Making things out to be worse than they are?
From: Laremy Lee
Date: Sunday, 24 August 2008
Subject: Making things out to be worse than they are?
To: stforum@sph.com.sg
Dear Madam/Sir,
I refer to Ms Soh Eng Phang’s letter “Making friends or making out?”.
If such games were to cause young adults to “drop their morals and beliefs for sexual gratification”, does it not mean that their morals and beliefs were not very rooted to begin with?
Having whole-heartedly participated as an undergraduate in the games she discussed, and having graduated from university without a shift in my values, I wonder if she may be making things out to be worse than they actually are.
These games do reflect a certain aspect of life in the real world, and sheltering our youth from them may do them more harm than good.
Ultimately, our youth must be given free reign to make life choices for themselves, because these decisions are also part of the process of growing up.
At the same time, I believe it would be logical to assume that even without any legislation, Ms Soh herself was able to make the decision not to be unduly affected by such games when she was younger.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Laremy LEE (Mr)
Revert to you? I’m sorry, I can’t.
From: Laremy Lee
Date: 20 Jul 2008 PM 09:26:21
To: stforum@sph.com.sg
Subject: Revert to you? I’m sorry, I can’t.
To the Editor,
I don’t know whether to be amused or horrified when I receive e-mail in which I am asked to “revert” to the sender.
‘Revert’ generally means “to go back to” or “to return to”.
The correct phrase to be used in e-mail correspondence should thus be “Please reply to me” or “Please respond to me”, as opposed to “Please revert to me”.
Otherwise, one might be inclined to read the sender’s wish as for the recipient to morph into the sender – a feat that few would be keen on or capable of performing.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Laremy LEE (Mr)
Reckless driving by Comfort Taxi Driver.
Like I said before, not say I want to be a bao toh kia? But I believe in my campaign and am determined to keep on agitating for this cause.
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From: Laremy Lee
Date: 07 Feb 2008 PM 03:32:44
To: feedback@cdgtaxi.com.sg, stforum@sph.com.sg
Subject: Reckless driving by Comfort Taxi Driver.
Dear Madam/Sir,
I am writing in to inform you about an incident which took place on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 around 1.15pm.
I was at the pedestrian crossing on Kent Ridge Road, heading in the direction of the National University Hospital when a Comfort taxi, licence plate no. SHA 2406 A appeared from the direction of Prince’s George’s Park.
As I had already begun crossing the road, I held up my left hand to indicate my intentions to the driver.
To my amazement, he did not heed my notification and proceeded to drive straight across my path.
I was shocked that the driver had the gall to do this, but wondering if it was an accidental move on the driver’s part, I moved past his taxi and peeked inside as the driver had stopped at the stop-line just before turning left into South Buona Vista Road.
The driver saw me but did not make a move to signal an apology, so I assumed that he had committed the offence knowingly, and hence am sending this e-mail.
I am dismayed at this driver’s sense of inconsideration as well as his reckless flouting of traffic laws, and would like to ask the relevant authorities to please take action against him.
This is because I note from the Singapore Traffic Police website that offences committed at pedestrian crossings, which include a failure to give way to pedestrians, warrant a demerit of six (6) points from a drivers DIPS record.
Such drivers should be prevented from using the road as they pose a major hazard to pedestrians and motorists alike.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Laremy Lee
