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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Thu, 16 Mar 2023 3:31 pm

nakatago wrote:
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 6:52 am
sundaymorningstaple wrote:
Tue, 14 Mar 2023 5:06 pm
Are you still a shutterbug?
The rise of Instagram kinda ruined photography for me. I was in Brazil for a couple of weeks and I barely used my camera. Lots of phone snaps though.

That said, I recently moved to mirrorless and have been trying to get my mojo back. Probably won't bother with models because it'll be hard to filter out the vapid ones.
Brazil seems like it would be a photographer's paradise... absolutely gorgeous!

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Thu, 16 Mar 2023 3:34 pm

tiktok wrote:
Wed, 08 Mar 2023 8:50 am
This is more sickening than stupid:
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ ... ster-again

The article talks about his Facebook post but provides no link to it - here it is: https://www.facebook.com/10004437634134 ... 039472634/

The article strongly insinuates that he's done something wrong, when anyone with half a brain can see his brother is abusing government power to overturn the clear wishes their father put in his last will and expressed multiple times before his death.
Yup. And honestly, what are they even saying he lied about? Can't substantiate any of their claims.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by jalanjalan » Fri, 17 Mar 2023 2:09 pm

It's a mildly embarrassing family drama but I see more buzz online about the price of chicken rice. Singaporean = practical.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by nakatago » Sat, 18 Mar 2023 6:41 pm

Lisafuller wrote:
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 3:31 pm
nakatago wrote:
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 6:52 am
sundaymorningstaple wrote:
Tue, 14 Mar 2023 5:06 pm
Are you still a shutterbug?
The rise of Instagram kinda ruined photography for me. I was in Brazil for a couple of weeks and I barely used my camera. Lots of phone snaps though.

That said, I recently moved to mirrorless and have been trying to get my mojo back. Probably won't bother with models because it'll be hard to filter out the vapid ones.
Brazil seems like it would be a photographer's paradise... absolutely gorgeous!
Yeah but it wasn't just--pardon the pun--not clicking for me. Saw the sights, thought they were great but the photos were meh.

Except this one photo of Praia de Ipanema; that was great.
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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by tiktok » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 6:59 am

jalanjalan wrote:
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 2:09 pm
It's a mildly embarrassing family drama but I see more buzz online about the price of chicken rice. Singaporean = practical.
That's exactly what the government wants people to focus on. Singaporean = sheep.
I not troll/wacko/spammer.
Me no expat. Me foreigner.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by jalanjalan » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 2:53 pm

tiktok wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 6:59 am
jalanjalan wrote:
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 2:09 pm
It's a mildly embarrassing family drama but I see more buzz online about the price of chicken rice. Singaporean = practical.
That's exactly what the government wants people to focus on. Singaporean = sheep.
or maybe because it's more relevant to our lives. All I know is I'm not inheriting anything from the estate so why worry about it :wink:

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by smoulder » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 4:12 pm

Fair to say Singaporeans aren't "woke" 😏

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 9:55 pm

jalanjalan wrote:
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 2:09 pm
It's a mildly embarrassing family drama but I see more buzz online about the price of chicken rice. Singaporean = practical.
Hahaha yup, Singaporeans are very pragmatic in general

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 9:56 pm

nakatago wrote:
Sat, 18 Mar 2023 6:41 pm
Lisafuller wrote:
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 3:31 pm
nakatago wrote:
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 6:52 am


The rise of Instagram kinda ruined photography for me. I was in Brazil for a couple of weeks and I barely used my camera. Lots of phone snaps though.

That said, I recently moved to mirrorless and have been trying to get my mojo back. Probably won't bother with models because it'll be hard to filter out the vapid ones.
Brazil seems like it would be a photographer's paradise... absolutely gorgeous!
Yeah but it wasn't just--pardon the pun--not clicking for me. Saw the sights, thought they were great but the photos were meh.

Except this one photo of Praia de Ipanema; that was great.
I want to go to Ipanema Beach more than any other in the world. Seems like it'd be life changing.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 9:57 pm

tiktok wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 6:59 am
jalanjalan wrote:
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 2:09 pm
It's a mildly embarrassing family drama but I see more buzz online about the price of chicken rice. Singaporean = practical.
That's exactly what the government wants people to focus on. Singaporean = sheep.
True, but clearly this approach hasn't worked on the entire population. Just most of it.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 9:58 pm

jalanjalan wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 2:53 pm
tiktok wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 6:59 am
jalanjalan wrote:
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 2:09 pm
It's a mildly embarrassing family drama but I see more buzz online about the price of chicken rice. Singaporean = practical.
That's exactly what the government wants people to focus on. Singaporean = sheep.
or maybe because it's more relevant to our lives. All I know is I'm not inheriting anything from the estate so why worry about it :wink:
Just very unsettling to see firsthand how some of the family members who are supposed to be upstanding and law-abiding manipulate the law for their own agendas.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by Lisafuller » Sun, 19 Mar 2023 9:58 pm

smoulder wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 4:12 pm
Fair to say Singaporeans aren't "woke" 😏
That's an understatement :-" But the same cannot be said about the younger generation.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by jalanjalan » Mon, 20 Mar 2023 3:50 pm

Lisafuller wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 9:58 pm
jalanjalan wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 2:53 pm
tiktok wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 6:59 am


That's exactly what the government wants people to focus on. Singaporean = sheep.
or maybe because it's more relevant to our lives. All I know is I'm not inheriting anything from the estate so why worry about it :wink:
Just very unsettling to see firsthand how some of the family members who are supposed to be upstanding and law-abiding manipulate the law for their own agendas.
The whole affair doesn't unsettle me, as I'm not privy to who really did what. I believe investigations are ongoing and I dare say they'll get to the bottom of it.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by tiktok » Mon, 20 Mar 2023 5:37 pm

jalanjalan wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 2:53 pm
or maybe because it's more relevant to our lives. All I know is I'm not inheriting anything from the estate so why worry about it :wink:
LHL is desperate for popularity. The Merdeka generation are dying off and getting diluted by immigrants. He has the charisma of a stone.
His best bet is to to milk his father's legacy for all it's worth.

But unfortunately for him, LKY left no statues, memorials, parks or roads named after him, not even a grave. People are forgetting about him. What's needed is to preserve the Lee family home, make into a kind of shrine to Singapore's founders, and a focus for the idea that the Lee family and the PAP are rightful rulers for eternity. Don't forget LHL's son is being groomed to take over - 3 generations of Lee's anyone?

That's what's really behind this drama. Every Singaporean should be aware how they are being manipulated.
I not troll/wacko/spammer.
Me no expat. Me foreigner.

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Re: Stupid news articles

Post by jalanjalan » Mon, 20 Mar 2023 8:44 pm

Oh, I'm sure we'll be ok.

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