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Takeover of AWARE
- this lush garden within: The Aware Conspiracy – facts
- Almost Infamous: My Humble Suggestions involving the AWARE EOGM and the presence of Rajah and Tann
- The Kent Ridge Common: An interesting accidental coincidence, previously
- The Legal Janitor: Time for mainline churches to make a stand
- The Wayang Party: Call for ROS to step in and dissolve AWARE for breaching provisions under Societies Act (CAP 311)
- Sgpolitics: An open letter to Ms Josie Lau
- Yawning Bread: Identity mobilisation – a threat to society
- The Wayang Party: LEAKED: Email sent by Josie Lau’s husband, Dr Alan Chin BASHING MOE for “promoting” homosexuality to rally support
- The Wayang Party: Another “wayang” by Thio Su Mien? Parents’ appeal to Education Minister to express concern about CSE
- The Wayang Party: Pastor Derek Hong’s speeches on homosexuality and letter to lobby government against repealing 377A in 2007
- irreligiously: Muslim perspective to the Aware saga? [Thanks Terence]
- Boing Boing: Christian fundamentalists hijack Singaporean feminist group [Thanks suhaw]
- Singapurakini: God Saves Aware [Thanks singapurakini]
- Mathia Lee: Christians Against AWARE Takeover
- Me and my thoughts: AWARE – Part 3
- We Are Aware: Sign Up, Turn Up, Be Counted

H1N1 Swine Flu
- Otterman speaks…: Getting a grip on Swine influenza A (H1N1)
- The boy who knew too much: Singapore is lagging in flu preparedness.
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Swine Flu Panic : Are we overreacting?
- Mathia Lee: Swine Flu Outbreak & the misconception about Genetic Research
- The Open Room: Getting the Official Swine Flu News [Thanks Brian]

Recession
- TOC: Sleepless in Singapore
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Worst may be over, but brace for more job losses: MAS

Reform Party: A New Hope
- The Kent Ridge Common: Interesting prospects ahead for the opposition

Public Order Bill
- Jacob’s Weblog: Minister for Home Affairs comments about local protesters are M.I.S.L.E.A.D.I.N.G

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- ed’sperience’s Blog: Internet Regulation in Singapore, ‘Opposition’-style

Little Green Dot
- Singapore Peak Oil: Why Singapore’s Sustainable Development Blueprint is UNsustainable

Daily Discourse
- The Kway Teow Man: Much Ado About Local Entreprenuers
- TOC: Singaporeans need to overcome negative traits
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Writing to My MPs Again…..(On Mr Fulwood’s Advice)
- The Wayang Party: Drowning in the Nonsense age of AWARE, Swine flu etc – How do we cope with living in the age of nonsense?

Life, the universe and everything
- TOC: “I am good at what I do”

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Blog Awards: 2009 Official Site [Thanks Alvin]
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: SDP articles now available in four languages [Thanks Seelan]
- ShaunChng: Launch of Dell Swarm
- Lester Chan: Dell Swarm
- WilfridWong: Dell Swarm – The More People Buying It, The Most Discount You Get! [Thanks Brian for the headsup on Dell Swarm]

April 30th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Tech News
- Fudzilla: Asus has the first overclocked HD 4770
- WinSuperSite: Revealed: More Windows 7 RC details
- ars technica: Nielsen: Twitter’s explosive growth can’t be sustained
- APC: New Samsung netbook offers larger keyboard in 10-inch form factor
- Expreview: ASL’s atom-based Mobo for Ion Platform
- DigiTimes: Samsung said to push DDR3 by offering low prices
- TechConnect Mag: LG rolls out new 21.5-inch Full HD LCD monitor
- Engadget: JVC XV-PB1 Blu-ray player surprises with 1080p MPEG-4 MKV support
- GE Global Research: Another big step forward in GE’s holographic data storage program
- CNET: Samsung I7500
- Betanews: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4: Mozilla delivers the speed, as Beta 5 gets under way

Reviews | Guides
- HWZ: The Ion Arrives – Acer AspireRevo
- HotHardware: Acer Aspire Revo SFF NVIDIA Ion PC
- HWZ: Graphics for the Recession – ATI Radeon HD 4770
- Anandtech: Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770
- [H]Enthusiast: AMD Radeon HD 4770
- TG Daily: HP dv2: Better than a netbook?
- TechReviewSource: Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Review
- [OC]ModShop: Linux Firewall Core software installation

