It's like newspapers in totalitarian countries one morning reporting that the government, with much pomp and ceremony, has declared the epidemic over, without ever having reported that there was an epidemic in the first place.
-> in reference to the straits time not publishing PM Lee words that he had to "fix" the opposition and "buy" voters support. FIX and BUY SUPPORT were his exact words. later ST published an apology from the PM office about the use of those words, without even reporting them in the first place.
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to read about how CNA could have potentially misreported 2 blogs by somehow miraculously losing headlines such as "IN SHADY COMPANY #1 - GIC" and "GO OUt TONIGHT AND RULE IN NUMBERS" in reference to election blog, and miraculously losing date markers on blog pages you can read all about the potentially shady business here
May 18, 2006
the macbook is out!!!!! www.apple.com.sg/macbook now in white and black and DUAL processors across the line. WOOOHOOO!
however, i must bitch about the most hilarious conversation i have with ling kai, when she did "the ling kai".
it went something like this
k: hey check out the new macbook!!! its OUT! www.apple.com/macbook
ling: oh that one, my friend it crashes like alll the time
k: (feeling confused): errr, it was just annoucend like 5 minutes ago, so unless your friend used if for the past 4 minutes and it crashed......
ling: oh is it. then it must be the other one.
HAHA ROTFL...
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in another story. diary of a singaporean mind posted a most astute observation of a singaporean.
Stupid Foreigner RUDE to ME!!!
These days working in Singapore involves travelling around the region. This time my assignment is Manila. Every time I get assignments to such 3rd world places, I will go to the toilet and curse at my boss - hope he gets heart attack and die, die, die! To leave the comfort of Singapore and go to a country so disorganised is a real torture.
When I was in Manila, I got bored at night so I decided to go to the lounge of hotel to enjoy some jazz - the only thing good about the Filipines are the bands - they seem to produce so many good ones. As I was enjoying the music, some American Filipino came to chat with me. This guy went to the US as a kid and was back to visit friends and look for business opportunities. We had quite an interesting conversation as we shared travelling experiences. It was interesting we until talked about politics. I told him how excitied I was to be able to vote for the first time in my life. I tried to explain our political system to him but I don't know why he keeps laughing:
Me: "See before the elections, the govt gives us money deposited right into our bank accounts..."
American : "No kidding....."...*laugh*.
Me: "My estate will be upgraded soon because I voted for the PAP. Estate upgrading gets priority for areas with the highest votes for the PAP".
American: "This is crazy...you must be kidding..." *laugh* *laugh* *laugh*
Me: "I'm actually looking forward to the fountain they will be building near my apartment...I think they are conducting a survey for the design..."
American: *laugh* *laugh* *laugh*.
Me: "Political podcast and blogging is banned during elections so that citizens are not confused by inaccurate information...we get all our information from state TV & newspaper".
American: "I thought you were from Singapore....not N. Korea..." *laugh* *laugh* *laugh*
At this point I could sense some sarcasm from this guy. Obviously, he is envious of our highly advanced and stable political system. I see no point in continuing the conversation, I promptly excuse myself.
however, i must bitch about the most hilarious conversation i have with ling kai, when she did "the ling kai".
it went something like this
k: hey check out the new macbook!!! its OUT! www.apple.com/macbook
ling: oh that one, my friend it crashes like alll the time
k: (feeling confused): errr, it was just annoucend like 5 minutes ago, so unless your friend used if for the past 4 minutes and it crashed......
ling: oh is it. then it must be the other one.
HAHA ROTFL...
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in another story. diary of a singaporean mind posted a most astute observation of a singaporean.
Stupid Foreigner RUDE to ME!!!
These days working in Singapore involves travelling around the region. This time my assignment is Manila. Every time I get assignments to such 3rd world places, I will go to the toilet and curse at my boss - hope he gets heart attack and die, die, die! To leave the comfort of Singapore and go to a country so disorganised is a real torture.
When I was in Manila, I got bored at night so I decided to go to the lounge of hotel to enjoy some jazz - the only thing good about the Filipines are the bands - they seem to produce so many good ones. As I was enjoying the music, some American Filipino came to chat with me. This guy went to the US as a kid and was back to visit friends and look for business opportunities. We had quite an interesting conversation as we shared travelling experiences. It was interesting we until talked about politics. I told him how excitied I was to be able to vote for the first time in my life. I tried to explain our political system to him but I don't know why he keeps laughing:
Me: "See before the elections, the govt gives us money deposited right into our bank accounts..."
