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Newspaper Rage II
How about just “Moronic”. We get it, your mummy-daddy or your elite JC or whatever made you study Western literature. This is assholic writing. The author goes on to talk about how Finland has done education its own way and … Continue reading
The game of keep-away
Heaven knows I’m not a language prescriptivist. I’m one of those people who like using “they” in the singular on purpose because English lacks a gender-neutral 3rd person pronoun for adults. But I really can’t get my way around some … Continue reading
Funny stuff from the Old Testament
A few months ago I started reading the book of the prophet Isaiah again, because there was a series of weekday evening talks at church. I stopped going after the first one because IMO the bishop was too boring a … Continue reading
ISEAS forum on shark fin industry
Featuring CITES committee member Giam Choo-Hoo, ACRES’ Louis Ng, 2 other panelists. Moderator: Tan Keng Jin. Slide on basic shark taxonomy & biology Other shark product uses: liver oil, shagreen leather for polishing wood & grating wasabi Sacred to some … Continue reading
Ice fishing
“Sere” isn’t a word one would use often in my country, but it well descibes my husband’s: withered, dry, just after the solstice of an unusually snowless winter that leaves the brown grass naked. Even though it has been mild … Continue reading
Why PAGE is wrong
Written to a family friend who forwarded PAGE’s latest email bulletin. Someone very close to me did his/her undergrad thesis on PPSMI. I am not at liberty to share it but I understand it was highly praised by people who … Continue reading
The Budget and Its Shadow
Talk by Teh Chi Chang (REFSA, Research for social advancement based in KL). Background from financial industry. Book: “Budget: How the Government is spending our money” pub last year. 1st year tt Pakatan has come out w Shadow Budget,previously only … Continue reading
Nature Society of Singapore 2011 conference
Again, on-the-fly unedited notes. Papers atthis conf will be published in 2012. Woke up late cos moved hse yest anddidnt want to pry selfout of bed.. came in ard noon, Prof Cheong Loong Fah speakingon insect conservation. Saproxylic = feed … Continue reading
Mat Salleh pun tahu sejarah Malaysia
I was showing my husband (American) this video and explained to him that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is a long-standing UMNO member who was on the wrong side of Mahathir during a conflict in the 1980s. “He was on the B … Continue reading
CMC
We’re supposed to be validating some plaque and immunofocus assays from our USA side soon, and hopefully streamlining them as well as the overlay media sound like they’re from 1950s virology (yeast extract, WTH?). My supervisor found himself at a … Continue reading