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Archive for July 17th, 2009

Daily SG: 17 Jul 2009

Recession
- TOC: Flip-flop on government’s position?
- Wayang Party: Record private home sales: a boom or bomb in the making?
- Blowin’ In The Wind: New Singapore wheeze to help banks boost liquidity
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Something unusual about this recession Part 2.
- TOC: MAS suffers net loss of over 6 bln USD

Auditor-General Report 2008/09
- geraldgiam.sg: Auditor-General’s report
- Wayang Party: Why wasn’t Temasek and GIC’s accounts audited by the Auditor-General?
- Sgpolitics.net: Civil servants rapped for sloppiness
- Today In Singapore: More Lapses In Accountability
- Master Of The Obvious: Funding discrepancies exposed in report by AG raises ire

High Notes & Minibonds
- Singapore Alternatives: Minibond Victims Petition to PM Lee 迷你债券苦主向李总理的网上请愿书

Singapore Coloring
- Toadjuice..: Geylang, Chinese and the irrationality of fear. Is it really irrational?
- geraldgiam.sg: Needless name-calling by the Straits Times

9 NMPs Appointed
- the kent ridge common: In Siew we trust

AWARE Aftermath: Thiology Goes to NYU
- Balderdash: On Thio Li-Ann’s negative reception among NYU staff, students and alumni

AWARE Aftermath
- We Are Aware: Why AWARE cannot “be Nice”

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Safe, safe, city, or, O Mr Kishore Mahbubani!
- My Thoughts..: Joke of the Day – Asking Sales Staff to Put Heart into Work [Thanks Ganga]

Life, the universe and everything
- blankanvas: blogathon 2009
- ygblog4: how keong saik road developed into a red-light district

Daily ChioBu: Erika Sawajiri

In 1999 at the age of 13, Erika Sawajiri 沢尻エリカ successfully auditioned at Stardust Promotion, one of Japan’s leading talent management agencies, and began modeling for junior fashion magazones CUTIE and nicola. In 2001, Erika won the Seikore (制コレ) grand prize. She began appearing on TV in programs like Harajuku Ronchazu, The Night of Hit Parade and Super VIP. A year later, she was named Fuji TV’s Visual Queen of the Year. In 2002 at age 16, Erika began acting in TV dramas and modeling as a gravure idol. In 2005, Erika starred in her first film Pacchigi!, which won her Best New Actor awards in all major award ceremonies in Japan (18th Nikkan Sports Movie Award, 30th Houchi Movie Award, 15th Tokyo Sports Movie Award, 79th Kinema Junpo Award, 29th Japan Academy Awards). In the same year, she grabbed 2 more Best New Actor awards for her role in 1 Litre of Tears (2006 Elandor Award, 43rd Golden Arrow Award). In 2006, Erika released her first single which went to #1. Her second single the following year also went to #1, making her the only artist in 39 years to have the first 2 singles hit #1 consecutively.

Pictures after the break. [PNSFW]
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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.


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