American : "No kidding....."...*laugh*.
Me: "My estate will be upgraded soon because I voted for the PAP. Estate upgrading gets priority for areas with the highest votes for the PAP".
American: "This is crazy...you must be kidding..." *laugh* *laugh* *laugh*
Me: "I'm actually looking forward to the fountain they will be building near my apartment...I think they are conducting a survey for the design..."
American: *laugh* *laugh* *laugh*.
Me: "Political podcast and blogging is banned during elections so that citizens are not confused by inaccurate information...we get all our information from state TV & newspaper".
American: "I thought you were from Singapore....not N. Korea..." *laugh* *laugh* *laugh*
At this point I could sense some sarcasm from this guy. Obviously, he is envious of our highly advanced and stable political system. I see no point in continuing the conversation, I promptly excuse myself.
May 14, 2006
you know the elections is all over, but i thought i would just like to say a few closing words.
firstly, i am constantly amazed by how this election results is being compared to the 1997 elections results, conveniently going around the 2001 results. if we compared by 2001, then PAP support would have slid by quite a few percentages. but if we go by 1997 standard, then it was about the same. the reason was the 2001 was a year of anomaly, with terrorist attack and september 11. well interesting enough, 911 happened in november, and iraq war was mounted only in 2003. so i don't really remember a particularly tense situation of terrorist attack. but whatever.
in 1997, the year was a normal year. but was it? can we all not remember the economic crisis? so wouldn't a typical stupid singaporean vote the safest choice during an economic crisis since our government is indeed very good at providing jobs and monies? so i am not really sure of the reason why they choose to compare with 1997 results rather than 2001.
just a hunch. if 1997 results was very high and by comparision, 2006 results were sliding, they might have compared it with 1991, since 1997 was also a year of anomaly as it was the asian economic crisis as well.
2nd issue, is oh well. but WP.
Constit PAP WP
Joo Chiat 12,222 6,577
Nee Soon E 20,945 9,533
Nee Soon C 14,210 7,527
Hougang 8,306 13,987
Ang Mo Kio 96,591 49,468
East Coast 66,890 37,867
Aljunied 74,810 58,585
TOTAL 293,974 184,544
Percent 61.4 38.6
Strong mandate huh? last time 75% is A1, not 60% is A1. before elections, expected 80%, now 60% is shiok!
3rd issue is just posting on what was said.
the parliamentary elections act section 32:
Withdrawal of candidature
32. - (1) A candidate may before 12 noon on the day of nomination, but not afterwards, withdraw his candidature by giving, in person, a notice to that effect signed by him to the Returning Officer.
(2) The Returning Officer shall forthwith cause notice of the withdrawal to be posted in a conspicuous position outside the place of nomination.
it just leaves me bewildered just like yawning bread pointed out, how could george yeo and MM lee said the election would just go on. there's nothing in the constitution to prevent that. however something in the law does.
last issue. irony of speech.
MM Lee said "I've watched once a government goes bad, the system goes bad, you cannot put it right." That's quite right. once a bad government is in place, its really quite hard to change things, ain't it? they will put up system that will make challenge difficult. and all.
firstly, i am constantly amazed by how this election results is being compared to the 1997 elections results, conveniently going around the 2001 results. if we compared by 2001, then PAP support would have slid by quite a few percentages. but if we go by 1997 standard, then it was about the same. the reason was the 2001 was a year of anomaly, with terrorist attack and september 11. well interesting enough, 911 happened in november, and iraq war was mounted only in 2003. so i don't really remember a particularly tense situation of terrorist attack. but whatever.
in 1997, the year was a normal year. but was it? can we all not remember the economic crisis? so wouldn't a typical stupid singaporean vote the safest choice during an economic crisis since our government is indeed very good at providing jobs and monies? so i am not really sure of the reason why they choose to compare with 1997 results rather than 2001.
just a hunch. if 1997 results was very high and by comparision, 2006 results were sliding, they might have compared it with 1991, since 1997 was also a year of anomaly as it was the asian economic crisis as well.
