Endoh’s Dungeon

It is not surprising why I am caught fluctuating between both ends, because I don’t believe the response from either side yields long term changes that will be beneficial to our society - particularly lesser control over internet. On one hand where we are pushing for lesser control over internet, yet we are also the ones to cry foul over the kind of spillage we have seen. Most of which, were anticipated many years ago.

Just yesterday, Paddy and I had a short conversation and I briefly sent him a remark that our blogosphere is not mature enough. I have long suspected the hypocrisy of Singapore’s blogosphere, but Fragrance Prince’s episode seemed to confirm my sentiments. Of course, a lot of comparisons were made between Fragrance Prince and our infamous Xiaxue - who was also known to have made slightly seditious remarks in her blog years back. The outcome is significantly different as we know.

Read more »

This is the song I was mentioning, that Andy Lau rewritten (lyrics) in one hour when I talked about the disaster in China. Thankfully, someone posted it up n Ping.sg forum and the rest of us can now listen to the meaningful lyrics. I am sure late Wong Ka Kui (黄家驹) will be delighted that his song is now used for such a noble cause.

Read more »

The media coverage of China’s earthquake has been fantastic, and I feel it’s even better than what we have seen from CNN on September 11th attack. Countless journalists were quickly scattered all over the affected area, bringing us the latest news and updates in all dimensions. The local media coverage is so extensive that I have not seen anything as close to the Chinese media by far.

Being quick, is one of the important characteristics of being a journalist. Sniffing out news that will keep us gripped to our chairs is definitely not an easy task. Imagine you have 101 news leads pertaining to the same incident, which should you report first? Maybe for some occasions, you may wonder what to report.

Here’s the puzzling part, where do we draw the line between ethical and unethical journalism?

Read more »

Cyclone Nargis is the most tragic natural disaster to happen since 2004’s Indian Ocean Tsunami, apart from China’s earthquake. I am particularly drawn to Nargis’s aftermath more than China’s earthquake due to the magnitude of damages and loss of lives. China has since received both aids and manpower from several countries, but the same cannot be said for our Myammar friends.

Of course, any such incident immediately draws out the need for donations across the globe. Like Indian’s Ocean Tsunami, the world responded not only with money and material aids. Billions of dollars are also being invested by many nations to develop a better Tsunami warning system for the benefit of all. While banks, organizations and many corporate companies (quick to embark on a marketing propoganda) are actively raising funds for Myammar, I wonder how realistic the effort is.

Read more »

The headline was rolled out yesterday as Chelsea defeated Man Utd in the EPL, and apparently Chelsea’s problem isn’t only about ground staffs vs Man Utd players. Even though Chelsea is not my cup of tea, I don’t see how a football match should be linked politically.

I thought football is a game that establish friendship even though the rivalry on the pitch can be fiery. I thought football is the game to share love even though it’s an international game. I even thought football is the game to bring joy and hope to needy countries. But apparently some people in our neighbouring country feels otherwise.

Read more »

What do you guys feel about it? Is it even a viable option and necessity in Singapore? And even if we implement such a curriculum requirement, at what stages of our schooling life should this be implemented?

As a bunch of us sat through the post-service lunch discussion, our conversation drew weird stares from neighbouring tables at Singapore Expo. If we were to do an open presentation of this idea, I think we are going to draw even more stares from the public. Maybe because we sounded too novel…

Read more »