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If my publisher doesn't want to do e-books, there is nothing I can do.

Singapore Sucks! is an eclectic collection of short stories, essays and poems about Singapore. Various topics such as conscription in Singapore, the acceptability of corporal punishment, political oppressiveness in our country and Singaporeans’ fascination with white culture are explored via the...

The Activist Registration Act is a 2 part article. I wrote it to explain the relevance and importance of anonymity to freedom of speech. Part 1 explains why transparency doesn't necessarily add value and Part 2 highlights the danger of losing anonymity - our shield against corporate and...

Hi rectmobile, thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, my publisher is not interested in e-publishing at the moment. We only have hard copies of the book right now. Singa Crew

And they all walked in on the protagonist of our short story, who was sitting by himself in a London bar. Soon he was regaling all 3 girls with stories from his days in the Army. Perhaps things would have gone better for him if he didn't, because... While the American girl declared...

“Internet activism is a form of leaderless resistance. Bloggers and online commentators lack command links and operate without the constraints that hierarchies impose. Since there is no visible hierarchy, like in a political party or NGO, internet activists are not susceptible to the sort of...

The organisers of the Singapore Sucks! Book Launch have just received notice that all 400 copies have been allowed passage into Singapore and have arrived safely at the book importer's premises. Additionally, MDA has requested one copy of Singapore Sucks! to be sent to them for review. The...

Breaking News: Copies of Singapore Sucks! have been taken down from the bookshelves at Kinokuniya. A Kinokuniya employee who declined to be named confirmed that "MDA is investigating".

Breaking News: The organisers of the book launch for Singapore Sucks! were informed that MDA has contacted the book importer who was supposed to take delivery of the 400 copies of Singapore Sucks!. The organisers were not privy to the conversation between the book importer and MDA, but...

Okay, I think it is highly unlikely that my books will be released for the launch tomorrow, I will have to make some changes. The launch will still go on. I will still be there to talk about my book, answer questions and if you have already bought copies from Kinokuniya, I will be happy to sign...

Latest Update: DHL Global, our freight forwarder, has already received permit from Singapore Customs. However, I was informed that separate approval needs to be obtained from the Controller of Undesirable Publications before my books can be allowed into Singapore. PS: Singapore Customs is under...

I think so too. Either that or some ground level staff at DHL saw the boxes (with Singapore Sucks! written on them) and panicked and called the relevant authorities...

I just heard from a book importer today that all 400 copies of Singapore Sucks! (the book) have been detained at Customs. The original plan was for DHL Global to deliver the books to a book importer in Singapore and I was supposed to go pick them up this morning. Many of you may already know...

Wow... very candid advice! Thank you! Yes, you are right. I am not important as a writer. Yet. Which is why I will only be doing a short obligatory speech and answer questions and sign copies of the book. I am not really anticipating a crowd so chances are good that I won't even be doing a...

Re: Clark Quay hotel fuck up wedding dinner, then call in mata when couple refuse to I suspect the hotel probably hired unskilled foreign labour (because cheap mah!) and they fucked up the show. It won't be the first time this sort of unhappy incident happened. chonburific, hotels may not...