Is LKY’s foreign talent policy perdition or salvation? Written by Darkness of the brotherhood – If you are wondering why the word “Urban” doesn’t sound English, it’s because it has it’s roots in Akkadian, an ancient language that originated from the first city called Ur. Located in Southern Mesopotamia, present day Iraq – at its zenith 4,000 years ago, over 30,000 people clumped [...] when the “best” may not be the best – a study in the search for excellence Singapore has a strong claim as the world’s greatest collector of accolades – we are one of the most competitive nations in the world for this or that; our gait has even been registered by time and motion experts to be one of the fastest – yet I find myself asking these days what do [...] When all fails, just blame it on the devil – the art of the mufflement of the truth.   Check out this article from the Brotherhood Press: How to win in Aware? Forget Sun Tzu, just order one Masala Dosai!   Written by Darkness of the brotherhood / Lately, there is a wave of irrationality weaving its way through Singapore. No I am not referring to the dreaded pig flu. This is far more insidious [...] Why the AWARE cat fight is so important to Singaporean civil society? Written by Darkness of the brotherhood – It hardly requires any elaboration; people should try to resolve their differences peacefully.   Only one problem; I don’t agree completely with what I have just wrote above.   The way I see it some disputes could well do with a no holds bar slug out; the bloodier the better; as its conceivable one reason [...] Why not being able to blog about religions means we probably have to settle for crooked pastors, dodgy monks, witch doctors and UFO crackpots! “Never talk about religion, race or politics! Never.”   If you are wondering whether this time honored warning sounds reminiscent of how our government expects all bloggers to conduct themselves in the internet – well spotted old chap! And there are compelling reasons to suggest, why adhering to such guidelines would even serve us well. After all [...] Why even trolls deserve the right to privacy – a study on how to win all the battles and still lose the war   Today is big cycling day – so let’s dive straight in – Question: is privacy under siege? Let’s put it another way; how many of you really agree with what the admin of wayang party did when they revealed the IP’s of these so called trolls? SHOCKING: IP addresses of internet trolls traced to various [...] Does looks really matter? Well,  you decide…personally, I think the laugh is pretty cute….after 10 jugs of tiger beer on the tap, of course (pun optional). Well after this, I am sure – I am going get some charming death threats in my inbox again. Darkness 2009 Did you miss out on this essay? Catch it here: Why Blogosphere needs to run TOC, [...] Why Blogosphere needs to run TOC, Wayangparty and the Brotherhood Press out of town! Nope, I didn’t fall off my bike and hit my head –Nope, you didn’t hear wrong – it rang out sweet and clear – “blogosphere needs to do us in along with TOC and Wayangparty!” I realize this whole idea may sound a trifle loopy – but that’s only because you don’t know about the [...] Why LKY should play SimCity to find out about our baby blues Today is big cycling day – so we will just have to do a hello, bang-bang and good bye – coming to think, wasn’t that how our parents use to make babies? What’s happened recently? Why is LKY smacking his head!   Why is it so difficult to just get down to the whole business of making [...] Why good governance, may not be always good governance As Singapore prepares to celebrate 50 years of “good governance” – it may be a good idea to just spend sometime asking ourselves whether Kishore is justified to adopt a “we have arrived” tone?   But before diving there – let’s just consider what is good governance? And is it really the magic bullet that can slay the [...] Can Singapore fail? Deih Kishore! Singapore already failed already lah! Can Singapore Fail? Well let’s turn the question on its head and repose it this way: hasn’t Singapore already failed?   I don’t know; and though I did attempt to delve into the minutiae of Kishore’s “Can Singapore fail? I can’t say I gleaned any valuable insights – to be honest, it left me quite perplex. Now don’t [...] This is the only valuable thing that YP will ever learn from China VIEWER DISCRETION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED   I am not a Buddhist; but I am a humanitarian (not a very good one either); that’s to say; I believe people deserve to be accorded certain basic rights –they shouldn’t have to deal with tyrants who will just kick the shit out of them just because they cant get it [...] Diplomacy vs Community Moderation - a better tomorrow for our net What do I think about the recent proposals of liberalizing online political films? Are the amendments to the Films Act substantive or is it just cosmetics? Did AIMs do a good job of bridging netizens and the goverment to create common ground and understanding? To be very honest; I think all this is a wasteful diffusion of energy [...] Why is PAP going to China to look for the mythical dead end? This has to be a quick one since I am trying to polish off my sandwich double quick and type this out at the same time in my shrunken keyboard – so lets dive in straight into the deep end. Tell me; why did Teo Ser Luck go to China? – to be honest with [...] Why Real