For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast.
And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest.
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam 5 January 1926 - 30 September 2008

The Passing of JBJ
- Gerald Giam: Passing of JBJ
- nofearSingapore: Mr. JB Jeyaratnam: R.I.P.
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: J B Jeyaretnam passed away this morning
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Thinking about Mr. JBJ
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Mourn for a Great Fighter
- The Itch To Write: The demise of …

Power to Cost the People
- Sgpolitics: Crude Oil falls well over 20%, but electricity bills rise 21%
- Feed Me To The Fish: Who’s paying for all the energy expended at F1?
- Jacob’s Weblog: We might as well live in darkness

High Notes and Minibombs
- Singapore Alternatives: MiniBond- Allocation of Responsibility
- Mr Wang Says So: Why Intelligent People Do Stupid Things Which Aren’t Really That Stupid
- Sgpolitics: My response to Mr Syu Ying Kwok’s ST letter

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yawning Bread: More people on this island, but poorer

SG Press rank 141 and falling
- This lush garden within: What role do the media play in Singapore?

Singapore F1 Grand Prix
- Singapore Life and Times: Start your engines
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Formula 1 Grand Prix Singapore 2008

Daily Discourse
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits S’pore’s speech to UN on the independent variables of ‘good governance’ and ‘democratic governance’

Infoblogoramus
- Lets Go To Speakers’ Corner: Calender of Events

My company was involved in the Singapore GP and this was the view from my hotel window where I stayed over the weekend. Not a bad shot with a cheap Nokia camera phone :-)

Korean girl group Wonder Girls 원더걸스 debuted in February 2007 with the release of their album The Wonder Begins. It was not until the release and public performance of the single “Tell Me” that their popularity shot through the roof, not just in real world Korea, but in virtual communities on the Internet. The catchy song was performed with simple, pleasing dance steps, and within a month, fan performances of the song was circulating online on sites like Youtube and Daum. Pictures and fan performances of Tell Me after the break.

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We don’t need no regulation
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Online alternative politics in Singapore - Thoughts on Gomez’s thesis
- JUST STUFF: Suggested Solutions for managing e-relationships between netizens and government / Part 1 / Preamble

High Notes and MiniBombs
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Structured Products, Minister Pay and the Pursuit of GDP Growth
- The Void Deck: Again, Caveat Emptor!

AIA in Trouble
- Mr Wang Says So: AIG Writes To Mr Wang

Melamine in my Milk
- Singapore Complain Hub: Blog Reader Fear for China Made Crackers

Public Transport Forum at Hong Lim Park
- a blog day’s work: At TOC ‘transport’, Speakers’ Corner
- Singapore Alternatives: The Systematic Problems of Public Transport

Singapore F1 Grand Prix
- eastcoastlife: EastCoastLife at World’s First Night Race - PH

Singaporeans, a Dying Breed
- groundnotes: The SingBAB and the Impossible Integration [Thanks James]
- My sketchbook: Singapore new population record

Jurong By-elections
- TOC: A question of representation

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Population and national investments - missing numbers
- Singapore Complain Hub: Singapore: Contraception awareness among teenagers severely lacking
- Yawning Bread: Viewer advisories and the laugh test
- Extreme Prejudice 极端偏见: [TGIF] Friday Morning Craps

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: Cleaning the house
- The eOK .network: New PR KPI: the spreading effect
- Anonymous_X: Catch F1, no…F8 Night Race at Chinese Garden!!
- A L V I N O L O G Y: Sun Tan: Another Singapore Sex Tape Scandal

Infoblogoramus
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: 16 October 2008 — NUS Stand Up Against Poverty

Tech News
- Shacknews: New Nintendo DS Announced: Camera, Music Playback, Wi-Fi Upgrade, Under $189
- eFluxMedia: Apple Changes Policy: Sells Unlocked iPhone 3Gs in Hong Kong
- TG Daily: Nvidia to rename its graphics chips
- Engadget: Sony’s 11-inch VAIO TT: world’s lightest Blu-ray laptop
- Tom’s Hardware: New 256 GB SSD From Toshiba
- ThinkComputers: Microsoft Strikes Back Against Apple Ads
- Bit-tech: NPD reveals best-selling console games of 2008
- OhGizmo!: Brando’s Super Tiny USB Keyboard

Reviews | Guides
- Hardspell: 9600 GSO VS. HD4650
- Digital Trends: Gphone vs. iPhone vs. Windows Mobile
- Notebook Reviews: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Review
- PCStats: Beginners Guides: Downgrading Windows Vista Back To Windows XP
- CDRInfo: Intel E8600
- TrustedReviews: Logitech Z-500 Wireless Notebook Speakers
- ModSynergy: Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray Disc Player Review

SG Tech
- NO BUNS NO LIFE: Security Hole in Adobe Software allows FREE Movie Downloads!

Beautiful dinining ware eh? Unfortunately, what I use to put food on my plate is what unscrupulous businessman with no respect for humanity sell to parents to feed their children with.

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