{"id":8935,"date":"2016-02-11T16:41:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/sg\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2017-02-18T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T10:28:29","slug":"tropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/sg\/tropes\/","title":{"rendered":"tropes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This is a work in progress) Also see:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/3phket\/i_got_really_annoyed_seeing_the_same_stories_in\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/3phket\/i_got_really_annoyed_seeing_the_same_stories_in\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Articles about Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Unsorted:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/tell-me-about-it\/alexis-ong-would-singaporeans-just-learn-how-behave-already-220179\/\">Would Singaporeans just learn how to behave<\/a> [2011]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/tell-me-about-it\/alexis-ong-defense-smokers-431753\/\">In defense of smokers<\/a> [2011]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/alexis-ong-having-maid-carry-ones-army-pack-big-deal-056308\/\">Maid carry backpack big deal<\/a>\u00a0[2011]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/tell-me-about-it\/alexis-ong-singapore-needs-encourage-bad-behavior-718985\/\">Singapore needs to encourage bad behavior<\/a> [2012]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/asia\/21690063-singapores-ruling-party-plans-its-next-half-century-power-old-shoes-and-duckweed\">Old shoes and duckweed<\/a>\u00a0[2016]<\/p>\n<h3>Singapore Is So Exotic, Prosperous, Sterile, Creepy&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/1993\/04\/sandfort\/\">Sandy Sandfort \u2013 The Intelligent Island<\/a> [1993]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070614063644\/http:\/\/www.usp.nus.edu.sg\/writing\/uwc2101d\/wenghong3.html\">Singapore as Potemkin Metropolis<\/a>\u00a0[2007]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/alexis-ong-singapore-perfect-world-capital-586190\/\">Singapore, the perfect world capital<\/a> [2011]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2012\/07\/09\/singapore-s-not-so-grim-disneyland-\/\">Singapore\u2019s not-so-grim \u201cDisneyland\u201d<\/a> [2012]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/365459\/how-lee-kuan-yew-made-singapore-the-most-prosperous-efficient-and-quirkily-repressive-country-in-asia\/\">How Lee Kuan Yew made Singapore the most prosperous, efficient, and quirkily repressive country in Asia<\/a> [2015]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/09\/peter-steinhauer-singapore-number-blocks\/\">Singapore&#8217;s funky apartments are like candy for the eyes<\/a>\u00a0[2015]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"bdc70a746a0e\">Yes We Got Soul, Says Singaporean<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion\/lee-kuan-yew-dies\/by-gum-the-west-is-wrong-about-singapore\">Business Times \u2013 By gum, the West is wrong about Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/commentary\/why-im-coming-back-you-singapore\">why I&#8217;m coming back to you Singapore<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"6cf355c61d0d\">Singapore Got No Soul, Says Foreigner<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifelisted.com\/blog\/happens-everything-goes-right\/\">Danny Dover \u2013 Why I\u2019ll Never Return to Singapore<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=6724366\">HN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">ARCHIVE \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130426001143\/http:\/\/voices.yahoo.com\/five-reasons-not-travel-singapore-south-6691622.html\">Five Reasons Not To Travel To Singapore<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Response <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/i-m-h-o\/singapore-isnt-boring-you-are-b9ef744a887e#.5pkpqdddq\">1<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/naomihattaway.com\/2013\/11\/five-reasons-to-travel-to-and-live-in-singapore\/\">2<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/heliosexeunt.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/07\/re-five-reasons-not-to-travel-to-singapore-this-south-east-asian-country-is-one-to-avoid\/\">3<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.tripzilla.com\/about-singapore-travel-waste-time\/18985\">4<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/perceptivetravel.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/everybody-has-an-opinion-about-singapore\/\">5<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/perceptivetravel.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/03\/why-singapore-is-underrated-and-misunderstood\/\">6<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Expat mum about Singapore train<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"7ae0c65a405c\">Singapore Is Undemocratic<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080810085414\/http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/Breaking%2BNews\/Singapore\/Story\/STIStory_266146.html?vgnmr=1\">Why they hate Singapore<\/a> [2008] \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=275277\">HN<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Singapore is repressive\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"ccc2383b83af\">Singaporeans Cannot Do Naughty Things<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Shisha Ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Alcohol Ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Chewing Gum Ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Smoke Weed Overseas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dating,\u00a0Love, Sex &amp; Babies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/29\/world\/asia\/29iht-sing.1.12428974.html\">NYtimes \u2013 Singapore succeeds at managing everything, except dating<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/opinion-why-singapore-men-suck-323414\/\">Alexis Ong: The problem with Singaporean men [2010]<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Response (<a href=\"https:\/\/mollymeek.