Endoh’s Dungeon

Until today, the Singapore Refinery Company fire on Pulau Merlimau in 1988 is Singapore’s longest fire ever documented. It lasted for a whopping 4 days and chilled many spines of Singaporeans. It seemed weird to be talking about this fire, I know. It was the fire that destroyed a Woodlands factory a few days ago which aroused memories of Pulau Merlimau fire.

Pulau Merlimau is now a part of Jurong Islands. For those in the later generations, some probably didn’t even know Singapore had such a big fire to battle. I am sure however, the older generations will remember the incident pretty clearly, especially after the collapse of Hotel New World in 1986.

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Singaporeans are still generally calm, while recent fuel price hikes fumed our Malaysian friends. It was anticipated because Malaysia had once again, chosen to point fingers at her neighbours instead of examining what has gone wrong with their governance. It is always hard for the Governments to take a step back and say, “We are sorry, we have been wrong.”

When the news first broke out, my thoughts weren’t about how much Singaporean motorists will have to pay for petrol in Malaysia. Simply, being close enough to top up petrol in Johor Bahru is a bonus, and should not be seen as a Rights of Singaporean motorist to enjoy the subsidies. How does cutting down on fuel subsidies help the Malaysian Government then?

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I was viewing the documentary on the rise of China’s film industry when this suddenly came banging in my head. It wasn’t mentioned in the documentary of course, but the moment Hero was used as a case study, it hit me really hard and got me down on editing some quick scenes from the DVD.

The other film I had in mind was 300, which was widely praised by viewers worldwide.

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I found this in Tung Soo Hua’s blog, one of those blogs I often read. Some of you may have received this in the mailbox. For those who haven’t, it’s just for laughs ya!

HILARIOUS!

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Last year, I revealed my first secret. This year, I thought of revealing my second which not even my closest friend knew. I developed a liking to writing screenplays, and did so for four short films. I never really understood how it turned me on to be writing screenplays but for two short years I was doing that. Thinking back on those two years, I’m pretty spurred on that only two scripts required further editing by the senior writers. The remaining two, were used just the way I wrote them.

It all started when I was pursuing Mass Communications more than 10 years ago, where I had to work on a short film as a final project for TV & Radio Production module. I was encouraged greatly when my screenplay scored the second highest in the class. Funnily, my script never got back to me because my lecturer kept it. To get that kind of ego-boost, how can I not try my luck with writing more screenplays?

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