew four tops' aeroplanes!
Between the cool languid weather of the past few days, coupled with my increasing PMS, it was not a surprise that I found myself super reluctant to step out of the house at all. And it was weird that I keep getting threesome offers of late. Must be something about the season of "sharing" I think!
So I received a barrage of really angry smses which I didn't bother to read at all. I just deleted everything away.
Pffft big fucking deal!! Tons of fucking other slutty whorish btms out there anyway! It's like a fucking free buffet! Take your pick of anyone in any shape, size and colour!
Let me put it this way... I don't like it when people ask me for sex. It makes me feel as if I'm on booty call. I don't like it. But I can tolerate it from time to time when I'm more sane. Unfortunately when I'm in the midst of my psychotic PMS mode... well it's safe to say that Mount Vesuvius was tame in comparison
Do not seek to blame me when you never ask me to give you a last confirmation. As long as I didn't give the final word, nothing is certain. I never ask you to book a hotel room in advance in the first place. Why are you so anxious??? I don't care if you are excited about fucking me!! I never give the final consent/agreement!!! Contract has not been signed yet!!!! Why did you commit production beforehand?! :P
Besides I really don't feel like having sex yet. My cycle hasn't restarted itself so while I may flirt, cocktease and talk filthy with you, I'm not exactly wanting to be fucked.
Yet.
Still Chaste & Celibate. :P
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| An Afternoon Like This |
[Dec. 26th, 2009|02:45 pm] |
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Nothing beats listening to some good 'o jazz on a rainy noon like this one. :) |
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| ho Ho HO! |
[Dec. 26th, 2009|01:44 am] |
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Merry Christmas to one and all! Hopefully Santa brought everything that you've wished for. He left out George Clooney which was the first thing on my wishlist... Bummer~ |
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| Hypocrites |
[Dec. 25th, 2009|01:16 am] |
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Every end of the year, I go through a major, and I really mean MAJOR PMS period, pun intended, where I become extremely antagonistic with regards to certain words, phrases and sentences. The slightest mention or even hint of it and I immediately go all sullen, irritated and fuming.
I can't help it. Not when I know that this day isn't true. That it didn't happen. It was STOLEN from the worship of the solar deites, most notably that of Persian God Mithras and the Roman God Sol. In fact the day was also known as the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, which mean "birthday of the unconquered Sun".
Of course being the wondrous people they were, they were more than happy to steal the day, the history, and completely remake it over as a brand new one to their own. Their aggressive and often violent and hostile "public relationships" worked over the centuries, which led to them rising up as one of the dominant powers today.
Many may scoff at me and say that's all ancient history and it hardly matters now, and that I should get over it.
Well... this is also the time of the year when everyone starts acting like the biggest hypocrites ever. Throughout the rest of the year you would very seldom hear it, but when this time of the year comes... it's suddenly a time of "peace, joy and love". Of giving thanks and presents and all that lovey dovey bullshit. All across the streets fat and fake fat people compete to see who can deafen eardrums with their incessant ringing of bells while we suddenly remember that there are actually needy people and animals all across the globe.
But of course this burst of realisation only lasts as long as the "season" does. As soon as the official day is over, needy people and animals miraculously vanish from the face of the earth. Happiness and money resume pouring down from the sky to charitable organisations while we go back concentrating on the proper issues like greed, war and more greed.
After all, the day is over already. Along with it also the time of "peace, joy and love", which disappear quicker than Annabel Chong can suck cock!
Oh wait there's Valentine's Day... a day of "love"... which incidentally is also another stolen day as well! But that's... another PMS and another entry.
You people just make me SICK.
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| Update on EZ-Reload |
[Dec. 24th, 2009|01:50 am] |
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Read here: EZ-Reload issue--
I emailed PTC to get an response on the following:
1. a) why was the change of EZ-Link card necessary?
-- b) why not phased out like cashcards, with free exchanges up till each card's expiration date?
-- c) how much did EZ-Link "earn" from the confiscation of deposit?
-- d) wasn't old EZ-Link card supposed to pay for itself over time? Why bother with change?
2. a) what their thoughts are on poor implementation of GIRO facility?
-- b) how could auto top-ups be chargeable?
-- c) why is EZ-Link profiting from this? and why is it approved? (repeated question)
-- d) is EZ-Link profiting further from similar credit card links?
