On slagging people off once you're out of office
There's this article which praises Dubya for maintaining a dignified silence on the Obama administration. On one hand, it's pretty easy to figure out why George W Bush is keeping his mouth shut. For...
View ArticleThe state of the New Normal
Almost three years have passed since the momentous elections of 2011 to 2013. It was unusual for Singapore to have 4 elections over the course of only 2 years, but it happened. And there was the...
View ArticleDeath of LKY
Well, it’s finally happened. It had been in the works for a while, and everybody knew that it was time. It would not be a sudden death – LKY does not do this sort of thing. There would be a carefully...
View ArticleQuitter or Stayer
Something pretty strange happened last week.There was this guy I used to work for. This was the early days, possibly before I reached full maturity as an analyst. Perhaps if we had worked together in...
View ArticleSet Up to Fail
I saw an article from the Harvard Business Review. My god, this should be put up on a wall. For one or two years, that was the story of my life. It was a blur, but things were rather bleak for me back...
View ArticleWhat school doesn't teach you
I haven’t been blogging much because it’s all replaced by quora. Yes, I’m writing anonymously on Quora at the moment. I don’t really want people digging through myself, but I’m pretty comfortable with...
View ArticleTermination
It would be almost two years since I started work at my office. These two years have flown by in a twinkle of an eye. The two years I spent getting my master’s felt much longer than that. Also the 1+...
View ArticleFour elections
You know what I’m talking about. GE 2011, PE 2011, and the two by-elections in Hougang and Punggol East, both won by the Worker’s Party. In 2011, that was a year that I had been looking forward to a...
View ArticlePlan B for Singapore
This was shared on Facebook. It’s a little strange for Nicole Seah. But in many ways it made sense. Nicole Seah was not merely a pretty face when she turned out during the 2011 elections. I think many...
View ArticleRole and impact of social media on politics in Singapore
The 2006 and 2011 elections were different from the previous ones. The 2006 election was the election of the blog. The 2011 elections was the one of the social media. In fact, one of the major...
View ArticleHappy Period
I look back upon the time when I joined the GEP with some mixed feelings. There were many ways in which those days were the best of my life. My father was doing well at work, and we lived in...
View ArticleThings to think about for GE 2015
I’ve not really been in Singapore for quite some time. I suppose the last time I really got excited about the elections is during the Punggol East elections. After that, there was a silence. It’s...
View ArticleDemocracy in Singapore (and elsewhere)
One of the central tenets of the enlightenment is that of a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Ostensibly, when you vote for representatives, you will get a government who has...
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance
NB: I wrote this post before the election results were out, and it explained why I thought that many people did not seem too keen on voting opposition this time around. I did not predict the landslide...
View ArticleQuestions raised by elections 2015
1. Whither the Silent Majority?Well guys you know what happened. The PAP gained back 10 points this election, and that’s a tremendous swing. (Think about it this way – a 10 point swing in the opposite...
View ArticleBackstab your Mentors
Now, first, I think this is one of those rare posts that people on both sides of the electoral divide are going to hate. The pro-PAP gang is going to hate this because I’m trying to work out how to go...
View ArticleEPL is the toughest league in Europe?
Here's a possible answer to the question, "is the English Premier League the most competitive in the world?" I think one way to answer the question is to see how many clubs have won European...
View ArticleJose Mourinho sacked again
Jose Mourinho’s season thus far has been pure comedy gold. You think that Brian Clough’s 44 days at Leeds are legendary, but this is just like Brian Clough at Leeds, except that the team of champions...
View ArticleEunoia JC
I have a theory for EunoiaDuring my time the top 5 JCs all had their own image.Raffles Junior College is the JC for the Raffles gang - the anglophone go getters.Hwa Chong JC (or whatever the fuck it's...
View ArticleJava and Japan
I have once compared Java and Japan, when making the point that Java has an even larger population than Japan. Here are the similarities: 1. Ancient cultures that are partially based on foreign...
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