SG Tech \ MISC
- Tech65.org: Gear65 #19 – HTC Touch Diamond2
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Nokia Developer Summit 2009: Prologue

April 30th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (1)

Takeover of AWARE
- Siew Kum Hong: AWARE EGM on 2 May now at Expo Hall 2
- The Wayang Party: A call to wage a ’spiritual’ battle for AWARE (now we know why the EGM venue was changed)
- The Wayang Party: AWARE EGM venue moved to EXPO, next to “Transformation Conference 2009″ co-organized by COOS and 40 other Churches!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MOE Replies on AWARE Sex Education Programme
- The Kent Ridge Common: Hanging herself with her own rope?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Aware new guards – Doing more harm than good
- The Field Marshal: Aware
- TOC: “Aware belongs to you,” says Josie Lau
- groundnotes: Singapore’s ‘Culture Wars’: Fragmenting Politics
- The Kent Ridge Common: ‘Opposition’ versus ‘ruling’ party on 2nd May and a simulation for the next General Elections
- Sam’s thoughts: AWARE, Jihadist Sleeper and Unanswered Questions

H1N1 Swine Flu
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: WHO warns: new H1N1 flu unstoppable
- Angry Doctor: Alert Yellow
- the boy who knew too much: Swine Flu: is Singapore ready?
- Dotseng: When all fails, just blame it on the devil – the art of the mufflement of the truth. [Thanks SD]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yawning Bread: Migrant worker problems must be tackled at roots

Reform Party: A New Hope
- Sgpolitics.net: “The door is always open to him,” says new Reform Party Chairman

Daily Discourse
- The Wayang Party: Singapore-based company collaborating with company owned by Burmese drug lord to build Myanmar’s new airport
- TOC: Borrowing from loansharks – criminalising without providing real choice
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: My Response to TNP article on “Go to Your MP instead of Complaining” – 28 April 09

April 29th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (1)

Takeover of AWARE
- The Kent Ridge Common: Playing with words and a controversial precedent
- irreligious: Going undercover at Church of our Saviour (COOS)
- SG Gutter Press: Leaked video on COOS Pastor sermon on homosexuality [Thanks auntie] [chilling in a Blair Witch kind of way..]
- Illusio: A message from Josie Lau
- Mathia Lee: TWC2 Statement on AWARE
- Sam’s Thoughts: AWARE: The implications
- Writing-Yoga-Living: Josie’s Lau’s Insidious Insertion
- Illusio: The law of eternal return
- twinkilya: AWARE: a not-from-the-press perspective
- Crazy about Life: AWARE Saga: A glimpse of the future of Singapore politics?
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Minister’s advice for AWARE
- The Wayang Party: The AWARE saga: Time for government to respond to its ramifications to draw a clear demarcation between secularism and religion

Reform Party: A New Hope
- TOC: Chairman of Reform Party resigns, Kenneth Jeyaretnam is new Sec Gen
- The Wayang Party: Kenneth Jeyaretnam needs to reply to damaging Straits Times report

Singapore Day in London
- Feed Me To The Fish: Free Makan & Show for Quitters in London?
- Singaporean Skeptic: Are Overseas Singaporeans more valuable to the country?

PAP Ministars Get Rich r Die Tryin
- The Wayang Party: Lee Boon Yang As Keppel Chair: How Much Are We Spending To Keep Ex-PAP Leaders On GLCs And Stat Boards?

Little Green Dot
- Singapore Peak Oil: Some Concerns About the Speech by Minister Mah Bow Tan at the Asia Society Conference

Daily Discourse
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Net speculation about Singapore and Facebook warning
- Tribolum.com: Respect
- Nomadism: Hating Singapore, isnt it a bit overdone?

