- Thai critics: Temasek’s face-saving strategy has backfired
from e pur si muove
- The hidden dangers of the world of blogs and forums
- Government Approach To The Haze – Divination And Sales…
- Adventures of Elite Girl ep006
- Should AMD be encouraged?
- A government for all its intelligence, is nothing…
- The Post-65 Myth
- Parliamentary debates are critical for ensuring transparency
from Singapore Patriot
- My father, the peasant from China …
- The Importance of Being Moderate
Archive for October, 2006
Daily Reads Oct 31 – Happy Halloween!
Posted by inspir3d on October 31, 2006
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Daily Reads Oct 30 – Elitism & Temasek
Posted by inspir3d on October 30, 2006
Elitism
- Adventures of Elite Girl ep005
- My Comments
from Future of Singapore
- Editorial Review: The class divide behind the Wee Shu Min Saga
- Political Elitism Enhances Class Divide
from SCN @ The Star
Temasek
- Thai govt’ll not intervene in Temasek-Shin Corp scandal
- Attempt to forge connections demonstrates poor judgement
- A Question Of Misjudgement
from NationMultimedia.com
- Temasek Holdings’ Tongnoi tangle
- Strange twist as Thai prince rebukes Temasek’s o…
from URBANRANT
Other
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Daily Reads Oct 29
Posted by inspir3d on October 29, 2006
- 2 hours that changed me
from Trisha Reloaded
- Wee Siew Kim’s PR fiasco
from Singabloodypore
- Singapore Is Set To Play A New Role
- The greying times
from The Void Deck
- Again, again: Sorry misses the point, and retreating…
from e pur si muove
- Lessons from Beyond the Grave:What two Singaporeans…
from nofearSingapore
- Your views: What can we do to try to prevent another…
- In Focus: Objective Journalism and its role in society…
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Daily Reads Oct 28 – Elitism
Posted by inspir3d on October 28, 2006
Elitism
- The Secret Identity of Elite Girl
- Adventures of Elite Girl ep003
- @ Insane Polygons
- Another elitist face
from Singabloodypore
- I was almost an elite too!
from Flying Low
Other
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The Wee Shu-Min Affair
Posted by inspir3d on October 28, 2006
The Wee Shu-Min Affair a.k.a. The Wee-Wee Saga/The Adventures of Elite Girl
Contents
- The Original Posts – Derek Wee and Wee Shu-min
- The Uproar
- Wee Siew Kim’s Apology
- The 2nd Apology
- The Aftermath
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Daily Reads Oct 27
Posted by inspir3d on October 27, 2006
Media
- Why George Yeo blogs? (Podcast)
from BEYOND SG
- Straits Times gloating in a one-horse race
from Singabloodypore
- Why the internet is the most powerful voice we have.
Other
- Singapore’s Success Story A Fact
- Religion, Politics, And Singapore
- MENSA, Elitism and the Ultimate Truth!!!
- Lessons from Beyond the Grave: What 2 Singaporeans teach us (Part 1)
from nofearSingapore
- Mr Wang’s Personal Trivia
Adventures of Elite Girl (Insane Polygon)
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Daily Reads Oct 26 – Adventures of Elite Girl
Posted by inspir3d on October 26, 2006
Adventures of Elite Girl (And Elite Dad)
- The Adventures of Elite Girl
- letter to ST forums on Wee Siew Kim (unpublished)
- Empathy
from the odd joker
- duck can sing and cock can swim
from My Singapore News
Other
- In focus: Objective journalism and its role in society
- Lets us talk about Suicide in Singapore
- Does Singapore have world class universities?
- from Hear ye! Hear ye!
- Dancing In The Dark @ insanepoly
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Daily Reads Oct 25 – Still more Ms. Wee
Posted by inspir3d on October 25, 2006
More Ms. Wee
- Wee Shu Min, Globalisation, Singapore and America
- The WEE-wee Saga
- A: I sho smart you sho stupid – heehee. B: I sho stupid,…
- On the Wee Shu Min Affair
from The Kway Teow Man
- Noblesse Oblige from Insanepoly
Other
- In Conversation with Mr Tan Kin Lian, CEO of NTUC Income
- Editorial Review: More safety nets for retrenched workers
- Thai professor sues government for allowing Shin Corp sale
from Singabloodypore
- Saying sorry-the LKY style
from My sketchbook
- Of “native English” teachers
from Flying Low
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Daily Reads Oct 24 – Ms. Wee and MP Wee
Posted by inspir3d on October 24, 2006
Ms Wee and MP Wee
- [Of blogging and censorship views] 1. Words matter
- * Open message to AMK MP Wee
from 赵田敬
- ‘Elitist’ Blogger counselled
from the odd joker
- Derek Wee cannot spell, Wee Shu Min cannot emote,…
- Half-Assed Apology that wasn’t
- Scholar Behaving Badly
from SingaporeSurf
Other
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Daily Reads Oct 23
Posted by inspir3d on October 23, 2006
- Asia’s Stem Cell City
- Two Singapores
- Turning Away
from A Xeno Boy in Sg
- On Employees Who Quit
- class strata-singapore way
from My sketchbook
- Poverty in Singapore..sometimes.. Subscribe to My…
from My sketchbook
- The stigmatisation of seeking help
from Hear ye! Hear ye!
- What exactly constitutes “financial difficulty”?
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Daily Reads Oct 22
Posted by inspir3d on October 22, 2006
Wee Shu-Min
- the brilliance of youth
from My Singapore News
- Wee Shu Min just me, us, just like another Singaporean, just better Engrish
Other
- Re: Ronald Susilo & Li Jia Wei- MYOB!!
from nofearSingapore
- Indonesian President’s apology on haze issue raises country’s stature:MM
- Western Model Not Applicable
from BangkokPost
- Stuffing The Prudish Image
from SCN @ The Star
- At SMU, A Singapore Outlook
from DallasNews
- Temasek ‘To Ditch Pong, Boonklee’
from NationMultimedia
Offbeat
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Status Anxiety
Posted by inspir3d on October 22, 2006
Too lazy to develop a blog of his own, Christopher Ng Wai Chung, 31, an IT Project manager who dabbles in personal finance and wealth management, has decided to spoil parts of his next book “Harvesting the Seeds of Prosperity” in the most intelligent Singaporean blogs in cyberspace. The book details his manifesto in reaching a state of Financial Nirvana, the ability to live within one’s investment income while still keeping day job to grow his portfolio even bigger. His own blog can be found in treeofprosperity.blogspot.com. He can be reached at waichung.ng@gmail.com.
In chapter 3 entitled “You are not your wallet”, the concept of Status Anxiety is explained with a very local spin.
Status Anxiety
John Koh, 26 loves showing his latest car to his peers. He eats at the best restaurants, lives at 6th Avenue, and his current hang out is being at Corduroy & Finch along Bukit Timah road (If only for a snack). Coming from a rich family, John does not really need to save to get his car or an apartment of his own.
His two friends, Gary Poh and Nigel Yong while not as well-endowed as John, have developed a different way of coping with the presence of someone truly rich in their company.
Gary always felt that he had to catch up with John to maintain their friendship. So he made brave attempts to emulate John’s spending habits, purchasing branded shoes while studying in JC and upgrading to a car the moment he got his first job. Gary always funded this lifestyle with debt. It seems that no price is low to keep himself ahead. Read the rest of this entry »
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