When I saw the headlines "A*star scholar slammed for remarks about Spore men. What does she have to say now?", I thought to myself, "The Nation Builder has done it again". Once again, highlighting and stirring up a mundane incident unworthly of the front page.
Is it the weekly "AhHah!-Gotcha!-You-said-blahblah-Now-explain-yourself!-Na-na-nee-boo." column?
On one hand some bloggers are put on the podium for people to worship, while others who dare to air out their views are scrutinized on every word they typed. Has blogging become so dangerous? Is there a newly set up department out there specialised in checking every word we published on the web, with the potential of making headlines or a lawsuit for money?
If you find the blogs too immature for you, not worthly of your time, don't read it. If you don't agree with his/her opinions, don't read it. The reader is really making his/her judgement to believe or agree with those opinions. Even if the author is of high social status and credibility, it does not mean its the absolute truth. Besides, considering the vastness and volatility of information on the Internet, we should think twice about what we read. Unlike professional papers or journels, content of web pages changes all the time and may not have proper references (regardless APA or IEEE style. ha ha). Of course, comments or discussion are entertaining. I like reading them too.
But why would you want to bring it up to the sunday papers' headlines? Let me think of some reasons:
1. Cuz its Sunday, and we don't need those serious world news about whatever disasters or war in
another part of the world. (we just want some entertainment and some shucker for us to slam.)
2. Cuz SDU programmes ain't working as well as expected. Profiles of singles with "strong characters" are featured weekly on the papers.
3. Cuz we want to spread the awareness to the non-cyber/blogging community in Singapore.
4. Cuz we feel like it, Singapore's population is below the mark, you have no say to what we want
you to read.
5. Cuz my boss said so.
6. Cuz readership has dropped drastically since we started charging for the online version.
Digressing, you know they always argue that Singapore population is too small for this and that... It is ironic that this is one of the densest country in the world, are they implying we needta expand our territory to get welfare? No meh? Cannot imply meh? But we grow up reading the Nation Builder which teaches us to imply this and that for our personal agenda. You know when they interview you and what you said is simply too long or exceed the word count of the column, they will just extract of few words you said and make some sense into it, making the news more exciting. Of cuz, some journalists ain't that interesting lah, they just report word by word of what they hear. Probably they graduated from infamous faculty of the university in the West of Singapore, where Joanne Peh *beams* will be the final year student in coming semester.
Btw FYI, I am totally in support of national service, though I had a fair share of grumblings back then. There are wimps and hunks everywhere, and ns is part of the phase to manhood. So its no big deal if some A*star male scholars ain't as garung. I also think it shouldn't be shorten to just two years. And I also think it was quite silly for a concerned female who wrote to forum to complain about how surprised she was that her male friends serving NS did not have enough time to spend with their families during the weekends. Majority of Singaporean males above 18 have been there, done it. Your friends will be able to deal with it, don't worry.
Is it the weekly "AhHah!-Gotcha!-You-said-blahblah-Now-explain-yourself!-Na-na-nee-boo." column?
On one hand some bloggers are put on the podium for people to worship, while others who dare to air out their views are scrutinized on every word they typed. Has blogging become so dangerous? Is there a newly set up department out there specialised in checking every word we published on the web, with the potential of making headlines or a lawsuit for money?
If you find the blogs too immature for you, not worthly of your time, don't read it. If you don't agree with his/her opinions, don't read it. The reader is really making his/her judgement to believe or agree with those opinions. Even if the author is of high social status and credibility, it does not mean its the absolute truth. Besides, considering the vastness and volatility of information on the Internet, we should think twice about what we read. Unlike professional papers or journels, content of web pages changes all the time and may not have proper references (regardless APA or IEEE style. ha ha). Of course, comments or discussion are entertaining. I like reading them too.
But why would you want to bring it up to the sunday papers' headlines? Let me think of some reasons:
1. Cuz its Sunday, and we don't need those serious world news about whatever disasters or war in
another part of the world. (we just want some entertainment and some shucker for us to slam.)
2. Cuz SDU programmes ain't working as well as expected. Profiles of singles with "strong characters" are featured weekly on the papers.
3. Cuz we want to spread the awareness to the non-cyber/blogging community in Singapore.
4. Cuz we feel like it, Singapore's population is below the mark, you have no say to what we want
you to read.
5. Cuz my boss said so.
6. Cuz readership has dropped drastically since we started charging for the online version.
Digressing, you know they always argue that Singapore population is too small for this and that... It is ironic that this is one of the densest country in the world, are they implying we needta expand our territory to get welfare? No meh? Cannot imply meh? But we grow up reading the Nation Builder which teaches us to imply this and that for our personal agenda. You know when they interview you and what you said is simply too long or exceed the word count of the column, they will just extract of few words you said and make some sense into it, making the news more exciting. Of cuz, some journalists ain't that interesting lah, they just report word by word of what they hear. Probably they graduated from infamous faculty of the university in the West of Singapore, where Joanne Peh *beams* will be the final year student in coming semester.
Btw FYI, I am totally in support of national service, though I had a fair share of grumblings back then. There are wimps and hunks everywhere, and ns is part of the phase to manhood. So its no big deal if some A*star male scholars ain't as garung. I also think it shouldn't be shorten to just two years. And I also think it was quite silly for a concerned female who wrote to forum to complain about how surprised she was that her male friends serving NS did not have enough time to spend with their families during the weekends. Majority of Singaporean males above 18 have been there, done it. Your friends will be able to deal with it, don't worry.
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