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Singapore Files: The Tissue Culture

October 15, 2008 / Culture, The Singapore Files

One of the strangest sights you’ll ever find in Singapore food courts is the rows upon rows of pocket tissues obnoxiously placed on empty desks or seats. If you’ve never been to Singapore, you’ll probably think these tissues are for your use. Not in a million years. These pocket tissues, occasionally replaced by umbrellas, are used to…



Economic Freedom

September 30, 2008 / Opinion

“Economic freedom means the freedom to succeed and the freedom to fail” – Mike Pence Hold on there, cowboy! Since when was the American economy ‘free’?! If it were free, the American government wouldn’t have forced Microsoft into two. Neither would they need to sign bilateral trade agreements with its neighbors. And don’t forget the billions…



Life Lessons Learned from Sports

August 26, 2008 / Culture, Daily Life, Opinion

Today, I finally realized why sports is so important in life. As an elementary school sprinting champion, I am now able to run fast, fast enough to run after the bus that seems to always want to escape me. As a basketball point guard, where I was a dwarf amongst giants, I gained the skill to…



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March 30, 2008 / Blogging Advice, Culture, Opinion

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Obligation: Human vs. Citizen

March 11, 2008 / Daily Life, Opinion, Site Updates

The other I was walking down my street with my boyfriend. It was snowing. The whole street was peacefully silent – almost as if the snowflakes were absorbing the noise. But then a man started shouting desperately “PAY THE RENT! PAY THE RENT!” I ignored it at first. Then my boyfriend and I saw two men,…



Smallest Political Quiz EVER!

February 27, 2008 / Culture, Internet Finds

While doing research for one of my papers, I came across a quiz that ranks one’s political orientation on 2 spectra: Liberal vs Conservative, and Libertarian vs Statist. It is apparently revered by many journals and newspapers as quite accurate. I think liberal and conservative need no explanation. As for the other scale,…



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