This is probably the most egoistic ad campaign:
(No other career opportunity can match this.)
I think it’s by the Singapore military or army or whatever since it says ‘The Decisive Force’. Not only does this advertisement say the military is great, they further pointed out that they’re just the best. Hmmmp… Is this supposed to have some sort of psychological effect, making men feel proud enough to join?
I was poking around Wikipedia and I spotted something hilarious, IP address 203.116.59.28 is placing all sorts of lies in Wikipedia!
In the Lee Kuan Yew article, he wrote:
In the Lee Hsien Loong article, he wrote and replace an image:
In the Singapore Dollar article, he wrote:
In the Li Hongyi article, he wrote this and this:
He is also:
It is not uncommon to spot people adding chunks of nonsense in Wikipedia. It’s the most unplesant thing to do. Imagine you had to do a project and just take the information directly from Wikipedia. You’ll end up with chunks of shit. It’s unfortunate that there are always people trying to distort the free online encyclopedia. While the change is often reverted, it takes a couple of days. Some rarer defaced articles gone unnoticed.
And therefore, everytime you do research, never ever trust just one source. If Wikipedia says this, counter check it with Encarta or Britannica. Get the “facts” right. It’s a great community encyclopedia but don’t trust it completely.
On a side note, Wikipedia just got its 2 millionth article.
I keep this ridiculous ORD countdown thing on my wardrobe starting from 100 days before I ORD. I was about to tear it all away and rid it and I thought I just post how it looks like on my wardrobe.
(ORD Countdown on my wardrobe.)
The numbers represent the number of days left and the missing numbers are the days that I did not spend one full day in camp or basically I didn’t do much in camp that it felt like I wasn’t in camp anyway.
The comments I made are to those days that something significant happen. I blurred it out a little because some are sensitive issues. I didn’t do the countdown till very end, I think I stopped on 36 days left. I just got bored of counting and moved on doing other things.
Things aren’t going great. A lot of things have been happening in army and it is mainly due to a friend and I. I thought that a month ago would hold my very last national service post, but it seems there are some unfinished business.
My friend and I reported an event. Things weren’t that big that time, rather quiet actually. Now the people involved, including me, are in a bit of dilemma. We did the right thing but eventually things clearly did not turn out desirable. In fact, it’s a horror. The current set of friends I have in army are disturbed by a bunch of commanders. (Sorry I could not respect anything besides their ranks.)
One thing I learn is that every word I say, I have to think through it more carefully. I thought I am a careful person when I speak but it seems that I am just not careful enough as illustrated in this incident. It’s a miscalculated move. We did the move without the notion of hurting anyone. It ended up being rather serious. Today, this incident is quite well known actually.
At first I was totally amused by it, laughing and laughing. It sounds really funny really really funny really. Well, that was then. Today, we couldn’t laugh about it anymore. Statements are taken, quite a lot of people are involved. The good guys become the bad guys, I’m really pissed with that. And the bad guy is getting sympathy from others.
Rumors came about that they are setting up a fund to hire a lawyer to fight the case. It made me worried and also upset. They seemed to have missed the point.
If you actually knew what happen and is upset I do this posting - I have the fucking right to post what I want so long as it doesn’t break or obstruct the law. I feel like opening up about the incident. Perhaps some day.
[If you disagree with me writing about this, feel free to text me hate messages. Please do not reveal more events in using the comments in this post.]
Those frigging faggots automatically subscribe Pioneer Magazine and deduct money from me. Seriously, we ought be have an opt-in feature instead of the current opt-out. That’s what I fucking hate about Singapore. So many by-default thing. When I die they want to take my organs by default; when I am alive, they want to take my money and mail me some trashy Pioneer magazines. Seriously, how many people is required to scream right back to them that we don’t want to spend money on the magazine. I don’t even read it! It’s like a company newsletter twice as bad.
Pioneer Magazine is a monthly publication that the Ministry of Defence sends me. I read them before but nothing interest me. It goes into the trash within 2 minutes for me. My friends use it to fold into boxes to put in fish bones during dinner time. I’m just afraid it would actually spoil my appetite only.
So how do I unsubscribe from Pioneer Magazine?
