Wednesday, May 10, 2006 @8:15 PM
Mr Joel Mak has never said something right since he came to AC
first, during this interview with the Ed board, when asked what actions is he going to take in AC as a vice-principal
"i think the most important issue right now is to work with the physical education dept to see how the boys can be more prepared for NS"
then, he scolded us for not showing the AC spirit because very few supporters were down at the X-country finals
"As A-C-Sians, this should not be the case"
today during NE dialogue (all j2s)
"hmm, why not the new elected student councillors go forward and ask some questions?"
"should we be asking questions related more to the security of Singapore, back to the main topic"
speaker: "no, it's okay. they can ask any questions they want"
i shall refrain making any comments. or i'll be deflaming the VP.
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anyway today's NE dialogue was pretty interesting cos the issues put forward was a challenge to the speaker, regarding Burma issue, M'sia-Singapore ties, Iraq war and Singapore involvement in relation to US-Sg FTA, ShinCorps and Temasek Holdings
very sensitive issues
i like him because he's honest. quote him "there's nothing we can do. remember, we are a price-taker not a price-setter"
he makes some sense and is the typical pragmatic and selfish Singaporean
plus, he further consolidates our view of a cold cold world
but i don't like his attitude. arrogant, pompous *****
"i live in a generation where more than half the population has no education. the only thing we can do is retrain them or let them CONVENIENTLY DIE OFF"
and he keeps defending MFA as a ministry focusing all on foreign political issues and he keeps insisting that they are not concerned about investments. But Temasek Holdings is obviously a state-owned enterprise and they are using OUR reserves to invest
oh well, but i think because he is brutally honest, it makes the whole dialogue interesting. not a talk that ppl fall asleep