Monthly Archives: July 2007

blood

and there was so much of it this morning, just an hour or so after midnight. my brother and i didn’t freeze, which is good, i suppose, and my dad wasn’t comatose but was conscious, which was even better. the blood was sticky, pooled in a large patch around his head. a quart of blood, maybe, on the floor. streaks around the dining ta ...Continue


is nathaniel tan going free?

Update: He’s FREE AT LAST!!
Follow the events at his sister’s blog here.

Saw this over at Elizabeth Wong’s blog: Nat’s to be released! :D

Or.. wait. Well, I g ...Continue


nathaniel tan: what are the charges, mr. policeman?

Update: Things have gotten worse. No clear indication if he’s being held for offenses under the Official Secrets Act. But Nat’s still being held, and will continue to be held, for God knows how long, now. Follow the events here.

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the police holds Nat Tan for questioning

Nat Tan of PKR’s been held - I’ve just come back and I’ve just heard the news. This is pissing me off. You can’t or don’t want to sue or arrest Tian Chua and so you attack the people around him? Who else is next, Mr. Policeman? Are you going to put everyone who pisses you off in prison? Hey, dudes, start building ...Continue


money politics is a viable solution, really

“I have never seen anyone die for the ontological argument.”
- Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

But who wants to die for dusty arguments better left in the hands of schoolmen? Not me, certainly, but in days past, advancing an argument that didn’t gel with the doctrines of the church was liable to get you declared ...Continue