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2010 National Day
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Do We Really Need The 5Cs To Shape Our “Singapore Dream”?
- Growing your tree of prosperity: National Day Rant : No one is out to ruin your Singaporean Dream, lah !
- De Leviathan @ SG: The Most Ironic Awards – Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize & National Day 2010 (The Distinguished Service Order) [Thanks Yak]
- Vinyarb: No way, He didn’t! Did he?
- The Gigamole Diaries: Did Corrinne May’s “Song for Singapore” do it?
- mrbrown: NDP Slogans You Never Saw
- Sam’s Thoughts: NDP 2010: It’s all about penises, sex, vaginas and more penises

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: At 17.9, don’t we feel rich now?
- Under The Willow Tree: Does PAP Government Work for Singaporeans or Foreigners?
- Singapore Notes: Is It Gonna Rain Or What?
- Musings From the Lion City: Good Numbers But…
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore trade still lower than before recession

Housing Singaporeans
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Property as a cost of living

Countdown to Elections
- ST Forum: Chiam: Vacating Potong Pasir a personal sacrifice to strengthen opposition

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: “I want my son’s name back”

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Furry Brown Dog: GIC essay competition

Fricker and Loyld Do Singapore
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Fricker the SMRT Train Vandal: Kan vs Kang

YOG
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: YOG 自导自演 – Part 2

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Rascals Prize comes around again
- Sam’s thoughts: Burning of “hell” money can be better governed
- Toadjuice… off the blender…: It’s a parking space, stoopeed, not a parking lot!
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: I will start my 1st prison term on Aug 11

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: Fandi Ahmad’s goal against Inter Milan, 1983

Selected News Stories
- Eurasia Review: Singapore’s Citizen Army: Bridging The Civil-Military Praxis
- The Lawyer: Singapore’s swing
- WSJ: Hot Singapore Economy Cools a Bit
- Bloomberg: Lehman, HSBC May Be Sued Over Worthless `Minibonds’
- The Burning Platform: The Mother of All Bubbles
- The Big Picture: Russian wildfires [Large photos]

August 11th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

2010 National Day
- Because you’ve got all eyes on you no matter where you are: My National Day thoughts (or, I love Singapore and hate it too)
- funny little world: Watching the National Day Parade.
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Make it Our Singapore
- The Lycan Times: Singapore Dreaming
- For What It’s Worth: dreams
- The Itch To Write: Love your country, fly the flag!
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Mind-boggling National Day Award
- Rachel Zeng: 45 years of what?
- Sam’s thoughts: I want a more equal Singapore
- Furry Brown Dog: Happy 45th National Day Singapore
- The Rot Within: Dreams and Spurs
- Singaporean Skeptic: Getting all Nationalistic Today
- Lost in Singapore: The Singapore Gripe?
- The Temasek Review: This National Day is not mine, its the PAP’s.
- Feed Me To The Fish: Yes, Mr Prime Mini$ter
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Thoughts for National Day 2010
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Happy 45th National Day
- New Asia Republic: Celebration, albeit draggy
- Cooler Insights: Celebrating National Day via Social Technologies
- Singapore Alternatives: NSP National Day Message 2010
- My sketchbook: 5Cs in Singapore
- De Leviathan @ SG: Reflections as we prepare to celebrate 45th National Day [Thanks Yak]
- The Secret Political Blog: I wave my flag in slow motion [Thanks Norvin]

YOG
- The Bosonic State: How many people outside Singapore has heard of the Youth Olympic Games?
- Australia.to: SINGAPORE: Youth Games Expose Olympic-sized Cracks

Housing Singaporeans
- Furry Brown Dog: Housing inflation in Singapore’s CPI
- Yours Truly Singapore: Flat values rise in PM’s ward but…

Countdown to Elections
- Sgpolitics.net: MM Lee: PAP more likely to get the drainage right (run-up to GE 2006)
- New Asia Republic: Lina Chiam’s first walkabout as SPP’s GE Candidate (8 Aug 2010) [Thanks Donaldson]

