I was at London recently and spotted this rather familiar shop name. Similar right to the 'full stop'.
This is the London shop that sells sandwiches.
This is the Singapore shop that sells Bak Chor Mee (service sucks but taste not bad actually).
I was saddened to hear that the Indian gang rape victim has passed away after succumbing to the injuries. I like many others are puzzled by the extend of the injuries after reading about the removal of intestines. After news from various sources start appearing, it becomes clearer but very shocking. What animal will do such thing? One thing for sure, the culprit will be 'very well treated' in prison and especially Indian prison.
News from Singapore Media.
News circulating in social media.
News from huffingtonpost.
Whatever it is, the singapore media appears to be the poorest in terms of getting closer to the truth.
Good news is that being the least emotional and least positive has no correlation to our life expectancy according to the Lancet report. Looking at where all these statistics are going, seems like we are headed to grow into a land of grouchy old men and women.
Honestly speaking when I see this by the Gallup polls, I thought we are among the lowest but not necessarily right at the bottom. I had to see it for myself to believe. Well, I am a fan of statistics.
After checking it out, we are really the least positive in the world. What the Fxxx? Is there a worldwide conspiracy to project a bad image of us? Was it done by the opposition party (just kidding)? Did some Singaporeans offended someone in the Gallup polls? Maybe someone somehow carry the 'choke seat with tissue paper' culture overseas?
First we were the least emotional of the lot and now this. I am skeptical of the least emotional story as if you try cutting into someone else's lane in Singapore while driving, you see if the other party is emotionless. You will quite often see or hear colourful display of gestures or languages.
Here are the rankings.
If you want a clearer look at the bottom of the heap, here it is.
Poor Khaw Boon Wan... He seems to be under heavy fire in Facebook from Netizen since the Michael Palmer's scandal erupted. Not surprisingly, the press did not pick up on this. Most of the many earlier comments has been deleted. Many have since re-posted new comments. It has become a 'you delete i post again' battle. I think most people are upset with the double standard. I guess they are still struggling to learn how to use the new media and internet. New media cuts both ways. It can gives you good free publicity very fast as well as bad ones.
Netizens accused him of being very vocal on the opposition party's Yaw Shin Leong's case while keeping mum on PAP's Michael Palmer's. They are asking him to answer his own questions. You can still see the video clip here in the last Hougang by-election Youtube.
The question is should he clarify? I am pretty sure this cross his mind too as being silent don't seem to be a good choice either. But then again, what do you expect him to say? Sorry for not expecting one of our own to also fallen on sin and lust?
Better be quick if you want to see the comments or it will be gone again soon.
I have heard people asking about what is happening to Singapore lately. Why are there more scandals or corruption cases heard lately? Hot on the heels of the CNB's chief case is the Michael Palmer's case. I don't think human nature has changed much over the past few years. The main difference i think would be the rise of the internet. This has leveled the playing fields for everyone and taken away much power from those traditional medias. It is really hard to hide nowadays. If the media doesn't want to publish for certain reasons, there's always someone out there ready to use the internet to spread the message. Then the media will continue to lose it's credibility. I guess it is fair to say internet makes the world a fairer place. It helps every David out there fight the Goliath.
I would say the greatest risk to malaysia's property prices in the short term could be the politics. This is a hot topic in Penang and it is also likely to become one in Johor. Property prices have risen by a few folds rapidly in the last few years and the politicians are likely to use this as a card to play. May want to be cautious before the elections.