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/04\/gender-inequalities-the-problems-with-alexis-ong\/\">Molly Meek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRedPill\/comments\/1yezq5\/singaporean_girl_complains_about_modern_men_ends\/\">TRP<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/opinion-singaporeans-get-room-we-dont-need-see-you-making-out-public-897439\/\">Get a room, we don&#8217;t want to see you making out in public<\/a>\u00a0[2010]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitioning.org\/2010\/11\/30\/alexis-ong-singaporeans-just-dont-give-a-damn\/\">Singaporeans just don&#8217;t give a damn<\/a> [2010]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/limpehft.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/09\/what-singaporean-women-think-of.html\">What Singaporean women think of Singaporean men<\/a> [2012]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/limpehft.blogspot.sg\/2012\/09\/q-what-is-wrong-with-singaporean-men.html\">What is wrong with Singaporean men<\/a>\u00a0[2012]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/singaporeans-hard-to-please-in-bed--survey.html\">Singaporeans hard to please in bed<\/a>\u00a0[2012]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/what-do-singapore-women-really-want--054414371.html\">What do Singapore women really want<\/a> [2013]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/marriage-still-on-the-minds-of-most-s%E2%80%99pore-residents-145314045.html\">Why S&#8217;pore couples are delaying marriage<\/a>\u00a0[2013]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"bdae335be75e\">Sex:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Annabel Chong<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Tila Tequila<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockson.blogspot.sg\/2006\/02\/nyp-tammy-video.html\">Tammy<\/a>\u00a0NYP,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ez141sg.com\/forum\/threads\/7016-Singapore-s-Deal-Or-No-Deal-Zanetta-Joan-Sit-Leaked-Love-Pictures-Sex-Scandal\">Zanetta Joan Sit<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">WP\u2019s Yaw Shin Leong\u2019s affairs and his subsequent expulsion from his party<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Underage Prostitute \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/news.asiaone.com\/News\/Latest+News\/Singapore\/Story\/A1Story20120417-340294.html\">men charged<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Shaw<\/li>\n<li>Stickfas<\/li>\n<li>LTC<\/li>\n<li>Prosecutor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.asiaone.com\/News\/Latest+News\/Singapore\/Story\/A1Story20121120-384739.html\">Ng Boon Gay<\/a> [2012]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">NUS professor, Tey Tsun Hang, in sex-for-grades<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">NUS\u2019 Msian student Alvin Tan Jye Yee in his exhibitionist antics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">PAP politician of Punggol East SMC, Michael Palmer and his \u2018mango escapades\u2019 with own PA staff, Laura Ong<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/eight-in-10-women-in-singapore-want-more-sex--survey---114649983.html\">Singaporean women want more sex<\/a>\u00a0[2013]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">6 March \u2013 Jack Neo&#8217;s extramarital affairs are exposed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"084ac3a90458\">Singapore Bad For\u00a0The Gay<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/dear-blank\/965b5c613035\">Adrianna \u2013 Dear Gay Teen<\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/dear-blank\/22f17f19c20d\">Dear Fundie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/things-i-fear-queer-singapore-190094\/\"><span class=\"name\">Fikri \u2013 Fear And Loathing As A 21-yo Queer in Singapore<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/essays-same-lesbian-aunt-receive-004519355.html\">Essays On Same Lesbian Aunt Receive \u2018A\u2019 in Amsterdam, \u2018F\u2019 in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Singapore is cruel to domestic help\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/maid-flees-via-rubbish-chute-employer-disputes-080413858.html\">Maid Flees Via Rubbish Chute<\/a><\/li>\n<li>More maid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Singaporeans are dumb&#8230;?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"ebc504358cd2\">Singaporeans are stupid, foreigner says<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singledudetravel.com\/2013\/03\/i-dun-unerstan-u-lah-an-expose-of-singapore-and-singaporean-retardation\/\">i dun unerstan u lah!: An expos\u00e9 of Singapore and Singaporean retardation<\/a> [2013]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"7bd65be994d0\">Haze<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/breaking-news\/se-asia\/story\/haze-update-indonesian-minister-hits-out-singapore-20130620\">indonesia say singapore behaving like child<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"70faea931c3e\">Singaporeans Are So Pampered<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Strawberry Generation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"ccc378f115e3\">Where Are Our Creative People?