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all past posts will be available there as well.

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41 and on the move?

Its been a week since i came back from covering a fishing tournament in Rompin Pahang, national day has passed and perhaps its been a while since i posted, i gotta be honest, i'm not all that active and what not on blogging, but i'll do whatever i can to update this space as much as i can.



The tournament concluded on the 6th August, and the news of Singaporeans taking the top placings, yes placings not placing, and to do a bit of shameless publicity for this event, it is an international event involving participants from 14 countries and its been running for 4 years already, a bit of history would put it that a Singaporean who came in 2nd for this year was actually the champion last year.

My question here is simple, why isn't this covered in the main stream press here in Singapore? I mean with national day only a few days away from the completion of the tournament, myself and a journalist took the oppurtunity to forward this piece of news to the TODAY newspaper, but from what I see there wasn't even an official response from the paper on this.

And yet i thought our very own leaders were on the lookout for Singaporeans with talent and to make known this sort of acheivements to the public at least, i mean this ain't just catching Ikan Bilis or small fish, its Game Fishing involving grabbing a fish of at least a whopping 50kg! And heck it ain't easy i tell you, i even have difficulty getting a catch from those fishing trips i go for.

To put forth as we celebrate 41 years of independence, enough of this nonsense that patriotism comes only during the 9th August and the days before it, i mean yes we celebrate our achievements and what not, but lets accept that nobody's perfect and we make mistakes and we should be held fully accountable for those mistakes, and not simply sweep it under the carpet, as we continue to pile more shit under the carpet it will eventually stink, and hell its gonna be hard to get rid of that stench.

Parallels Of Events

Many readers of China's history might recall the events of the Hundred Flowers Campaign imposed by Mao Tze Tung during the early days of communist China.

Now let us look at the events befolding the infamous Singaporean Blogger Mr Brown, i certainly recall Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's speech in encouraging Singaporeans to speak up with different views.

How is this in any way encouraging alternative views? Or is just another trap to lure those with dissenting views into the open and then taking the advantage to suppress them and incite fear amongst the population with the phrases:"Obey or else you'll suffer".

Of course perhaps the crackdown here won't be as severe as the good ol days of the Chinese Revolution, but let us ask ourselves the question whether it might come to that one day?

Alas i've spoken enough on this point, we need to take action and support our fellow Singaporeans and hold the Government accountable for its actions, woe to the PAP for using the reasoning that it has been voted into power as a legitimate cause for implementing of its ways, i ask them if whether the votes casts are casted on the basis of fear or a genuine lack of an alternative? Was there really an unbias view of the different political parties here during the election period or was there not? And nevertheless crippling opposition parties through the process of court through defamation suits?

Stop being Kids my dear PAP, and stop preventing this country from becoming a truly first world nation.