Thursday, November 27, 2008
3:09 PM
Blog closed. Might be relinked or not, but then again how does it matter?
Sunday, October 19, 2008
10:57 PM
This post is very much on impulse.
I stumbled upon this when I was surfing around and it puts my latent emotions into words.
"When I announced that I would be speaking on the minibond issue at Speaker’s Corner (Hong Lim Green), a friend (who previously contested in the election under the Workers’ Party) sent an e-mail to me from Hong Kong. He advised me to be careful and not be say anything that is defamatory that could get me sued to bankrupcy.
He quoted incidences of candidates that were sued for statements that appear to be questioning something that is wrong. A few other people, including a lawyer, also warned me to “be careful”.
If I listened to their advice, I would not be saying anything. It is so dangerous to speak in Singapore. People are so fearful of saying something that can lead to being sued, even if they do not have any bad intent.
I had to look for someone to interprete my speech into Chinese. I asked many people to come forward. Some agreed first, and later declined. They cited “pressure from family members”. It was so difficult to get someone, even to interprete for me.
Is this the kind of society that our minister is so proud about? A society where people are fearful to speak up, in case they make a slip and get be sued till bankrupt? We should be ashamed of this sad state of affairs in Singapore."
Courtesy of tankinlian.blogspot.com
Ok I'm not going to type much more abt it (self-censorship.) but cheers to the man helping ordinary folk who lost more than $500 million of their savings stand up on their feet.
More people like him will make the world a better place.
Anyway I'm going to steer off typing about NS cause it's a sign that the SAF has claimed my brain juice even on weekends. And that's serious. But for those who might actually read this post (negligible given the time this blog has been abandoned), camp life is dreary but alright.
Weekends make my week though. Whether is it catching up with the busy lawyer girl frm smu over a morning run at Pasir Ris or the samba drummer over dinner at Sizzlers or even random bridge sessions at Changi Airport, somehow everything seems a little brighter after that. Quite hard to feel low especially after erm..jumping on cows ytd haha.
It's you guys who help me remain sane in this insane world. (:
Alright till next time!
Sunday, September 07, 2008
12:29 AM
When NSmen are
really bored, we end up playing with stones.
Haha seriously. Just ask my sentry duty buddy for all of 16 hours yesterday.
Sometimes I feel stay-in units/command school takes away so much of your time, whatever little you have remaining is used to catch up with loved ones, movies etc..you barely retain a grip on your civilian life, your personal identity.
One year, five months more. Seems like light years away.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
11:52 PM
It's 4 days from POP and it suddenly struck me that I haven't blogged in a long while.
Army life has made me more acutely aware of the things I miss out in civilian life. The freedom to sleep in and get up at humane times (ie. 9am and beyond), time to chillout whenever I feel like it and yes, even time to blog.
Looking back, I guess having good bunkmates really help. The first day seemed so long ago, when everyone didn't know anyone and I was struggling to remember names. The times of thrice-daily Stand By Areas and countless tekan sessions outfield and in camp, the sianness of being enlisted for sai kang perpetually, our regular post-bookout comfort meals, our equally regular night picnics and post lights-out talk cock sessions and finally the BBQ and stayover at Kee Yang's place yesterday. They made being Section IC for the past nine weeks a breeze though of course there were moments when we simply wanted to strangle each other in frustration. Will honestly miss all the fun and camaraderie we had when we get posted out.
Oh and my bunkmate Alwyn is actually born on the same day, place and almost the same time as me. So much for coincidences.
Alright enough of army recollections.
For starters, I cannot say how glad I was when Man U won the EPL and Champions League. My platoon mates (even the Liverpool and Chelsea fans) and I were chanting Glory Glory Man United all day after water parades and cheers. Cause my instructor is a huge Man U fan. Heh.
Had a quirky ride on the Flyer with Tam today and the view was great. And then post-Flyer ice-cream binging at the Esplanade! Plans to set up a business with another friend are also proceeding relatively smoothly so hopefully we get something going soon enough, slackers as we are.
Also met up a few times with the VJcellers and also the Stanchart people to catch Ironman sometime back. Life would be ideal if not for the fact that I'll have to book in tmr night, albeit for the last time before block leave.
As for unis, I chose NUS eventually but I'm still unsure if I made the right choice. Well, there's always
a year and seven months left to think about things.
Army really changes your perception of time.
Friday, March 28, 2008
12:18 AM
There are some days when you want to hibernate for a while.
Today is one of those days.