One Bold Prediction

In the next 2-3weeks, the Singapore market will crash one last time.

Down until the STI hits 2100-2000.

If you're holding anything with a short term horizon in mind then please exit soon.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Unless of course you're holding on to Put warrants.

Good luck!

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On a separate note, I will be going in for In-camp this Thursday for the next 2 weeks which is such a total bitch because I WILL BE STAYING IN!!! Argh.

Hate staying in.

But good lah can save abit of money haha.

The Birthday That Went

So my 27th birthday came and went without much fanfare. Alot more people remembered it than I thought. Thanks everyone!

Being 27 is like way old. So old that its like 10years older than being 26.

Haiz.

The battle isn't over yet, there's still a fourth round but I'm already having second thoughts due to the nature of the job.

Geez.

Oh I'm now on a rotational shift in Shenton Way branch so come visit lonely old me!

Guess thats all to update right now.

Fingers Crossed

Dear Chris Lum

We refer to your recent telephone interview with Michala Michael regarding the XXXX position at XXXX.

We are delighted to inform you that you have been successful in progressing to the next stage which will be an assessment day held at our Hudson offices week commencing 17th July 2006.

We will be contacting you shortly with further information and look forward to meeting with you.

Yours sincerely,

Hudson Global Resources (S) Pte Ltd
9 Temasek Boulevard
#35-01 Suntec Tower Two
Singapore 038989

*crosses fingers*

Shocked

As a Mr Brown fan, I never thought this possible. Just because of this harmless article, he got this letter from MICA and now he's been informed that TODAY has suspended his column.

Geez.

Outrageous man. My fave blogger plus my fave Friday column. Just what is our gahmen coming to when even the common man has got to be shut up like that.

Below is a relevant article from Reporters Without Borders

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SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT CRITICISED FOR CONDEMNING "UNCONSTRUCTIVE" ARTICLE


It is not the job of government officials to take a position on newspaper articles or blog posts unless they are clearly illegal, Reporters Without Borders pointed out today after the Singaporean newspaper Today published an opinion piece by an official on 3 July condemning a recent post by blogger Lee Kin Mun as over-politicised and unconstructive.

"This reaction from a Singaporean official is disturbing," the press freedom organisation said. "It reads like a warning to all journalists and bloggers in a country in which the media are already strictly controlled. The media have a right to criticise the government's actions and express political views. Furthermore, a newspaper's editorial policies depend solely on its editors. They should under no circumstances be subject to instructions issued by the government."

Lee, who uses the pseudonym "mr brown," wrote an article entitled "S'poreans are fed, up with progress!" for Today's opinion pages on 30 June in which he criticised recent government measures and the constant cost-of-living rises in an amusing and acerbic fashion.

Krishnasamy Bhavani, a press secretary to the ministry of information, communications and arts, responded with an article published in Today on 3 July in which she defended her government's policies but went on to criticise Lee for taking a political position.

"It is not the role of journalists or newspapers in Singapore to champion issues, or campaign for or against the Government," she wrote. "If a columnist presents himself as a non-political observer, while exploiting his access to the mass media to undermine the government's standing with the electorate, then he is no longer a constructive critic, but a partisan player in politics."

Lee is one of Singapore's most popular bloggers. When the government banned political podcasts during the recent elections in April, the media largely took its cue from Lee's position that, "Prison got no broadband," in which he seemed to discourage bloggers from violating the new rules. But he nonetheless tested the authorities himself by posting a series of "persistently non-political podcasts" on his blog.

Reporters Without Borders was not able to reach Lee for a comment.

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Go on.

Spread the word and do your part for a better Singapore.

It Was Coming All Along

At the rate I thought I was going I'd probably be a millionaire by end of the year.

I already knew it but I just never heeded the signs.

Haiz.

Suddenly it kicks you smack right in the balls and the pain is so sharp you can only writher in pain.

Argh.

I've learnt my lesson and I'm a stronger person for it. At least life goes on and I live to fight another day.

Cheong ah!!!!!

Mari Kita

I sang our national anthem on friday during our passing out parade. I can't remember when was the last time I sang it. Perhaps it was quite appropriate since NDP is coming, but I was surprised I still knew the words and how loudly I sang it(one WOSE commented that I really loved my country).

So reservist came and went. T'was fun while it lasted and it was good cuz there was alot of networking involved, so it made the course fun.

And I didn't have to cheong suah.

OK its work tomorrow all over again...go July!!!!!