(Freedom of expression go to hell!)
This is probably the most ironic protestor you’ll ever meet. He says no to freedom of expression. I don’t think he actually understands what that is.
Further reading reveals this protestor upset over the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. It depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September 30, 2005. The newspaper announced that this publication was an attempt to contribute to the debate regarding criticism of Islam and self-censorship. Danish Muslim organizations, who objected to the depictions, responded by holding public protests attempting to raise awareness of Jyllands-Posten’s publication. The controversy deepened when further examples of the cartoons were reprinted in newspapers in more than fifty other countries. (So of course, I shan’t be posting an image of the controversial cartoons.) The poster behind writes ‘kill those who insult the prophet’. (My source is once again Wikipedia)
In Singapore, we don’t really have as much freedom of expression as the United States too. We can’t just stage a protest without getting a licence - yes, you need a licence to stage a protest in Singapore. During the IMF World Bank Conference, protests are allowed in a conference room because all outdoor protests are prohibited. I shall quote Gems Sty guide to how to stage a protest in Singapore.
During the IMF World Bank Conference, the protestors are handed out guidelines to follow. It looks like this:
Some Do�??s and Don�??ts when using the designated area
Please observe these do�??s and don�??ts when using the designated area so as to ensure as little disruption as possible to other activities taking place in Suntec Singapore.
- Do: Keep both your IMF/WB and designated area passes visible at all times.
- Do: Keep the noise to an acceptable level. For this reason, sound amplification systems should not be used.
- Do: Be appropriately attired at all times and respect the cultural sensitivities of all participants to the Annual Meetings.
- Do: Keep all activities within the designated area
- Do: Keep the designated area free of food or drinks.
- Do: Avoid moving any of the barricades marking out the designated area.
- Don�??t: Burn anything as part of the gathering.
- Don�??t: Display anything or behave in a manner that would:
- Provoke a breach of the peace;
- Cause alarm or distress;
- Offend religious or racial/ethnic sensitivities; or
- Be prejudicial to the security of Singapore.
Due to safety concerns for persons in Suntec Singapore, we will not allow certain items to be brought into Suntec Singapore. Such items include wooden and metal poles or wooden cut-outs. Upon request and subject to availability, substitute materials will be made available to hold up banners and placards.
Also, you cannot just speak in the public and gather an audience, you will need to do that in a special Speaker’s Corner.
Yeah, so not much freedom in Singapore. And by the way, Singapore is among the safest countries around.
As for religion, Singapore Population of Census 2000 shows:
Buddhism and Taoism, which were traditional Chinese religions, jointly accounted for 51 per cent of the resident population aged 15 years and above in 2000 compared with 54 per cent in 1990. The main shift had been from Taoism to Buddhism among the Chinese. The proportion of Muslims and Hindus remained relatively unchanged at 15 per cent and 4 per cent respectively.
The shift towards Christianity continued but the increase in proportion of Christians was very gradual - from 10 per cent in 1980 to 13 per cent in 1990 and 15 per cent in 2000. The increase was among the better-educated Chinese who were more inclined towards Christianity.
Source: Singapore Infomap
Singapore exhibit good religious tolerance. It’s kinda like you serve your own God, I serve mine; we may try to convert each other but respect for each other’s religion must still be present. After all, religion is still quite a sensitive issue.
Jehovah’s Witnesses (a Christian group) is disallowed practice in Singapore as it opposed to the current two-year mandatory military service (conscription). In the 1980s, Singapore “advised” Christian evangelists to stop distribution of Christian materials in Malay language. Most of the local Malays are Muslims and some Christians are trying to convert over the Muslims. Then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew condemned “insensitive evangelization” as a serious threat to racial harmony. (More information on Religions in Singapore.)
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NS (National Service) is for everyone, NS is a crime, NS is a must for all, NS waste of time.
I’m slightly amused by this one. All Singaporean abled men are to serve a mandatory national service for 2 years. They are to get miserable pay and some, like me, get to stay in quite a lot. It kinda awoken my anti-national-service sentiments. Well, anyway, as much as I dislike the Singapore army, I sort of finish serving it already. Still liable for reservist though.