Entries from April 2009

April 25, 2009

Damn…I knew it wouldn’t last long

I’m thinking a himbo post was a necessary breather from all the pretty serious stuff of late. so here we go:
Damn it…the fashion industry is moving away from the waiffy male models in favor of the more muscley types. New York magazine recently ran an article about new CK model Danny Schwarz (the picture), more muscular than [...]

April 23, 2009

AWARE new-exco lacks transparency and honesty

I’ve reposted here an open letter from Alexandandra Serrenti, a professor at the National University of Singapore, highlighting her concerns about the new ex-co at AWARE.
What I find the most compelling is her last paragraph:
This is not an issue of religious versus secular life, or of endorsement or condemnation of homosexuality, or of being anti or [...]

April 23, 2009

AWARE new ex-co’s true intentions show

This is getting serious. If you weren’t already thinking of supporting the old ex-co’s impartial voice, now is the time to consider the consequences.
New exco wants to bring AWARE back to its “original cause”
By Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 24 April 2009 0150 hrs
SINGAPORE : Bringing Aware back to its “original cause” – that is [...]

April 23, 2009

Previous AWARE ex-co worried about research and confidential materials

 
From Channel News Asia:
Showdown at AWARE office over lock change by new exco
By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 23 April 2009 2304 hrs

 
 

 
 
SINGAPORE: It was a tens atmosphere at the AWARE office on Thursday evening as members of the old guard tried to prevent the new executive committee from changing the locks at the office. 
The [...]

April 14, 2009

A media management audit

The Singapore economy has been undoubtedly hit like the rest of the world in the global economic crisis. Like most governments around the world, S’pore has taken specific stimulus actions. What’s interesting to me is the approach that S’pore  media has taken.

Since the global economic crisis hit about a year and half ago, I used [...]

April 13, 2009

Tijuana

I tagged along with Lindsay and her family to an orphanage in Tijuana over the Easter weekend. While short, tiring and grimy, the experience was exactly what I needed. Got some pretty nifty shots too and compiled them into a Vuvox show…unfortunately, the WordPress.com blog software is excruciating about not allowing Flash or Shockwave embeds…so please [...]

April 13, 2009

AWARE’s hostile takeover

Earlier in March, Singapore’s most prominent (only?) women’s advocate group held their Annual General Meeting. Members were to vote and elect the executive board. As reported in The Straits Times (kudos to them for their neutral and objective reporting in this instance), it turned out to be a hostile takeover of sorts by a group [...]

April 10, 2009

New Header

Any comments about the blue and red color combo? I’m not sure how settled I am about it but…feedback would be cool

April 10, 2009

Update Your Bookmarks

Shouck.com is officially up and running again. You either update your bookmarks from shouck.wordpress.com to shouck.com, or just leave it as such. You’ll be automatically redirected
Man, that was much easier than the blogspot’s services. It took me like 5 minutes (and $10).

April 9, 2009

This is just wrong

Texas lawmaker suggests Asians adopt easier names | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.

Brown suggested that Asian-Americans should find a way to make their names more accessible.
“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you [...]