mirror of xialanxue Thursday, October 19, 2006 mom’s friend sent her some blog post by some bleeding stupid 40-year old singaporean called derek wee (WHY do all the idiots have my surname why?!) whining about how singapore is such an insecure place, how old ppl (ie, 40 and above) fear for their jobs, how the […]
Out of curiosity, I googled “Singapore brahmin” to see what the results are. The following is merely a collection of notes, quotes and links of what is out there. The first 4 search results are all related to the Singapore Dakshina Bharata Brahmana Sabha – founded in 1924 “as a platform to fulfil the religious […]
I deliberated for a while what to title this page, before settling on “books”. I once asked for recommendations, you can see the thread here. Ministry of Moral Panic, by Amanda Lee Koe I skimmed through this one once, but I didn’t really enjoy it. I’ll give it another shot sometime this year maybe, if […]
Who are Singapore’s Permanent Secretaries? They’re the people who are effectively running the civil service behind the scenes. I thought it would be nice to get to know them better. At the time of writing, 100% of them are Chinese, and 12 out of 16 of them are men. [Last updated: 3rd April 2018] 1. […]
Mr Gan Kim Yong: (with the motion also standing in the names of Dr Chong Weng Chiew, Ms Indranee Rajah, Dr Mohamad Maliki bin Osman, Dr Ong Seh Hong and Ms Irene Ng Phek Hoong) “… I believe that many Singaporeans are committed to Singapore. However difficult the situation may seem, they will stay and […]
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I once had an idea for a site called “priorities.sg”. The idea was to have a centralized place to figure out what our priorities ought to be, as a nation. On retrospect, it’s kind of presumptuous to claim to know what a nation’s priorities should be. I can only speak for myself. So I figured […]
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In 2016, a Malay lady wanted to rent a place in Tampines 1. The response was, “Hi Dee, We are not so keen to run a Malay road show as our target audience are mainly Chinese. Thus, we regret to inform you that we are unable to rent a space to you.” [source] Here is some […]
“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 young MUST be idealistic, the young MUST believe that the world should […]