Happy Lunar New Year

singaporecitizen wishes everyone, lesser mortals, greater mortals, immortals, demi-gods or demi-dogs
Happy Lunar New Year!

May the New Year be as prosperous for everyone as for our beloved Ministers, and that everyone can enjoy fine French food for the reunion dinner and the whole year; because salmon yusheng is out, foie gras yusheng is in.
May the economy [...]

does Internet marketing really work?

i’ve been seeing advertisements here, there and everywhere online. everywhere, I am bombarded by images of rich people driving BMWs or people with massively huge amounts of money in their bank accounts(through screenshots).
i’ve always been tempted to join. but something also tells me its all bullshit. especially when money has to be paid up front. [...]

what will you defend?

i really don’t understand this competition for Total Defence Day.

why does the government need to know what will its own citizens defend?
why does the government need its citizens to make videos about what they will defend?

On the same note, what is NEXUS doing in a democratic nation?
I visited the Nexus website, and this is what [...]

why the ministers talk down to us

I have clear evidence why our ministers talk to us as if we are idiots. Just look at comments such as this.
Who put up this giant banner? Police alerted after banner with escaped JI detainee’s face on it hung at Toa Payoh
Mr K Nagandran, 39, who is unemployed, said: ‘If you put up his poster, [...]

humble leaders – mutually exclusive?

‘A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him … but of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, “We did it ourselves”. ‘ attributed to Lao-Tzu
In Singapore today, how [...]

the mrbrown show: you are not alone

the mrbrown show: you are not alone
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a pro-PAP person’s defence debunked

Let me attempt to debunk the below mentioned arguments that argue passionately for PAP’s foresight, and show this kind soul just how “perspective”(what in the world does this mean anyway?) he is, since he accused another person who listed down the screw-ups of the government as “perspective”.
All blue is the original points made, italics are [...]

Obama’s speech versus our government’s possible speech

I have looked at Obama’s speech transcript. I have watched his speech a few times. Each time, I am touched by this fantastic orator. Let me reproduce the speech here, and let me look into my crystal ball of what would my imaginary government say to us if they won the election on the same [...]

self-praise is no praise, something that Singapore needs to learn

I have seen many many many examples in local press and governmental websites in which our achievements are lauded by nobody else but ourselves. Hasn’t the age-old adage of “self-praise is no praise” ever been taught to these people? These people ever heard of the word called “humility”?
I have compiled a list of self-praise by [...]