Twilight in Paradise
- Sgpolitics.net: When Should One Retire?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Driving in Singapore: traffic police, act against road bullies

National Service
- VotingRp: Reforming National Service

Religion
- Irreligious: Muslims face backlash in America

Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: The meritocratic route to oblivion
- TOC: Censorship is not just about the arts
- New Asia Repulbic: Letter to the Editor
- ST Forum: Prosecute human traffickers and protect scam victims
- ST Forum: Targeting Fliers – Don’t hit livelihoods

Life, the universe and everything
- Sam’s thoughts: Dear Singtel Mio TV, you suck

Selected News Stories
- Reuters: U.S. Senate seeks more information from education cos
- NYT: China and the I.M.F.
- Reuters: Clue found to why swine flu spread in people
- EntreClick: Historia de los navegadores [Infografía]
- SMH Drive: Toyota RAV4 CV

August 10th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

2010 National Day
- Ravi Philemon: National Day must remain a day of pride
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: My National Day Message: No Dream too Bold…
- The Rot Within: A Negative Identity
- VotingRP: A National Day Message from the Reform Party
- ambiguity: National Day
- Tribolum.com: E Pluribus Unum
- Scott’s Weblog: How Loyal Are Singaporeans?
- My Very Own Glob: My National Day Parade
- Singapore Kopi Tok: Happy National Day Singapore
- SpotlightOnSingapore: Singapore National Day: fleeing the country
- Sam’s thoughts: Parliament Parody
- Spore Says Political Cartoon: Happy National Day
- My Sketchbook: National day
- The Star: Still a work in progress

We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Malaysian MPs and senators call for Yong to be spared
- Rachel Zeng: Government should be prepared to take Yong’s case to ICJ
- Singapore Donkey: Government: Death penalty prevents 100% from re-offending

DBS – Too big to fail failed
- Under The Willow Tree: MAS Capital Charge on DBS a Mere Slap on the Wrist
- Singapore Notes: There’s A Good Story Here Somewhere

Countdown to Elections
- TOC: Reform Party responds to Desmond Lim’s statements

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Under The Willow Tree: Why Do We Care About Mr Ng’s PRC Workers when Our Elderly Struggle to Survive?

Housing Singaporeans
- TOC: Couple in rental flat faces eviction

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Small steps for Social PR: Be warned – Hungry/Thirsty infants not allowed fluids in SMRT trains

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Furry Brown Dog: Putting Singapore’s GDP in perspective

The Gospel of Harry
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew

Daily Discourse
- journalism.sg: Freedom of online speech is threatened by intolerant populism
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Nuns have been known to go wild
- New Asia Republic: HIV/AIDS and Travel Restrictions

August 9th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

“They’re both government projects. Same same, both aver “enthusiasm” from top down. From bottom up, it’s indifference and ennui.”
Au Waipang

“..all I can remember is that I have nothing patriotic to remember, no good memories of Singapore that I can treasure, and all I know is that my voice will go unheard.”
Solitaire Joker

“I’m not just talking about freedom with regard to political freedom to vote, to protest, to strike, to demonstrate, or to have a point of view; but also real freedom of the mind and the body. You can think differently, dress differently, live differently. Society is inclusive.”
Kitana

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break. Have a good National Day weekend.
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August 7th, 2010 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (3)

YOG
- Singapore Dino: ST: Get into the YOG spirit (please?)
- Singapore Notes: Who Says YOG Is Boring?
- under a Pipala Tree: Giving way for 2 weeks – Thoughts about YOG
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: YOG 自导自演 (A Business Jet was chartered for the Flame)
- My Very Own Glob: Support YOG, wear this t-shirt
- the mrbrown show: give way to yog
- vinyarb: YOG Bus vs Ambulance [Thanks Bryan]

2010 National Day
- Under The Willow Tree: Why I Would Like to Leave, by Kitana [Classic]
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Isn’t there a better way to wish residents a Happy National Day?
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: SDP’s National Day Message 2010 – The Young Ones

