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May 31st, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Leave a comment

Lee vs Chee
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Chees’ Last Stand
- THE armchair critic: So what if you win?
- Desparatebeep: Give me 10 mins and I’ll just waste it ranting
- Nomed Letters: It’s time to dump our SDP minions
- Singapore Dissident: Singapore. Judge Belinda Ang’s Kangaroo Court
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: The States’ Times versus IHT
- Singapore Indian Voice: Closing statement by Chee Soon Juan in court with Lee Kuan Yew

MSK Fallout
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: What does it take for a Singaporean minister to be sacked?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Watch Closely!: Ticking Timebomb

Burma Aid
- Yawning Bread: The second Burmese conversation

Pink Issues
- Yawning Bread: The displacement of reason

Daily Discourse
- Sam’s Thoughts: The Tragedy of the Dragon Voter
- The one dimensional island: Horrors of civil service speak – SG style
- Sheep City: Amnesty International ReportT 2008- Singapore

Miss Singapore Universe 2008
- Dancing feet: Long Pageant Update – Bikini Shoot & Cocktail Event

Infoblogoramus
- EDMW: Read the mole
- Cooler Insights: Free Entry to NHB Museums this Weekend!
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Amnesty’s 2008 state of the world’s human rights report

May 30th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Sayaka Ando (安藤沙耶香) was born in Takasaki, Gunma and raised in Sendai, Japan. A former race queen, Sayaka is also one of Japan’s most popular gravure idol. Pictures after the break. [NSFW]

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May 30th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (6)

Singapore Patriot’s Gerald Giam talked about activists having an important role to play in our society. I agree. Activism is probably a relatively alien concept to most Singaporeans. Even I’m not sure what activism really is. Our politicians and the MSM have always been quick to portray non-sanctioned activism as a distraction, an unproductive destructive endeavour. We grew up under this mantra, and words like “ideals” and “fighting for your believes” hold little meaning to us. We are infused instead with words like “pragmatism” and “no free lunch”. And as filial sons of the nation, we steered clear of being “trouble makers” or “rocking the boat”. But now, with a whole generation of young Singaporeans growing up immersed in such foreign concepts like “free expression” and “personal liberty”, are we ready to welcome activism back into our society?

What is an activist? What makes one one and what does an activist do? Am I considered an activist by starting SGDaily? If “spreading the message” is one of the main aims of activism, why aren’t our activists blogging more (like their Malaysian brethren)? So far I’ve only seen a handful of local activist blogs. If you know of any, tell us, and let’s get more people reading their work.

MSK Fallout
- catherinelim.sg: Letter to the Straits Times on the Mas Selamat Scandal

Lee vs Chee
- Empty Vessel: The power of effective English

Daily Discourse
- nofearSingapore: English and frontline foreign workers: Letter to the editor
- Ong Jiin Joo: 50km is a LONG distance with no petrol :(
- Simply Jean: Are you a civil servant?
- EDMW: [asia1] MM: A lie against Govt will be pursued – even in cyberspace

Life, the universe and everything
- Endoh’s Dungeon: What’s on Dr. Mahathir’s mind?
- Webs: Chinese Premier Wows on Facebook
- Cooler Insights: Corporate Blogging Isn’t Just Fun and Games

May 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (19)

Microsoft Demos Windows 7
- Engadget: Live from D: Gates and Ballmer debut Windows 7
- Beyond Binary: Windows chief talks ’7′
- AllThingsD: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer and Windows 7 Preview
- ChannelWeb: Will Microsoft Deliver The ‘Wow’ In Windows 7?
- PC Mag: Windows 7 Already a Threat to Vista
- InformationWeek: Windows 7 Shows Microsoft Hasn’t Learned Vista Lessons
- The Industry Standard: Windows 7′s multi-touch won’t save Microsoft from Vista
- Computerworld: Is Windows 7 really Vista SP2 in disguise?
- BetaNews: Windows 7 multi-touch SDK being readied for PDC in October
- CrunchGear: Windows 7 screen grabs look better than they sound
- PC World: Video – See Windows 7 Multi-Touch Demoed

Reviews
- TweakTown: Up close with MSI WIND desktop in Taipei
- HWZ: MSI N9600GT Hybrid Freezer
- VR-Zone: XFX GeForce 9800 GTX/GX2 Black Edition
- Tom’s Hardware: [First Look] AMD / ATI RV770 vs. NVIDIA G92-R700 [CN translate]
- VR-Zone: MSI Wind PC Dissection and Power Consumption Test
- TrustedReviews: BenQ DC C850 Digital Camera

Tech News
- CNET: New image hyperlinking patent comes under fire in online forums
- Nick MacKechnie: Microsoft IE 8 Beta 2 Coming! Are your websites ready?

