I have a post all written up in my Blackberry for Boobquake today. Unfortunately, I’m so bone exhausted that the idea of emailing it over, copying and pasting it on the blog, then uploading the photo just about kills me. I can’t even haul off my ass to take a shower, eat a real meal [...]

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Seems like someone hates Valentine’s Day as much as I do. School bans pupils from sending Valentine cards: report A school has banned its pupils from sending cards on Valentine’s Day, saying the youngsters are not mature enough for romance, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Ashcombe Primary School — which teaches students aged four to [...]

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First up, I’d like to know what you were smoking, because, seriously?!! Thio Li Ann, teaching HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA. Just in case the lot of you weren’t quite on the up and up about what happened with this cuckoo nutjob in Singapore during the AWARE thing in April. This is a woman who wants [...]

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Dude, Michael Jackson is dead. Dead, dead, dead. I read the news when I got into the office on Friday morning and couldn’t believe it. Its completely surreal. Sure, he was quite a weirdo and I had nightmares of him when I was a kid. But y’know, this guy is an icon from my childhood. [...]

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I had doubts about the women in Singapore, but now my doubts are less certain. Because they have done it. Josie Lau and co. have been ousted from AWARE. Women have spoken and they don’t want a bunch of narrow minded fundies representing them. I’m just back from a weekend away, what a great thing [...]

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Here’s an excerpt from a little something courtesy of Church of Our Savior that I found via Krisandro’s blog. For the uninitiated, its the church that Josie Law, current president of AWARE and some of her fellow exco members attend. In light of this, I’ve gone from being suspicious of their ability to fairly represent [...]

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AWARE has changed its EOGM Venue AGAIN! Dear Friends, Please note the latest venue change from EXPO to SUNTEC Saturday, May 2 2 pm to 5 pm Exhibition Hall 402 Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City , Singapore 039593 Join Us AT The EGM – If you support AWARE’s [...]

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Just got this from the Facebook group I joined: The venue of the AWARE EGM has been changed to the following: Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009 Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Singapore EXPO Hall 2 Add: 1 Expo Drive, #01-01 Points To Note: 1) Admission and registration would be from 12 noon to 2 pm [...]

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AWARE was an organisation that practised inclusiveness and secularity. To keep it that way, head on over to We Are Aware and see what you can do to help. Reading on about all the bruhahaha that the new AWARE exco members have kicked up about AWARE’s comprehensive sex ed program, I can only think of [...]

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ETA: Support the movement to keep AWARE as an inclusive and secular organisation here at We are Aware. For overseas Singaporeans who are concerned about this, sign the online petition here. AWARE is an organisation that should be representing the interests of a racially and religiously diverse group of women in Singapore. NOT promoting their [...]

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