Countdown to Elections
- VotingRp: GDP growth & the living standards of average Singaporean
- Lim Bak Chuan Desmond: Press Release by Desmond Lim Bak Chuan [Facebook]
- Musings From the Lion City: Family Business

Alan Shadrake charged for Jolly Hangman
- Article 14: What did Shadrake really say?
- journalism.sg: The groundbreaking action against ‘Hangman’ author Alan Shadrake

We are against capital punishment
- The Temasek Review: Making the case for the Death penalty

Twilight in paradise
- For What It’s Worth: retirement
- Singapore Notes: A Difference Of Opinion

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Loh and Behold: The Clowns at HDB & URA

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Expanding Mental Health Education

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Singapore mentors Burma in sham elections
- TOC: REACH’s new (media) panel – will it work?
- singularity industries: The Case Of The Local Music Scene Vs. You, The Consumer

Life, the universe and everything
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Indians in Singapore

Selected News Stories
- FP: The Sand Smugglers
- NYT: Diversity Debate Convulses Elite High School
- CNN: Judge overturns California’s ban on same-sex marriage [Thanks Vampyre]
- ars technica: Can you buy me now? Apple and the war for the mobile market
- Engadget: BlackBerry Torch review
- BBC: Can you believe your eyes in the digital world?
- SMH Drive: First Drive: Kia 2010 Sportage

August 6th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Maki Goto 後藤真希 (born 23 Sep 1985 in Edogawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese singer and former actress. Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume. Her first single with the group “Love Machine” topped the Oricon single charts and sold over a million copies. Goto also released a solo single “Ai no Bakayarō” in 2001, which also topped the Oricon charts. Goto was the lead vocalist of the group up until her graduation from the group in 2002. Goto left the Hello! Project in 2007 and signed with Avex Group sub-label Rhythm Zone the next year. In 2009, she released her debut album Sweet Black under the SWEET BLACK Project. Goto transferred to Avex Trax in 2010, and will release her second album, One, which marks her official comeback as a singer.

Pictures from her photobook Foxy Fungo after the break.
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August 6th, 2010 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Leave a comment

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Siew Kum Hong: Babies cannot drink on MRT trains?!
- TOC: Jurong East station – an absurd situation
- The Temasek Review: Carpark price increase, short-sighted and inappropiate

2010 National Day
- Under The Willow Tree: National Identity, by Solitaire Joker [Classic]
- Kaffein-nated: (Old Classic) I am a Singaporean, by Dan E

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: MOM policy change creating problems for employers
- Musings From the Lion City: National Unity!…right
- How To Work In Singapore Part 1: Pinoy guide on how to work in Singapore.

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Under The Willow Tree: PAP Government Abuses its Monopoly Power to Suck the People Dry
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Over 40 and earning below S$1,000
- VotingRp: Domestic Costs Drive Inflation, Not Imports

Countdown to Elections
- New Asia Republic: Desmond Lim objects SDA’s merger with the Reform Party

Twilight in paradise
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Retirement Should Be A Personal – Not Public – Choice
- Loh and Behold: Retire? But How?

Alan Shadrake charged for Jolly Hangman
- Singaporean Skeptic: Wong Is Wrong Again.
- BBC: Shadrake case highlights Singapore censorship battle

Daily Discourse
- Singapore Notes: The Cops Should Be Arrested!
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Singapore “hates Anwar Ibrahim”, vows to back Najib in Malaysia

Life, the universe and everything
- Balderdash: Cai Png 101
- Lips Don’t Lie: Slash Concert In Singapore – Fort Canning
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: HTC release HTC Touch2 Non Camera version

Selected News Stories
- SMH: Big day for Sydney nudies
- Reuters: Factbox: BlackBerry under fire from states seeking access
- MintLife: The History of The Minimum Wage
- BBC: Untangling the BlackBerry ban
- SMH Digital Life: iPhone 4 threesome: the definitive review
- OCWorkbench: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini Pro Review
- SMH Drive: Ford’s WRX STI rival coming

August 5th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

YOG
- Sgpolitics.net: The Youth Olympic Games — why the great apathy?
- I’m getting personal: Incompetence with YOG planning
- My Very Own Glob: Is the YOG really a shambles?