SG Tech
- Tribolum.com: Notes from Verge: OgilvyOne’s Digital Summit
- The Geek Soddess Show: The Geek Goddess Show Episode 3: Virtual Worlds & NetBash
- Ian on the Red Dot: The Patent Troll Shouldn’t Make You Ashamed Of Singapore
- Cooler Insights: China Conquering the Virtual World?

May 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

MSK Fallout
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Fallout from Mas Selamat Kastari’s escape
- Sgpolitics: A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure
- Baloney and Balls: Why wasn’t the ISD Director sacked?
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Mas Selamat’s Escape: Closure and Managing Public Expectations
- TOC: 90 days since escape… no more information?

Lee vs Chee
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: SDP’s lawyer M. Ravi to PM Lee: Would you agree that your family controls Singapore?
- Singabloodypore: Singapore politicians hurl insults in court
- Singapore Indian Voice: Opposition leader calls hearing on premier’s lawsuit ‘pathetic’
- EDMW: Do anyone feel speechless at what PM lee lawyer said(vs SDP)?

Parliament 26 May 2008
- Sgpolitics: Parliamentary Snapshots (26, 27 May)

Our 147th|151st Press
- The Daily Backtrack: I stand corrected, and then some

SDP’s Tak Boleh Tahan
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Video of tak boleh tahan event on 25 May at Toa Payoh Lorong 1

Censorship
- SG Review: MDA officials seizing the film One Nation Under Lee @ private screening [Vid]

Daily Discourse
- SG Energy Crisis: Batam threatens to block Indonesian natural gas supply to Singapore – Alert
- The boy who knew too much: Crime in the UK and Singapore
- Authority Sites Directory Blog: Singapore – Just Overcrowded

Life, the universe and everything
- Eastcoastlife: Peep Show at bustling Singapore Tourist Belt – WW
- mrbrown: The WTF! Show is now on TV!
- Seen This Scene That Southern Ridges Singapore: Canopy Walk Near Kent Ridge Park

Infoblogoramus
- TOC: Seminar on Internet Regulatory Reform

May 28th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Gigi Lai Chi (黎姿) is very well known for her beautiful image and her love of beauty, the Hong Kong media has given her the nickname “Goddess of Beauty” (愛美神). She can be seen in Channel U’s broadcast of Healing Hands (妙手仁心) at 10pm. Pictures after the break.

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May 28th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (5)

So the fallout from limping man’s escape:

Sacked
- Superintendent of WRDC
- Special Duty Operative

Relieved of Duties [wats means?]
- ISD Command Director

Demoted
- Deputy Superintendent WRDC
- 2 Gurkhas

Warning Letters
- Special Duty Operative’s supervisor
- Chief Warder
- Technical Officer responsible for CCTV upgrading

Are we missing anyone on the list >_<

MSK Fallout
- Sgpolitics.net: DPM Wong Kan Seng addressed all issues except his own culpability
- HWZ: Whitley Road Superintendant Sacked

Parliament 26 May 2008
- Sgpolitics.net: Parliamentary Snapshots (Monday 26 May)

Pedra Branca
- Wah Piang Eh!: Wah Piang Eh Ideas For Pedra Branca Development [Thanks Richard]

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Simply Jean: Why tax donations for Sichuan Charity Show?

The Political Internet Boundary
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Cyberspace politics: who cares?

Voting for the Opposition
- For Want of a Better Title: Yaw Shin Leong, WP, SDP and PAP

Healthcare
- The Online Citizen: Medishield – Why burden the elderly further?