Life, the universe and everything
- SimpleBlob’s Life: Singapore all-age employment

April 28th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (11)

Japanese idol Risa Kudo 工藤里紗 had sold Coca Cola at Jingu Stadium and worked in a tavern before her debut as a gravure idol in December 2004. Risa’s first printed work was in the Be GIRLS photobook, under her real name Mizukawa Seiko. More of her after the break. [NSFW]

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April 28th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments Off

Takeover of AWARE
- TOC: Staff sent out email asking members to vote at Aware EOGM
- Empty Vessel: Better to convince, and not impose your views
- Sam’s Thoughts: The Christian Post on Aware and Homosexuality
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: New AWARE : How to make enemies and offend people
- irreligious: I’m Christian, and I disapprove of the new Aware Exco [Thanks Terence]
- Me and my thoughts: I am a Liberal
- The Phallus Monologue: What do they want?
- Youth.sg: Caught unAWAREs: Milestones and brickbats [Thanks Jennifer]
- Used Brains For Sale: Civil Engagement in a Civil Society
- Balderdash: Why you should not cancel your DBS cards because of Josie Lau
- HWZ: AWARE WARS – The Complete EPIC Trilogies! [Thanks shicai]
- ed’sperience: Why Singaporean Bloggers are Far from Political Maturity
- The Kent Ridge Common: Can a Christian political party possibly exist in Singapore?
- Newsvine: A Steeplejacking of a Women’s NGO In Singapore

Recession
- TOC: Will this be Singapore’s Lost Decade?
- My Little Corner: Inflation is up 1.6%

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: Letter to the Editor, SMA News

NS Matters
- Military Life: Memoirs of a Conscript in the Lion City: Embrace Foreigners, and Screw the Locals(NSmen) [Thanks Panzer]

Daily Discourse
- TOC: A Malay dilemma
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Ministerial Musical Chair
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: A young person interested in politics
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Parameswara’s Weekly Round-Up (12th – 18th April 09)
- TOC: “Singapore penalises you if you are too weak or too strong.”

Life, the universe and everything
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Church of Jediism anyone?
- Singabloodypore: Why promoting democracy via the internet is often not a good idea
- Cooler Insights: Social Media in the World of Museums
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says…: Singapore athletes break five national records at Negri Sembilan Open [Thanks SFF]
- Sgpolitics: I am not associated with Wayang Party’s blog
- For it is difference that moulds me: Singapore Day in London

Infoblogaramous
- Tech65.org: Code::XtremeApps:: 24 hour programming competition

April 27th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Tech News
- VR-Zone: Nvidia Preparing 40nm GeForce GT 240M & G210M
- Pocket-lint: Nvidia ION netbooks confirmed for June
- bit-tech.net: Core i7 a waste of money for gamers, says Nvidia
- CNET: Nvidia: Chips to speed Apple Leopard, Windows 7
- SuperSite Blog: Secret No More: Revealing Windows XP Mode for Windows 7
- X-bit labs: AMD Demonstrates Twelve-Core Microprocessors
- Legit Reviews: GOOC 2009 Kicks Off – 13 Overclockers Face Off
- Slashphone: Rumor: Samsung Omnia Pro with QWERTY Keyboard?
- Gamasutra: Sony: Piracy Has Taken ‘Big Chunk Of Game Sales’ From PSP

Reviews | Guides
- Expreview: First Review of Radeon HD 4770: $99 Monster
- Expreview: Radeon HD 4770 Shows Great Overclocking Potential
- Motherboards.org: MSI N250GTS-2D1G OC GeForce GTS 250 Video Card
- RBMods: Asus VW226H Monitor
- TrustedReviews: 500 – 700W Power Supply Group Test
- Hardware Secrets: Enermax Aurora Micro Wireless Keyboard Review
- Hardware Bistro: SteelSeries Ikari Laser mouse
- Hardware 2.0: Windows 7 RC 32-bit vs. Vista SP1 32-bit – Gaming shootout
- IT Pro: Top 10 mobile Twitter apps

April 27th, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Takeover of AWARE
- Mr Wang Says So: AWARE – And Why You Should Cancel Your DBS Credit Cards
- The Legal Janitor: Things to note about Thio Su Mien
- Mathia Lee: More than meets the eye?
- TOC: AWARE veterans set the record straight
- Sgpolitics.net: Countering the contradictions and poorly conceived propaganda of AWARE’s new Exco
- The Kent Ridge Common: Questions the new AWARE exco must tackle before the EOGM and lessons we can learn
- The Wayang Party: The Crux Of The AWARE Fiasco Is Not About Homosexuality Or Religion But The Space For Diversity
- The Bosonic State: The Problem with the New AWARE EXCO
- Mathia Lee: I think Dr Thio Su Mien might be Bi-Sexual , and Blasphemous
- Sam’s thoughts: Thank you, Mrs Jean Tan
- Anders Brink: I disagree with my editor, let’s take over the publishers!
- Bambling: Gah
- The Lycan Times: Be Blissfully UnAWARE (FIN)
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Advice for the New Guard of AWARE
- Yawning Bread: Bloggers’ maturity demonstrated in Aware saga
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Save AWARE! Gender equality for all!
- My sketchbook: AWARE mothership has landed

