i’ve done a major revamp and clean-up to the blog. layout(that’s not permanent, but whatever!) and categories all organised! deleted quite a few old entries dating back to june2004 too.
there’s now a whole truckload of categories but its not necessary to peruse thru everything in detail.
sister’s wedding is next week and i have yet to find a MUA for my younger sister, mom and i. which is bad. i think. or maybe not. i don’t know. we’ll see.
i don’t suppose anybody would be particularly interested in my journal entries, which is why i write pretty superficial stuff.
recently, an attack at my integrity has been made, all in the name of politics.
some fella on the Singapore Livejournal Community attacked the PAP with vulgarities. so me, being a ‘Pro-PAP piece of shit’(as what he termed people like me) just nicely told him to quit using vulgarities as it plain reeks of low-class-ness.
and he turned it into a mudslinging session at my integrity, so-called ‘digging thru my personal info’ and saying i tell lies and endorse a bully.
i don’t know, really. i read thru all my posts and they were all in my opinion rather superficial and the only time when i really got all worked up was for the MM Lee dialogue where rudeness was the crux.
what i write down here has been pretty vague, more so during the campaigning period. if anybody wants to infer further from the shallowness of my posts, they are most welcome to do so because hey, there are plenty of opinions to any issue. but do vent it in private please. i don’t recall making any personal attacks on people based on their political inclinations.
i tell you this. my 2 sisters are anti-PAP. but we never have once gotten into a heated debate with name-calling. mainly because we are just citizens that are not politically empowered. being an armchair critic is pretty puny in comparison to genuinely nice opposition people like Low and Chiam.
i’ll say this again and again : i endorse PAP not entirely, but for mostly what they can and have done. i don’t care much for the wrong things they may or may not have done because in general, 2/3 of the population agrees that they have done good stuff for them. i never ever said that i fully supported EVERYTHING they had done. i even said that they had done a GOOD job. and that every-freaking-body makes mistakes.
i do know that there have been casaulties from the PAP governance. i do not endorse suffering for i am no sadist. while i feel for those that are politically disenfranchised, i am still encouraged by the larger numbers who have been helped in one way or another by the PAP.
IF PAP was not the party that led singapore to where it was and let’s say it was the WP who had done so(and accomplished just as much) i would endorse the WP. because i endorse what has been done for the people,a.k.a reality. i do not endorse things based on dreams and ideals.
it seems like anti-PAP people don’t get where people like me are coming from. they get all angry and stuff, letting their anger cloud their judgement. they think that they have the rights to insult people like me.
to my dissenter, you have done a good job in angering me. however i am not about to resort to your kind of low. i am going to give you what you want. i will password protect all my entries that have even a tinge of politics in it. or better still, if you call for it, i can shut down my blog too, as i have once attempted doing it after some bugger that overeacted strongly to one of my posts.
Now that the elections are over, i can revert back to being extremely Pro-PAP!
Like doh, if you hadn’t guessed by now i am super pro-PAP, you certainly must be quite slow in your train of thought.
was in hongkong the past few days, so couldn’t blog from there. but i was certainly watching CNA everyday and on saturday i stayed up just to watch the results even though i had to wake up super early on sunday for church(yes, i went church in hongkong).
was a little crushed that they didn’t get back potong pasir but nvm lah.
SDP was fuming mad. chee siok chin said the elections were screwed(or something like that). but we all know how sore losers voices of dissent usually sound like *snigger*. but good thing they ran lah. make sembawang grc(pap)look extremely good.
however i do feel that the workers party did bring up certain valid points, points that can be used by my beloved PAP.
i don’t care what anybody else says(ie : PAP dissenters) but hey, they’ve been doing a good job, not a perfect one, but show me a perfect political party and i’ll show you the perfect man.
[source : www.channelnewsasia.com]
The island’s long-governing People’s Action Party(PAP) has been returned unopposed in 37 out of 84 seats in Parliament.
This is 6 seats shy of a majority.
However political analysts say there is no doubt that the PAP will form the government - what is in question is their share of votes.
This is the first time since 1988 the opposition is contesting more than half the seats.
There were loud cheers as the various candidates arrived at the Nomination Centres on Thursday to present their papers.
Nomination Day is when candidates declare their intention to contest the 84 seats in parliament.
But when nominations closed at noon, there were walkovers declared in Seven Group Representation Constituencies for the governing PAP which is contesting all seats.
The PAP was uncontested in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Jurong GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Marine Parade GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC, West Coast GRC and Hong Kah GRC.
Among those returned unopposed were the PAP teams led by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng.
There will be contests in seven other GRCs - Aljunied GRC, Ang Mo Kio GRC, Jalan Besar GRC, Sembawang GRC, East Coast GRC, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and Tampines GRC.
As in previous years, the opposition is contesting all 9 Single Member Constituencies.
The SMCs are Bukit Panjang, Chua Chu Kang, Joo Chiat, MacPherson, Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East, Potong Pasir, Yio Chu Kang and Hougang.
