Cadaverous Caffine

Before Study Week
1 Vitamin C Chewable
2 Cups of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Chinese

Monday to Thursday (17 to 20/06/06)
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
2 Cups of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Chinese Tea

Friday (21/06/06)
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
1 Cup of traditional Kopi-O
1 Cup of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Oolong Tea

Saturday (22/06/06)
Physics II
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
1 Cup of traditional Kopi-O
2 Cups of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Green Tea

Sunday (23/06/06)
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
1 Cup of Nescafe-rich
2 Cups of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Jasmine Green Tea

Monday (24/06/06)
Nation-Building
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
1 Cup of traditional Kopi-O
1 Can of Nescafe
2 Cups of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Oolong Tea

Tuesday (25/06/06)
Statics and Mechanics
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
1 Cup of traditional Kopi-O
2 Cans of Nescafe
2 Cups of Teh-O/Teh Peng
1 Cup of Green Tea

Wednesday (26/06/06)
Making Sense of Society
1 Vitamin C Chewable
1 serving of Benedictine DOM
2 Cup of traditional Kopi-O
1 Cup of Teh-O

...
as of 1.30PM.

Thursday (27/06/06)
Critical Thinking and Writing
Friday (28/06/06)
Mathematics II

My heart rate is probably faster than a centenarian hyperventilating during a triathlon, connected on a drip connected to pure unadulterated caffine and yet suffering from severe blood loss with conpensatory mechanisms on overdrive.

Strait-Laced Straits Times

I think I'm really wasting my time. Doubt this will be published in the Straits Times Forum anyway. Ha.

With much fanfare on 16th April, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled the People’s Action Party manifesto. Spanning 6 full pages included the headlining the front of Sunday Times, the coverage provided on the vision and goals of the PAP was comprehensive, even when as far to print the 7-page manifesto verbatim.

In comparison, almost two months ago, when Workers Party launched its own 52-page manifesto, it headlined the Sunday Times with a flattering picture of time bombs as regarded by the government. Similarly, the election manifesto spelt out by Singapore People’s Party on its website was surmised in an article that occupied less than a quarter of a page.

Far from being impartial, the Straits Times might have inevitably been viewed as subservient to the ruling party and it is no wonder, why the opposition will permanently be stigmatized in the local mass media as troublemakers as worse and inadequate at best.

Phony Phones

Heh, couldn't think of any better title. But do you know that Singapore is selling Sony Ericsson K750i and W800i at the same price even though initial price gaps was almost $200?!
But yikes, despite W800i having a 512MB card compared to the dismal 64MB card in K750i, the obiang orange design seems rather disturbing.


Hey! What am I doing?!
The exams are around the corner!!!

Forum Frustration

Grrr... My third letter to the Straits Times Forum and it ends up in the relatively obscure Straits Times Interactive. I wonder would that change if I start fawning over the government?
Heh.

ST Online Forum
Rules on internet electioneering are a step back for Singapore (on April 7, 2006)

I express great dismay at the rules on internet campaigning.

Despite the latest attempt to clarify the regulations, the out-of-bound markers remain ambiguous and unclear. For example, if one were to post two entries on his blog during the elections to criticise a particular party and portray another party in better light, would that be viewed as espousing or promoting a political party?

How does one distinguish political propaganda from opinionated comments?

With the bloggers coming largely from the younger generation, it is no surprise that the fear of running foul of the law would compel them to avoid politics altogether.

The Singapore elections should be about a nation of informed citizens choosing their team of leaders to head the country. An abstinence from politics as already evidenced in the youths will indeed be a step backwards for Singapore.

The Gohfather

Discerning Doom

I've got my second nation building test in less than 24 hours time, and my blog is still not up to date. So what better way to kill two birds in one stone then to let in some "juicy" nuggets of information you'll never find in our dear state-controlled media for the unenlightened lot (AKA people who read Straits Times as their staple diet thinking that it's an all encompassing partisan newspaper :p).

1. It is recorded that the "Communist Front Riots" in 1956 (15 students were killed) was provoked by the Lim Yew Hock government (Singapore Labour Front) to enable them to detain Lim Chin Siong under the Public Security Ordinance.

2. Konfrontasi, Indonesian's declaration of open conflict towards Malaysia and Singapore in 1963, was deliberately instigated by British intelligent agents. If you're not sure, next time you take the MRT, look out for the advertisement featuring the MacDonald House Bombing in 1965.

3. During the tense relations between United Malay National Party (UMNO from Malaysia) and PAP, "Lee Kuan Yew had deliberately spread rumours about Hamid's (from UMNO) infidelity to his wife, and about the financial impropriety of Hamid's wife."

4. Together with PAP-affiliated National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Employment Act 1968 and the Industrial Relations Act 1969, wages and conditions were eroded, working hours increased and union bargaining powers were severely curtailed.

5. Through CPF and POSB, the government appropriated a considerable portion of domestic savings into physical and social infrastructure.

6. The ambitious S$28 billion Suzhou Townshop led by Singapore Keppel Group resulted in losses of $151 million and a decision to hand over majority ownership and management control to China.

7.(a) In the 1997 general elections, PM Goh warned voters who were contemplating supporting the opposition: "In 20, 30 years' time, the whole of Singapore will be bustling away, and your estate, through your own choice, will be left behind. They [sic] will become slums." (quoted in Asiaweek 1997) It was thus difficult to separate the fear of retribution from outright approval of the government's performance in the resounding PAP victory.

(b) 27 March 2006. "I do not want the two constituencies to be left behind, especially Potong Pasir, an old estate. Five years down the road, assuming Chiam do win, there will be no upgrading," Goh was quoted as saying on state broadcaster Channel NewsAsia's Web site.

8. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Tony Tan observed that: '... the country which makes it easiest for companies to lay off workers ends up with the lowest unemployment rate and the highest economic growth.'

9. Familial links with senior government leaders and PAP are the main recruiting grounds for key positions in government linked companies. <Click here for proof>

10. ARRGGGHHHH. Midnight is just around the corner and I've yet to complete half of my intended studies. *Dies a natural death*