Aussie,u r too much!

last SG · 2006-05-18T18:45:04+00:00

"The PAP faced two main opposition parties: the Singapore Democratic Party and the Workers' Party. The SDP's leadership was hit with a series of defamation w...

lionnoisy SG

When will Lee Kuan Yew die?

Our PhD CSJ put this pretty offensive question in SDP site.

MM LEE seems dunt bother when asked when he would retire.

Also,he said every day now is a bonus.Is it too much say so?

2.

The Edge seems reported a lot of funny things:

Lee and Lee Hsien Loong received more than $S1 million ($A829,000) in discounts, discounts that were in excess of the usual discounts offered in the market.(Aussie,pl read Sg parilment reports)

But his argument is simplistic. North Korea is politically stable but who wants to invest there? And Australia periodically changes government, has a free media and attracts plenty of investors, including many from Singapore.
(compare Sg with N Korea?Hv they read my posting re Aussie drugs problems?)

Sex is covered endlessly. Rape and incest cases are described in unnecessary minutiae, as are instances of alleged sexual deviance ("Oh, isn't it dreadful?" is the line usually taken before the incident is recounted in slavish detail.) In essence, Singaporeans are fed a regular diet of soft porn, perhaps as compensation for precious little political debate. That's not democracy. It's smutocracy.(what are they talking about?)

2.This is the 1st time Foreign media reported Sg politics without referring
to JBJ or CSJ.

gUms SG

i notice that most of your topics , no one can be bothered replying ....

so let me give you a reply .

LazerLordz SG

It's the nasty truth that you cannot face up to.

Our elections were a goddamn farce, degenerated into mud-slinging by the PAP.I've never felt more ashamed by the puerileness of the whole episode, and I am ashamed to be from the same nation as them.

And their comment that we have a sensational lurid press is at least 60% true, just take a look at our tabloids.
Rolling Eyes

Distraction? Definitely.

And it's The Age, not The Edge.

gohkatkat SG

strange what has the topics that you cited gotta do with aussie?huh?

^spidee^ SG

The Age is a melbourne-based newspaper..

gohkatkat SG

oh......didn't see that earlier...... Embarassed anyway what i can say is their pride problem..........seeing people stronger.......i once met someone on the yahoo chats............and the verbal fight was ensued......one guy from USA and someone from perth were fighting .....comparing countries.........education institutes position on international grounds.......swearing and cursing.........mockery and insults.......anyway.......

and say.....if you read NUS website on the international universities .........boy oh boy....i was glad singapore NUS made it to the TOP 20 postition........look at the counterparts........UK USA.....and where in the world is AU???????top 150 position?????

i did know something about australian culture.......and they don;'t like their opponents to be too clever or hardworking.......they prefer their opponents to best be STUPID .......LAZY........so that they can be seen as more hardworking.......useful in other people's eyes........they don't like to be shamed......they have so much EGO......that it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to say a word SORRY even if they have made a small error Mad

fymk SG

Australian National university is ranked higher than NUS - it used to be a research facility in the past before they turn it into a university. Sydney university and Melbourne university have produced nobel science winners, so did University of Western Australia recently. If you look at the recent THES ranking - NUS has fell in rankings behind ANU and melbourne university.

I work in Australia. The Australians whom I work with are brilliant people. Don't condemn a whole nation just because of one newspaper. That would be pure stupidity.

Media sensationalism is rife here and that is the price you pay for the freedom of speech . The australian and american are arguing because they are probably proud of their nation and showing pride in a wrong way. However I don't see much of Singaporeans in Australia saying much about Singapore and even if they do - they reflect a more negative view of it .

NewAge SG

Dont judge a basket of fruits bacause of a spoil durian

gohkatkat SG

good.....comeon.....more aussies joining the fray.....good....comeon.....bring in some more comments.....all are welcomed.......... Evil or Very Mad the more the merrier.............

i am not acutally wanting to condemn australia......let me quote you an example.........my friend used to tell me.......hey simon.....why do you need to study so hard.........my housemate also told me the same thing......why need to study so hard...........and what was the rationale???...........my friend told me this statement.........which i find the whole thing quirky........

he SAID..........simon i PAID 200 AUD for my assignments........so what do you think about australia when you hear such things may i ask oh MIGHTY great one???

so this is education australia............ Laughing

Gedanken SG

Hmm - what do I think when I hear such things?