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Singaporeans are Racist<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"c79cebebc8b2\">Foreigner Make Fun Of Singaporeans<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/chinese-scholar-sun-xu-s-scholarship-terminated.html\">Sun Xu<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/business\/news\/anton-casey-fired-and-flees-singapore-in-economy-class-over-poor-people-comments-9088199.html\">Anton Casey<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sg.entertainment.yahoo.com\/blogs\/singapore-showbiz\/local-actress-oon-shu-ann-open-letter-anton-031951568.html\"><span class=\"name\">Oon Shu Ann&#8217;s response to Casey<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/7\/24\/5934449\/the-end-of-the-singapore-consensus\"><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"0f5154bf19a4\">Singapore is Divided<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"cecd1a29ac83\">Brain Drain, <em>Jialat<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Eli James\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/e27.co\/singapore-where-have-all-your-talent-gone\/\">singapore: where have all your talent gone<\/a>\u00a0[2012]\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"c9f3486d2465\">Singapore is Bad For Artists<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Samantha Lo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/blogs\/musicscene\/inch-chua-slams-lack-support-local-musicians-093158107.html\">Inch Chua slams lack of support for local musicians<\/a> [2011]\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newnation.sg\/2011\/07\/frustrated-singapore-musician-moving-out-of-her-homeland\/\">New Nation \u2013 Frustrated Singapore musician moving out of her homeland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>$$$ \u2013 Money, Economy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"e313798803d8\">Young Singaporean Is Not Impressed With Singapore<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligentsingaporean.wordpress.com\/2006\/09\/21\/why-i-would-like-to-leave\/\">Why I Would Like To Leave<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Kitana [2006]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sgforums.com\/forums\/12\/topics\/458379\">Letter To Singapore: 20yo leaves for London<\/a>\u00a0[2012] \u2013 Response: <a href=\"https:\/\/theknifeisclean.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/06\/letter-to-singapore\/\">1<\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Pat Law: <a href=\"http:\/\/blankanvas.bypatlaw.com\/lead-story\/dear-singapore\/2012\/12\/16\/\">This lesbian of a Singaporean is staying put<\/a>\u00a0[2012]\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/artist-39-39-submissive-singaporeans-39-remarks-spark-112312963.html\">Steph Micayle- Singaporeans are submissive<\/a>\u00a0[2014]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"7246d044e5a0\">Singapore\u2019s Economy Si Liao<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jessecolombo\/2014\/01\/13\/why-singapores-economy-is-heading-for-an-iceland-style-meltdown\/\">Why Singapore&#8217;s Economy is heading for an Iceland-style Meltdown<\/a> [2014]\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/massive-banking-crisis-brewing-singapore-024500286.html\">A massive banking crisis is brewing in Singapore, says Swiss billionaire Zulauf<\/a> (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"b7751795127f\">Singapore&#8217;s Economy Damn Zai<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/on-startups\/549c553e67a1\">Singapore, the world&#8217;s biggest startup<\/a>\u00a0[2013]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"8245a12c69fe\">Singapore Ruled By The Rich<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/the-moneymaking-machine-of-singapore-inc-20101029-177lq.html\">The money-making machine of Singapore Inc<\/a> [2010]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/24032013-who-rules-singapore-the-only-true-mercantile-state-in-the-world-analysis\/\">Who Rules Singapore? The Only True Mercantile State In The World \u2013 Analysis<\/a>\u00a0[2013]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"e8bdb9382617\">Singapore Going To Be SEA&#8217;s Sillicon Valley<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>2011: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/2011\/03\/the-failure-of-failure\/\">in singapore, a failure to fail<\/a>:<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/428990\/singapore-seeks-a-breakthrough-to-call-its-own\/\"><span class=\"name\">Singapore seeks a breakthrough to call its own<\/span><\/a><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/428990\/singapore-seeks-a-breakthrough-to-call-its-own\/\">\u00a0<\/a>[2012]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-16939814\">BBC \u2013Singapore pushes &#8216;entrepreneurial nation\u00a0<\/a>[2012]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-01-24\/singapore-joins-hunt-for-new-zuckerberg-with-stanford-style-dorm.html\">Singapore joins hunt for new Zuckerberg<\/a>\u00a0[2013]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sivers.org\/sg14\">Derek Sivers \u2013 Understanding Singapore<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Derek Sivers \u2013 I&#8217;m moving to Singapore \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=2621371\">HN<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextupasia.com\/eduardo-saverin-facebook-co-founder-first-public-talk\/\">Saverin<\/a>\u00a0[2011]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"14f367574ece\">Singapore Is For Rich People<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/derekwee.blogspot.sg\/2006\/10\/future-of-singapore.html\">Derek Wee \u2013 Future of Singapore<\/a> [2006]<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wee_Shu_Min_elitism_controversy\">Wee Shu Min response \/ controversy\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligentsingaporean.wordpress.com\/wee-shu-min\/\">1<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sociologicalthoughts.com\/tag\/singapore-society\/\">2<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/singaporemind.blogspot.sg\/2006\/10\/elitism-201.html\">3<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2014\/feb\/13\/unaffordable-cities-singapore-workers-millionaire-island\">Unaffordable cities: Singapore workers tread water on millionaires&#8217; island<\/a>\u00a0[2014]\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"24b994a8da4a\">Angry Teenager KPKB The Government<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120604002430\/http:\/\/fifthazure.tumblr.com\/post\/24189167626\/pre-u-sem-reflections-you-dpm-teo\">**** you, DPM Teo<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/temasektimes.