http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2006/07/10/only-a-vacation-for-me/ candour is good Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2006/07/10/only-a-vacation-for-me/#comment-33352 andrea Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:43:53 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1201#comment-33352 Only for a vacation, Terry. We're stopping over to take care of some business, then we're off to the UK. That's the plan, anyway. Only for a vacation, Terry. We’re stopping over to take care of some business, then we’re off to the UK. That’s the plan, anyway.

]]> http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2006/07/10/only-a-vacation-for-me/#comment-33275 Terry Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:22:41 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1201#comment-33275 So you are moving from one overly authoritarian country that tries to control every aspect of your lives, back to one that is supposedly democratic but tries to control every aspect of your lives and has a jealous Napoleon Complex? So you are moving from one overly authoritarian country that tries to control every aspect of your lives, back to one that is supposedly democratic but tries to control every aspect of your lives and has a jealous Napoleon Complex?

]]> http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2006/07/10/only-a-vacation-for-me/#comment-33254 Jean Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:17:13 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1201#comment-33254 That's the ideal, yes. But yup, I've been thinking about moving on. That’s the ideal, yes. But yup, I’ve been thinking about moving on.

]]> http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2006/07/10/only-a-vacation-for-me/#comment-33218 andrea Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:31:29 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1201#comment-33218 I think an organisation's attitude toward protection of journalists and commitment to journalistic integrity makes a big difference. But yes, they are all bound by the same rules. Don't be a journalist in Singapore, I suppose. You might as well be a copywriter. I think an organisation’s attitude toward protection of journalists and commitment to journalistic integrity makes a big difference. But yes, they are all bound by the same rules. Don’t be a journalist in Singapore, I suppose. You might as well be a copywriter.

]]> http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2006/07/10/only-a-vacation-for-me/#comment-33205 Jean Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:31:59 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1201#comment-33205 In Singapore, it doesn't matter that you're working for a foreign media organisation - you're bound by the same rules. That's the saddest thing about living here as a journalist-wannabe. In Singapore, it doesn’t matter that you’re working for a foreign media organisation - you’re bound by the same rules. That’s the saddest thing about living here as a journalist-wannabe.

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