Phase One:-
I'm wean and weary,
Meek and mild.
For as time to come,
I will again, strengthen and run.
Phase Two:-
I'm observant; You're assertive,
When I'm weak and weary,
You're there to pick me.
And when you're dejected and jaded; I'm here to deliver you.
That's of you do understand what's going on, but I'm sure, someone will, for this entry is dedicated to you.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Far From Being Ordinary
The minute hand on the clock is ticking rapidly, clocking towards 2:00 a.m.
Daybreak's in just another 4 hours counting from 2 and I'm done with my first set of notes for the night.
Way to go, man! I'm gonna sit, sweat and re-structure the bloody essay in my seat out in thy living room till six in the morning. Yet as I'm doing my work, I'm blogging my time away here, for the stale memories of the past keeps on playing inside my mind, like a carousel ride. Fresh tears are inevitable making me weak and weary; while these droplets are also fresh like the morning dew of the ocean's deep.
Damn...My life's none other than anything but far from the ordinary.
Allow me to sum up my feelings in these four phrases:-
I used to notice you from the distance,
Like a dancer awaiting practice session,
But in the wrong studio.
You came up to me and offered to take me home.
Looking down at the crowded streets,
I spied you again, looking up at me.
I felt my heartbeat racing, wild.
And I know, I am in love.
There she goes, far away.
And here she comes again, right up to me.
She clings my right arm, tight.
And drags me along...down the rescinding streets of lust and curse.
When I turn off the lights at night,
I am sadly, reminded of you.
Yesterday, you took off with her on a high note,
And left me fluttering about. LOST.
A thousand sighs...
Daybreak's in just another 4 hours counting from 2 and I'm done with my first set of notes for the night.
Way to go, man! I'm gonna sit, sweat and re-structure the bloody essay in my seat out in thy living room till six in the morning. Yet as I'm doing my work, I'm blogging my time away here, for the stale memories of the past keeps on playing inside my mind, like a carousel ride. Fresh tears are inevitable making me weak and weary; while these droplets are also fresh like the morning dew of the ocean's deep.
Damn...My life's none other than anything but far from the ordinary.
Allow me to sum up my feelings in these four phrases:-
I used to notice you from the distance,
Like a dancer awaiting practice session,
But in the wrong studio.
You came up to me and offered to take me home.
Looking down at the crowded streets,
I spied you again, looking up at me.
I felt my heartbeat racing, wild.
And I know, I am in love.
There she goes, far away.
And here she comes again, right up to me.
She clings my right arm, tight.
And drags me along...down the rescinding streets of lust and curse.
When I turn off the lights at night,
I am sadly, reminded of you.
Yesterday, you took off with her on a high note,
And left me fluttering about. LOST.
A thousand sighs...
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Oops, I Did It Again!
Live by the pen, die by thy pen.
I reckon I will get shot down for my writings on a fine sunny October, just like Zhou Wei Hui, author of Shanghai Baby, should I gladly publish my horrendous 106-page long book on tyranny and tryst in the local magic circle.
You name it, lust, in the form of pregnancy sex, incest, rape and more, drugs/DWIs taking the form of intravenous shots and ghey activities make up the contents of my already completed 'Lemon Tree - The Renaissance', with devious incubus magician Joe playing the biggest tyrant in this 15 chapter long novel.
And its good reason for me to kiss goodbye to my life-long dreams of working as a foreign correspondent.
Oops, I did it again! Am currently working on expanding those chapters and creating excitements.
Jeez...way to go, man. Stress mode - ON!
I reckon I will get shot down for my writings on a fine sunny October, just like Zhou Wei Hui, author of Shanghai Baby, should I gladly publish my horrendous 106-page long book on tyranny and tryst in the local magic circle.
You name it, lust, in the form of pregnancy sex, incest, rape and more, drugs/DWIs taking the form of intravenous shots and ghey activities make up the contents of my already completed 'Lemon Tree - The Renaissance', with devious incubus magician Joe playing the biggest tyrant in this 15 chapter long novel.
And its good reason for me to kiss goodbye to my life-long dreams of working as a foreign correspondent.
Oops, I did it again! Am currently working on expanding those chapters and creating excitements.
