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On National Service – Part 2

Since my previous posts on National Service generated so much attention, I feel obliged to blog about the recent slew…

11 years ago

Dr Lim Wee Kiak: Serving two years NS privilege belongs to Singaporeans

Who voted this guy into parliament? I love this quote from Dr Lim Wee Kiak, Member of Parliament for Nee…

11 years ago

Blogger slammed for calling NS a “slavery system”?

Nice headline by The New Paper (TNP) today on my two NS blog posts (On National Service and On Alex…

11 years ago

On National Service

I did not expect my rant last week on our National Service (NS) system to trigger such a strong reaction. …

11 years ago

On Alex Liang, a Singaporean who gave up his Singapore citizenship

BBC News ran a story on 2 Oct featuring twenty of their international readers explaining why they had renounced their citizenship…

11 years ago

Jack Neo’s Ah Boys to Men《新兵正传》Gala Premiere

Thanks to the folks from GV Singapore, I watched Singapore's top movie director, Jack Neo's latest movie, Ah Boys to…

12 years ago

Meet the Female Recruits of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

Presenting to the world... the female soldiers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) going through their Basic Military Training (BMT)…

13 years ago

NS Graduation: “I was impressed until my son told me he had to pay $2.50 for my attendance”

Via Straits Times.com: 'I was impressed until my son told me he had to pay $2.50 for my attendance, as…

13 years ago

SAF’s fourth biggest military spender (per capita) in the world in 2008

Via The Economist. Errr... how come ah? We are not at war or in a state of emergency. Moreover, there's…

15 years ago

Alvinology is back from Japan

The two weeks break was refreshing! I reached Singapore at around 5pm yesterday. The first SMS to greet me when…

16 years ago