Friday, September 21, 2007
Sun, 16 Sept:
Wrote Modernism essay on computer from 10am to 6pm. Ate dinner. Continued writing after shower till 11pm.
Woke up at 4.30am to write Research Workshop argumentative commentary till 7.30am.
Mon, 17 Sept:
Skipped Research Workshop to continue writing argumentative commentary in school till 11.30am. Handed in commentary.
Wed, 19 Sept:
Edited Modernism essay from 10am to 11.30am. Wrote Asia Moderns essay from 4pm to 6.3opm. Woke up at 3am to continue writing Asia Moderns essay. Finished exactly at 6.30am. Got ready to go to school.
Thur, 20 Sept:
Led discussion of "Miss Brill" during 20th Century seminar. After lunch, edited Asia Moderns essay till 2.3opm. Printed out Modernism and Asia Moderns essays and handed them in.
You can see why I'm glad this week is finally over and the mid-term break is here.
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The Straits Times published an NTU report the other day on how most people in Singapore society are still averse to homosexuality. As a strong sympathizer, I'm really disappointed. Just because the religions or cultural values of the majority don't condone homosexuality doesn't mean that the homosexual minority should be deprived of their rights as citizens of the nation, and more fundamentally, as human beings. What harm does a homosexual couple's private sex life inflict on you? And who says that homosexuals can't have "families"?
And I don't think a state should be based on a "statement of values" rather than a "statement of rights and obligations". Although it is unavoidable in a democracy for the views of the majority to inform the way the state functions, such a principle of organizing the state permits dominant groups in society to impose their hegemonic definitions of normality on others, with no respect for and legal protection of individual differences.
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Give me a Jonathan Brockett over a Martin Hallam any day.
kaoru said at 7:50 AM
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