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Monthly Archives: July 2006

A familiar refrain

Maybe someone in Gahmen reads my blog:
Earlier in his speech, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean had highlighted the challenges the country faces and the importance of defence and security.
“We’ve shown that given no chance to have a bright future, we created one for ourselves,” said Mr Teo.
“So nothing is impossible. It depends on human ingenuity [...]

Knight of Pentacles

He is gone.
I may not know him personally, but I know him to be a kindred spirit, a fellow skeptic of state power.
I have been following his ordeals in Perth, through his blog, vicariously experiencing the roller-coaster that was his life in Perth. Regardless of whether he found solutions to overcome his obstacles, or not, [...]

Wong Hoong Hooi is a psycho nutcase

I chanced upon this hilarious section while flipping through Today earlier, misleadingly titled “Good to hear voices from both Mid-E camps“. Here’s what I read:

He’s so nutty that I can’t tell if he’s just joking and being facetious, or if he actually believes what he’s writing. He is so far out that he can’t even [...]

You are all individuals!

You are all different! You have to figure it out for yourselves!

Some how the behaviour of the mob seems very familiar…

The Myth of Singapore’s Lack of Resources

Anyone of my generation would recall the copious amounts of indoctrination being applied upon us in school. There is this particular piece of Malthusian absurdity which I would like to debunk today. It is called
“Singapore has no natural resources, and the only thing we have is people, therefore we must make full use of [...]