tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post9085652385976747131..comments2024-02-21T10:51:47.184+08:00Comments on Under the Willow Tree: National Identity, by Solitaire Joker [Classic]Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-67346725215560059202010-08-05T23:31:04.837+08:002010-08-05T23:31:04.837+08:00Oh please those fellas especially KTM are PAP apol...Oh please those fellas especially KTM are PAP apologists. All their bloggo mumbo jumbo in the end is asking readers to "be patient, have faith in the system". <br /><br />The malaise that plagues Singapore can be distilled to one thing: PAP's despotic rule. Pure and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-75543351915832279702010-08-05T12:44:32.308+08:002010-08-05T12:44:32.308+08:00For those who noticed the recent "Do Not Litt...For those who noticed the recent "Do Not Litter" public service reminder on TV, you would expect the guy to utter "Fine me lah!". Instead, it was not to be, but just "Fine me..."<br /><br />Was the litter bug's reaction authentic to you? Did it feel right?<br /><br />We can't develop a strong national identity if we are not _authentic_. Our instinct compels us to separate the rice kernel from the hull.<br /><br />If we know where to dig and search, we can find the gems of wisdom posted by others.geckonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-6589577498295371182010-08-04T16:43:33.050+08:002010-08-04T16:43:33.050+08:00I remember the Intelligent Singaporean. I remember...I remember the Intelligent Singaporean. I remember bloggers like Kitana, Cobalt Palladin, Kueh Teow man and ten others who have all gone now. They have all disappeared like Gayle Goh. Or like Solitaire Joker they have closed their doors. Then there are others like dashing Darkness and his friends. I remember all of them very fondly. Who no longer even feel the need to talk to the outside world any longer. The good days have gone for good. And just to think it was only about 5 years ago. How time flies huh?teresahttp://econ.lse.ac.uk/noreply@blogger.com