pictures u don't get to see because mediacorp and ST's camera were not working in their best conditioned.

*images were scoured from the web

PAP May 01 Hougang Rally



Workers Party Apr 30 Hougang Rally



Workers Party May 01 Joo Chiat, it was raining



Workers Party Kampong Glam.



this were all i could scour online, other parties crowd attendance could not be found at time of publishing.

alternatively, you could go to www.sgrally.com to see.

just like lucky tan, i like to read wikipedia too!


From Wikipedia
Character assassination is an intentional attempt to influence the portrayal or reputation of a particular person, whether living or a historical personage, in such a way as to cause others to develop an extremely negative, unethical or unappealing perception of him or her. By its nature, it involves deliberate exaggeration or manipulation of facts to present an untrue picture of the targeted person. For living individuals, this can cause the target to be rejected by his or her community, family, or members of his or her living or work environment. Such acts are typically very difficult to reverse or rectify, therefore the process is correctly likened to a literal assassination of a human life. The damage sustained can be life-long, or for historical personages, last for many centuries after their death.


In practice, character assassination usually consists of the spreading of rumors and deliberate misinformation on topics relating to one's morals, integrity, and reputation.

In politics, perhaps the most common form of character assassination is the spread of allegations that a candidate is a liar. Other common themes may include allegations that the candidate is a bad or unpopular member of his family, has a bad relationship with his spouse or children, is disrespected by his former co-workers, or routinely engages in disturbing, socially unacceptable behavior, such as sexual deviancy.

to quote lucky tan

"Wikipedia is so interesting isn't it?

Just to add, I would like to say that Singaporeans are so lucky to be living in a 1st World country where politicians conduct themselves in a gentlemanly manner and focus on the issues that matters most to Singaporeans. They don't engage in dirty politics such as character assasination which only takes place in 3rd world countries."

i really want you guys to read mr. brown!

http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2006/05/different_camer.html

i really want you guys to read mr. brown!

http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2006/05/different_camer.html

that day i went to the foodcourt, i saw so many cleaners, most were above 50 years old. at my coffeeshop at block 651, all the cleaners were very old. at holland village thereabouts, there's this coffeeshop and the cleaners were very old too. but they must be very happy to be cleaning at such an old age. they must be in the pink of health. unlike other old people in other countries who take vacation when they are old and have saved enough money to do volunteer work and travel the world. such old people must not be happy at all, they can't contribute by working at 60 years old.

i want to be just like these old people, so happy to be cleaning tables and toilets and selling tissues at 80! i remember this show the last time, where this cleaner had to work because if she don't work, she would have no money and our efficient country cannot give money to her although she has failing kidneys and a retarded mother. but i am quite sure that most of our cleaner elderly are not in similar condition whereby if they don't work, they will have no money. i am sure that they are working because the love to clean toilets! and love to contribute to the society.

by the way, our prime minister lee just spoke at the NTUC 45th anniversary. he said he saw 2 aunties about 83 years old, one was frying fried oyster egg (oh-lua) and the other, noodles.

i feel like a caged bird. you didn't believe me right, see i told you so. i have to avoid all areas. so fair right.

you can go everywhere you want to go, but i can't. i can't even EAT. its so fucking misogynistic. its not even that i want to go or anything. i didn't even want to go clubbing, its just that my friend wants to eat. EAT FOOD.

i can't. i can't. i can't. but said person can go clubbing, can go out with random internet personnels. but i can't. so fucking misogynistic

FUCKED UP!

my wet dream just came true, all 17 inch of it
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i just finish part one of packing my room, which is mostly filing notes and sending the useless paper for recycling.

phase 2 will consist of clearing my closet and digging out all those unwanted things to recycle.

phase 3 will be filing all my letters properly into different files.

i have too much ghee lurking in my tummy. i need to swim more and more sit-ups. target, 100 crunches and 100 push-ups per alternate night for the 1st week of my hols.

on another note, i wrote to the forum again, not sure if it will get published, but yeah

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I refer to the recent slew of election news coverage. It has been cited by many ministers that it is only right that upgrading be given to supporters of PAP first, and that the opposition wards should be the last in line.

The rationale given, according to my understanding, is that lift upgrading is presented in the manifesto, proposed by the PAP ministers and hence they should look after the residents in the PAP ward first.

