Democracy Video Challenge said:

A video made by Singaporean is being selected as the finalist representing the East Asia Pacific Region in a competition being organized by the American Government. The job is simple, "Create a short video to complete the phrase "Democracy is..." Over 900 videos from 95 countries are submitted and after going through 2 rounds of judging, the video is now one of the Top 18 finalists.

Recommended by padderay: "Let's lend our support to our fellow singaporeans and vote for their video!"

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E27 said:

From this list of 205 hackerspaces worldwide, I’ve counted 5 hacker spaces in asia from a total of 205 worldwide. Are we looking at a trend?

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Now if only there were some place nice for hackers to make stuff together in Singapore!"

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Notes From Serangoon Road said:

NYU Tisch Asia lecturer, Jennifer Ruff, warns of cobras and canings in singapore and ponders the perks of "Dying of boredom...To be frank, Singapore itself is boring. There is not a lot to do except make films. Which is kind of great. In New York City, there are a million amazing distractions, but I’ve noticed that students here spend much more time in the editing lab; there just isn’t as much to tempt them... Other than Eric Khoo, whose film My Magic received a passionate standing ovation as the first Singaporean film to be in competition in Cannes this year, most cineastes probably can’t name another Singapore director..."

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "great business model by NYU Tisch Asia, for exporting filmschool-in-a-bubble . So convenient to franchise around the world, especially when Slumming It is Millionaire Dog business - a sure-win formula !"

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YoungJedi said:

What rubbish is that? You jolly well know that everyone is looking forward to use your products and yet you chose to delay the launch (iPhone was launched in US in June this year and last month in Europe). To make it worse, you are sending your 'Imperial Storm-Troopers' to sniff out all the 'rebellions' sellers in Singapore. This is way too much! I mean why must the ang mos enjoy the best things of your products before they slowly make their way to us Asians! Are we your secondary consumers? Since you don't treasure our maket, what rights do you have to stop others from selling them who dying to own them. Now, you are impending the free market forces of distributing the goods and service to your consumers outside US.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "It is silly for Apple fans to wait for iPhone. Asians market are not treasured by Apple. Selling iPhones to fellow eager Singaporeans before the launch is considered illegal!!??"

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Russell Brown said:

Frankly a week at CommunicAsia has me not loving telcos. Hour after hour it was carriers blathering at each other, or being blathered at by consultants, about how content is king, and must be "compelling" and "exclusive" if consumers are to be wooed to new mobile and "quadruple play" IP services - without a single content person in the house. Not one.

Recommended by mb: "Russell Brown of New Zealand spends a week at CommunicAsia and shares his thoughts on the event, telcos, and Singapore."

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Calvin Yang said:

Nokia N93i "You Make It Reel" is an Asia Pacific-wide competition that's designed to pair the Nokia N93i multimedia computer... It is my joy and honour to inform you that Gavin Lim, Singapore's very own "You Make It Reel" finalist, came up tops among entries from countries like Thailand, Malaysia and India.

Recommended by alvinism: "Support local indie music scene and videographers. :) Gavin Lim did Singapore proud."

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Kuzzuk.net said:

BusinessWeek released an interesting list of Asia's Best Young Entrpreneurs and surprise surprise there is not even one Singaporean in the list. On the other hand, Hong Kong that is comparable to Singapore in many ways have three of their entrepreneurs in the list.

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boringest said:

For those new to SARA, it is a community blog feed aggregator for Southeast Asian bloggers. SARA publishes the headlines & excerpts of your blogposts, displays them on a single page with other blog posts by other bloggers and is updated every hour. We're hoping for more Singaporean bloggers to submit their blog feeds!

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Chuang Shyue Chou said:

Yesterday, I went to the last Asian Aerospace event held in Singapore. It was great fun despite the lack of variety of military aircraft. There were no European or Russian fighters this year. Only the American exhibitors were left. Somehow, the Europeans and Russians appeared to have decided against marketing their wares this year.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Lots and lots of pictures!"

A visit to the Asian Aerospace 2006
Asian Aerospace 2006: The Fighters
M8 Ridgeway Armoured Gun System (AGS)
Human Traffic Management: An Absolute Horror
The Fighters II
Small Arms
Anti-Armour Missiles
Redback Weapon System
40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher
Pegasus Lightweight Howitzer
Trainers
All-Terrain Vehicles, Light Attack Vehicles and Armoured Vehicles
Helicopters
Fighters III

pinkiepig said:

going out with me must like book in advance coz my usual replies are "cannot la, got training". hur hur. but i didn't regret a single bit :) i'm pretty much proud of my achievements and i think i shall concentrate more on my studies for my final sem. but say only la. i might just end up spending more time in the canoe than with my books.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Someone who trained on a daily basis for years before winning her first medal and making it big (make that VERY BIG - World Championships hor don't paray paray) in her sport. Inspirational for those aspiring sportswomen among us. Dare to dream! Nothing is too great!"

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I will never be nominated because 1) I am not a hottie, 2) I have no cute baby photos, 3) I don't have gift for the gab. What I do have is my thoughts on the rest of us who aren't popular enough for the Weblog Awards. Consider this a "feel-good" movie for the average Joe...

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Creative Youth Exchange said:

Seeking creative ideas based on the theme 5 Walls: Defying Definitions " White space. Negative space. Empty space. Is space empty, passive and constraining? Or is space a fluid concept and a medium full of possibilities? Bedroom. Kitchen. Study. Office space. Hotel room. Waiting room. We assign utilitarian purposes to spaces. Is the design by the creator of the space final? Or does space evolve organically with its users and inhabitants? Walls. Floors. Ceilings. Is that all that shapes a space? How can light, colours, smells, textures and sounds be designed to evoke the emotions, memories and experiences of users.

This is a very unique competition where youths are invited to submit ideas on space, beyond interior design ideas. The top prize is a 4 year scholarship and S$10000 in cash!

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Dom said:

Do we have ‘Asian values’ or don’t we? Finally we can put the debate to rest.

So where do you think Singaporeans stand, vis-a-vis other countries? I’ll be posting the answer when I have more time, but for now all readers are welcome to make a guess by leaving a comment.

Tomorrow.sg bloggers are invited to attempt to place Singapore on a map of world values.

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Cassandra said:

It's only the second day of work.. and i am super tired out.. Don't know how i can survive the next two days. At Communic Asia, since i am working at the Samsung phone gallery.. i have to work the more formal executive wear they provide. A black knee length skirt.. and a white blouse. It's actually pretty comfortable and nice.. at least i do need to wear funny outfits this time.. hehe..! But the black shoes they provide is sooooo pain! It's only one inch high.. so height wasn't the problem. The front part is pointed and my toes are squeezed together for the whole day.. so you can imagine.. i wanna... T_T

This is a repost as the original disappeared. Oh, do check out her sister's blog too (see her links).

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Chris Myrick has set up a metablog for Asia at Asiapundit.com . And he is looking for more pundits to help him find interesting content.

The concept behind this blog is to be an aggregator of the best English-language Asian blog content available. My regular site, myrick.ca, is to become a personal blog while this one will offer short-posts with links to nonpartisan multi-partisan sites; and hopefully written by a multiple of partisan authors.

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Reuters reported that Singapore, ie, "we" accuse Japan of 'spoilting' relationship in asia. Aiyo, China-Japan problem why "we" so kapo!?

The predominantly ethnic Chinese city-state of Singapore accused Japan on Friday of straining relations with its neighbours for approving school textbooks that critics say whitewash its wartime atrocities.

[Ed: I am sure MFA negotiated something from China in return for making this statement.]

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