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits:
(Some) Subsidies are bad (, while others are necessary to help us win votes)

Daily Discourse
- Mr Wang Says So: The Immorality of Robbing Earthquake Victims [link down]
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: The Rush for Seatbelts
- LarryLim.net: No More Petrol For Singapore Cars In JB

May 27th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (8)

Reviews
- I4U News: NVIDIA 3-way SLI Review
- HWZ: ASUS Nova P20 Mini PC
- X-bit labs: 4GB USB Flash Drives Roundup
- Techware labs: Size vs Resolution – Does Size Really Matter?
- TweakTown: Energy Efficient Computing with Intel
- OCIA.net: Logitech MX 5500 Keyboard / Mouse Combo
- TrustedReviews: Fujifilm FinePix J10
- Anandtech: The Digital Sensor: A Guide to Understanding Digital Cameras
- Anandtech: The Digital Sensor: Part 2

Tech News
- Cnet: The state of the next-gen video game console
- TechSpot: Samsung unveils “world’s fastest” 256GB SSD
- NYT: Resistance Is Futile
- Gamasutra: WildTangent’s St. John Declares Consoles Dead, Claims PC Renaissance

SG Tech
- The eOK .network: He made an amazing network
- Ian On The Red Dot: A Very Special Evening With Vinton Cerf From Google
- Simply Jean: Live blogging at “Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century”
- theory.isthereason: China’s New Groove: “The information opening is the disaster relief best weapon”
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Google Health – How to implement it in Singapore (or other countries)
- Tech 65: 65 Bits Episode 72 : Penguin Killers

May 27th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Pedra Branca
- Endoh’s Dungeon: Malaysian’s unhappiness over ICJ’s Pedra Branca verdict
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: A quick response to the ICJ judgment on the Pedra Branca sovereignty issue
- Befolgen Sie mich oder sterben Sie: Victory????
- Simply Jean: Pedra Branca solved, now for South Ledge and territorial waters. Soon another dispute? Some perspectives
- I Not Stupid: Pedra Branca – Don’t be too jubilant
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: S’pore drives a big car to hide its small prick… Shame!
- unsolicitedopinion: The verdict is out, Pedra Branca is ours, but…
- Baloney and Balls: And Pedra Blanca goes to…
- Syamsulariff.com: The reasons why Singapore got Pulau Batu Putih & Middle Rocks went to Malaysia
- SG_Ljers: That tiny bitsy bitty island are belong to us

Podfire Under Fire
- Sabrina.SG: No Episode 4 of Blogger’s Treat? Ask Podfire!
- Botak Cheng!: Podfire: An exercise is dealing with unreasonable people
- Small steps for Social PRPodfire: Setting the records straight
- Work Whore: Is Podfire trustworthy?
- nocturne.noctalis: Podfire vs Blogger’s Treat
- Nerd|Geek: PodFire and Blogger’s Treat: Read the Fine Print
- Ian on the Red Dot: Sabrina & Podfire: It Doesn’t Help To Escalate Issues Through A Blog

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee : Subsidies will not solve Singapore’s problems!
- My Singapore News: What’s wrong with subsidies?

Lee vs Chee
- TOC: The charge of the Chee brigade
- Singapore Patriot: Chee should quit politics and start an activist group
- Singapore Patriot: Politicians and activists both have a role in S’pore

Voting for the Opposition
- Sgpolitics: An Open Letter to Low Thia Khiang and Sylvia Lim on the Yaw Shin Leong fiasco [Thanks E-Jay]

Racist Blogger Jailed
- Simply Inconceivable: Jail the racist blogger. Legal? [Thanks Justn]
- Fauzi Rassull: Another Racist Blogger Found. This Time, A Female Blogger [Thanks agnes]

Parliament 26 May 2008
- Sgpolitics: Sneak Preview of next Monday’s (26 May’s) Parliamentary session

Re education
- Mr Wang Says So: The Primary School Adventures of Mr Wang

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Life and Times: A nest of our own
- Singapore Sojourn: Orchard Follies
- Yawning Bread: We’re prepared to listen, says government
- A writer’s blog: When the PAP is the opposition
- No buns no life: REVIEW: A Nation Under Lee
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: In response to Gabriel [Thanks udders]

Life, the universe and everything
- Cooler Insights: The Future of Marketing in the Age of Social Media
- mrbrown: Folding bikes on MRT and buses: trial begins

May 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Annie Yi Neng Jing 伊能静 is one of the few celebrities in Taiwan who is not only beautiful but has brains as well (才女). She began her career writing and singing Mandarin pop songs. After gaining success as a singer, she began acting in movies and TV dramas, for which she won several awards. She next started her own program in which she hosted, and then surprised everyone by publishing 5 books of novels, poems and essays, most of which were best sellers in Taiwan. Her husband is Taiwan popular singer songwriter Harlem Yu Cheng Qing 庾澄庆.

Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]

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May 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (11)

David Cook did it! He actually beat The Chosen One! I think this is why he deserves to be the American Idol:

David Cook: Always Be My Baby

Local Blogger Arrested
- Endoh’s Dungeon: Is openness really what Singaporeans can handle?
- Almost Infamous: Fragrant Prince
- Anonymous_X: Racism is only funny in…”Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”. Not in the real world…or in the blogosphere
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Sexy Fragrance Prince’s Unsexy Arrest
- Ian On The Red Dot: Uncle Sha’s Question To Me: Was The Post By Fragrance Prince Offending?
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Racist Bloggers: Then & Now (why it affects me)
- Tomorrow.sg: Racist Crap
- EDMW: blardy racist…give it to him!

Pink Issues
- Yawning Bread: The unnatural afterlife of the Section 377A debate

Daily Discourse
- JGNews: Online politicization: Singapore’s source of new activists
- Simply Gab: The Reason Why Old and New Media Remain Strange Bedfellows [Thanks Gabby]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Understanding US$130 Oil
- TOC: Campaign the Singapore Government to stop producing cluster bombs
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: World Bank says that Singapore needs to ease controls to remain competitive
- My Singapore News: Feedback between the Ruler and the Ruled

Miss Singapore Universe 2008
- nadelicious till de very last drop!: Cringeworthy moments of the finals of Miss Singapore Universe
- Baloney and Balls: Miss Singapore Universe

Life, the universe and everything
- EDMW: MDA officially annouces ban on videosharing prawn site

Infoblogoramus
- TIA Conferences: Free Public Forum on “Understanding the implications of inflation on your investments and the labour market”
- Ong Jiin Joo: Office Ergonomics 101

May 23rd, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Nao Nagasawa (長澤奈央) is a Japanese actress, singer and model. She is one of mentors for girl’s BOX activities, an AVEX Idol event. She is currently part of the idol group, Kingyo. Pictures after the break. [PNSWF]

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May 23rd, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (6)

Manchester United wins the Champions League after a penalty shootout that went into nail bitting sudden death. Lots of panda eyes like me in Raffles Place today.

Local Blogger Arrested
- Simply Jean: Local blogger arrested
- Ian On The Red Dot: Bloggers Should Be Allowed To Be As Racist As Possible

Voting for the Opposition
- The Online Citizen: Political suicide or political maturity?

Our 147th|151st Press
- URBANRANT: Doc sex on spy cam case: gaps in Straits Times reporting

Freedom, Choice, A Place for My Voice
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: Loosen up a little, PAP

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Singapore Life and Times: Great Singapore Squeeze
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Fold-and-ride trial on trains and buses

Daily Discourse
- Simply Jean: Starhub block! Block! Block!

Life, the universe and everything
- harmless? bananas!: Freakhog Cool Cadbury Egg Crushing Machine

May 22nd, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Reviews
- Notebook Italia: MSI Wind PC vs Asus Eee PC: comparative tests [Ita translate]
- TechSpot: Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3650 1GB review
- bit-tech: BenQ X2200W 22″ widescreen LCD monitor
- Techware Labs: Thermaltake BlacX Hard Drive Docking Station
- ASE Labs: Antec Three Hundred Case
- Benchmark Reviews: ASUS BC-1205PT SATA Blu-ray Disc Optical Drive
- AMDZone: Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev2
- Madshrimps: Passive CPU Coolers ShoutOut: CM Z600 vs Scythe Ninja CU
- TrustedReviews: Sennheiser MX 560 Earphones

Tech News
- AMD GAME: ATI Catalyst 8.5 drivers released
- PC Mag: Napster Starts Selling DRM-free MP3s
- NYT: Why the Roku Netflix Player is the First Shot of the Revolution
- ChannelWeb: 38 Scammers Charged In Global Crime Ring
- Opera Software: State of the Mobile Web: First Quarter, 2008

May 22nd, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (2)

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain 鸟话连篇: 如果你想哭 (If you want to cry…)

Burma Aid
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: You call this a compromise?
- Endoh’s Dungeon: Donation to Myammar? No thanks!
- The Online Citizen: Crisis in Myanmar and the responsibility to protect

Voting for the Opposition
- The Void Deck: TVD’s Picks: Law’s Decision to Vote MIW over SDP – Woah

Prison Break, Singapore Style
- Foreign Policy: Jailbreak shakes public confidence in Singapore

Singaporeans Bailing Out Troubled Bankers
- Yawning Bread: Long term investments or long shots?