Jeez...way to go, man. Stress mode - ON!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A Thousand Whines and Groans
A Thousand Whines and Groans for the entire day spent doing just this alone.
Oh so goes the first draft of my first dreaded critique paper:-
An Overview Of The Need For Population Control:-
As Saw (p52, 1980) quotes then Health Minister of State Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, "Singapore, as we all know, is a very overcrowded little island of nearly 2 million people living in an area of just over 2 hundred square miles or a density of population around 8,000 people per square mile. Family planning is therefore a matter of national importance and indeed, one of urgency for us. Our best chances for survival in an independent Singapore is stress on quality and not quantity."
Evidently, the issue of population control and family planning rests on the mind of the state's leaders, due to a surge in post world war 2 baby boomers and a free trade, migration policy between Singapore and Peninsula Malaya during the decade from 1947 to 1957.
The crude birth rate peaked at 42.7% in 1957. Also, in 1966, the number of deliveries reached a record high of 39,835 which won KKH* a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest number of births in a single maternity facility – a record it held for 10 years.
In light of the momentous separation between Singapore and Peninsular Malaya in August 1965, the government was fully aware that the newly independent state had to survive alone without its traditional economic hinterland, thus, highlighting Singapore's limited small land area and the economic difficulties and lack of viability of the island state devoid of natural resources. These factors drew serious attention on the dire need for the government to keep check on Singapore's rapid population growth in planning for social and economic development (p53, 1980).
Likewise, the government then feared that unchecked population growth could strain the country’s limited resources as they would of any underdeveloped country. Moreover, the average educational qualification of each youth then, was capped at secondary two due to the disruption of the Japanese Occupation.
In recognizing the potential impact of high birth rates on the Republic's limited resources, the Health Minister tabled a White Paper in Parliament in September 1965 and outlined a 5-Year Mass Family Planning Program, introduced in 1966 to regulate the level of fertility and control the rate of population growth. Singapore was to reduce its TFR* to a replacement level of 2.1 by 1980 and maintain this level indefinitely so as to achieve ZPG* by 2030.
The enactment of the 5 year mass family planning program has essentially been an integral part of the social and economic development strategy of the government aimed at improving the general standard of living of the people. The program was specifically designed to reduce the rate of population increase to facilitate and reinforce government efforts in advancing rapid economic development geared towards raising the per capita income of the masses. Also as explained in the above paragraph, this program itself constitutes the principal component of the overall population control program directed at the maintenance of fertility at replacement level to ensure that zero population growth can be attained as quickly as possible to stabilize the population.
Hnece, population control became one of the primary goals of the city-state’s in order to spur its socio-economic development. In 1966, the National Family Planning Campaign was launched and the government embarked on a Stop-At-Two children policy with the slogan - “Girl or Boy, Two is enough.
This slogan appeared in a total of 8 different posters in four different languages, namely English, Chinese, Bahasa Melayu and Tamil from 1974 - 1983. Of these 8 posters, 6 emphasized simply on the given message, which is aimed specifically at married couples aged 30 - 44, who usually are primary school leavers and post WWII baby-boomers while the remaining 2 were targeted towards school going youths and educated* young adults aged 16 - 22. *Educated - A minimum of 4 GCE O Level Passes and above.
Evidently, this campaign was created in a bid to re-engineer her society's behavior, attitudes and values over the benefits of family planning, especially on the advantages of having smaller families and how it could be achieved with family planning. Advertisements emphasized strongly on the visuals of a small and happy family, usually with the child being a girl due to the fact that Singapore is a predominantly Chinese society whereby boys are favored over girls as they pass on their family's name even after marriage. Also, the tone used for the above mentioned 8 posters were simple, straight-foward with the actual message being directly targeted right at the individual.
It was only during the 1970s we witness an influx of other anti-natalist policies - the 1969 Abortion Act, voluntary sterilization and other eugenic measures to ensure total effectiveness in their Family Planning Program.
Therefore, as a result of its anti-population campaign and henceforth, eugenic policies, Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) dropped significantly from 4.66 in 1965 to 2.1 in 1975. Replacement level was attained sooner than expected.
