human rights,

so they say.
and they won’t let beijing have a day of peace. and australian PM promises to “take up the issue of human rights when I (he) attends Beijing Olympics”
I don’t know why, but I am exceptionally irritated by all these demonstrations and athletes pledging to do their part/make a speech/do something ridiculous at Olympics [...]

On Democracy

there was an interesting discussion in my last political science class on the likelihood of China adopting a western-style democracy following its economic, social and political changes since post Mao. of course, there was the usual comparison to Singapore and the usual: we don’t have democracy in Singapore. quite frankly, the argument is getting quite [...]

News Paradox

Singapore’s greatest security threat on loose is of no imminent threat to the general public. oh. that is comforting to know: the greatest threat is actually of no threat at all. I think studying too much about culture/media/politics has made me a cynic. I observed how the news show was arranged today. They lined Thai [...]

Intellect

Intellect (noun): the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters
Intelligence (noun): the ability to acquire and to apply knowledge and skills
Both words originate from Latin intelligentia, intelligere, ‘understand’.
Recently, my facebook has been bombarded by a certain Mr Sit with things normally not associated with facebook. And then a [...]

Relativism

Relativism: the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society or historical context, and are not absolute.
I don’t believe in relativism. As I study, I come to realize that our society is marked with relativism. Multiplicity becomes desired and nothing should be absolute. It seems that everything under the face [...]

he layed his life down for nothing.

i read a blog post and it is comments. i think s rajaratnam layed his life down for nothing if singaporeans are going to think in this narrow minded manner! ok the blog entry was basically a narration of how the bloggee went for an interview for an OCIP trip. she was a muslim and [...]

the great injustice

i was highly disturbed to read the Straits Times front page news this morning. (eh no, it wasnt the protest about cartoons). it was the story of the maid made to endanger her own life to hang clothes on the ledge. she died at 22. hanging clothes on a ledge. how ridiculous and it made [...]