http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/ wow.wows.wonderspace Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:10:54 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/286.html Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:08:52 GMT It's hard to have two postings every posting ... haha So I'm really moving to David's and this will be backup. So, haha Zun, can update your bookmark! ;) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=286 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/285.html Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:54:22 GMT I was just on Sintercom (oh no don't arrest me for treason), and I read this kinda half-witty half-boring column about Taiwan's FM. Left a little comment there. I don't know what the response in Singapore is like. Apparently my mom and Data didn't know that such a thing actually happened until quite late in the day, when Mark Chen had already apologised. I knew cos' I read Taiwan news and was wondering what the hell was happening. Then my Taiwan flatmate came laughing and asked whether I knew that my country had been called a PLP and a pisai by their dear FM. To which my retort was... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=285 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/284.html Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:43:00 GMT The guy who teaches China and IR, a Dr Russell Ong, kinda sucks. First, he looks and sounds Singaporean. Second, he has the same surname as me, which makes him even more suspiciously Singaporean. And third, he gives boring lectures, filled with "you know" ... e.g. "China was not happy, you know" ... that kind. I counted 233 you know's in a one hour lecture. And then finally, he keeps talking about exam questions. GOSH! It's as though I got teleported to Singapore! But I was due to do the first presentation for International Politics of Asia, about Chinese nationalism, and he let out the... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=284 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/283.html Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:55:55 GMT Was just having a conversation in Data yesterday when I realise that reading this blog I would have thought I was still in Beijing and was (impossibly) watching presidential debates next to Tian'anmen or something ... Thing is, I'm in London, and I'm reminded everyday by the rain (okay, these two days have been good, yesterday was exceptionally bright, sunny ... cold ... ok let's not go on). And the thing also is, that until recently I did not have a reliable inhouse Internet service. In fact even now it's not so reliable, but my downloading speed reached a magical 150KB today. Erm, it's... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=283 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/282.html Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:13:23 GMT So it's BBC Question Time, and somebody actually gets to ask whether the panel thinks Beckham should stay on as England captain ...! And the answers are real witty. David Dimbleby: "So what's the government's view of Beckham?" Labour MP from England: "He's made a mistake, he's said sorry, he should stay. And he's a great footballer, he's one of the lads, yet he's a great father." Lib Dem MP from Wales: "He's said sorry, I mean, pity that guy, that's the only way England can beat Wales." Tory MP from Scotland: "I support the Scottish team. But we need to support Beckham... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=282 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/281.html Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:23:06 GMT [Condensing 9 entries into 1] Isn't this supposed to be about domestic issues? That is such a weird first question~! Will we ever be safe and secure again? "The measure is not whether we are safer, the measure is whether we are as safe as we ought to be." The moderator chose a very bad question. It's back to foreign policy, and it's so weird ... "Yes we can be safe, if we go on the offense against terror, and if we spread freedom and liberty around the world" 4 years ago I never dreamt a Republican President would say that. Pat Buchanan is fainting at home as I type.... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=281 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/279.html Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:21:36 GMT There is a cottage industry in history writing occupied by those who persistently try to prove the Bible true or otherwise. Got an email from xand which suggests he has in his little way joined that bandwagon. My only encounter with investigative history was Jonathan Spence's Treason by the Book, aout the Lu Liuliang scandal during the Yongzheng and Qianlong eras. Problem with applying that to Christian history is that it is almost invariably controversial. Religion is such a hot potato, I admire anybody who even dares to involve himself with truth and myth in that field. Maybe their prayers... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=279 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/278.html Sat, 09 Oct 2004 02:33:41 GMT [I've decided to condense 14 entries into 1] Gonna start liveblogging now 1/3 into the debate Kerry had a good reply about winning the peace being the job of the President, winning the war being the job of the generals, and Bush looked really constipated trying to restrain his looks. So far Bush has been doing far better than behind a rostrum, but he still speaks with a drawl that reminds me of "itz so simple, why dun you get it ... (i dun quite get it, but why dun u?) ..." * Then Kerry makes a gaffe ".... Iraq ... wasn't a threat" *WHAT?* ... do Americans buy... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=278 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/277.html Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:30:55 GMT Dear Editor, On this page, on Sep 3, three school students responded to a call to ban homework and CCAs on weekends, giving what I think were clear, sensible reasons as to why they would rather not have such a ban. Then on Sep 13, two adults wrote here to bemoan how it was a "sad thing" students want to go back to school on Saturdays, one of them claiming the students were "indoctrinated". I think the latter writers have missed the point. In our society's current collective brainstorm over the way to go for education, we need to think hard about certain fundamental issues, of which I... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=277 http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/archive/276.html Tue, 07 Sep 2004 01:37:50 GMT It's not the first time Clinton is in hospital, but this time I suspect it's really got to him. AP reports that Clinton and Kerry spoke for 90 minutes, according to the New York Times, and the former president told Kerry to move away from talking about his Vietnam war record and instead attack Bush on job creation and health care. Let's just say that I think there are few people that I have come across who are able to frame political campaigns publicly as well as Bill Clinton. If he was campaigning for President, I believe he would be a kickass candidate that would be leading by at least... (more) http://tausarpiah.blogdrive.com/comments?id=276