3. crowd should be moved along (remember MRT bomb scares?), and outside of complaints of SMRT re: the efficiency of moving crowds along, shouldn't automatic top-ups be encouraged to reduce queuing? See: long queue with confused tourists at machines near Orchard Ion exit.
Their response:
Dear XXXXXX,
Thank you for your email to the Public Transport Council (PTC) on 18 Dec 09.
Allow us to briefly explain that the intention of introducing the new Contactless e-Purse Application (CEPAS) open standard by IDA is to give consumers the convenience of having a single card for making transit, motoring and retail payments instead of having multiple cards for different purposes. It will also encourage competition by facilitating the market entry of more card issuers and provide more choices for commuters. For further details on the adoption of this CEPAS standard in transit payment, you may wish to visit:
CEPAS e-Payments - http://www.ida.gov.sg/News%20and%20Events/20050714100041.aspx?getPagetype=21
New E-Payment System and Next Generation Card for Public Transit - http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=1990
As you have rightly mentioned, Transit Link used to provide automatic GIRO top-ups at no charge to commuters. This was not because the top-ups were free, but because the cost of top-ups was absorbed by Transit Link which is jointly owned by the two public transport operators – SMRT and SBS Transit. Such an arrangement was commercially viable for Transit Link because the old cards were mainly used on board buses and trains. Going forward, the new CEPAS-compliant cards by intent can also be used in private vehicles for ERP, retail shops, libraries and many other places which are not related to public transport. EZ-Reload by GIRO is an extra form of value-added service introduced by EZ-Link Pte Ltd for the convenience of adult ez-link cardholders who want to avoid the hassle of topping-up their cards.
Having said that, PTC's role is to ensure that basic "free" electronic top-up channels will continue to be available within transit areas. This is so that the majority of commuters can continue to access such "free" top-up channels to electronically top-up their cards. Records show that more than 90% of the daily top-up volume is done though such top-up points. This safeguarding of basic service provision applies to all transit cards. Therefore, commuters who do not wish to take up any extra value-added services offered by card issuers will still be assured of free top-up of their cards at conveniently located General Ticketing Machines and Passenger Service Counters at all MRT/LRT stations, Add-Value Machines and ticket offices at MRT stations, major bus interchanges, etc.
We hope the above clarifies.
Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas.
XXXXXXXXX
for Secretary
Public Transport Council
Quite a decent reply that actually makes sense! Which is making me super irritated. Also, there are still some unanswered questions.
In summary:
- there will be increased profits posted by SMRT and SBS Transit next year because they no longer have to suffer from burden of these 'administrative fees'
- EZ-Link was earning money from the start from these automatic top-ups
- PTC's role stops before premium services, which means this concerns them not (????)
I still think this entire thing very shady. First, the person quoted more than 90% topping up through normal channels, but did not clarify if this was before EZ-Reload came along. It would be more accurate if they provide two figures as comparison, and not in percents (we can safely assume the new cards are from relatively active users; while there should still be many old cards out there which would greatly decrease the percentage of active users who used auto top-up previously).
I also don't know how many people got the new EZ-Link card as a direct replacement for their cash cards (which is very much alive), but I wouldn't feel safe purchasing things off an automatic-topped up card when I already have a NETS card. There is a policy which protects the cardholder which is all good, but we have no idea how easy this would turn out to be. It might be very easy, but let's cast doubt since it's new.
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I'm super slow but I googled Octopus Cards (Hong Kong) to see what other first-class transport services have to offer regarding automatic top-ups, and GUESS WHAT?? The facility is named 'Reload'. Talk about creativity. :\
The cards can also be used at retail outlets, but there is no fee. NONE (except when changing banks where top-ups occur).
And I'm super duper slow but Today has addressed whatever I just typed above with no recourse.
I really don't think it is a fair trade-off, mainly because I'm one of those who used automatic top-up previously. What do you think?
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| Updates |
[Dec. 23rd, 2009|09:27 am] |
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I'm still kicking. & Merry X'mas Everyone! |
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| Gift exchange? |
[Dec. 23rd, 2009|01:00 am] |
Sun: Oh yeah girl I need your input on something.
Moon: Yeah?
Sun: Help me think of a gift for the exchange for the party.
Moon: What the... you're asking ME?????
Sun: Yeah I can only think of aromatherapy shit leh! You know scented candles and stuff!
Moon: Hello I hate gift exchanges! It's fucking retarded!
Sun: OEI I NEED HELP!!!!
