I was watching my TV just now and during the commercials, I saw this ad with two very serious guys talking. They are actually trying to rally people to vote against certain government decisions in a commercial sort of way!! I I was shocked.

Firstly, I was quite shocked by the how openly these opposition people are. I am startled by how free the media here is. Can you imagine Chee soon juan or some other oppositions start to appear in various commercials in Singapore, urging Singaporeans to oppose certain government decisions? The publicities given to him were mainly pictures of him in handcuffs, walking outside subordinate court etc. Not being able to appear on TV in a glamorous way, he has to resort to giving out flyers in NUS.

For your information, Singapore is ranked 140 out of 167 in terms of media freedom. However, as how our leaders put it, we should not be ashamed of it due to our economic prosperity. Oops. Did I just blurt out an answer scheme from social studies? Haha. I am not ashamed of the fact la. I mean I am just shocked.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/290904/singapore_not_ashamed_of_low_rank_for_press_freedom/

But I guess Singapore is improving, given that we jumped 4 places from last year. Apparently, the news of mas selemat was being released as a straits times report got the information. Hence, the authority has no choice but to release the news too. Really? They could have prevented the reporter from reporting it but they didn’t. Don’t know why. Maybe they are giving some autonomy to our press? Don’t raise your eyebrows la. It’s a positive start la.

Woah!! Mas selamat is finally caught. If he decides to write a book about his life, I bet it will be a big hit. He can write about his numerous escapes, his exceptional talent in identifying opportunities to escape. I am really interested in how he managed to get out of Singapore. According to Straits times, he swam across the sea with some floatation device that he made. Cool. So all the causeway jam were for nothing. In the show prison break, Michael Scofield buried a diving gear near the beach and used it to swim across to somewhere too. Cool. J
Just wondering, apparently, mas selamat was caught in 1 April. So why did they only release the information today? Are they checking whether the mas selamat is the real one and not somebody in disguising mas selamat? I mean you never know. They are masters of disguise. I really can’t understand why they did not release the information earlier.

While reading this news, I happen to chance upon this while following comment thread on mas selamat. I don’t know how I ended up here too.

Last February, a USSPN Washington Regional Coordinator was present during a report given by an international lawyer from Singapore, Thio Su Mien (Su), who is gifted in prophetic intercession and healing. She shared about some of the things going on in the area of Indonesia before the tsunami.She explained how the SARS virus hit Singapore a year prior to the earthquake/tsunami. The Lord alerted the intercessors and told them that if they did not get on their faces and repent on behalf of their nation's involvement in abortion as the contraceptive of choice, that the land would suffer from His hand of judgment.

http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=2997

Don’t waste what you learnt in social studies. Do not form opinions straight away. That comment may not be meant for general public. Use your social studies skills and think carefully and form opinions after that. I can’t imagine how I would feel if I lost a friend or relative during the SARS if I happen to chance upon it as well. Well, I guess people are entitled to their opinions, whether the opinion is a responsible/sensible/helpful/extreme one or not. This comment reminded me about how my ah-ma will always attribute stuff to creative reasons. Like when I had a cough, she will say that it is because I did not switch off the main switch after I use my computer. Something like that. I will be irritated although I know she meant well. Just an interesting read. No offence huh.

I just got back from laser tag!! Whew, it was fun!!! Oh, it is a war game thing organised by our floor senior resident. You have to wear this laser vest thing and try to shoot your opponents' vest in the dark maze. It was really fun!! It is a floor thing so basically, my floor had to fight against the other floor. But my floor had too many people so we were split up. It was fun shooting my dodo neighbour. But they are really sneaky, kept sneak-attacking me from behind. They brought scarves and gloves thinking that the maze will be very cold. Haha. They are funny people. We went for ice cream after that. :)

I played this once with my class in Cidans bt batok in sg. It was really fun too!!! I think it costs quite a bit to play in sg. Here, it is 15 for 2 games. Haha. Should play together. very fun.

I like to watch tv in my room. Quite entertaining sometimes. The news is talking about what women wants now. They are saying nowadays, women want a men who is

1. Humorous
2. Has a job
3. Good looking
4. Athletic

Then they started talking about how hedge fund managers in pinstriped shirt and briefcase are OUT. Now, construction workers, the REAL MEN with REAL JOBS are IN. then they started talking about how construction sites became a hunting ground for women looking for love. I was really amused because the interviews are really drama. Women who were interviewed said that they want men who can help do stuff around the house etc. They appeared really enthu throughout the interview. The news even showed where the areas with construction workers are, to facilitate the hunt.

Can you imagine when these aussie women come over to Singapore and started hunting in construction sites?? I hope they have a pleasant surprise, and not a cultural shock. Oh i mean cultural invasion. Haha. I wonder if Singapore women will have a change of taste and start hunting in construction sites too. Haha. Can go to little india with their bf every sunday.

Wa i cannot resist posting this. Read it.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_369631.html?vgnmr=1

Wa cant believe people will do this. This is even more unethical than the china milk powder thing. Oh unethical is understating it. I guess it may not be true. Cause it is difficult to believe that any human being is inhumane enough to do it.

I often read straits times to keep track of what’s happening in Singapore. Recently, I keep seeing this AWARE thing around, on facebook etc. So I started reading them in Straits times. It is kind of addictive!! So drama and action-packed. Can’t believe I missed out on the actions in Singapore. I read that they are mainly divided into 2 teams during their general meeting. 1 team in red while the other team in white. I was wondering why not green??!! Cause I instantly thought of orientation! Should wear green ma! I was from green house. Can imagine them doing ecstasy cheer during their meeting. Haha. Red and white so national day and kind of copying NJC.

Ok back to my point. I read that emotions ran high during the meeting. There were security guards controlling crowd. The women in power held screaming matches with each other in front of reporters somemore. For some strange reason, I was reminded of this scene from the Unbeatables where Zoe Tay shouted across the gambling table at her opponent, “all the feud (en1 en1 yuan4 yuan4), let's settle on the gambling table!!!!” Then she starts to shake this black thing with dice in it very professionally with the old drama backgroud music.

Real life dramas. More interesting than channel 8. However, I hope this saga does not dilute the main objective of fighting for women’s rights. They should have a break and have a kit kat. Red and white too. Wa i feel like eating chocolate now.