April 26th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Takeover of AWARE
- Glass Castle Blog: A tale of two events: how they have completely lost the plot
- Illusio: Group of 9 comes clean…
- TOC: “We cannot have people acting like moral vigilantes..” says AWARE’s old guards
- Yawning Bread: Pirate mother ship appears on horizon, guns blazing
- empty_vessels: The Crackpots and These Women
- The Kent Ridge Common: Dr Thio Su Mien, what can you teach the ignorant ones, really?
- Sam’s Thoughts: AWARE: Who’s the Monster
- A Xeno Boy in SG: A Peculiar Irony
- The Wayang Party: Did Josie Lau LIE? Contradictions in earlier DBS statement and her revelation on CNA ‘Talking Point’ that she has no plans to run for AWARE President
- A Serial Number on my Vote: AWARE – the fight continues
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: AWARE — The Plot Thickens…
- The boy who knew too much: An alternative to AWARE’s war.
- Nomed Letters: Bra Wars [Thanks screwtape]
- The Phallus Monologue: Why YOU Should Care
- still me: strengthening of identity under siege
- Today In Singapore: X-Women 3: The Last Stand
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: AWARE sage: Revealing the hidden key leader & Reasons for take-over
- Tantalizine: Be aware of Morons in AWARE
- Feed Me To The Fish: Be Aware: Every War Starts With Good Intention.
- God’s in his heaven, All’s well with the world: The double irony of the AWARE saga
- Balderdash: if the PAP lost control of Singapore..
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: AWARE Saga: Reactions
- TOC: Dr Thio Su Mien’s press conference
- TOC: Old Guards speak up [Vids]

Since I’m following the saga closely, thought I’d put some links up today. Will probably do the same tomorrow. Do check back.

April 25th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (8)

“Please ask your like-minded friends to join Aware so that you can give the vote to those who wish to be an agent of change for the Lord.. Unfortunately, I cannot surface but shall be assisting in the background. I attach the Aware membership application form for your use. The Aware application form has a section as to who (if any) told you about Aware. You can just leave it blank.”
Thio Su Mien

“Surface you did like the proverbial serpent from the ocean depths. And as the sun caught your face, your through form was revealed – feminist mentor arise!”
mrtoastbox

“I hereby announce OPERATION LEPER.”
akikonomu

“But the most important lesson I have learned from this saga, is this: One voice – one vote, can make the difference.”
ThangDynasty

“I don’t have an issue with homophobia as much as I do with hypocrisy from self-righteous people who think they have any right at all to discriminate.”
Pat Law

“Because you have been trained to disdain freedom, and because you have been encouraged to love your own servitude and bondage.”
Cavalierio

“When intelligent and viable means for disagreement are removed or marginalised; when the people are reared within a monocultural system where conformity and uniformity are fetishised; when people are appealed to by the obvious and have little appreciation of detail; when people are bred within a rule-based as opposed to a reason-based intellectual economy; it is not surprising that the more irate amongst them will resort to regrettable means to express their ire.”
Ed

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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April 25th, 2009 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (1)

Takeover of AWARE
- STOMP: AWARE – The Hidden Hand
- Trevvy Forums: Aware – The Hidden Hand
- Mathia Lee: They came for me
- TOC: Thio Su Mien comes out
- Sgpolitics: Misinformation spread by AWARE’s new Exco is deserving of the sternest rebuke
- Simply Jean: Reason for AWARE coup: group was becoming pro-lesbianism
- Sam’s Thoughts: More (secret) rallies to support or save Aware
- Unbranded Bread n Butter: Are you AWARE email is Evil? [Thanks auntie]
- SingapuraKini: Anonymous email in supporting AWARE [Thanks Singapura kini]
- ThangDynasty: A Greater AWAREness [Thanks Pat]
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: AWARE saga: Too many questions left unanswered
- The Wayang Party: Why even Jesus would agree religion has no place in the public square of civil society
- ST Discussion Board: New exco tells of death threats
- HWZ: THIO SU MIEN – Behind AWARE takeover
- The Kent Ridge Common: Notice: Join AWARE and Vote
- Used Brains For Sale: Save AWARE! Gender equality for all!
- Singabloodypore: Singapore’s LGBT community plans ‘pink dot’ event

