dimanche, août 22, 2004 Sucking up or a good sign? Either way, we win! SATURDAYS OFF! My vote is cheap to buy. I like Lee Hsien Long already as PM... Didn't get home in time to listen to the stuff about the young and the teachers (I'm sure I'll be hearing about this soon from all my teacher-friends quarters!), but apart from the obvious incentives of having Saturdays off, I'm also encouraged by the linguistics of the speech. Words like "funky" (used to describe Zouk in Shanghai or somewhere else, I can't remember), catchphrases like "the Force is with Singapore", mentions of The Matrix Revolutions, LucasArts films and other technological blather - is this PM happening or what?Okay, I know it's a trite thing to mention, and I'm pretty sure it was deliberately worked into the speech to make him seem like a hip and happening guy - but hey, at least he's trying, right? Like Li Jiawei tried? (Darn shame, but hey, she's 4th - that makes her part of the top 10 players in the world, and only nine others can claim that right.) Another thing which I noticed also - he speaks a lot a lot a LOT faster than Mr. Goh. Chok. Tong. Who. Pauses. After. Three. Words. That makes the speech sound a lot livelier, and go a lot faster - but even then, he still took four(?) hours. (My dad was sitting at home in his pyjamas, and remarking "Lucky thing I'm not important enough to get invited, I think my bladder will explode.")
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