why wy?

Following on from the previous post, there's a funny list on how to have a cheap wedding here (off tomorrow.sg). Straight-forward stuff. How to have a cheap wedding that looks expensive, that I want to know.

and just quickly...
Great read at writer's block, on the AcidFlask issue and the larger issue of what a scholar should be, and his/her obligations if any. I held off posting about it, since I found out about it rather late, but it does raise worrying questions about whether you own your blog or not. To summarise (hopefully accurately), a government scholar made personal racist comments on his blog but no action was taken; two other scholar/bloggers made comments about government-linked companies and they were "invited for tea", which either means you have a future career in politics or are in major trouble. One of them, AcidFlask, was threatened with legal action and shut his site down. He is a former scholar not linked to the organisation which wanted to sue him, so I think he was just making a personal comment that got picked up. Since the site has been taken down, there is no way to know what was found offensive or the context in which it was made.

There is a tendency for me to see my blog as my personal rant and rave space, so yes, I have sounded off about bad service, bad days at work/school, people I wouldn't save from the titanic etc. But when does a personal experience become a public one? If a tree falls in the forest...

And when you think about it, a blog is more like a literary webcam. (At least I'm trying for literate.) And to stretch the analogy further, you know how you're not allowed to walk around naked in your house in Singapore? Now, I feel like people in Singapore have got a massive telescope and they can tell if I'm walking around naked in Melbourne. (BTW, answer is no - too cold.)

Speaking of the naked truth, my blog buddy puck has moved out on his own. Even though it was a one-post fling, it was fun while it lasted. I'll miss ya.