Official Changes

Badminton cum Pizza Party
Sorry for the change of plans, there just isn't enough EOS for the function room.

Details:
Date: October 27, 2007
Venue: Badminton Courts
Time: 4.00pm *
Pls bring along your own rackets, if possible.

*Let me know if 4pm is too early? Then i'll switch the booking to 8pm. Notify me by sms pls.

If you do not know how to get to my place, then just drop a comment here, or send me a sms before thursday night. I'll send you the directions.

For the muggers:
Understand that some of you would like to study. Recommend you people go to valley point to mug.

To get there, board the free shuttle bus from PS and drop at the 3rd bus-stop from PS. (the stop just before Tiong Bahru Plaza) The bus stop is located right at the Fraser Suites Serviced Apartment. After alighting, cross at the pedestrian crossing and turn left, you should see a starbucks where you can mug at.

To get to my place from Valley Point, walk in the direction opposite the one from which you came by. You'll eventually see my house.

Yep. Happy mugging.

News

hey peepz. i bet u guys didnt know this.

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Dumbledore is gay

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yeap yeap he is. i just found out abt it yesterday.

Quote yahoo news:

"After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members.

She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."
"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.

She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."

Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."

"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."

Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past. And explicit scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction.

Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," she spotted a reference in the script to a girl who once was of interest to Dumbledore. A note was duly passed to director David Yates, revealing the truth about her character.

Rowling, finishing a brief "Open Book Tour" of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority."

(hmm.. i wonder what the explicit scenes in fan fiction are..... but that's beside the point)

actually i couldnt care less that Dumbledore is gay, or if hes asexual or trisexual even, because i dont read the book. but this is a freaking children's book lor, why the heck does J.K. Rowling have to make a character in a CHILDREN'S book a gay?!?!?! i mean, if she had just left the last book at that, i bet no one would have the kind of imagination to think that Dumbledore is gay. but she probably found an urge to add a little spice to her books and go out with a bang. poor kids, they must be totally freaked out to find out that their beloved headmaster likes guys... maybe even little boys. =O

The most disturbing thing is, in the next movie we might see Dumbledore in a dress. Oh wait, he already wears a dress. Then maybe we'll see him in an even more gay dress.

Then again, the author might be JKing.

p.s. leaving for thailand in a week. might not make it to the halloween party so u guys have fun yea. =)

The Changing Tides

My apologies for the first half of the post…. Just feel the need to comment on certain things after my long and hellish weeks.

Isn’t it ironic how we keep criticizing what we initially have only to discover that is what we really want? Not too long ago, (and it still is the case now), our education system has been criticized for churning out scores of graduates who are learned in theories and efficient to a fault, but are lacking in creativity and finesse. Thus, various changes have been implemented at the primary, secondary and tertiary level to remedy this problem. Central to all these changes would be the American-style of ‘broad-based and holistic’ education aimed at promoting the all rounder, and this approach involved, among other things, endless projects and less rote-learning.

So after several years of touting this ‘unique’ pedagogy, the education system is ready for the final assessment by the employers. The new breed of graduates arrive in the workplace in fine packaging and form, ready to ascend to the role of a dynamic manager that was so unsatisfactorily performed by their predecessors. But what do their employers say? “Oh, they’re fine in form, but they lack the theories.” Which simply begs the question of what’s the point really? Why go one big round only to discover what we needed was what we had all along…

Okay, enough ranting for now.

On a more important note, I was thinking of having another Halloween party this year. But many of you have said that you will not be dressing up, so I’m wondering if the party would be as fun like that. And if so, should we still have a party? Anyway, comment please on the subject. If you people really do want the party, then comment even faster. I need to book the function room by Monday latest.

P.S: it’s okay if you get last minute confinement and cannot make it even if you said you are coming initially, coz I’m just going to order pizza for the party for convenience’s sake.

P.P.S.: sorry for the short window period to express your views. Was busy before this.

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