Moon: Why you want to bother anyway?? It's a stupid exchange for a stupid party with practically 85% of the people whom you don't know, can't stand and don't wish to know!!
Sun: ...
Moon: And why you even want to waste braincells thinking of what gift to buy?! Aromatherapy will do la!!
Sun: You are so right! I am asking the wrong person!!
Moon: What's the budget anyway???
Sun: $30
Moon: AIYAH GET FERRERO ROCHER LAH!!!!
Sun: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH WHAT?!?!? $30 ON ROCHER?!?! HAHAHAHAHHA!!! For a bunch of queens who scream at the tiniest bit of weight?!
Moon: Precisely that's the fun part!
*more burst of uncontrollable laughter on the other side*
Moon: Besides it's classy what!! Never see the advertisement meh? Arrange in pyramid shape some more!
Sun: Hahahah.. I'm... hahahah... having... hahahahah a stitch at my sides now!
*gales of laughter stops the conversation for at least 3 minutes*
Moon: Hahahah fine if not what?? Godiva chocolate?? Yeah for that budget you will get ONE chocolate!
Sun: And the ribbon will be bigger than the chocolate!!
Moon: So ferrero rocher best! |
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| 2009 Year in Review |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|11:22 pm] |
Hello all,
If you're free on the evening of the 29th, head down to Post-Museum and listen to five speakers provide a sectoral round-up of the developments within their community. They will be speaking about:
- historian Loh Kah Sengt: the changing manner young Singaporeans are reading history,
- research fellow/playwright Tan Tarn How: debate and its nature in the non-public sphere
- Arts NMP Audrey Wong: the recent activism within the arts community,
- Coordinator of MARUAH Braema Mathi: human rights development and priorities in Singapore and Asia,
- Vice President of Singapore Society of Finance Professionals Leong Sze Hian: finance and the economy
There will be a break-out discussion sessions with the individual speakers after the presentation, with a special session with members invited from the youth wings of political parties.
The event is jointly organized by The Online Citizen and Talk Politics All Night.
The Facebook event page is here If you wish to attend or have any further queries. For directions to Post-Museum, gothere.sg/directions#109%20Rowell%20Rd |
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| WOMAN |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|01:45 am] |
I had quite a whirlwind of activities with The Best Friend, and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pinming and Kann over the last weekend as it was the bitch's birthday. There are lots I want to write about but it would take too long an entry so I'm going to separate it out into different components. Take Saturday evening for example when we went to see a play The Composer at the Esplanade.
Initially I was quite reluctant to go as I had imagined it to be those with glitsy settings and costumes. I'm not a very theatre person, despite having a theatre director for an ex boyfriend before; it was he who exposed me to this side of the arts actually as I'm more of a paintings and sculptures person.
The play explored the relationships between a man and his wife... and his numerous affairs which culminated in the wife's suicide. The man had other women throwing themselves at him in one way or another, though in honesty he was not exactly a saint either! This sort of struck a parallel with the gay world as we all know... for every one top... you have easily 60 other slutty btms panting for him. Yes now you know I have to catfight with at least 59 other whores to get a single top's attentions!
One of the affair stood out in particular to me, and as well as to The Best Friend and pinming , was that of a woman who slept with the man simply because she wanted sex. At that point you can see the two idiots beside me grinning and winking towards me!
I like her role because it portrays a woman as a confident individual who knows what she wants, minus the obvious morality glare. Sometimes in our endless fight for women's rights and condemning men, we often forget that the female of the species are no different from the males in essence. A woman can be just as ruthless and pragmatic about sex as a man. A woman do not always need to have love before she can have sex.
She clearly does not need a man to validate her, and for that the character resonates to me the most.
I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR!!!!! |
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| This is not going to be easy... at all |
[Dec. 21st, 2009|01:36 pm] |
As you all know, I am getting bored with conventional sex. No matter how many positions you go into, it is essentially the same act over and over again with a few slight variations. So I'm deciding to go into the realms of threesomes and mild bondage/DOM.
However given my tightly wounded up control freak nature, this has proven to be slightly more difficult than I imagine.
Me: I'm bored with normal sex so I wanna try something new lor.
M: Tie you up!
Me: Yes. Well dun tie too much at first. So when?
M: Hahaha serious? I just say only never done this before.
Me: I DUN CARE!! YOU JUST DOMINATE ME!!! I wanna try something new!!!!
Hmmm... yeah... rigggghhtttttt. Somehow I don't think that's being submissive in the very least. |
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