An Eulogy from Dr Chee Soon Juan for JBJ as seen here.
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Dear Mr Jeyaretnam,
I visited you one last time on Tuesday. I’ve never seen you so peaceful and contented.
This is such a change from all the years that we’ve been working together. I remember how bitter we felt sitting in your rented apartment at Orange Grove Road after the 1997 elections. The place has since been turned into swank, upscale serviced-apartments. We were drafting a letter to the United Nations to ask for the monitoring of future elections here.
It was …

When asked what did he think JBJ will be remembered for.
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Goodbye, dear friend

I went to the wake for Mr JB Jeyaretnam earlier with the TOC team. While we were emotionally composed, there is no denying the sadness which stems from the loss for which Singapore is made poorer.
And so I paid my respects to this man who had fought relentlessly and without fear to the end, who fought for the good of the people.

From JBJ Wake 30 Sep 08

Dr Chee Soon Juan and wife - at some point his head was bowed in grief and emotion

From JBJ Wake 30 Sep 08

Mainstream media …

Former opposition MP and former Secretary-General of the Workers’ Party, Mr JB Jeyaretnam, died of heart failure early Tuesday. He was 82 years old.

He was the first opposition member to win a Parliamentary seat in 15 years when he defeated the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Pang Kim Hin and the United People’s Front’s Harbans Singh in the Anson By-Election in 1981.

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I remember even as a child, how passionate and fiery this man was about his beliefs and how he cared for the people, even though I might not have …

There is simply no excuse for abandoning your children alone at home while you go partying. No excuse at all.
Partying mom gets 6-year sentence
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2008/9/4
SAITAMA–A mother who abandoned her children so she could party with her boyfriend was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for neglect resulting in the death of one of her 2-year-old twins.
She left the twins in the care of their 6-year-old brother.
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and there are parents. I thought I have seen the worst of child abuse cases in the form of neglect or violence but this … is appalling.
Why give birth to a child if you are not prepared to give him or her the best you can? And what if your “best” is hardly acceptable?
Would the child have been more “fortunate” if she was aborted from the beginning? Would this make a classic case for a pro choice argument?
The many grey shades in life. They sadden me.
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To my surprise, her recent few posts are positive to say the least.  But keeping in line with her character, the “positivity” is meant to put others down.
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I am feeling nothing but increasing sadness and irritation (for Apple lah, not the people buying).
Very soon, everyone is going to be carrying the same phone when it is launched. I hate that (yes, very nb of me). I am using the iphone now and apart from the fact that it is a truly gorgeous gadget, I also adore it because you don’t …

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If you would like to do your bit, cheques are to be made payable to the “Singapore Red Cross Society”. Please indicate at the back of the cheque name of donor/organisation (if applicable), mailing address and contact numbers and “Red Cross China Earthquake”
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Lately, I have been feeling restless and empty at turns. I twittered it as having an existential problem and desperately needing to do something meaningful. An attempt to garner various perspectives in the bar got me a few constructive and insightful responses and of course I also got the typical meaningless word waste.
DPL said, “actually in times like this, i take time off and be alone, somewhere close to Nature and observe the simpler things of life.
Be it the countryside, rural areas etc. I just reach out and talk to …