Well, one thing that stands out is that you're not too big in the hat size, at least not big enough to see the glaringly obvious. If your mate's paying someone to do his assignments, it leaves two options open:

1) If the person writing the assignment is competent, then theere's someone who's clever enough to turn his talents into money, and that someone is decidedly not your friend

2) If the person writing the assignment is incompetent, that makes him even cleverer to sucker your friend, and that also makes your friend doubly idiotic for coughing up for a lemon

Thanks for playing. Do try again some time. Laughing

Gedanken SG

Back to the main topic. There's a lot of things I love about living in Oz, but the Age isn't one of them. Their reporters don't check their facts and have an awful writing style, certainly not up to the standards of Reuters or AFP. One of their biggest culprits is Mark Baker, who's their Asian section editor the last time I bothered to check - no self-respecting newspaper would have hired that clod as a cub reporter.

The Age counts more as light reading than as a serious newspaper, and if you wanted to read a newspaper, The Australian's a much more palatable publication (although it too does come up short here and there).

gohkatkat SG

[quote]Originally posted by Gedanken:
There's a lot of things I love about living in Oz,

like???? every late nite monday movies....or was that every day late nite movies nowadays????all the up downs up downs woo ah woo ah.......and say..........AU have a huge significant portion of people who are FAGs.............people must always be WARNED to wear EXTRA protection or rather an extra underwear just incase their RODS extend too forcefully and tear everything apart...... Laughing and one thing i like about AU is the fact that their speech is so fast...........seems almost like having diarrhoea and even a british guy was telling me that nobody understands them

Gedanken SG

Hmm - the ramblings indicate that you're obviously not talking from any knowledge, much less experience. I'm not going to waste any more time on you apart from providing the following advice: be brave, take your meds and don't break the tablet in half. Mr. Green

Gedanken SG

Hey, fymk, dunno about you, but I've seen plenty of characters like this goh fella turn up in Oz with those misguided ideas, only to be sent packing back home with their tails between their legs when they make absolute flops of themselves. Laughing

Then again, it's only the monumentally stupid who love underestimating the oppostion to make themselves feel better.

gohkatkat SG

nope i never made a flop of myself.....want to see how that lecturer was skewered????? i can even give you the website......a subject coordinator being REDUCED to a mere project IT manager....hahahahaha this is the end result for challenging..................my left hand path has brought me strength unlike weak xian teachings on spiritual piped dreams...........you sure sound like my lecturer.....anyway goodday.....won't see this post anymore and won't want to talk to a cretin like you ....goodbye.......

remember its a GRAND subject coordinator that was REDUCED to a mere project IT manager.....hahahah this i really laugh my hearts out....... Laughing

sgdiehard SG

glad to read your post again, a more balanced view on Oz views. Not right or wrong, but what it is. Have a good day. Smile

Gedanken SG

Cheers, sg! If the world was black and white, I may as well get rid of my colour TV. Mr. Green

Let's face it, one always has the question the agenda when reading anything from the media. Some newspapers are controlled by governments, while others are controlled by megalomaniacal businessmen who think they can dictate how the world runs.

With what you read in the papers, keep the five percent that's made up of facts and use the rest in your garden - I've heard it makes flowers and tomatoes grow nicely.

ShutterBug SG

Originally posted by lionnoisy:
[b]When will Lee Kuan Yew die?

Our PhD CSJ put this pretty offensive question in SDP site.

MM LEE seems dunt bother when asked when he would retire.

Also,he said every day now is a bonus.Is it too much say so?

2.

The Edge seems reported a lot of funny things:

2.This is the 1st time Foreign media reported Sg politics without referring
to JBJ or CSJ.[/b]

In reality, it's not just Australia talking bad about our government, the whole world is talking ABOUT our government's "style" of running the country and its people.

Sue the world perhaps???

vito_corleone SG

that ranking was compiled by a no-name no-good-reputation publication based on too narrow a scope and besides lets say pap dogs like you wanna use the times supplement ranking..fine..nus has been knocked off the top 20 or even top 30 list. and besides, what the fark has nus achieved? has it produced any people worthy of mention on the international arena? Laughing

LazerLordz SG

Those in the ivory towers preach of special circumstances. you want us to be like Israel? Sorry, but I will not accept that...it's regression.