Reading about Thio Su Mien and her apparent behind-the-scenes masterminding of the AWARE hostile takeover (see the STOMP and Trevvy Forum threads), I am reminded of Gundam 00′s Ribbons Almark, the secretive Innovators and the brutal A-Laws. We all want to change the world. Nothing wrong with that. The problem is who has the right of way, and how do we account for the collateral damage?

Public Order Bill
- ed’sperience: Singapore : quelling dissent. The Minister, the Match and the Idiot
- Jacob’s Weblog: Further restrictions on rights in Singapore – Amnesty International

Recession
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore 10% GDP drop, 7.5% unemployment likely: IMF report

Pink Issues
- The Kent Ridge Common: The science that religious figureheads and associates are unaware of

Life After Harry
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Baby gloom haunts Lee & Why LKY should play SimCity

Daily Discourse
- The Wayang Party: Questions for Justice Choo Han Teck in the sentencing of Shin Min [Thanks Alex]
- The Kent Ridge Common: The issues involving the separation of conjoined twins

Life, the universe and everything
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Beginnings at Telok Ayer
- Cooler Insights: Can We Truly Market the Arts?

Infoblogaramous
- Otterman speaks..: Draft Singapore Blue Plan released for feedback

April 24th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (12)

The beautiful Sasaki Nozomi 望佐々木 began modeling for Teen magazines in Japan. She is often seen in popular magazines like Pinky. This is Part 1 of [VYJ] No.78 Nozomi Sasaki 佐々木希 – Cinderella Story released in Aug 2008.

Pictures after the break.
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April 24th, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

Takeover of AWARE
- The Void Deck: Conspiracy Theory Awareness
- blankanvas: aware: to find one’s voice again
- Writing-Yoga-Living: I Want An AWARE Reconciliation Too.
- The Wayang Party: Supporters of AWARE old guards step up internet campaign against new exco
- Traces from elsewhere: An Open Letter on AWARE, Singapore
- Information Read by Me: Old Guards of AWARE are BUYING VOTES? [Thanks Jaunty Jabber]

Public Order Bill
- Cavalierio: Silenced, defenceless
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: What if this happens in Singapore?

Film’s Act
- Siew Kum Hong: Speech on the Films (Amendment) Bill: 23 March 2009

Life After Harry
- Civic Advocator: Beyond LKY
- Singapore in General: Possible Singapores, beyond Lee Kuan Yew [Thanks Soojenn]

Healthcare
- Singapore Alternatives: Taiwan World Class Medical Insurance– Translated

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Student activism – what’s next?
- naif’s journal: eat your words [Thanks jerome]
- Sam’s Thoughts: Nudism in Singapore
- TOC: Protecting consumers
- Singaland: World Standard Government?
- The Wayang Party: What should the Indian rojak man be charged for?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Taxpayers paying for MINDEF’s officers’ private transport [Thanks Jaunty Jabber]
- The Asia File: Singapore to welcome ‘Dr Death’ after Oxford Union rebuff [Thanks hilary]

Life, the universe and everything
- theory.isthereason: Presentation: The Obama Way – Using Online Social Networks to Promote Your Cause
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Doing something “special” for Earth Day
- TOC: Earth Day Special: Equity and the Green Movement
- The Reflection Cafe: Can America Fail?