2nd issue, is oh well. but WP.
Constit PAP WP
Joo Chiat 12,222 6,577
Nee Soon E 20,945 9,533
Nee Soon C 14,210 7,527
Hougang 8,306 13,987
Ang Mo Kio 96,591 49,468
East Coast 66,890 37,867
Aljunied 74,810 58,585
TOTAL 293,974 184,544
Percent 61.4 38.6
Strong mandate huh? last time 75% is A1, not 60% is A1. before elections, expected 80%, now 60% is shiok!
3rd issue is just posting on what was said.
the parliamentary elections act section 32:
Withdrawal of candidature
32. - (1) A candidate may before 12 noon on the day of nomination, but not afterwards, withdraw his candidature by giving, in person, a notice to that effect signed by him to the Returning Officer.
(2) The Returning Officer shall forthwith cause notice of the withdrawal to be posted in a conspicuous position outside the place of nomination.
it just leaves me bewildered just like yawning bread pointed out, how could george yeo and MM lee said the election would just go on. there's nothing in the constitution to prevent that. however something in the law does.
last issue. irony of speech.
MM Lee said "I've watched once a government goes bad, the system goes bad, you cannot put it right." That's quite right. once a bad government is in place, its really quite hard to change things, ain't it? they will put up system that will make challenge difficult. and all.
this amuses me to no end, and i am sure it will amuse ling too. the irony of the below sentence
"I think some folks take everything they read at face value. And 10 times as many people are likely to see a movie as read a book," said Mark Norman, pastor at Grace Community Church near Laurel, where congregants are holding a four-week series of pre-movie talks.
in reference to the Da Vinci Code. These are people who read the bible and belief everything they read. at face value.
duh.
"I think some folks take everything they read at face value. And 10 times as many people are likely to see a movie as read a book," said Mark Norman, pastor at Grace Community Church near Laurel, where congregants are holding a four-week series of pre-movie talks.
in reference to the Da Vinci Code. These are people who read the bible and belief everything they read. at face value.
duh.
May 6, 2006
in the midst of doing my work, (yes people pay me to do presentation slides!), i've decided to response to alexis and ling's posts about love.
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Love is a feeling to an arbitrary person. I am sure we have all encountered "I love this person the most!" that is until you've met the next person, which you then declare loudly that "I love you the most!" But of course it could be true, there could indeed be a person that we loved the most, but until you die, you can never ascertain that for sure.
Love is not tangible, it is not measurable. It is an inexplicable feeling, that at the end of the day, we can only judge by time. Time is equal. 24 hours a day. Not a single person has more, not a single has less. If one is willing to spend time with the person, rather obviously, they feel comfortable with you. The more time spent with the person, means less time for other activities and/or people.
If we spend more time with our family rather than our friends, we cherish our family more, if we spend more time with our partners, we cherish them more than anything.
Love is about sharing and sacrifice. Its about sharing a part of your life with the other person. What is your day like, what are your goals in life, the small talks. Its about communication and bridging two otherwise unrelated individuals. Its about sacrificing time, amongst other things. The action of giving.
However, love is also a need. A need to have someone, because no man is an island. Put it in another way, we all have to have someone around. To run home to at the end of the day, to talk about nothing at all, to have great sex with every day (ok every other day), to engage in activities together that cannot be done with friends. Because friends are not for these.
We can be cynical and leave it at that. But to pursue it deeper, we don't exactly 'love' everyone. We can't engage in the aforementioned activities with Tom Dick or Harry (of Ruth Beth and Nancy if you will; and swing the other way), which is why there are breakups. Not those in the spite of anger breakups but the, "hey, lets just let it go", "alright".
Because hate is not the opposite of love, indifference is.
There is that someone whom we connect to, whom despite everything will still stand like a pillar waiting. The pillar we all hang on to tightly, despite always talking about letting go, because we are the ones who can never let go. The someone who will do the most silly things for you, who will wait indefinitely for you. The someone whom you always accuse of not understanding you, but deep inside you know that he/she really does understand you so much better than you'd admit.
Love is such.