Education
- Ed Leading Edge: Future of Education in Singapore…

Censoring the Video
- Nomed Letters: SDP vs PAP – The Video Fiasco

Freedom, Choice, A Place for My Voice
- The Maxima: Where has the voices gone?

Daily Discourse
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Educate, Castigate but not Regulate
- Simply Jean: Guess who earns peanuts too?
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: The Iron Fist Behind Soft Authoritarianism
- URBANRANT: Sydney campus finds potential conflict of interest in the UNSW campus project in Singapore

Life, the universe and everything
- thegreatsze: No Country For Old Men – Real World Application
- vinyarb: How much does a ghost cost?
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Huat.SG!

May 21st, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Song Hye Kyo (송혜교 or 宋慧敎) is a talented Korean actress who made her debut by winning the Grand Prize in model search in SunKyung Smart (school uniform brand) and in a Sunday morning drama called “Happy Morning” (KBS, 1996). Her breakthrough came in the Korean drama series, Autumn Fairy Tale. Her first popular role was in Full House, in which she co-starred with Korean singer, Jung Ji-Hoon (better known as Rain). Pictures after the break.

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May 21st, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (1)

The Sichuan Earthquake
- Endoh’s Dungeon: Interviewing victims pinned under collapsed buildings?
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: The Politics of Karma
- Singapore Life and Times: Business of giving

Burma Aid
- Yawning Bread: Burma should be suspended from Asean
- nofearSingapore: ASEAN, please expel Burma [Thanks Dr.Huang]
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: ASEAN wins trust of Myanmar generals; but what does it say about ASEAN?
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Burmese candlelight vigil for the cyclone victims (17 May 2008)

Voting for the Opposition
- A Partisan Guy: 3 Scenarios… Hush [Thanks Peter]
- The Kway Teow Man: Yaw Shin Leong is Right!
- The Online Citizen: WP’s OS voted for the PAP
- The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: WP CEC member Yaw Shin Leong proud to vote for PAP !!!
- Sheep City: A vote on the wild side

Paper Chase
- Looking through the eyes of _ _: On scholarships

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Explaining the UGLY SINGAPOREAN!!!
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: What now for FEER?

Censoring the Video
- Ian On The Red Dot: The Screening of “One Nation Under Lee” – The Authorities Were Restrained

The Price of Rice
- The Online Citizen: The rise and fall of rice

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Life and Times: Gone with the sex
- Military Life: How to get pass IPPT in the Singapore Armed Forces
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Fragrance Prince – Watch what you post on your blog
- Nomed Letters: It’s all Politics, Stupid!
- Simply Jean: ST forum writer self pwned ? Read between the lines in the reply and you’ll know why
- the(new)mediaslut: Real or mock, a protest in SG by another other name still requires a police permit

Life, the universe and everything
- Just Stuff: A Wesak Day Message – Me and A Tree Called ‘Bo’
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland : S.A.M. minimum $2 purchase of stamps irks
- the boy who knew too much: Chicken Soup for a Singaporean Soul
- harmless? bananas!: Do you really care about social media?
- Cooler Insights: Laughter the Best Advertising Medicine?

An extra bump for Linda:

Survey Participants Needed
A NTU Masters student is conducting an Internet survey on “Internet Users’ Perceptions of Socio-Political Blog Credibility in Singapore”. The survey comprises of 19 questions and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. This survey will run throughout May 2008 and respondents stand a chance of winning $200 cash.

If interested, please click here.

May 20th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (5)

A test result done by a German institute concerning Bittorrent blocking activities in various parts of the world has named Starhub as one of the companies that engages in Bittorrent traffic blocking.
Source. [Thanks Lurzan]

Reviews
- Hardwarezone: The Mother of Boards: Gigabyte EP45-DQ6 Preview
- Techware Labs: Creative X-FI XtremeGamer FATAL1TY Pro Series
- Velocityreviews: XBox 360 PC Controller
- Bit-tec: Lian Li V1110
- Futurelooks: Gelid GC1 High Performance Thermal Compound Review
- TrustedReviews: Philips DVDR5520H DVD/HDD Recorder

Tech News
- Washington Post: Shortsighted Nostalgia for XP
- Shacknews: AMD Talks ‘Console-like’ PC Brand
- Times Online: Google in urgent talks over Microsoft-Yahoo! deal
- WSJ: Google Helps Organize Medical Records

May 20th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (8)