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Sunday, January 14, 2007
slept from about 1.16am last night [this morning]. to 1.20 pm today. overslept majorly and pounced out of bed to hurry out only to meet the wrath of my parents. but nevermind about that :Sim so sorry. sighz...
i think im getting a fever. or my hands are very cold. i dunnoe :S
slept very late last night cos reading Singapore: The Air-Conditioned Nation by Cherian George. didnt finish reading it cos keep falling asleep halfway through but finished it today. anyway. some extracts...
"The First Law of Singapore Politics: The government adhors a political vacuum. It wants to fill every space and control every agenda.
The Second Law of Singapore Politics: Every action by citizens invites an unequal and opposite reaction by the government."
"The First Lay of Civil Society: Space exists in Singapore for citizens to colonise and enlarge.
The Second Law of Civil Society: Inertia in society can be overcome by the introduction of sufficient energy."
hehe, quite interesting right.
"cultures only seem separate when one's perspective is shallow. [Kuo Pao Kun] likens culture to a forest. The tree trunks seem separate, he notes. "But if you go deeper, the roots touch. You go higher, the branches touch. And of course the cross-pollination is done up there. And you absorb the same nutrients, deep underneath. And this is the beauty of multi-culturalism."
haha, somemore...
"So, it should not be surprising to discover that Bukit Timah, the hill, is not part of Bukit Timah GRC, but in Bukit Gombak constituency. Bukit Gombak constituency, in turn, is named after another hill, where the Ministy of Defence is headquartered. But that geographical feature, as well as Gombak Drive, is not in Bukit Gombak constituency, but just north of the border in Chua Chu Kang constituency. In keeping with this glorious chaos, Chua Chu Kang constituency does not include Sungei Choa Chu Kang nor the area marked as Choa Chu Kang on old maps. Choa Chu Kang's most visited landmark -- the cemeteries -- are well west of the Chua Chu Kang constituency, in Hong Kah GRC.
The residents of Serangoon Gardens -- which is as deep inland as you could possibly be on a small island -- were probably the most bewildered by the 1996 electoral boundary changes, which made them part of Marine Parade GRC. ("Marine", the Advisory Committee on Street names says helpfully, should be reserved for projects "near the sea".) As long as the country's physical landscape continues to mutate like a spinning kaleidoscope, Singaporeans will have to get used to bandying about place names that shift with the winds and defy logic. On the brightside, Serangoon Gardens residents can now advertise their homes as being "near the sea".
haha, there was more about how nothing in aljunied is under alujunied town council or constituency but a bit of information overload larh... i wonder how many people read through the chunk i put up there :P
yeps. wonderful book isnt it? thanks junx!!
haha, another quote for gp politics infopack:
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." --- Voltaire
today has been a rather fulfilling day of reading larh :P
oh and today's zhu hui's birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZHU HUI!
hehe, could sleep late yesterday reading cos my sister was out sleeping over for orientation in school... such a rare opportunity when i had the room to myself. too bad no more liaos... haha :( but feeling rather tired - shows that i shouldnt have slept so late :P zzzzz... sleepy and tired nows although i woke up so astronomically late!
anyway... another book finished on my reading list! oh and i increased the number of books in it again XD on to reading gp notes before i try to borrow the next book! and oh yarh, the dreaded economist :S
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