Oh so goes the first draft of my first dreaded critique paper:-
An Overview Of The Need For Population Control:-
As Saw (p52, 1980) quotes then Health Minister of State Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, "Singapore, as we all know, is a very overcrowded little island of nearly 2 million people living in an area of just over 2 hundred square miles or a density of population around 8,000 people per square mile. Family planning is therefore a matter of national importance and indeed, one of urgency for us. Our best chances for survival in an independent Singapore is stress on quality and not quantity."
Evidently, the issue of population control and family planning rests on the mind of the state's leaders, due to a surge in post world war 2 baby boomers and a free trade, migration policy between Singapore and Peninsula Malaya during the decade from 1947 to 1957.
The crude birth rate peaked at 42.7% in 1957. Also, in 1966, the number of deliveries reached a record high of 39,835 which won KKH* a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest number of births in a single maternity facility – a record it held for 10 years.
In light of the momentous separation between Singapore and Peninsular Malaya in August 1965, the government was fully aware that the newly independent state had to survive alone without its traditional economic hinterland, thus, highlighting Singapore's limited small land area and the economic difficulties and lack of viability of the island state devoid of natural resources. These factors drew serious attention on the dire need for the government to keep check on Singapore's rapid population growth in planning for social and economic development (p53, 1980).
Likewise, the government then feared that unchecked population growth could strain the country’s limited resources as they would of any underdeveloped country. Moreover, the average educational qualification of each youth then, was capped at secondary two due to the disruption of the Japanese Occupation.
In recognizing the potential impact of high birth rates on the Republic's limited resources, the Health Minister tabled a White Paper in Parliament in September 1965 and outlined a 5-Year Mass Family Planning Program, introduced in 1966 to regulate the level of fertility and control the rate of population growth. Singapore was to reduce its TFR* to a replacement level of 2.1 by 1980 and maintain this level indefinitely so as to achieve ZPG* by 2030.
The enactment of the 5 year mass family planning program has essentially been an integral part of the social and economic development strategy of the government aimed at improving the general standard of living of the people. The program was specifically designed to reduce the rate of population increase to facilitate and reinforce government efforts in advancing rapid economic development geared towards raising the per capita income of the masses. Also as explained in the above paragraph, this program itself constitutes the principal component of the overall population control program directed at the maintenance of fertility at replacement level to ensure that zero population growth can be attained as quickly as possible to stabilize the population.
Hnece, population control became one of the primary goals of the city-state’s in order to spur its socio-economic development. In 1966, the National Family Planning Campaign was launched and the government embarked on a Stop-At-Two children policy with the slogan - “Girl or Boy, Two is enough.
This slogan appeared in a total of 8 different posters in four different languages, namely English, Chinese, Bahasa Melayu and Tamil from 1974 - 1983. Of these 8 posters, 6 emphasized simply on the given message, which is aimed specifically at married couples aged 30 - 44, who usually are primary school leavers and post WWII baby-boomers while the remaining 2 were targeted towards school going youths and educated* young adults aged 16 - 22. *Educated - A minimum of 4 GCE O Level Passes and above.
Evidently, this campaign was created in a bid to re-engineer her society's behavior, attitudes and values over the benefits of family planning, especially on the advantages of having smaller families and how it could be achieved with family planning. Advertisements emphasized strongly on the visuals of a small and happy family, usually with the child being a girl due to the fact that Singapore is a predominantly Chinese society whereby boys are favored over girls as they pass on their family's name even after marriage. Also, the tone used for the above mentioned 8 posters were simple, straight-foward with the actual message being directly targeted right at the individual.
It was only during the 1970s we witness an influx of other anti-natalist policies - the 1969 Abortion Act, voluntary sterilization and other eugenic measures to ensure total effectiveness in their Family Planning Program.
Therefore, as a result of its anti-population campaign and henceforth, eugenic policies, Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) dropped significantly from 4.66 in 1965 to 2.1 in 1975. Replacement level was attained sooner than expected.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Spamming Myself, 3...I think.
Damn.
I really hate to laze and surf around, but since I've got NOTHING for my research assofar yet, I can't just simply touch the thesis. And has not been actively adding stories here.
A time for me to slog, soon.
I really hate to laze and surf around, but since I've got NOTHING for my research assofar yet, I can't just simply touch the thesis. And has not been actively adding stories here.
A time for me to slog, soon.
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