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Love is a feeling to an arbitrary person. I am sure we have all encountered "I love this person the most!" that is until you've met the next person, which you then declare loudly that "I love you the most!" But of course it could be true, there could indeed be a person that we loved the most, but until you die, you can never ascertain that for sure.
Love is not tangible, it is not measurable. It is an inexplicable feeling, that at the end of the day, we can only judge by time. Time is equal. 24 hours a day. Not a single person has more, not a single has less. If one is willing to spend time with the person, rather obviously, they feel comfortable with you. The more time spent with the person, means less time for other activities and/or people.
If we spend more time with our family rather than our friends, we cherish our family more, if we spend more time with our partners, we cherish them more than anything.
Love is about sharing and sacrifice. Its about sharing a part of your life with the other person. What is your day like, what are your goals in life, the small talks. Its about communication and bridging two otherwise unrelated individuals. Its about sacrificing time, amongst other things. The action of giving.
However, love is also a need. A need to have someone, because no man is an island. Put it in another way, we all have to have someone around. To run home to at the end of the day, to talk about nothing at all, to have great sex with every day (ok every other day), to engage in activities together that cannot be done with friends. Because friends are not for these.
We can be cynical and leave it at that. But to pursue it deeper, we don't exactly 'love' everyone. We can't engage in the aforementioned activities with Tom Dick or Harry (of Ruth Beth and Nancy if you will; and swing the other way), which is why there are breakups. Not those in the spite of anger breakups but the, "hey, lets just let it go", "alright".
Because hate is not the opposite of love, indifference is.
There is that someone whom we connect to, whom despite everything will still stand like a pillar waiting. The pillar we all hang on to tightly, despite always talking about letting go, because we are the ones who can never let go. The someone who will do the most silly things for you, who will wait indefinitely for you. The someone whom you always accuse of not understanding you, but deep inside you know that he/she really does understand you so much better than you'd admit.
Love is such.
PAP rally at segar road, May 5th 2006
WP rally at Serangoon Stadium, May 5th 2006
*image sourced from sgrally.blogspot.com
WP rally at Serangoon Stadium, May 5th 2006
*image sourced from sgrally.blogspot.com
May 5, 2006
As an ardent fan of the Straits Times, i was disappointed that my letter to them asking Mr Singh to clarify why he took 6 days to come forward, and why he thought Gomez was serious although he was laughing, did not get published. Sigh.
On another note, CNA! i was there not too long ago, and look at the news there
##Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?" -PM Lee, 3 May 2006##
Finally, it seems that Apple is going to have another major announcement this few weeks. The long anticipated replacement to the iBook, dubbed the MacBook looks slated for a release, alongside the opening of the New York flagship 20'000 square foot Apple Store.
Last note, I am so hooked on playing The Wicked. I've completed the junior level, now i am stuck at level 42 of the wicked. yes my IQ is above 130. *sniggers*
On another note, CNA! i was there not too long ago, and look at the news there
##Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?" -PM Lee, 3 May 2006##
Finally, it seems that Apple is going to have another major announcement this few weeks. The long anticipated replacement to the iBook, dubbed the MacBook looks slated for a release, alongside the opening of the New York flagship 20'000 square foot Apple Store.
Last note, I am so hooked on playing The Wicked. I've completed the junior level, now i am stuck at level 42 of the wicked. yes my IQ is above 130. *sniggers*
May 4, 2006
May 3, 2006
yes sir no sir 3 bags full. how high do you want me to jump sir?
today i went swimming. yes sir no sir 3 bags full.
we will have a country with that tolerates everybody. yes sir no sir 3 bags full. yes sir, everybody does not include gays does not include single mother, does not include people who speak up, does not include people who have differing opinions, does not include other people who do not who suscribe to other opinion other than yours sir.
yes sir no sir 3 bags full
yes sir, we wil achieve our aim of having a society that tolerates everybody except those above mentioned sir.
how high do you want me to jump sir?
today i went swimming. yes sir no sir 3 bags full.
we will have a country with that tolerates everybody. yes sir no sir 3 bags full. yes sir, everybody does not include gays does not include single mother, does not include people who speak up, does not include people who have differing opinions, does not include other people who do not who suscribe to other opinion other than yours sir.
yes sir no sir 3 bags full
yes sir, we wil achieve our aim of having a society that tolerates everybody except those above mentioned sir.
how high do you want me to jump sir?
in another letter to the straits times. the previous ones didn't get published
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I refer to the Gomez Affair (May 3). Mr Inderjit Singh came forward and clarified the situation, and informed the readers about the conversation he had with Mr Gomez. As he said "Gomez laughed...I got the impression has was serious" This could have serious implication.