While there is nothing inherently wrong with this rationale, it leaves the impression that some Singaporeans are more equal than others.

Section 12 of the Constitution guarantees the equality of all Singaporeans.

As lawful Singaporeans that pay all their taxes, it would difficult to comprehend the rationale of being last in line, rather than random lot drawing to decide which estate should be entitled to upgrading

In the parliament sitting in September 21, 2004, Mr Cedric Foo said that all town councils are free to carry out their lift upgrading, however they cannot finance solely or substantially from the town council fund. Mr Chiam replied that he had enough funds, just over $2million and not $12million as proposed by Mr Foo. HDB granted the request but did not allow the lifts to stop at every floor.

This incident and various news in recent times over funding and priority would no doubt leave many residents in the opposition ward feeling less than an equal Singaporean just because they are in the opposition ward.

If this is the trend, are we to expect other situations residents in the opposition wards are not privy to?

As the government of our country, party politics should not be tangled up with national politics. After all Singapore is a unique country, that focuses on Asian values; just because other countries like England, Australia and America governments look after their supporter first, does not mean we have follow their western paradigm.

In the run up to elections, focusing on the party cause is to be expected, however after the assumption of seats in Parliament, the country should be run as an entire nation without splitting into opposition or supporters.

Over the decades, Singaporeans have placed their trust and confidence in a government priding itself on its governance and impartiality. It would be unthinkable that such impartiality were to be compromised in view of party aspirations

this looked like fun so i did it.

Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.

How does the world see me?
Timmy Thomas - Dying Inside to Hold You (Charming)

Will I have a happy life?
MEST - Without You (this can't be true...)

What do my friends really think of me?
The Wallflowers - Three Marlenas

Do people secretly lust after me?
Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me (right... i seee)

How can I make myself happy?
Third Eye Blind - Jumper (so encouraging huh)

What should I do with my life?
Death Cab of Cutie - The Sound of Settling (do i see a trend here?)

Will I ever have children?
Gwen Stefanie - Cool (so what is that suppose to mean?)

What is some good advice for me?
Billie Myers - Kiss The Rain

How will I be remembered?
Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye'd Boy

What is my signature dancing song?
Sugar Ray - Mr Bartender (not really...)

What do I think my current theme song is?
Frou Frou - Psychobabble

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Cher - It's in Hiss Kiss

What song will play at my funeral?
JJ Lim - Shakespeare's Talent

What type of men/women do I like?
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
Emil Chou and Qi Yu - Tian Xia You Qing Ren

What is my day going to be like?
Simply Red - Sunrise

i would just like to state a disclaimer for this page.

This page practises self-censorship. The enlightened viewer can choose not read this page if he/she feels uncomfortable with the content that deals with sensitive issues such as human rights, personal rights and assorted life events

By ignoring this statement and reading onwards, you have given up all rights to be offended by this page and at no point in time, will you be allowed to voice your unhappiness and/or discontent.

don't you just hate two sided people who just have to pretend to be 'it'. so what if you are not the 'it' one, does it really matter. it is just so irritating to have "oh my god they rock, they are so good" then on another occasion it just becomes "they suck its crappy" just at the turn of the head. just because. just because of the extreme desire to be extremely different. no rhyme or reason. if they have it, its "so cool" or "its so hot", but when someone else has it, it suddenly becomes (cue affected tone) "thats so 2 hours ago"

its just bothers me that it is not casual for self entertainment bitching. its so two faced. gross. at least when i say something, i say the same behind the person's back and in front of the person. painfully honest yeah, but at least that much less hypocritical

reading about deforestation really gets to you. coupled with being bruised in exams, really dampens the mood. i left early simply because there was nothing else to write. everything i knew i wrote, i could not have arm-twisted any more facts out of my brain.

simply fell apart last night from studying. screamed my head off. first time i lost my head mugging huh. and the most embarassing thing was that halfway through the exams, i realised i didn't study one chapter. one out of 10. 10% gone. the girl next to me almost handed up a blank script.

double major in psych still?

i swear that this is the first i felt so dumbfounded as i sat there and digested the exam questions. i was motionless for about 5 minutes and i realised i don't have too much time to think. It was all within expectations, but the questions were so specific its hard to wring your way and arm-twist an argument without having concrete facts as required by the exams.

hope i do well. i absolutely cannot get a B, if i must endeavour on with my double major (which is nothing like SMU's double degree where they have overlapping modules) i need a helluva 13 extra modules which means i need to chalk up 29 more credits than normal people before i get my 2nd major, this also means i have to overload each semester and max out my summer sessions.

fantastic aei?