Single seats have been the favoured battleground for the opposition, which is defending two seats - Potong Pasir and Hougang. - CNA/ch
I don’t know about you guys but this election is pretty depressing for me because the GRC that i’m under kena contested for the first time. sian. the worst part? i’m not even sure if all 3 registered voters in my family are voting for the party which i so not obviously support.
and by the way, this is NOT a blatant support for any political party. because i put up all their logos.okay? lol.
[edited : point 6, i forgot to specify that when i said 'laptop' i meant that she prob used her laptop to write the articles on TODAY. thanks to fatboylee for bringing that point to my (short)attention(span)!]
usually im quite reticent on this blog, not talking much about what goes on in my life(and mind, for that matter).
but somehow, when someone(or some people) talk so much about Singapore and Politics, i feel that i must retort back in a similar fashion. ARMCHAIR VERSUS ARMCHAIR! WOOOOO!!!!
those panelists(i still have yet to watch their retort session so excuse the laggard standard of writing here) steadfastly stand by their delusion that they were not rude at all. as with their supporters(who typically will be 20-30, university educated and stuff).
their supporters go one up by saying that we, the Panelists Were Rude team(PWR), focus more on their lack of respect for the MM rather than the issues brought up altogether. they also criticize us(*yawn*, whats new!) by saying that we’re like extremely closet minded and too traditional, preferring to just see MM as an ‘old man’ and that he was ‘equally rude’. and the best part is that they assume all PWR people are above the age of 30. hello! look at me please!
i don’t know what exactly other PWR people are thinking but i can offer a few possible viewpoints.(once again, excuse me if i’m blabbering and repeating myself. which also not by chance, is what one critic said MM was doing)
The Panelists Were Rude Because…
1) MM , whether or not a senior politician, the founder of the ruling party, international political figure, deserves respect because he is older and has seen and experienced more than they will ever do so in their entire life.
2) They questioned his ideas and presence in the government, hinting that he should be stepping down to like, be a proper retired man of his age. let’s refer to point 1 again. hardship to the panelists is probably like worrying if they have enough gas money or enough money to pay for their 5 star hotel wedding. or paying back their parents for what they had done. so like that, Singapore dun have to pay the PAP back for the 40 odd years lah.
3) Even if MM rambled on and had very long pauses which may have made them unsure if he was spoken, wouldn’t a simple “Excuse Me, Mr Lee” suffice? more than not, they addressed him simply as “you” rather than “mr lee”
4) they were behaving like they were politically disenfranchised. let me remind you all that the Nepalese King just yesterday annouced that he was withdrawing his earlier demand for absolute power. and that was only after his people took to the streets to protest like mad against him, causing uncessary bloodshed. in Iran, they are planning to arrest women just for wanting to look good and behaving in a very ‘un-Islamic’ way. so ah, can i ask that the panelists sell off some of their PDA mobile phones, laptops and such to provide money to champion such a worthy political cause(you know, to fight for rights, something they think Singaporeans don’t have)?
5) they clearly thought MM was not capable of fast wit and logic, being 80-ish and all. old what, surely mental capacity must have diminished somewhat. so when one particular journo was cut down to size after questioning by MM, he chose to show his innermost feelings by sulking. very mature hor?
6) Bloggers have their blogs to vent(like me!) and one journalist wielded the power of her laptop and let everybody know how foolish they(they, as in the PWR people) were in her articles on the TODAY newspaper. of course she was not being rude, she was being frank, and MM clearly WANTED this style of Q and A. of course.
7) they keep harping on how ‘things weren’t done’ and how ‘things were done wrong’. but somehow ah, talking about how ‘things got done’ is not very thought provoking. seems very useless to talk about nice things.
they are but greenhorns. you know, i think i would’ve actually appreciated their points coming from the mouths of members of the Opposition Party. respected people like Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Kiang. its like fans watching The Rock wrestle The Undertakeer and telling you how difficult it is to wrestle The Undertaker. Would you rather listen to how difficult it was to wrestle The Undertaker from The Rock who did wrestled him personally, or have spectators tell you what they saw?
9) they keep saying that PAP strikes fear in people and we die-die hve to support them. the way they say ah, like really must bow to MM or something. eh, we don’t have a monarchy like Thailand(do you know that before movie screeenings they show a clip about the king and the moviegoers have to bow to the king when the clip ends?) that MM is the King or something lehs. MM is merely a political leader, you are free to choose whoever you want in the government.
10) the western ideals of freedom of expression appeal more to them rather than traditional asian values of shutting up and letting your elders talk. it is also better apparently if you just barge full on regardless of what others may think.
ooh, 10 reasons! YAY ME!
i know that there’s a ban on political blogging and stuff, so prease, bear in mind that this post is NOT attacking or supporting any particular political party, okay? its just speaking out, like those panelists were doing! 
[note : this entry was blogged yesterday, on the 20th of April 2006 in the morning. i have yet to catch the panelist's retort session so forgive the outdated stuff in here]
watched it yesterday. give it 4/5 stars.1 star taken off cos mainly it sure cost very little to film that movie. didn’t even recognize denzel washington until the credits were rolling. slow, i am. denzel proves his worth as an intense actor, clive owen was really good as the bank robber…and james ransome was in the movie too! for those of you who don’t know who james ransome is…its okay. i didn’t know who he was until recently. but anyway not long ago, he ran after a potential rapist and totally whupped his ass! awesome!!!
sigh..
school has started again. don’t ask me why but let’s just say my school is indeed quite screwed sometimes when it comes to administrative affairs.
i posted a comment on the MM Lee Dialogue thingy in a livejournal community and was promptly shot down by another commenter. which made me realise something. the demographic of the anti a certain party-ers = 24 to 30 years old and highly educated. exactly the kind of people a certain party wants and that the fact these detractors are shooting a certain party for only roping in that kind. hmmm. ironic? you betcha!
i mean c’mon, take a good look at me. i’m not exactly the kind of person that most political parties would be dying to rope in. in fact, i am what they would term as ‘the ordinary folk’, which oh, coincidentally, happens to be the folk who decide who gets to be the ruling party! if i can bring myself to see what a certain party has been doing for us for the past 40 odd years, i think those seemingly intelligent panelists(who by the way are having some kind of retort show hosted by diana ser today. and like DOH, they obviously still think they were right to be rude to MM Lee) should be able to see some light. provided they want to, i guess.
you know ah, they behaving like they are politically disenfranchised. wait until that happens. who’ll start crying first huh?
my older sister(who is in the demographic i mentioned earlier) says that she didn’t find those people were being rude to MM Lee. so i asked my younger sister who’s 16(and extremely opinionated) if she thought that the panelists were being reasonable in their mannerisms and speech. she said she didn’t approve. my older sis has once said she was like me, but her thinking has unfortunately morphed(i’m not insulting my sis, she’s just representative of the mold those panelists are shaped from). so now i’m wondering if my younger sis will follow suit.
in any case, i’ll still stick by to my beliefs. besides i don’t see the other parties focusing on really fantastic stuff anyway. they seem to be harping on the narrow scope of negativity and to me, that isn’t much at all.
SDP : www.singaporedemocrat.org
WP : www.wp.org.sg
PAP : www.pap.org.sg
go to today’s CNN.com edition. apparently saddam didn’t have WMD.like duh. Bush just wanted a reason to go trigger happy.too bad for him…
HE WAS FREAKING WRONG
i’d rather have no freedom rather than lose my life in some senseless bombing.
i’d rather stay being a production worker in an aspirin factory than to be bombed to death coz someone thought that i was helping to produce WMD.
i’d rather stay with oppressed living conditions than have my kids dying whilst waiting for candy.
apparently many americans still think that having Bush/Cheney at the helm of things would still be fine and dandy.nepotism at its best i tell you.
let someone else have a shot. Kerry/Edwards seem quite promising. i hate the stupid ruling that made Bush the winner though he had lesser votes as in comparison to Gore.
the vice presidential debates got rather heated. they actually exchanged personal attacks. hmmm. but i must say that Bush/Cheney are starting to sound more and more defensive and useless.
I know since i’m not a citizen of the USA i don’t need to care much. but the thing is that USA has a hold on many international affairs. i just wish they would have proper leadership that doesn’t go bomb countries just because they suspect that the country has terrorists. go find Osama first please.
yesterday’s NDP04 was seriously da bomb! made me feel even more nationalistic den before. i still feel that having so many hosts up onstage was pretty redundant though.
yups there was a standing ovation for our beloved outgoing PM Goh Chok Tong
he’s a great leader! introduced edusave…said and did things in a calm and rational way…i think everybody would agree with me when i say that he is DA BOMB!!! he’s been PM ever since i was fully aware of things going on around me…14 years…woah…
and he’s going to be succeeded by
ah well. i know he’d be just as good as PM Goh,if not better:)
Singapore Idol was funny! didnt expect local contestants to be so funny either. but the poor classically trained shanghai guy was very pitiful leh…so sad…should really set up Opera Idol for him…lol.. the lemon tree guy is gonna be so embarassed…William Hung of Singapore…wahhh.can’t wait to see how banana man looks like though. LOL. Singapore Idol is funny!!!
democrats seize power!!!!
Thursday, November 9th, 2006[UPDATE : THEY SEIZED THE SENATE AS WELL ! ! ! do i hear a woohoo? oh wait. its me going WOOHOO!!!i'm sorry.
i just don't like george bush.]da democrats are back!
yeahhh!!! yes i know i don’t have much business being so happy about this since i’m not a citizen of USA but but but i’m still happy!!!
and now people are more receptive to the idea of a woman speaker so maybe Hilary Clinton might be able to usurp Bush(fine i know that Bush legally can’t hold office again but let me say whatever i want to okay?)! haha.
anyway the democrats got back their groove due to the tainted reputations of many republicant leaders
america now has to vote with their heads! lol.
one of the biggest embarassments yet for them has to be Ted Haggard who is widely known as one of the most influential leaders in USA Christianity and a firm supporter of the republicant party.
its still NOT over yet at this time but whatever happens..well…que sera sera.
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