Perhaps Mr Singh could also add more weight to his stand by explaining to the readers why the press conference was held on May 2, when the conversation took place on April 27. The saga went on for 6 days before he came forward; this confuses the readers about the reason for the delay.
Another clarification Mr Singh could enlightened the readers is that, although Mr Gomez was laughing, how could he ascertained that it was not a joke?
Similary speaking, on Channel 8 night news on May 2, a female PAP candidate replied "sure, sure, sure" during a walk around the Yishun estate when being asked about covered walkway by an elderly male resident. If assuming that the covered walkway is not build, can the elderly man then come forward and said that he thought she was serious when she said "sure, sure, sure"
Upon clarification, Mr Singh will no doubt give the readers a lot more confidence.
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I refer to the Gomez Affair (May 3). Mr Inderjit Singh came forward and clarified the situation, and informed the readers about the conversation he had with Mr Gomez. As he said "Gomez laughed...I got the impression has was serious" This could have serious implication.
Perhaps Mr Singh could also add more weight to his stand by explaining to the readers why the press conference was held on May 2, when the conversation took place on April 27. The saga went on for 6 days before he came forward; this confuses the readers about the reason for the delay.
Another clarification Mr Singh could enlightened the readers is that, although Mr Gomez was laughing, how could he ascertained that it was not a joke?
Similary speaking, on Channel 8 night news on May 2, a female PAP candidate replied "sure, sure, sure" during a walk around the Yishun estate when being asked about covered walkway by an elderly male resident. If assuming that the covered walkway is not build, can the elderly man then come forward and said that he thought she was serious when she said "sure, sure, sure"
Upon clarification, Mr Singh will no doubt give the readers a lot more confidence.
in between all the elections, its time for some good news. According to a reutuers news, creative is heading another quarter of LOSS
Reporter Jennifer Tan quoted CIMB-GK Securities analyst Jonathan Ng as saying: "We expect the business environment for Creative to remain tough at least for the next two quarters. Demand is only expected to pick up for the year-end Christmas sales. We remain negative on its prospects given the harsh competition in the market and a lack of new winning products in the foreseeable future."
A Reuters poll of analysts shows that Creative is expected to post a loss of around $43.4 million for the current fiscal year, which concludes June 30. A year ago, the company posted a $1.1 million profit, and in the December quarter it was $1.3 million in the black. However, the March quarter was plagued by restructuring charges well as lower flash memory prices that caused customers to delay purchases.
sourced from ipodobserver.
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creative SUCKERS can now SUCK APPLE's ASS
Reporter Jennifer Tan quoted CIMB-GK Securities analyst Jonathan Ng as saying: "We expect the business environment for Creative to remain tough at least for the next two quarters. Demand is only expected to pick up for the year-end Christmas sales. We remain negative on its prospects given the harsh competition in the market and a lack of new winning products in the foreseeable future."
A Reuters poll of analysts shows that Creative is expected to post a loss of around $43.4 million for the current fiscal year, which concludes June 30. A year ago, the company posted a $1.1 million profit, and in the December quarter it was $1.3 million in the black. However, the March quarter was plagued by restructuring charges well as lower flash memory prices that caused customers to delay purchases.
sourced from ipodobserver.
