http://www.thum.org/oxon/ Confucius said, "I transmit. I do not innovate." en-us pj@thum.org 2008-05-08T23:25:14+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+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 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000709.html Interesting article in the New York Times caught my eye recently. Entitled "You Are What You Grow", the article seeks to explore why the most reliable predictor of a person's obesity in America today is that it is inversely proportional... 709@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-04-25T16:34:25+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000707.html My take on the Ministerial pay increase: The People's Action Party likes to talk about the government of Singapore as if it were a company. If we work with that assumption, then the PAP is selling us a service, and... 707@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-04-21T10:27:57+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000706.html From The Chap: Whilst this magazine offers much advice and counsel to those people to whom Chappism does not come naturally, it is vital that attention is paid to the next generation of gentlemen. Callow-faced youths may be too easily... 706@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-04-16T21:20:22+00:00 http://www.thum.org/oxon/archives/000704.html I was recently sent Project Gay's excellent review of Easter Parade. It combines witty commentary with historical insight and clever analysis. For example: Someday, we're going to write a treatise on the crazy hats women wear in musicals. We propose... 704@http://www.thum.org/oxon/ 2007-04-03T22:05:29+00:00