2010 National Day
- Under The Willow Tree: [Classic] I am a Singaporean, by Dan E
- TOC: What the Maya collapse can tell us about our future

Countdown to Elections
- VotongRp: Building a more people-oriented, diverse, participatory and freer Singapore
- The Temasek Review: Why the opposition should stay clear of the anti-death penalty campaign
- My Sketchbook: You know National day is coming

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Jurong East MRT reaches tipping point…
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: How do you solve the shortage of overnight parking lot issue?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Grand Moofti Speaks: Singapore’s ‘foreign talent’ debate and the Temasek dilemma
- TOC: Fisherman’s ordeal
- Guardian: Singapore plans for new wave of immigrants to help economy’s growth

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Domestic costs drive inflation, not import prices

Alan Shadrake charged for Jolly Hangman
- Lost in Singapore: What Moral Authority, Wong Kan Seng?

We are against capital punishment
- Irreligious: Speaking of hope

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Swee Say said that gd Temasek lost billions?

Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: Was NUS student really approached by ISD?
- Loh and Behold: Prevent Further Suicides!
- Balderdash: Why Men should not take pictures of Women in Singapore
- pinkdot.sg: Should there be a Pink Dot 2011?

Life, the universe and everything
- Otterman speaks: “The Malayan Emergency” on History Channel in August

Selected News Stories
- Seeking Alpha: Is Singapore’s Economic Growth Sustainable?
- ChinaHush: “Straddling” bus–a cheaper, greener and faster alternative to commute
- SMH Drive: Suzuki Kizashi XLS
- FlowingData: How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time
- Yahoo Movies: Inception – The Cobol Job [comic]

August 4th, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Having Our Activist Government Walk The Economic Talk
- Under The Willow Tree: Darth Zorro Lim Swee Say – Liar Or A Fool?
- TOC: The relentless rising cost of living in Singapore

We are against capital punishment
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Wrestling with the Death Penalty
- funny little world: Taking a stand, together.
- Jacob 69er: Gathering at Hong Lim Park to support clemency for death row inmate Yong Vui Kong

Alan Shadrake charged for Jolly Hangman
- Singaporean Skeptic: Singapore’s predictable reaction to Alan Shadrake
- Musings From the Lion City: A Case Of Singapore Not Helping Itself

2010 National Day
- Abdillah Zamzuri: Singapore’s Social Engineering
- sylvia lim’s blog: Live Our Dreams. Fly Our Flag.
- Under The Willow Tree: [Classic] Dick Lee: “Count on Him Singapore”

Housing Singaporeans
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Housing for PRs – nobody in charge

Countdown to Elections
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: I want to speak up but I do not (dare to) do so…?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Fit to Post: Two in three S’poreans concerned over foreigners: survey

YOG
- Food fuels me to talk: YOG doesn’t light my fire

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- New Asia Republic: Healthcare and Global Justice

Daily Discourse
- Thinker, Writer, Magus, Man: Bridging Worlds
- TOC: Arrested and handcuffed for a S$30 offence
- what I don’t see doesn’t exist: Being Singaporean
- ST Forum: Insurance muddle bares ‘highway robbery’

Life, the universe and everything
- Empty Vessel: Should your child go for music lessons?

Selected News Stories
- WSJ: Temasek’s Next Boss: Insider or Outsider?
- The Irrawaddy: Silence of the Lions
- Good Blog: The Future of Cities and Transportation
- WSJ: Sites Feed Personal Details To New Tracking Industry
- SMH Drive: Our top 10 wish-list
- SMH: Blackberry tablet to rival Apple’s iPad in November
- Jordi Planas Manzano: World’s billionaires

August 3rd, 2010 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment