http://www.thum.org/oxon/ Confucius said, "I transmit. I do not innovate." en-us pj@thum.org 2009-05-30T23:01:27+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002144.html The following is an article I wrote for the Straits Times for their 30 May 2009 edition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Singapore's self-government. STRAITS TIMES May 30, 2009 Saturday Home > Saturday Special Report > Story Why 1959 matters... 2144@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2009-05-30T23:01:27+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002143.html I Am A: Lawful Good Human Monk (5th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-19 Dexterity-14 Constitution-16 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-13 Charisma-16 Alignment:Lawful Good A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose... 2143@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2009-03-12T03:41:04+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002142.html Mary Turnbull has contributed more to the idea of a distinct Singaporean nation and identity than anyone else. Such a bold statement may seem excessive. But the fact remains that until Turnbull published A History of Singapore in 1977, Singapore... 2142@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2008-10-06T15:14:55+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002139.html Singapore's recent silver medal for the women's team table-tennis event in the Beijing Olympics caused controversy in Singapore. All three members of the team were China-born athletes who came to Singapore as a result of the government's foreign talent scheme.... 2139@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2008-08-24T20:01:56+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002138.html Joke told by the Principal over second desserts in the SCR this evening: A young man recently returned from World War I came back to his College in Oxford. As he walked across the quad, he was delighted to see... 2138@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2008-05-08T23:25:14+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002134.html " Friends and Comrades, the light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we call him, the Father... 2134@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2008-01-30T18:57:54+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002130.html Our government wants us to marry and procreate- hence, the government-run dating agencies, tax incentives, and regular exhortations about how families are good for us. Our television stations want to make popular but cheap television shows which the government approves... 2130@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-09-20T14:41:10+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/002129.html When one reads the poems and writings of the ancients, can it be right not to know something about them as men? Hence one tries to understand the age in which they lived. This can be described as 'looking for... 2129@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-07-05T20:15:39+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000718.html I've been watching Andrew Marr's A History of Modern Britain (Tuesday nights, 9pm on BBC2), which is a typically excellent product from the BBC. It's always incredibly difficult to tell an accurate, comprehensive and entertaining story in a television documentary,... 718@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-06-05T22:31:49+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000717.html Winner of the 2007 MTV Movie Awards Movie Spoof contest, it's a mash-up of United 93 and 300. You will either finds this hilarious or be deeply offended and disgusted by the idea. I personally loved it.... 717@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-06-04T10:27:53+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000716.html Dear Sir, I refer to your article on Confucius and Mr. Tan Boon Tee’s subsequent letter to The Economist. Mr Tan's letter demonstrates a commonly-held misconception about Confucius and his teachings. Confucius lived in a time of great political uncertainty... 716@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-06-01T18:09:27+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000715.html You know you've been reading too much about Singapore's battle for merger when you give choices to your friends in the form of "Alternatives A, B and C" and tell them if they have no opinion it will be counted... 715@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-05-29T15:48:08+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000714.html While talking with a certain medical student close to me, along with another friend of mine who just qualified as a doctor, I was inspired to have these thoughts: Given that 1. Wearing tight briefs decreases your fertility 2. 'Elite'... 714@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-05-28T12:53:03+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000713.html Arrrrr.... a pirate's life for me! Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End has excited Singaporeans for Chow Yun Fat's line, "Welcome to Singapore," not just because it's a wonderful mention of our home, not just because it's the second... 713@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-05-27T00:37:11+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000708.html 1493 - Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Demarcation Line. 1776 - Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. (Hi, Rich!) 1919 - May Fourth... 708@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-05-04T17:08:42+00:00