I read this post and think that ASEAN scholarships needs to be more rigorous in their selection process.



Is Singapore Scamming Malaysians with ASEAN Scholarship?
Recently, I've seen many praises (here and here) on the ASEAN scholarship, which is provided by Ministry of Education ( Read more... )

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3 people are in a prison together. All wear either a red or a blue hat, but they do not know the color of their hat (in fact all wear red hats). No communication allowed.

The guard tells them that he will ring a bell every hour and if somebody knows that he is wearing a red hat, he or she can leave. (ETA: the guard also tells them that anyone ( Read more... )

Saturday February 3, 1:09 PM
S'pore's PAP rebuts online critics anonymously--daily

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/070203/3/46f8k.html

SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Members of Singapore's long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) are posting anonymous messages in Internet forums and blogs to rebut online criticism of the party, a leading daily ( Read more... )

If it's showing at a theater near you, you have to watch God Grew Tired of Us.

It documents the lives of three Sudanese teenagers who are relocated to America after spending a decade in a refugee camp in Kenya.  The documentary is painful to watch. First, it sets the scene, describing the journey of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who are driven by war ( ( Read more... )

I desperately need a pair of sensible warm flat winter boots. The big question: is this (UGG Dunwich boots) worth $225 USD?


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Just got home from watching Pan's Labyrinth - what a beautiful, surreal movie. The CGI was just brilliant. Everything looked incredibly lifelike, almost real. The scenes in the magical underworld were captivating - even I, the avowed nature-hater, wanted to explore it. There was a lot of violence - an excessive amount some say - but I thought it ( Read more... )

Even when you're promoting tuition centres.

The testing class really got me thinking. Test preparation is so commonplace in Singapore (spotting questions, TYS) that we don't even think twice about it. But is such test preparation 'productive'? Does such test preparation do anything beside raise scores on this one test? Are the gains in scores ( Read more... )

I think it's fucking racist.

And when did it become ok to call Indians 'ah neh'? How would you feel if everyone went around calling Chinese kids 'chinks'?

People are fucking stupid and insensitive.

"Hello everyone,

Youthink will resume print on Feb 05. For the first opinion call of 2007, we are seeking pieces that explore the theme of "disassociation" Singaporeans feel when they are away from home. In particular, this should apply to Singaporeans who are currently overseas studying and working, including those who have studied/worked overseas ( Read more... )

Brilliant article about refugees struggling to adapt to life in America. I really want to watch God Grew Tired of Us!

This is an interesting article about cosmopolitanism and parochialism in film. We just watched Letters from Iwo Jima, and while I enjoyed it tremendously, it was ultimately an American film, with American sensibilities, starring ( Read more... )