Specimens under a microscope
Tis is exactly hw i feel after reading Soph's entry , relating how her fren who works in ISD revealed to her that her assignments include sitting in for NUS lectures/forums to listen in on what we students are discussing. Haz...with rgds to little storm Jamie blew up at the LKY forum, i guess tis means that he's gonna be kept under tabs by the govt for e rest of his life? haha...gawd...i wished i had known abt it earlier, been rather preoccupied n onli found out abt the forum on e day itself...I wud hv relished such an elctrifying atmosphere,takes e dullness off the rigidities of sch life.
Wed, my free day..finally....need to squeeze in some readings n yeah, e bk review for US intellect is due soon, hw apt, on V day itself...Haz...Nat mentioned in her blog tt e nt onli Jamie, but e entire history dept's gonna be blacklisted too, well, dun think tt'll happen exactly but perhaps, it wud be juicy gossip for the lecturers and admin staff in e dept? As it is for us history students oredi... But what I can say about LKY is tt i do admire his forthrightness, he doesn't mince words when he replies ur question. A lot of pple,whenever asked abt some sensitive topics or issues they wud much rather avoid bringing up would jus try to evade it as tactfully as possible and given that most of us aren't atkin to the bloodhound tendencies of the paparazzi at sniffing out secrets, digging them out n tearing them apart nor r we too apt at forcefully pushing for a more direct answer to e qn, most of us wud jus end up nodding out head respectfully when in our brains, we dun hv e foggiest idea of hw their answer links back to e qn posed to them.
Perhaps, freedom is restricted in our little sunny island but how would we feel if we're reallie in the high echelons of the political ranks? Would we feel differently? That has always been sthg I ask myself whenever pple start criticizing the Spore govt n go on n on...
I'm tired...sigh..CNY's next wk, but all i can feel is jus e CNY blues...even with CNY, we wun miss DDR's lessons n tt means we'll hv to faithfully plough along....Waddle on, my frens..
Wed, my free day..finally....need to squeeze in some readings n yeah, e bk review for US intellect is due soon, hw apt, on V day itself...Haz...Nat mentioned in her blog tt e nt onli Jamie, but e entire history dept's gonna be blacklisted too, well, dun think tt'll happen exactly but perhaps, it wud be juicy gossip for the lecturers and admin staff in e dept? As it is for us history students oredi... But what I can say about LKY is tt i do admire his forthrightness, he doesn't mince words when he replies ur question. A lot of pple,whenever asked abt some sensitive topics or issues they wud much rather avoid bringing up would jus try to evade it as tactfully as possible and given that most of us aren't atkin to the bloodhound tendencies of the paparazzi at sniffing out secrets, digging them out n tearing them apart nor r we too apt at forcefully pushing for a more direct answer to e qn, most of us wud jus end up nodding out head respectfully when in our brains, we dun hv e foggiest idea of hw their answer links back to e qn posed to them.
Perhaps, freedom is restricted in our little sunny island but how would we feel if we're reallie in the high echelons of the political ranks? Would we feel differently? That has always been sthg I ask myself whenever pple start criticizing the Spore govt n go on n on...
I'm tired...sigh..CNY's next wk, but all i can feel is jus e CNY blues...even with CNY, we wun miss DDR's lessons n tt means we'll hv to faithfully plough along....Waddle on, my frens..
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lecturers of the hist dept beware hahahahah...well the govt cant expect us to be politically correct all the time rite. What abt our freedom of speech..oh wait, i forgot, it's Spore. hahahah
P.S: dun worry abt Dr'D stuff..ive promised to collate and print out stuff rite :) so mai kanchiong la babe...
Heya its Kev, I thought i'd post !
found this comment interesting: Perhaps, freedom is restricted in our little sunny island but how would we feel if we're reallie in the high echelons of the political ranks?
Well in my opinion, whats really holding back freedom is social elitism. Spore is such a stratified society. Way I see it, in Spore, people climbing to the top legitimize their status by inventing this myth that people below NEED them, so that their self-image as leaders becomes a "truth", leading to v. condescending thinking that pple below have less rights to speak since they are "dependent" on their benevolent leadership and dont have their "visionary" view. I dont think this is jus the PAP, I feel its embedded in Spore culture - so I think ur right, changing the PAP necessarily change anything until this society more levelled .
Ok super long first comment sorry sorry, and I planned to stop talking bout local politics too.
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