Now Showing
- vinyarb: Taken – A movie Review

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Event: MobileMonday-Why You Should Be An iPhone Developer – 30 Apr
- Nites Out On The Town: Universal Studios Singapore Auditions

April 23rd, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (8)

Tech News
- TechConnect: Intel cuts some Core 2 prices, intros Q8400(S)
- X-bit Labs: AMD Lowers Prices on Microprocessors for Enthusiasts.
- VR-Zone: Intel SSD Price Cut On April 26th
- WSJ: Microsoft Gambles on Windows 7 ‘Starter’
- DigiTimes: Intel GN40 netbooks held back by Windows XP
- PCG Hardware: Intel: Core i5 with up to 3.6 GHz in Turbo Mode at 95 watt TDP
- CNET: Seagate’s desktop hard drive gets extra green
- BSN: nVidia’s GT300 specifications revealed – it’s a cGPU!
- ATI Forum: RV870 with over 1.9 TFlop in July 09?
- ATI Forum: AMD confirms: Radeon DirectX-11-Graphics 2009 together with Windows 7
- eWeek: AMD Road Map Details ‘Istanbul’ Rollout, ‘Bulldozer’ Plans for 2011
- Betanews: New Firefox 3.0.9 patches mucked-up memory and other holes
- VR-Zone: Google News Timeline and Similar Images

Reviews | Guides
- TweakTown: ASUS GeForce GTS 250 Dark Knight Graphics Card
- Bjorn3D: BFG GTX-275 OC Edition & SLI Testing
- Overclock3D: Zotac GTX285 Infinity Edition PCIe Graphics Card
- HWZ: The Overclocking DNA – ASUS Rampage II Gene (Intel X58)
- Futurelooks: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB 2.5 inch SATA Notebook Hard Drive Review
- ITReviewed: Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
- Tbreak: Asus Axe Square
- HWZ: HP Pavilion dv2 – Neo Goes On A Diet

SG Tech \ MISC
- The Singapore iPhone Guide: StarHub’s callback service now available on iPhone
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Another local podcast!
- Tech65.org: Gear65 #18 – X-Mini 2 by XM-I
- The eOK .network: Susan Boyle proves the Internet video is as influential as TV

April 23rd, 2009 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Takeover of AWARE
- We Are AWARE: Call to Action
- Illusio: What does religion have to do with anything?
- still me: Bringing back AWARE
- Popagandhi: Stop the AWARE Hijacking
- GenieGrrl: AWARE v the wolf in sheep’s clothing. (or, Stay away, please.)
- SinQSA: SinQSA is concerned about Aware
- The Kent Ridge Common: Criminalizing attempts aimed at provoking discrimination against sexual minorities
- TOC: Josie Lau’s interview leaves questions unanswered
- Yawning Bread: Pirates ahoy! Gay netizens and the AWARE hijacking
- The Wayang Party: Who are the real winners and losers of the AWARE fiasco?
- Sgpolitics: Unpublished ST letter: Why I joined Aware this week
- Sam’s Thoughts: We are Aware, are you?
- Sgpolitics: Ms Angela Thiang has also written to the Straits Times on abortion

Recession
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Graduates Are Wasting Their Time
- Singapore and the stuff: Minister makes another gaffe

Charity/Church Leaders Get Rich r Die Tryin
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: What and who can you trust?

Daily Discourse
- Angry Doctor: First do no harm?
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: What I have learnt from ASEAN and Asia Forum 2009?
- TOC: Microfinance: is it the answer?
- The Wayang Party: Singapore beyond LKY? Do Dodo birds have the wisdom to avert extinction? [Thanks Darkness]
- a writer’s blog: A new model of political governance
- Sgpolitics: US expert ‘extremely concerned’ about e-voting in S’pore

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s Thoughts: S Factor is ok

Infoblogaramous
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Upcoming seminars by ISEAS

April 22nd, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Here are the outbound traffic for the period 1 Jan 2009 – 31 Mar 2009. Overall numbers have gone up about 16% (85,789 from 73,800) which suggests blog readership is still growing. More people getting information from alternative media is always a good thing.

Keep blogging!

