“The magic of 1989 was the way that the political shape of Europe was changed, not by a process, speeches or grand strategic designs - but by the exercise of "people power" western politicians frequently talk about, but rarely see delivered to quite such positive effect and so quickly.” [bbc]

Those who protest and claim Singapore as a melting pot due to an increase in mixed marriages, need to witness that such interracial marital unions only occur in specific directions; for example, more Chinese women marry Caucasian men than Chinese men who marry Caucasian women. Even the expatriate communities here exist almost separately from the local communities despite the government’s best efforts to address this issue. Hence, the question that really needs to be asked and addressed today is this – As Singaporeans, do we really possess the heart and mind of a twenty first century individual? - Reena Devi. Seems like there is greater unity in Singapore now, but it is not a melting pot of difference as some erroneously claim, but a 'hor fun' with different ingredients that do not conflict with its traditional taste.

Not only do people tend to flock to the prominent for information and insight, but it is only there that they afford the content thought enough for comment. I suppose in affording thought for the pronouncements of the prominent, in their subconscious minds, puts them, vicariously, on an equal footing with the prominent since they are thinking along the same lines, be it in support or opposition.

excerpted from, 'Warning! This article contains more insight than all of Stephen Fry's Tweets put together.Anyway, we are talking about ‘tweets’ for goodness sakes. How ‘interesting’ can a monosyllabic sound be?

Upon being included in a multicultural nation, one's culture becomes what one can be given new input, and not just what one was for lack of new input.The following was meant to be a comment at a Singaporean site which equated ‘cultural cleansing’ with the shutting down of Chinese schools and ‘Nantah’. But, I thought it would do better as a standalone article. Here goes, 'Cultural cleansing'? I dare say that the 'cultural cleansing' that took place occurred in the form of taking away the potential from 'Chinese-lookalikes' to be Malay, Indian and Chinese in culture, and therefore ‘Singaporean’ in race. In anything, the shutting down of Chinese schools and etc, is more of ‘cultural emancipation’ as opposed to ‘cultural cleansing’ as it bode quite well for becoming more as opposed to becoming the same. But, this was not to be.

The thing about the ‘affordability’ of HDB housing in singapore is that it is subjective and the personality that makes sense of it, in a Confucianised state, is well aligned, feng shui-style, to bode well for the undeterred growth of the government’s coffers. Whenever people say, 'I can afford it what!', I always ask them to consider what losses and gains are being incurred and by whom by their idea of 'affordability'.

Pushing for harmony amongst the populace within an unegalitarian status quo is always a good thing because friendship is one of the means by which people are blindsided and become oblivious to the tweaking that is going on to perpetuate an unegalitarian status quo.

Singapore Indian Shocked that Daughter is now minority in Indian Kindergarten.“A Singapore Indian has expressed his shock and dismay of being “swarmed” by overseas Indians within his own community! In an interview with the state media, Mr K. Varatharaju, 43, a factory owner related his own experience when he sent his youngest daughter to Sarada Kindergarten in Bartley Road: He discovered that she was one of only two Singaporean Indians in the class of 15.”[source] Personally, when I came across the above report at a local so-called ‘activist’s’ site, I was quite disgusted at the perspective of the ‘Singapore Indian’.

Sometimes I wonder, we demand that governments apologise for the misdeeds of their predecessors whether it comes to the Nanjing Massacre, the slaughter of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the enslavement of Africans, the 'stolen generation' of Australia, the extermination of the Jews in WWII.....but why no such demands when it comes to the soldiers who died in wars, as opposed to 'glorification'.