Elites Live and Fake Elites Die   It goes without saying; there are elites and there are elites – but you do you really know who are the real elites? Well think no further; they just happen to be the same people who make our home grown scholars look like a bunch of intellectual paraplegics – who am I talking about…………….. the [...] Why Do Elites Die Young? Why do some scholars take a bad turn? To paraphrase in direct terms: how did it fuck up? Does it have something to do with the venality of online games – I mean, it makes sense right! When you consider to get to the seventh level of war craft one has to vaporize at least ten thousands aliens [...] Is blogging online masturbation, or can it really bring about change? The real question is not whether blogging can change the world; but rather is it supposed too? To be perfectly honest with you – I dunno – I don’t have a claim on internet history and I don’t think anyone has either; it’s a geography that’s simply to big to squeeze into one head. All [...] Look lah!…Temasek….Merlion…Suicides…Is God Angry With Singapore? Get the latest Brotherhood Press articles by clicking here: Brotherhood Press Articles Hey did you miss out on this? Check it out here: The world’s deadliest game: when bloggers and govt play hide and seek for the truth   Is God angry with Singapore? Well it would seem so judging from the dumbstruck look of the Merlion as [...] I Dream of You I am going to Beijing for business again;  I’ve be flying in as usual in the afternoon - 3 hours before it gets dark. You know what? There must be a better way to go through life besides you slamming down the phone on me everytime I call you; I really cant think of a more painful way [...] What does it take to turn flabby ST into a sexy WSJ? Today is big cycling day – I have only 15 minutes to spare, so lets skip the foreplay and dive straight into the deep end – tell me! What does it take to produce a free and independent press? Don’t think – it’s a simple question. OK, allow me to paraphrase it to make it [...] Why Some People Fail and Others Succeed - Part 1 Why do some things, people and ideas remain ageless and timeless? While others can just come and go like Haley’s comet? What’s the ONE winning secret that separates a winners from a loser? Perusing the landscape of winners and losers suggest, most don’t make it simply because nothing is supposed to last forever. The Roman Empire didn’t [...] 10 Things That May Just Save You From Yourself! These are 10 things in life which has saved my chops more than once.   1.Trust no one, especially those who are closest to you and least of all yourself – trust only the facts and the results of your research.   2. Past performance is never an indication of future performance – if someone or something was [...] The Most Innovative Nation In The World Needs An American To Run Temasek??? Come and visit our new Brotherhood Press Portal in Wayangparty.com. You know what; I don’t trust survey’s – and one reason why I always regard them with askance is simply because; they’re suffer from a failing common to bikini syndrome – its never how much is revealed; but how well they manage to cover up the [...] To Hold Time in One Grain of Sand       Seven years ago / space time: 800 years,  some time during the age of steel - the brotherhood begun work on Mindscape® - a revolutionary new propriety technology that will one day transform how each and everyone of us will one day interact with the virtual realm.     In that time our engineers worked day in and day out in [...] Even Love Can Kill You Dead! Find out what the author of this essay thinks about the Strait Times - The Most Innovative Nation In The World Needs An American To Run Temasek??? March 11, 2009 Some things in life can get you killed – nope, I am not talking about the second hand smoke type of death. I am talking about the [...] Are we living in the Singaporean Matrix Part 2 Did You Miss Out On This Essay? Check It Out The Joy of Stupid People March 8, 2009     4. “One day we just woke up to it Neo…no one really knows how the machines assumed total control….not even the oracle…” – Morpheus, the Matrix. That in a nutshell is how all of us found ourselves suddenly living in [...] The Joy of Stupid People   This is how the movie – the mood for love – was originally supposed to end; the reason why it didn’t end this way was because Wong Kar-Wai believed it was too oblique for Western audiences - in his own words: “the problem is; I don’t remember, doesn’t mean, I don’t remember.“    So what we have instead is a watered down western ending that is not [...] Are We Living in The Singaporean Matrix! - Part 1 Did You Miss Out On This? Read It! Why Did Our Scholars Fuck Up? March 4, 2009 Have you ever being assaulted by the sinking feeling you’re a stranger in your own land? Yes, I know it sounds like the “realization” scene from the Sci-Fi movie, “The Matrix.” But please bear with me and allow me to [...] Regret Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. A wise person once wrote:   “Never regret anything, because at that point in time, that was what you desired – right or wrong.”   How true that is, for most things at least. Of course there’s always irrational regret for [...] The Word Darkness Baby, Matthew 9:29Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “Since you believe that I can do this, I must do what you want. You should go back to church gypsy man! Love Dotty