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creative SUCKERS can now SUCK APPLE's ASS
May 2, 2006
2nd part of content analysis, starting 2237, channel 8, may 2
1st news: PAP said that he has upgraded lifts in their ward, and will continue to do things to help poorer family tide through the short term. will give poor family chance to continue with their studies (positive for PAP) - 30 seconds
2nd news: SM Goh discusses about Gomez at a rally. discusses about high qualification but what about calibre? (negative for oppositions)
3rd news: SDA questions why PAP does not talk about big issues but focuses only on GOMEZ, but then accuses opposition of not focusing on big issues. but dealing with issues. (last time i heard the rally, the minor points opposition talked about were unemployment, healthcare, education, rising cost of living) (negative for PAP)
4th news: SDP discusses about the deliberate attempt to make a mountain out of a gomez molehill (negative for PAP) - 20 seconds
5th news: reporter summarizes about WP issues (factual) - 10seconds
6th news: SM Goh said Chiam has not brought up any new issues. Accuses that Chiam does not have enough funds. (read my previous post about the lifts, during sept 21, 2004, chiam proposed with enough funds, using 2million funds. different calculations it seems) (negative for SDA) - 30seconds
7th news: reporter reports about PAP at Jalan Besar. Talks about Gomez AGAIN. Questions calibre about WP and opposition. #wait till you read www.escapefromparadise.com#
8th news: WP wants an ans from Khaw about medical cost and assessment for C ward criteria (negative for PAP) - 20seconds
9th news: Lim refutes allegations about unions being tangled up with political parties. unvariably aligned with the government. union will over power policy. (positive for PAP) - 1 minute
10th news: Yishun wants PAP to build covered walkway. reply was "sure sure sure. sure sure sure" (positive for PAP) 1 minute
11th news: PAP will hold afternoon rally. 1st in 9 years. (factual)
12th news: discussion about afternoon rally. (factual)
13th news: overseas singaporeans concerned about elections. (neutral)
1st news: PAP said that he has upgraded lifts in their ward, and will continue to do things to help poorer family tide through the short term. will give poor family chance to continue with their studies (positive for PAP) - 30 seconds
2nd news: SM Goh discusses about Gomez at a rally. discusses about high qualification but what about calibre? (negative for oppositions)
3rd news: SDA questions why PAP does not talk about big issues but focuses only on GOMEZ, but then accuses opposition of not focusing on big issues. but dealing with issues. (last time i heard the rally, the minor points opposition talked about were unemployment, healthcare, education, rising cost of living) (negative for PAP)
4th news: SDP discusses about the deliberate attempt to make a mountain out of a gomez molehill (negative for PAP) - 20 seconds
5th news: reporter summarizes about WP issues (factual) - 10seconds
6th news: SM Goh said Chiam has not brought up any new issues. Accuses that Chiam does not have enough funds. (read my previous post about the lifts, during sept 21, 2004, chiam proposed with enough funds, using 2million funds. different calculations it seems) (negative for SDA) - 30seconds
7th news: reporter reports about PAP at Jalan Besar. Talks about Gomez AGAIN. Questions calibre about WP and opposition. #wait till you read www.escapefromparadise.com#
8th news: WP wants an ans from Khaw about medical cost and assessment for C ward criteria (negative for PAP) - 20seconds
9th news: Lim refutes allegations about unions being tangled up with political parties. unvariably aligned with the government. union will over power policy. (positive for PAP) - 1 minute
10th news: Yishun wants PAP to build covered walkway. reply was "sure sure sure. sure sure sure" (positive for PAP) 1 minute
11th news: PAP will hold afternoon rally. 1st in 9 years. (factual)
12th news: discussion about afternoon rally. (factual)
13th news: overseas singaporeans concerned about elections. (neutral)
on channel 8 news, may 2nd 10pm
1st news: gomez on cctv, with PAP candidate and supporter claiming that he heard gomez seriously joking that it was all an act. he could not confirm though (negative)
2nd news: lee ask low to sack gomez, claimed gomez did it on purpose. said it shows something wrong with their character. (negative) - wait till you guys read www.escapefromparadise.com (6 minutes for the 1st 2 news)
3rd news: gomez said that discreditation news will be on everyday (neutral) - 10seconds
4th news: low said gomez mistake was purely unintentional. clarified that gomez was never going into amk. added that gomez apology is final. said that there were bigger issues. (factual) - 1minute
5th news: SM goh defended the FTA, claimed that while WP candidates have paper qualification, they may not have the calibre (neutral) - 20 seconds
6th news: DPM wong accuses gomez did on purpose, trying to undermine the electoral department. low cannot just brush it aside(negative) - 1minute
