I want to read LKY’s memoirs. I have a copy. I’m going to start reading, and share my notes as I go. 1. Suddenly, Independence The book The Singapore Story is 680 pages long, with 43 chapters. The first chapter is “Suddenly, Independence.” LKY chose to describe the separation as a divorce, talking about Malay-Muslim […]
LKY Hard Truths quotes What if LKY was born in the 1990s? “Well you know I get a lot of demonstrations in Singapore, my students are quite a rambunctious and spirited lot – and I think they OUGHT to be, otherwise I think there’s very little future for Singapore. It’s a young community and the […]
-1- MUTHU: “Ah Kow, how is your son doing over at Stamford?” AH KOW: *slurps noodles* “Oh, brilliant, brilliant.” MUTHU: “Have you heard the latest news about our beloved Government? The price of water, my old chap, it’s being raised again!” “Good gracious. 70% of our native population truly enjoys being sodomized!” MUTHU: :*clears throat, […]
2012 ‘Sticker Lady’ street artist arrested 2014 Town council asks seniors to remove chairs from ‘cosy corner’ Singapore libraries to destroy copies of gay penguin book (subsequently halted) 2016 Same-sex kiss cut from Singapore staging of Les Miserables 2017 ‘Golden staircase’ no more as art student removes hotly debated project SOTA student’s ‘impromptu’ art installation bearing […]
(These are a set of notes and fragments for an essay I intend to write about Singlish) Let’s take a minute to go back to 1999. It seems like such a quaint time, on retrospect. The Euro was established. Bill Clinton was the POTUS, and Columbine shootings shocked the world, Napster and MSN Messenger make their […]
Status in Singapore connections family office / wealth management / personal bankers access to private jets, yachts length of address ownership of capital inheritance type of credit card flying first class elite alma maters high % of degrees in the family private/expensive childhood education country club membership(s) employing a full-time chauffeur frequent coffee at fullerton […]
Why Singapore… Why Singapore is bad Why Singapore is the best place to live Why Singapore is the best Why Singapore is a peaceful country Why Singapore is safe Why Singapore is so awesome Why Singapore is so attractive Why Singapore is so advanced Why Singapore is so Americanized Why Singapore is so boring Why […]
Straits Times – Golden staircase out of step with town council laws https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1134433546668285&set=a.119329988178651.19193.100003049519850&type=3&theater
Originally written for Fever Avenue, in January 2012. I’ve had some pretty unique opportunities in my life to experience things that not all of my peers do. (I’m not sure how unique that makes me- I don’t know as much about others as I’d like to, because not everybody is as vocal about their individual […]
We crush our caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies. Jun 2012 – DPM Teo Nov 2012 – “We need to create real spaces” – My response March 2014 – Singapore Budget 2014: Young lack passion in pursuing work excellence, says NMP – “More often than not, they place emphasis and give priority to work-life balance, a high […]