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/08\/dpm-teo-on-why-he-asked-students-to-think-i-want-them-to-think-deeply-about-their-choices\/\">1<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Amos Yee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"6775b44c81a4\">The Elites Are Different<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonlinecitizen.com\/2007\/07\/pms-sons-email-saga-a-heartening-development-for-singapore\/\">hongyi email<\/a>\u00a0[2007]<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Tony Tan&#8217;s son<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligentsingaporean.wordpress.com\/ministers-salaries\/\">Ministerial Salaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"2d94515eb6ee\">Singapore Gahmen Corrupt and Nepotistic, Singaporean Says<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeocheowtong.com\/Salaries.html\">Yeow Cheow Tong \u2013 Salaries<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"163f08c78a9b\">Clutch Your Pearls, Singapore Executes People<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.wired.com\/wired\/archive\/1.04\/gibson_pr.html\">Disneyland With The Death Penalty<\/a>\u00a0[1993] &#8220;We sent William Gibson to Singapore to see whether that clean dystopia represents our techno future.&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2012\/04\/opinion-jeyaretnam-disneyland-death-penalty\/\">Revisited<\/a>\u00a0[2012]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/2012\/11\/2012112811012138691.html\">Al Jazeera \u2013 Death Penalty Divides Singapore<\/a> (Shadrake, Vui Koong) [2012]:\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"49d4d2e823ff\">&#8220;We Not Corrupt, We Sue You&#8221; \u2013 Gahmen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20101206020342\/http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/BreakingNews\/Singapore\/Story\/STIStory_610710.html\">Singaporeans Happiest in Asia<\/a> [2010] &#8211; response:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/singapore\/life\/tell-me-about-it\/alexis-ong-singapore-happiest-place-asia-899785\/\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"b5c5c0bf340d\">Singaporeans Are Emotionless<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121220123118\/http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/breaking-news\/singapore\/story\/singaporeans-not-just-emotionless-unhappy-20121220\">Singaporeans not only emotionless but unhappy as well: Gallup poll<\/a>\u00a0[2012] &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/singapore-ranks-as-world%E2%80%99s-most-emotionless-society--survey-071151173.html\">1<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2012\/nov\/21\/singapore-least-emotional-country-poll\">2<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2012-11-20\/singapore-confronts-an-emotion-deficit\">3<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/may\/06\/singapore-elections-internet\">Singapore Elections Marked by buzz of discontent<\/a> [2011]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"10ac65ed9e6c\">PSLE Is Life And Death<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"ccc2383b83af\">Singaporeans Cannot Do Naughty Things<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Shisha Ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Alcohol Ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Chewing Gum Ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Smoke Weed Overseas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"91257e9276aa\">Elderly Doing Exercise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"2d787a8382cc\">Censorship Is [REDACTED]<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">6 July \u2013 The local free newspaper Today suspends the column of mrbrown in a noted case of censorship in Singapore following a letter from a government official to the letters section of the paper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">SVFV<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"95e7c763e7c7\">We Don&#8217;t Need National Service, Says Pre-Enlistee<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Singaporeans are Racist\n<ul>\n<li>Amy Cheong [2012] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonlinecitizen.com\/2012\/10\/amy-cheong-the-controversial-foreign-talent-policy\/\">1<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/breaking-news\/singapore\/story\/racist-rant-amy-cheong-gets-stern-warning-police-20130325\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"bbeae84e5936\">Where Got Racism In Singapore, Says Singaporean Chinese<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Now Is Not The Time For Thaipusam, Singaporean Chinese Says<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"b5f129e8a3be\">Singapore Is A Pressure Cooker<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150729031205\/http:\/\/www.tnp.sg\/news\/singapore-news\/straight-student-commits-suicide-over-o-level-results-mum-takes-her-own-life\">Straight A student commits suicide over O-level results, mum takes her own life months later<\/a> [2015]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"a0a60e4b6436\">Singapore Schooling System Very Zai<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/opinion\/index.ssf\/2012\/11\/education_dominates_in_singapo.html\">Education dominates Singapore&#8217;s &#8216;different&#8217; culture: Brent Larkin<\/a>\u00a0[2012] \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=4739997\">HN<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unsorted<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Resources\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\">http:\/\/calibratedcoercion.wordpress.com\/about-us\/<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"2f04246e5cca\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mollymeek.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/11\/the-functions-of-apologies-in-singapore\/\">Molly Meek \u2013 The functions of apologies in Singapore<\/a> [2012]\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"9a6deeff72ad\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innersanctuary.