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The Trap

10 Apr 2007 – 8:53 am

“The Trap: What happened to our dream of freedom” by Adam Curtis
Watch this documentary to see how, in history, people’s lives have been screwed up again and again, due to rulers trying to control the people they rule. How sad.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
- Part 1 of 3
- Part 2 of 3
- Part 3 of 3

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Grandma and me!

13 Mar 2007 – 2:14 pm

I was bringing my Grandma to see the doctor the other day when I found out that that she has my primary school photo in her wallet!

Can you feel the tremendous love in that?

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Singapore Rebel

27 Feb 2007 – 12:28 am

This is the film Singapore’s censorship board doesn’t want people to see. It’s the story of opposition politician Chee Soon Juan, who has been imprisoned twice for championing democratic change in the city state. The censors declared it a “party political film” and it was pulled from April 2005’s Singapore International Film Festival line-up after [...]

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A Clockwork Orange!

13 Feb 2007 – 12:28 am

I just borrowed A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962):

‘All right, Dim’, I said. ‘Now for the other veshch, Bog help us all.’ So he did the strong-man on the devotchka, who was still creech creech creeching away in very horrorshow four-in-a-bar, locking her rookers from the back, while I ripped away at this and [...]

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From Ubuntu, wirelessly!

4 Feb 2007 – 10:45 am

\/\/00+! I’m posting this from Ubuntu through a wireless Internet connection, using my USB wireless ethernet adapter! I thought it could never work! But look at this beauty:

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Imran won 2nd prize for his poem!

1 Feb 2007 – 11:23 pm

I’m so proud of my brother! And I’m proud to announce this here too!
This is not to say that the recognition is important or necessary, but while present, I believe it might serve as a form of encouragement to a such a budding writer or poet as himself. Even if he didn’t win this [...]

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Lesson for today #6

25 Jan 2007 – 9:23 pm

The lesson for today is that your ultimate goal in life is to become your best self.
It’s from a book I’m reading:

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Opposites? Reversals?

15 Jan 2007 – 12:31 pm

Or just… clichés?
I’ve been musing about this—for want of a better word—*phrase* I learnt from her blog: “Don’t fear change; instead, change your fears.”
Similar is: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
Something in Malay: “Sembahyanglah kamu, sebelum kamu disembahyangkan.”
Something I just made up on the way to work: “Seek truth, [...]

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The Secret

28 Nov 2006 – 6:44 pm

When was the last time you watched a good movie?
I just watched The Secret, and found it to be marvellous. I am more determined than ever to change the way I see things.
What’s it about, you ask? Well, that’s a secret ;)

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Dulu Lain, Sekarang Lain

27 Nov 2006 – 8:53 pm

I’ve Googled for the lyrics, but failed to find any. So I shall contribute by posting the lyrics here. This is one of my favourite Malay songs of all time; you must understand how much I love it, because I don’t quite listen to Malay songs in the first place.
Contains good advice. Well, how often [...]

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