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Monday, July 10, 2006

actually im blogging now to kill some time before the final match between italy and france kicks off.

Im no soccer fan. i don't play soccer. i don't read about it. i know nuts about it. i duno the players. i dun watch, unless its some major soccer event like this one.

But since a high percentage of the population (both worldwide and local) will be watching, i just feel that its not right to be left out. Furthermore, i've placed bets on this match. And no, this isnt the first match that i've betted anyway. this should be the 14th or 15th already. Win or lose, i'll only reveal after the match.

many schools will start lessons late today, cos of the match. Some schools are starting as late as 12noon and 1pm! ANd some offices will operate later today as well, to let thousands of ppl benefit from the flexibility that they boast of. And interestingly, some of my army friends get to book in by noon today, rather than sunday night, due to some gracious officers they have. How fortunate.

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i feel sad for mr brown. I had been looking forward to his weekly column with TODAY since last year (or was it 2 years ago?). And to be very frank, mr brown is the only reason why i look forward to reading the free tabloid. I love his columns, his witty comments and the humour within. I love the way he tackles local issues, the way he pokes fun at our country's govt, people, etc. It never fails to tickle me and keep me entertained.

But i don't understand why last week's S'poreans are fed, up with progress! actually drew such a drastic action from the govt. in my opinion, that column was really harmless and i believe readers are smart enough to read, smile and put it aside. The way the authorities wrote and published a public letter only goes to show that they don't really have a sense of humour. And more importantly, mr brown has only spoken what some of us Singaporeans may have to say, regarding cost of living and taxi fares etc.

"It is not the role of journalists or newspapers in Singapore to champion issues, or campaign for or against the Government. If a columnist presents himself as a non-political observer, while exploiting his access to the mass media to undermine the Government's standing with the electorate, then he is no longer a constructive critic, but a partisan player in politics."

of course, i wouldnt know the stand mr brown takes when it comes to politics in singapore, but i believe that he has no intention to make use of the media access he has, to campaign the government. obviously that would be something that he, as a public columnist, knows very well about. sigh. but whatever it is, i'll continue to support him and his regular "browncast". He isn't Singapore's no.2 blogger for nothing.

given this hiccup, i guess we're still a long way from freedom of speech, a long way from eased censorship, a long way from political bloggings.

人生是黑白的.
1:28 AM <3

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