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/\">2012 year in review<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"3c1878e41b25\">Racist Gets Stern Warning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/therealsingapore.com\/content\/racist-%E2%80%9Cfilipino-infestation-singapore%E2%80%9D-blog-post-angers-many-native-pinoys\"><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"46135b2414bf\">Foreigners Are Cockroaches, Says Singaporean<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"886744edfed5\">Little India Riot <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Little_India_riot\">1<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/little-india-riot\">2<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Dee Kosh joked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"05133136a0e0\">https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/remembering-13-most-horrifying-incidents-033000118.html<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"6a36446bb728\">http:\/\/www.spell7.net\/paulrae\/1012.pdf\u00a0When Singapore Became Bali of 21st century<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"cb40cc6a12d5\">Single Dude&#8217;s Travel Guide To Singapore [2011] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.singledudetravel.com\/2011\/08\/the-single-dudes-guide-to-singapore-part-one-the-cons\/\">The Cons<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.singledudetravel.com\/2011\/08\/the-single-dudes-guide-to-singapore-part-two-the-pros\/\">The Pros<\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"7d29ecef3274\">7 May \u2013 James Gomez is detained in Singapore for further questioning, after trying to leave for Sweden to return to work. He was released a week later and given a formal warning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"6febd9699efd\">2008:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"a03a05def7cb\">27 February \u2013 Singapore&#8217;s most wanted terror fugitive, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, escaped from detention under the country&#8217;s Internal Security Act.[2]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"09c86b8e2588\">28 November \u2013 Lo Hwei Yen (A Singaporean held hostage killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"7c748714dd47\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_in_Singapore<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"773cfa2d674b\">H1N1\u00a0(Total 1217 case).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"b9f5916277fb\">Early April \u2013 Mass food poisoning incident involving an Indian rojak stall at the Geylang Serai temporary market caused more than 150 people to be affected, 1 miscarriage and claimed 2 lives.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"093ab935e2a7\">2010:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"11f2165e909f\">1 January \u2013 MediaCorp discontinued TVMobile due to the planning of withdrawing the older generation of SBS Transit buses, to replace them with new ones for the new decade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"70db8d965f4d\">25 June \u2013 Heavy and intense downpour causes flash floods around Singapore and road chaos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"d5afa4e80f7c\">17 July \u2013 Early morning heavy rain causes flash floods in hotspots of Singapore, partly due to Typhoon Conson (2010).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"cbd0ea5724ca\">8 September \u2013 Flash floods occur in Shenton Way and Little India in the late morning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"212359cf79ac\">2 November \u2013 British author and former journalist, Alan Shadrake, was found guilty of contempt of court to Singapore judicial system for his book Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"bac70a453b39\">31 December \u2013 Singapore&#8217;s economy grew by 14.7% for the whole year, the best growth on record ever for the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"a21aaef00622\">2013:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"0c08e56a5684\">21 June \u2013 The newly minted record was broken again at 12pm, with the PSI remaining in the &#8220;Hazardous&#8221; range with a reading of 401.[4] (haze)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"f901a90f7d1c\">Early November &#8211; Hackings started occurring, and the YouTube video of Anonymus Hacker Group&#8217;s The Messiah threatening the Singapore government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"e7ec94708f1a\">http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/11\/singapore-orders-its-citizens<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"6a1c36355aab\">Writing Ideas #todo write a couple of sentences about why each thing is necessary<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>history of news in singapore<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">blogosphere trends<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">important books worth reading<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">famous suicides\/murders in singapore?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">drugs?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">interesting facts?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Timeline of SG<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Disneyland death penalty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">operation cold store<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">singapore inc<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">startups in sg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">gas haus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This is a work in progress) Also see:\u00a0https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/3phket\/i_got_really_annoyed_seeing_the_same_stories_in\/\u00a0 Articles about Singapore Unsorted: Would Singaporeans just learn how to behave [2011] In defense of smokers [2011] Maid carry backpack big deal\u00a0[2011] Singapore needs to encourage bad behavior [2012] Old shoes and duckweed\u00a0[2016] Singapore Is So Exotic, Prosperous, Sterile, Creepy&#8230; 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