The results after the break.
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April 22nd, 2009 | Category: Blogometrics | Comments (2)

Takeover of AWARE
- Sgpolitics: The new leadership at AWARE has done great disservice to the organization and to all Singaporean women
- Carpe Diem: BeAWARE: Keep religion out of civil society
- The Kent Ridge Common: To AWARE’s new exco: Please leave out your religion!
- The Wayang Party: Offer of olive branch by AWARE President Josie Lau Meng Lee failed to convince sceptics; Old Guards gathering troops to fight back
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: “We didn’t start the fire…”
- Sam’s Thoughts: Aware making me wary and weary
- Glass Castle Blog: Josie Lau led promotion of anti-woman organisation
- The Kent Ridge Common: The AWARE Saga and Political ‘Capture’: Lessons for Civil Society
- For Want of a Better Title: Sore Losers?
- Illusio: Operation Leper: Lois Ng & Studio You
- Yawning Bread: DBS Bank’s public hanging
- inter alia: Letter criticises TOC for use of “divisive labels” in article
- The Wayang Party: VIDEO: AWARE new President Josie Lau was evasive on sensitive questions during interview with CNA “Talking Point” (Part 1)(Part 2)
- Used Brains For Sale: AWARE Membership Drive

Public Order Bill
- Siew Kum Hong: Speech on the Public Order Bill: 13 April 2009
- TOC: For much is at stake
- The Wayang Party: Regressive Public Order Act serves more of a political than security purpose

Recession
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Where are the jobs?

Daily Discourse
- a writer’s blog: Can Singapore fail?
- TOC: Singapore beyond Lee Kuan Yew
- Empty Vessel: Casual observations on human nature
- The Wayang Party: NEA CEO’s open letter: Full of empty rhetoric and short of substance

Life, the universe and everything
- The FØØL’s Progress: Mega Culture: Uni Qlo Singapore

Infoblogaramous
- Ong Jiin Joo: TPO Concert: Papa Haydn and You Too (May 7)
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Send Twitter Using SMS in SG

April 21st, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Shatina Chen SiXuan (陈思璇) is signed by Eelin Models. She is known as the “First Lady of Gorgeous Legs” <<第一美腿名模>>. She has since modelled for Chanel, Gucci and Guess. More of her after the break. [PNSFW]
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April 21st, 2009 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

Takeover of AWARE
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: A peek at values coached at Anglican Church of Our Saviour
- Illusio: Operation Leper
- Sam’s Thoughts: AWARE and information
- Freelancejoker: Aware? Beware.
- Sui Generis Me: Political drama of AWARE
- The Phallus Monologue: Beware of Aware
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: Mother Goose Stories
- Isolation: The AWARE Saga
- Where Bears Roam Free: Public call to join AWARE may backfire
- inter alia: Don’t be unAWARE
- The Lycan Times: Be Blissfully UnAWARE
- The Wayang Party: Is this AWARE cat fight, the greatest thing that has ever happened to Singapore civil society?
- The Itch to Write: DBS publicly criticises AWARE’s new Head
- Kaffein-nated: No way, Jose… er, Josie
- The Wayang Party: The day DBS read, “Don’t Be Silly! Volunteering is hazardous to your career!
- TOC: Constance Singam’s letter to AWARE, in full
- Mathia Lee: AWARE AGM 2009 : EOGM : Do SOMETHING!

Public Order Bill
- Feed Me To The Fish: Good Laws or Major FLaws?
- Today in Singapore: Reading The Riot Act

Film’s Act
- Only “objective” and “factual” political films please, we’re Singaporeans: Govt retains ban on Zahari’s 17 Years

Recession
- TOC: It does get worse
- The boy who knew too much: The Great Singaporean Expat Exodus
- the kent ridge common: A critical view of MP Ms Irene Ng’s advice

Charity/Church Leaders Get Rich r Die Tryin
- geraldgiam.sg: MP’s loan “probably the biggest” ever given out
- TOC: More questions for Dr Ong

General Elections 2009
- The Lionheart: Much Ado About Nothing

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Ian On The Red Dot: Singapore Sucks And I Can’t Marry You Cos You’re Not A Virgin

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Balderdash: keep cyberspace chatter meaningful

Housing
- TOC: Profiteering or justified? What is HDB’s stand?

Daily Discourse
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Loansharking : PAP govt’s brilliant solution
- Rambling Librarian: Bloggers, moderators can help ease public fears in crises
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Parameswara’s Weekly Round-Up (5th – 11th April 09) [Thanks Seelan]
- Sgpolitics: Self-Censorship: Singapore’s Shame (2nd Edition), Chapter 3
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Singapore Government need to do more on Data Privacy
- TOC: Stand up and be counted

Life, the universe and everything
- Bernard Aw’s Blog: AAF 2009 – Pt 1 of 2
- The Field Marshal: Flight
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Meeting with Resorts World

April 20th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment