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    Circuit Breaker v2.0

    May 14, 2021

    And we are back to Circuit Breaker v2.0, more than a year after the first one. The Government is not calling it Circuit Breaker though, they are calling it Phase 2 – Heightened Alert.

    We all see it coming back beginning of April, well except the Government, when the daily imported cases keep increasing. But the Government refused to ban the flights from those high risk countries (actually just one). This is the consequence.

    How many more Circuit Breakers that we need to go through before the Government becomes more proactive?

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  • Current Affairs

    RIP Steve Jobs

    October 6, 2011

    “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

    The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

    About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

    Maybe they have to be crazy.”

     

    RIP Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)

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  • Current Affairs

    Stephen Gately And The Power Of Twitter

    October 17, 2009

    The past two days clearly demonstrated to me the influence of Twitter.

    Jan Moir wrote an article for the Daily Mail on the death of Stephen Gately. The former Boyzone member had died in his sleep, and basically she was bashing him because he was gay. The article was originally titled, ‘Why there was nothing ‘natural’ about Stephen Gately’s death.’, but has since been changed to ‘A strange, lonely and troubling death.’

    It was picked up by Stephen Fry, with a huge Twitter following. And before long, it received worldwide attention. So much so that Moir had to issue a statement to say that she was the target of an orchestrated campaign. Ads were withdraw from Moir’s online article and more than 1,000 complains were lodged with the Press Complaints Commission.

    Such is the impact of Twitter.

    More articles on this :

    Why there was nothing ‘human’ about Jan Moir’s column on the death of Stephen Gately

    Jan Moir of the Daily Mail speaks out after Gately uproar

    And the article that caused it the uproar : Why there was nothing ‘natural’ about Stephen Gately’s death.

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  • Current Affairs

    Discrimination Against Singaporeans In Singapore

    October 9, 2009

    Singaporeans need not apply for this job in Singapore.

    And in case it has been taken down, here is the screenshot:

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  • Current Affairs

    Doom!

    March 3, 2009

    Everyday I read the news, I see more bad news. HSBC cutting 6,100 jobs. American International Group reports a fourth quarter loss of US$61.1B, the largest ever in corporate history. Dow Jones fell below 7,000 for the first time since 1997.

    And we thought it could not get worst.

    And the cause of all this? Greed. Gordon Gekko was so wrong when he said, ‘Greed is good.’.

    Can I survive through this? Will I still have a job? How long will this last? How many more companies will fail? Will there be even more bad news? Have we hit the bottom? Or are we just free falling in a bottomless pit?

    There is no end in sight.

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    How Is This For A Name?

    February 12, 2009

    The newly appointed Germany Minister of Economic Affairs, has the official name

    ‘Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg’.

    Or just ‘Mr. von und zu Guttenberg‘.

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    Election Is Near?

    January 23, 2009

    After the big mass orgy that arose from the Minister’s speech on raising GST in order to cater for free public transport, the Public Transport Council is looking at reducing the public transport fares.

    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/404406/1/.html

    So, with the recent Budget and this, is the election near?

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  • Current Affairs

    Technical Recession

    October 10, 2008

    Now that Singapore has moved into its first recession since 2002, can the Government bring down the transport costs, which was raised recently, and the utilities bill, which was raised just last month?

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    Left Pocket In, Right Pocket Out

    September 29, 2008

    So I just got my Growth Dividends from the Government, and then almost immediately, I have to come out all of it and more back to the Government.

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    Dungeons and Dragons Are For

    September 26, 2008

    Democrats?

    Official response from WoTC

    And then the apology.

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