TGIF

“George’s Brave New World” Twilight, “How George Yeo’s foray into the unfamiliar world of blogs has helped Singaporeans find their inner chaplin”

“A Nation in Crisis” KTM “The KTM just read a very disturbing blog entry. The crux of this entry is about a local undergraduate complaining that the Singaporean undergrads are being “crowded out” by foreign students for the better grades and advocating the imposition of quotas to help alleviate the situation.”

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On Blamelessness: A Helpless Entry

“In an earlier post, the idea of the complaining Singaporean cropped up (again). Molly posited that, if Singaporean complainers can be categorized, there are at least two categories. Firstly, there is the kind of complainers that know exactly what they are complaining about and can articulate their so-called complaints well; secondly, there is the kind of cathartic complainers who are letting of steam.” …more (Molly Meek)

Apathetic youth, idols, buzz and a paedophile

“Why youths are politically apathetic in Taiwan, why Singapore Idol is a disgrace, and other bits of news on the television tonight.” …more (Yawning Bread)

Yet Another Forum Post

wert does an interesting background check on Han Fook Kwang …more (wertblog)

Well done, Theresa!

Indeed, “She has achieved what almost all Singaporeans will never achieve in a thousand lifetimes.” …more (Dr Huang)

Bored with Work?

Mr Wang gives our youths some well needed career advice …more (Mr Wang)

Ngiam Tong Dow: Singapore the Nation is Bigger than Singapore the Country

Dr Huang has reproduced Ngiam’s speech on his blog in scanned scripts. If anyone knows how to help him convert scanned scripts to word documents, please let him know. …read more

Source: no fear Singapore

Running A Marathon

Running a full 42.195km is an extremely challenging task. You have to be in it for the long haul. The IS has only been around for slightly more than a day, but hopes to be here for at least 42.195 days more, if not 42.195 months… (maybe years??) Dr. Huang has some tips on how to hang around for the long run. …read more