Comments on: A minority among the minority http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/ a place to reveal | a place to hide Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:40:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-625 acroamatic Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:49:31 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-625 Oh, I'm sure foreign newspapers (online or offline) take great interest in what's happening in our blogosphere. Still, it strikes me as strange that they found out about this from an online source, and yet never went to mr brown's site. Oh, I’m sure foreign newspapers (online or offline) take great interest in what’s happening in our blogosphere. Still, it strikes me as strange that they found out about this from an online source, and yet never went to mr brown’s site.

]]> By: monkey http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-624 monkey Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:42:57 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-624 but he read it in... foreign newspaper? i mean we were on a ship for crying out loud... surely they couldnt have learnt it the minute they arrive in singapore foreign newspaper ONLINE but that was the height of the mrbrown... erm crisis :P but he read it in… foreign newspaper? i mean we were on a ship for crying out loud… surely they couldnt have learnt it the minute they arrive in singapore
foreign newspaper ONLINE
but that was the height of the mrbrown… erm crisis :P

]]> By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-619 acroamatic Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:22:23 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-619 @whitelion: Apologies, my blog's anti-spam system marked your comments for moderation. Yes, you've expressed how I feel, but as Paddy notes, we should continue unabated. @monkey: That's it, you see? People will read about blogs in the newspapers but not read the blogs themselves. @whitelion: Apologies, my blog’s anti-spam system marked your comments for moderation. Yes, you’ve expressed how I feel, but as Paddy notes, we should continue unabated.

@monkey: That’s it, you see? People will read about blogs in the newspapers but not read the blogs themselves.

]]> By: monkey http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-617 monkey Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:17:52 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-617 u know, when i was on semester at sea, when we docked in singapore, 2 professors actually was asking me who mrbrown is coz at that point was when he first got fired and THEY got really fired up and then going on ranting about how they just waylaid people on the street and asked them who mrbrown was. its really bizarre because 1) they dont read mrbrown 2) i always tot mrbrown was very famous but didnt hesitate a moment to go like "oh puhlease the mama shop uncle doesnt know who mrbrown is" and 3) they got to know about mrbrown from... mainstream media. just not singapore's. sigh. wish i can have such progressive professors in nus. u know, when i was on semester at sea, when we docked in singapore, 2 professors actually was asking me who mrbrown is coz at that point was when he first got fired and THEY got really fired up and then going on ranting about how they just waylaid people on the street and asked them who mrbrown was.

its really bizarre because 1) they dont read mrbrown 2) i always tot mrbrown was very famous but didnt hesitate a moment to go like “oh puhlease the mama shop uncle doesnt know who mrbrown is” and 3) they got to know about mrbrown from… mainstream media. just not singapore’s.

sigh.

wish i can have such progressive professors in nus.

]]> By: whitelion http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-615 whitelion Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:05:19 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-615 Being a eurasian,I guess I can relate to what you are saying. as a blogger sometimes i feel that the world revolves ard what I write in my blog. but the reality is that 99.99999999999% (a conservative figure I might add) of the ppl out dare dun give 2 hoots abt anything I post up in my site. Being english \'helucated\', I read the ST and TNP. and besides the news on the Net and radio, they are my main source of news and information. so my thoughts are shaped by what is reported in the english media. but to my horror I discover that the other 76.8%(according to latest stats) march to a different drummer. Being a eurasian,I guess I can relate to what you are saying. as a blogger sometimes i feel that the world revolves ard what I write in my blog. but the reality is that 99.99999999999% (a conservative figure I might add) of the ppl out dare dun give 2 hoots abt anything I post up in my site.
Being english \’helucated\’, I read the ST and TNP. and besides the news on the Net and radio, they are my main source of news and information. so my thoughts are shaped by what is reported in the english media. but to my horror I discover that the other 76.8%(according to latest stats) march to a different drummer.

]]> By: whitelion http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-614 whitelion Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:53:28 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-614 being a minority amongst minorities myself I can understand where you are coming from. being english educated we tend to take what we read in ST at face value. but i think the chinese media is a better reflection of what Singaporeans think and feel (for what that is worth). as a blogger we tend to have a seige mentality, where it is us against the system. and that somehow we are trying to 'educate' the world outside our sphere. we pride ourselves on being different and outspoken. it even pays to be controversial. but in reality we are but a drop in the ocean. I am thankful for my loyal readers who come to my blog and read all the mundane details of my life, but it would be rather presumptuous on my part to assume that what i say on my blog could break down barriers and change the world,let alone Singapore... being a minority amongst minorities myself I can understand where you are coming from. being english educated we tend to take what we read in ST at face value. but i think the chinese media is a better reflection of what Singaporeans think and feel (for what that is worth).
as a blogger we tend to have a seige mentality, where it is us against the system. and that somehow we are trying to ‘educate’ the world outside our sphere. we pride ourselves on being different and outspoken. it even pays to be controversial. but in reality we are but a drop in the ocean. I am thankful for my loyal readers who come to my blog and read all the mundane details of my life, but it would be rather presumptuous on my part to assume that what i say on my blog could break down barriers and change the world,let alone Singapore…

]]> By: Lance http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-613 Lance Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:56:21 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-613 this is why we should all raise the standards of average blogs. i hate it when big news are unreleased to us. for example, the truths of 911. http://areasonforflight.blogspot.com/2006/07/911-greatest-media-coverup.html you get the idea. -lance. this is why we should all raise the standards of average blogs. i hate it when big news are unreleased to us. for example, the truths of 911.

http://areasonforflight.blogspot.com/2006/07/911-greatest-media-coverup.html

you get the idea.

-lance.

]]> By: Paddy Tan http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-612 Paddy Tan Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:33:07 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-612 Minority we may be but we certainly know what is going on when the mainstream media simply 'forgets' to mention certain news or prefer to turn a blind eye to it. The good thing is this small minority can help to pass the words around opening up others' eyes and ears to hear more of the 'alternatives' :) Minority we may be but we certainly know what is going on when the mainstream media simply ‘forgets’ to mention certain news or prefer to turn a blind eye to it.

The good thing is this small minority can help to pass the words around opening up others’ eyes and ears to hear more of the ‘alternatives’ :)

]]> By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-602 acroamatic Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:02:01 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-602 @ivan: Yup, that's true. I pointed this out because, like any community, we can get a bit insular after a while. Heheh... <a href="http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/07/celebrity-blogger-no-lah-but-please.html" rel="nofollow">Like how someone made waves in ST today</a>? ;) @pennycake: Thank you! Have a great day and a terrific time studying at CJC! @ivan: Yup, that’s true. I pointed this out because, like any community, we can get a bit insular after a while.

Heheh… Like how someone made waves in ST today? ;)
@pennycake: Thank you! Have a great day and a terrific time studying at CJC!

]]> By: Pennycake http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-601 Pennycake Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:54:41 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/a-minority-among-the-minority/#comment-601 Hi! I saw your blog address in LifeStyle today. Cool blog. I left this note only because I saw your CJCian links. I'm studying at CJC now. =) have a great day! "let our light spread and brighten the night/let our flame warm all hearts and unite!" Hi! I saw your blog address in LifeStyle today. Cool blog. I left this note only because I saw your CJCian links. I’m studying at CJC now. =) have a great day!

“let our light spread and brighten the night/let our flame warm all hearts and unite!”

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