absolutum dominium

for the longest time, we've been wondering what fergie's been talking about when she keeps singing about "her lovely lady lump". some people believe that she's referring to her ass; others to her breasts.

but thanks to our pm, we now know tt it is neither. it simply means "no cockles" (mai hum).

;)

i have been asked why i don't blog so much nowadays. it's not due to a lack of time or internet connection; it's just tt i don't really have anything to say. my days aren't particularly interesting - i just go to school and then i go home. and i don't wish to speak of my lessons, interesting as i find them to be, because it alienates most of my non-law school readers. and i don't want to talk about my relationship too much because every entry descends into mush, whether i so intend or not. besides, we don't do very interesting things in the first place, so there isn't tt much to blog about.

but in terms of other things, i've just read from antara news tt most of the imf/world bank will be staging their protests on batam. i kid you not. because of the anti-outdoor protests set up by our wonderful government, they have decided to fuck it and move to closest foreign area where they can protest in peace.

truth be told, i definitely believe tt they will be protesting in peace. i mean, batam? who do they intend to protest to? the monkeys? or the sea cucumbers?

it's been in the news these few days tt this poor chinese national woman was stabbed in the head and abdomen several times by her chinese national boyfriend (mad fucker) in the morning, in plain view of quite a few people. fortunately, she's doing ok, injuries nonwithstanding, and the guy's probably going to be charged with voluntarily causing grievious hurt with a weapon. under singapore law, tt should put him away for quite a few years, and he'll probably get a few strokes of the rattan to go with it.

but tt isn't my point. the government is now trying to solve our "population problem" with the short-term fix of getting in more foreign talent. i believe, as we all know, tt they do know why there is such a problem in the first place. the competitiveness, the crazy costs of living, and this pressure-cooker society; lots of people feel tt they are unequipped to deal with or the raise kids, or feel tt they do not have the time or the money to raise a kid (firstly, couples with dual incomes might work long hours; secondly, kids aren't cheap to raise in singapore, what with the costs of living, and the costs of education etc). furthermore, people dissatisfied with singapore are leaving for greener pastures.

but instead of dealing with these issues, the government has decided tt it is doing a good job so far (i.e. costs of living are not too high; singaporeans complain too much; we have to do what we do for the good of the economy; blah blah blah), so therefore it has decided to allow an influx of foreign talent and persuade them to populate our country, so tt we will resolve our "population problem". well, so we are expected to welcome these foreigners with open arms who will not only compete with us for our jobs, will probably receive better pays and treatment than locals (i would rather be a singaporean living overseas than in singapore; at least the government specially sets up a unit to remind me tt i am actually wanted) - i.e. they don't have to serve 2 years of NS -; but it seems tt the crime rate is increasing also due to foreign nationals.

i am not xenophobic. i don't generally judge people by race, country of origin, or skin colour. i believe in diversity, after all. but the thing is... what kind of people are we attracting? for one, the rate of murders have gone up this year; the increase has been mainly due to foreign nationals killing each other, or locals killing foreign nationals etc. the problem in joo chiat was due to an influx of chinese nationals who decided tt our sex trade needed an additional boost (but according to my sources, chinese nationals are still inferior to the thais. they might be younger and look better, but apparently a lot of them lack skill. they just lie there. *yawn*)

our mm said tt singapore should be set to become the paris of the east. 40 years ago, he wanted order and discipline. he got tt, along with a nation of largely apathetic conformists. now, he wants disorder to attract the tourists to the vibrancy. sigh. it's all about attracting foreigners.

i've been told by my father tt singapore is the best place to live in because we are 1st class citizens. at this current juncture, i would like to challenge this assertion. the way i see it, the truly 1st class citizens hold a foreign passport.