7th news: Yeo said that gomez in undermining the integrity of the system. Lim said WP should have more transparency in their working. - oh my, do they really wanna go that far to demand??. Yeo found it very strange that sylvia lim kept silent. accuses that is is "troubling silence" (negative) - 2 minutes
8th news: CCK SMC PAP candidate claimed he will have more upgrading (interim?) and quickly resolves problems. help the elderly (positive for PAP). 30seconds
9th news: CCK SMC SDA. #bad lighting in footage# wants to have policy to help children take care of eldery. (positive for SDA) 20seconds
10th news: Yacob said raising money takes too much time. said that the most important way to help the poor is to improve the economy. promises upgrading (positive for PAP)
11th news: Khaw - PAP said the most important way to campaign is to go door to door visit. said SDP does not knock on their doors, accuses SDP for having internal strife, and that it is dangerous for singapore to have a govt like SDP (positive for PAP, negative for SDP) - 1 minute
12th news: newbies VS old guards. WP newbies does not feel disadvantaged. SDA refutes the accusation of high qualification, low calibre allegation (neutral) - 1 minute
13th news: SDA is asking for minimum wage system (positive for SDA) - 20seconds
14th news: WP talks about the fact that singaporeans have CPF but very little to spend during retirement (factual, positive for WP)
15th news: #good lighting% PAP accuses that progress package can be kissed away without good economic progress. unlike proposed by SDA. said chiam is still working while he is an MP. (negative for SDA)
#1st break#
16th news: PAP said its good that our union is tied down to the government, so we can fight for higher wages. regarding the labour day speech #covered during yesterday news as well# (positive for PAP)
17th news: survey shows GOOD economic prospect in Singapore (positive for singapore government)
1st news: gomez on cctv, with PAP candidate and supporter claiming that he heard gomez seriously joking that it was all an act. he could not confirm though (negative)
2nd news: lee ask low to sack gomez, claimed gomez did it on purpose. said it shows something wrong with their character. (negative) - wait till you guys read www.escapefromparadise.com (6 minutes for the 1st 2 news)
3rd news: gomez said that discreditation news will be on everyday (neutral) - 10seconds
4th news: low said gomez mistake was purely unintentional. clarified that gomez was never going into amk. added that gomez apology is final. said that there were bigger issues. (factual) - 1minute
5th news: SM goh defended the FTA, claimed that while WP candidates have paper qualification, they may not have the calibre (neutral) - 20 seconds
6th news: DPM wong accuses gomez did on purpose, trying to undermine the electoral department. low cannot just brush it aside(negative) - 1minute
7th news: Yeo said that gomez in undermining the integrity of the system. Lim said WP should have more transparency in their working. - oh my, do they really wanna go that far to demand??. Yeo found it very strange that sylvia lim kept silent. accuses that is is "troubling silence" (negative) - 2 minutes
8th news: CCK SMC PAP candidate claimed he will have more upgrading (interim?) and quickly resolves problems. help the elderly (positive for PAP). 30seconds
9th news: CCK SMC SDA. #bad lighting in footage# wants to have policy to help children take care of eldery. (positive for SDA) 20seconds
10th news: Yacob said raising money takes too much time. said that the most important way to help the poor is to improve the economy. promises upgrading (positive for PAP)
11th news: Khaw - PAP said the most important way to campaign is to go door to door visit. said SDP does not knock on their doors, accuses SDP for having internal strife, and that it is dangerous for singapore to have a govt like SDP (positive for PAP, negative for SDP) - 1 minute
12th news: newbies VS old guards. WP newbies does not feel disadvantaged. SDA refutes the accusation of high qualification, low calibre allegation (neutral) - 1 minute
13th news: SDA is asking for minimum wage system (positive for SDA) - 20seconds
14th news: WP talks about the fact that singaporeans have CPF but very little to spend during retirement (factual, positive for WP)
15th news: #good lighting% PAP accuses that progress package can be kissed away without good economic progress. unlike proposed by SDA. said chiam is still working while he is an MP. (negative for SDA)
#1st break#
16th news: PAP said its good that our union is tied down to the government, so we can fight for higher wages. regarding the labour day speech #covered during yesterday news as well# (positive for PAP)
17th news: survey shows GOOD economic prospect in Singapore (positive for singapore government)
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.
*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."
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."
May 1, 2006
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 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.
Apr 29, 2006
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!
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!
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