Jul 27

• Mapping Singapore’s Socio-Political Blogosphere

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• Sure Good Friends, For Now

  from SingaporeSurf

• Pay For What?

  from SingaporeSurf

• For Every Baby Step Forward there is…

  from Winter Is Coming

• In Debt We Trust Part 3 : Leong Sze Hian writes….

  from Diary of A Singaporean Mind

• Working like Emperor Chongzhen

  from Stressed Teacher

• The Economics of Foreign Talent / Workers This po…

  from Perspective Unlimited

• Scholarships – figuring out if they are right for…

  from Singapore Angle

• Fare hike for public transport in October?

  from theonlinecitizen

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Why “Civil Disobedience” Is a Game Clever People Never Play!

I am sure we’ve all considered it. One time or another, the whole idea of peaceful “civil disobedience”(CD). As an undergraduate, I remember boycotting a lecturer for a whole semester. I didn’t like the way he picked on me (real or imagined). I even made doubly sure, I studied triple hard just in case, he tried to do me in on a technicality. At the end of it, I earned a distinction and I felt vindicated. I had proven my point in empirical even scientific terms – not only did I pass. I scored a distinction! While it lasted, I was the darling of campus as a veritable Martin Luther, my distinction even acquiring the patina of Magna Carta. I had proven without a shadow of doubt, by removing myself peacefully from the “process” the “system,” he (the offending lecturer) was truly irrelevant to my destiny!

But let’s be honest. How effective is the idea of peaceful Gandhi styled CD these days? Does chucking in blogging really make a difference to the system? Is deploying the dreaded black arts of “bochapness” and “dowanlah” styled CD capable of soliciting change in people, institutions and governments these days?

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Stalingrad Part 2 & 3 – A Conversation with a Pretty Book Doctor. (A travelogue with a heart to mother Russia)

This is a continuation from Part 1 as a special tribute to the Tirianians due to the overwhelming response to the Part 1 series of the travelogue: Stalingrad. We the Brotherhood Press will be present Part 2 & 3 in the Extended Version. Happy Reading.

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