Sunday, November 27, 2016
Excellent squid ink rice and good deals for students! Plus Matty loves the love seat they gave us :)
November 28, 2016 at 01:04PM via Facebook
Sunday, November 20, 2016
This sums up what I feel about the media bashing and scapegoating in this election. "I pay attention to sources, because I’ve been a journalist covering all kinds of government for about 25 years. I know the source of information is crucial. If your source cannot be trusted, your story can’t be trusted. And I think this, right here, is a big part of what has gotten Trump where he is. As the media landscape eroded with the arrival of the Internet, all kinds of questionable websites and “news outlets” have cropped up. FOX News paved the way with its “fair and balanced” (wink, wink) reporting – which my dad listens to non-stop and recites. No longer do people just watch the evening news and read the daily newspaper to get their news. They can pick and choose whatever kind of news matches their opinion. In fact, for several years I worked for one of those new news outlets. Sold as investigative journalism, Watchdog.org sought to fill the increasingly wide gap in coverage of U.S. statehouses with what it sometimes called point-of-view journalism. Over time, I learned this nonprofit was funded by right-leaning libertarians who liked things like fossil fuels and charter schools. I saw how these news outlets work to further the causes of those that give them money, but ironically, many people no longer trust the “lamestream media” which tries to keep a wall between advertising and the newsroom." Bingo!
November 21, 2016 at 11:34AM via Facebook
"While many Americans see Trump’s election as part of a cultural shift against multiculturalism, Stewart believes its the continuation of a fight the country’s been having since its inception. “America is not natural. Natural is tribal,” Stewart said. “We’re fighting against thousands of years of human behavior and history...that’s what is exceptional and this aint’ easy.” Stewart believes the election of Trump shined a light on a national problem that existed well before he arrived on the political scene. “His candidacy has animated that thought that a multi-ethnic, multicultural democracy is impossible,” Stewart said." Come to Singapore :)
November 20, 2016 at 08:47PM via Facebook
Conversation in the car on our way home. Mic : Why do buses need diesel? Me: Because they don't run on air. Mic: huh? But cars use petrol. Me: ah.. then you should ask, more accurately, why do buses run on diesel and not petrol. Otherwise it's like asking why do humans need food? And I will answer you the same way. Because we don't run on air. Matt: ALONE. #cantarguewiththat #sohewaslistening
November 20, 2016 at 08:26PM via Facebook
Thursday, November 17, 2016
It's double duty for Ang Charn Hsiang and me today. While the boys (and grandpa Allan Kang) were at Micah's school, Susan Kang and I were at Raffles Girls' Primary School, watching Mirella Ang receive her hard-earned and well-deserved prize. Very proud of you, sweetie, for your hard work and persistence this year!
November 18, 2016 at 11:07AM via Facebook
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Madison, again: “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical idea.” It would be equally chimerical to suppose that a people could become virtuous unless its leaders model virtue, especially in difficult times, which is why the Founders united behind George Washington, the epitome of virtue in his day, as the first president." Sounds more like our Asian than typical Western expectations of our leaders. The world is changing!
November 14, 2016 at 11:21AM via Facebook
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
"Resentment is no excuse for bald-faced stupidity. America is still the land where the waitress’s kids can grow up to become physicists and novelists and pediatricians, but it helps a lot if the waitress and her husband encourage good habits and the ambition to use your God-given talents and the kids aren’t plugged into electronics day and night. Whooping it up for the candidate of cruelty and ignorance does less than nothing for your kids."
November 10, 2016 at 03:35PM via Facebook
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Just when Amazon is finally coming to Singapore :( "However, Trump could achieve many objectives on his own. A President has the unilateral authority to renegotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, to order a ban on Muslims, and to direct the Justice Department to give priority to certain offenses, with an eye to specific targets. During the campaign, he has accused Amazon of “getting away with murder tax-wise,” and vowed, if he wins, “Oh, do they have problems.”
November 09, 2016 at 01:30PM via Facebook
What's going on in America? I think Trump's right - it's rigged!
November 09, 2016 at 12:39PM via Facebook
Mirella Ang what a good sound track can do ... with amazing cinematography of course.
November 08, 2016 at 06:53PM via Facebook
Monday, November 7, 2016
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Both, in their own ways, are all-American - the best and the worst of the country's culture.
November 05, 2016 at 09:59PM via Facebook
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