The funniest ms swan video i've seen to date

exams started yesterday. an alright start i must say. but i SUed the subject, so it doesn't really matter. Its just Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. No ABCDEF to freak me out. I am too concerned about my grades. I went hysterical knowing i got a B for my term paper and presentation, but i was very upset because i don't think i deserve a B, it is the worse grade i've got. B. my only other B was an annotated biblio i did the night before; others spent weeks doing it. so i derserved that B. but for this, its just intsructor bias. She hates my political view, she says i am cynical, therefore i don't deserve an A. is it a crime to be cynical? am i not the product of this country that made me so anti-establishment, so cynical. i could murder that bitch. i must get my A!!!!! if i don't get 4.2 and above for this GPA and don't make dean's list i think i would just go and hang myself.

why? because all my fucking friends are scholars who are overseas. if they are in singapore they are all lawyers or people with 4.7 for their GPA in SMU they get 3.9. They have their own cars and mansions and i am just freaking loser. not because my parents can't provide for me (i will always provide for myself, if my dad can't afford a car, i'll get my own when i work)

pardon me, exam stress. a strange classmate who gets better grades than me told a friend that he thinks i am smart. i can play, i can skip lessons and i get my grades. he claims he's just a mugger. you know how i wish i was perfect. good skin, good figure, play fantastic guitar get my good grades and have a life too. i want to do everything. rich doesn't count because that is parents, i don't want to depend on my parents for my own narcissistic desires.

and every fucking single day of my life, i will kick myself in the ass for having a slipped disc. for not being able to be the pilot that i could be. and every single fucking day, seeing everyone with their wings on, hearing the plane roar past, hear all the amazing stories, i will feel that slightest want to just tear.

I quote you section 12 of the Constitution of The Republic of Singapore

Equal protection
12. ?(1) All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law.
(2) Except as expressly authorised by this Constitution, there shall be no discrimination against citizens of Singapore on the ground only of religion, race, descent or place of birth in any law or in the appointment to any office or employment under a public authority or in the administration of any law relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of property or the establishing or carrying on of any trade, business, profession, vocation or employment.
(3) This Article does not invalidate or prohibit ?
(a) any provision regulating personal law; or
(b) any provision or practice restricting office or employment connected with the affairs of any religion, or of an institution managed by a group professing any religion, to persons professing that religion.

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Everybody is fair and equal it seems,

So when PM Lee says "Whenever it comes to upgrading between the PAP and the opposition ward, it has to be the PAP first or else how do we explain to voters that they supported us and we did not pay attention to their needs? So that remains the policy. In Hougang and Potong Pasir, I think both Eric and Sitoh have ideas on what they want to do for their constituencies and these ideas include upgrading."

here http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/198692/1/.html

and SM Goh says :"My own view is Hougang should be upgraded, otherwise another five years, another 10 years, it would become rather derelict compared to other estates in Singapore."

"He is worried that the opposition wards of Hougang and Potong Pasir would be left behind. "
"After that, we got to ask ourselves whether the estate is worthwhile upgrading. I'm talking about Lorong 8. By then, the estate would be around 35 years old and the lease is only 99 years, so economically, is it worthwhile?
"My own view is Hougang should be upgraded, otherwise another five years, another 10 years, it would become rather derelict compared to other estates in Singapore."

here http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/199982/1/.html

and here http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060326/5/singapore199982.html

it sounded as if the opposition wards will not get any upgrades and will be less likely to be in line for government subsidies

everytime i watch the news or read the news the more disappointed i get. i get increasingly angry and totally fed-up. ain't the media suppose to report the news and not fabricate it? or angle it such that obviously someone is better off than the others. what is the point. OMG!

the frequency of my posting have not been amazing huh. oh well, life's an endless routine of mundanes with hilarious nuggets of scenes flashing in between on the long trecherous journey to death. exams are just around the bend, i mean seriously if you peeked over the corner, you can see my papers lining up. like those armarda of army contingents from world war 1. no rest in sight. and to top it up, i am feeling sick!