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		<title>Senseless Citizen Photojournalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But what many fail to discern is the difference between positive citizen journalism and negative citizen journalism. Of course, the underlying motivations behind citizen journalism is the same, that is, to push for a greater good in Singapore and to air otherwise unheard opinions. Yet in the pursuit for voices to be heard are we neglecting better methods that lie within our own fiefdom?
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		<title>rehash.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world has gotten so caught up in the quagmire that is Tiger Woods' transgressions that it seems to have lost plain sight of the more important matters at stake. Nothing like tabloid fodder to unleash some good old Schadenfreude amidst water-cooler conversations, come what may.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=89&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review &#8211; Astro Boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astro Boy is one of the most popular Japanese manga characters around, a claim not so far-fetched if you consider the facts. The 1952 series by Osamu Tezawa had since seen three television animation spin-offs in 1963, 1980 and 2003 (the latter to celebrate the TV franchise's fortieth anniversary) that has been broadcasted on television networks internationally.
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		<title>Movie Review &#8211; Saw VI</title>
		<link>http://amoebarepublic.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/movie-review-saw-vi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[REPOSTED] This is a review I&#8217;ve done for Funkygrad: http://www.funkygrad.com/lifestyle/displayarticle.php?artID=1142&#38;subcat=popcorn ***** Release Date: 5 November 2009 Genre: Horror Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Cast: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Costas Mandylor Director: Kevin Greutert Rating: 3/5 Halloween is upon us once more, the October 31st celebrations capturing the visceral imaginations of many around the world. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=101&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review &#8211; Love Happens</title>
		<link>http://amoebarepublic.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/movie-review-love-happens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[REPOSTED] This is a review I&#8217;ve done for Funkygrad: http://www.funkygrad.com/lifestyle/displayarticle.php?artID=1140&#38;subcat=popcorn ****** Release Date: 29 October 2009 Genre: Romance Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart Director: Brandon Camp Rating: 1/5 The surefire equation for romantic dramas or comedies ad nauseum reads: (Guy x Girl) + a slew of supporting characters &#38; knotty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=97&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shrinking products at same prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been widely reported that certain American food manufacturers have turned to downsizing package sizes on the quiet in a bid to cut costs, fuelled by rising production costs due to soaring oil and food prices (what&#8217;s new). Of course, the hush-hush game is being played so as not to repulse consumers who may not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=87&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism in Sports</title>
		<link>http://amoebarepublic.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/tourism-in-sports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world of sports is certainly a lucrative one, giving the recognition being placed on it, whether as a barometer of human progress, a showcase of indomitable human spirit, or simply, a chance to earn bragging rights on an international or regional platform. This is further exemplified by how numerous countries have invested money into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=86&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review #14 &#8211; You Don&#8217;t Mess With The Zohan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read how Adam Sandler&#8217;s latest silver-screen outing, You Don&#8217;t Mess With The Zohan, which also features the scriptwriting team from last summer&#8217;s sleeper hit, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, fares with us! Official trailer:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=85&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Know That We&#8217;re In Trouble When&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports like these surface:  Report: North Pole May Be Ice-Free This Summer [Fox WTTG Washington] North Pole ice cap could disappear this year [Adelaide Now] North Pole ice &#8216;may disappear by September&#8217; [The Telegraph] No North Pole ice for 1st time in human history? [SINA China] It appears that the dire consequences of global warming are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=83&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review #13 &#8211; Sex And The City: The Movie</title>
		<link>http://amoebarepublic.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/movie-review-13-sex-and-the-city-the-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucky Number 13 of our Movie Review series goes to the silver-screen adapation of Sex And The City, or SATC, as it is more affectionately known. The movie has crystallised the four lead characters from the hit television sitcom as icons in modern pop culture &#8211; Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Samantha (Kim Cattrall) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=81&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore&#8217;s Security Makes News Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past year has seen an NSF going AWOL from camp with a SAR-21 rifle and live ammunition, a limping JI terrorist making a toilet break from custody, and an attempted breakout from the Subordinate Courts making headlines around the world. A new addition to the fray, however, is a security lapse at Changi Airport, though thank goodness this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=79&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Land of the Bloody Sun</title>
		<link>http://amoebarepublic.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/the-land-of-the-bloody-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter.sim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s status as a modern industrialised nation has, pretty much, not affected their crime rate over the past years (though criminologists do readily attribute the conditions of modernisation and industrialisation to growing crime rates). This is in spite of the high profile murders which have shocked the nation over the past decade or so, such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=80&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gloom for Late-Night Shopping in Singapore?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Singapore&#8217;s wish to establish and sustain its status as a nation with burgeoning nightlife, it has spent much effort in forging an active clubbing night scene. However, one area of neglect is to have major shopping malls open later into the evening instead of closing prematurely at the godforsaken early time of 9.00pm or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=78&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting Local Talent&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sunday Times editorial (22/06/2008 ) on &#8220;Stars at home or aboard &#8211; let&#8217;s cheer them both&#8221; threw up the quandary of how Singaporeans are generally apathetic in showing support for talented local individuals. For the purpose of this discussion, we shall overlook local born-and-bred MediaCorp TV artistes, who generally film local drama serials without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=75&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As Oil Prices Continue To Soar&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We start to ponder what the Singapore government can do to ameliorate the situation for all locals alike. China recently joined in the fray to jack up its oil prices, while global oil prices press near USD140 per barrel even as Saudi Arabia has promised to increase output. With all these recent happenings, the prospect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amoebarepublic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2794148&amp;post=74&amp;subd=amoebarepublic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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