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Koh Beng Liang editor and sex machine    editor (creative) |
I am. I do. I love. I seek. I learn. I flirt. I create. I humour. I believe. I empathise. Hello world. Hello, you. thirdperson: Beng Liang writes poems and software, makes videos, mixes radio shows, and snowboards. |
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Shannon Low soon to be played by hugh grant in the movie adaptation    editor (creative) |
One day when I go back to the shop, I hope to see long queues of people exchanging apathy for activism. That's why I write. |
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Benety Goh guru  editor (technical) |
Ben resents people calling him a slacker. He just hasn't found the perfect introduction. |
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Russell Chan "i want somebody to share... share the rest of my life..."    editor (web design & content) |
I'm broke. So hire me. Serious. Some other works :: NAVAL PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2001 & 2003 :: :: DIGITAL COMPASSION 2000 :: |
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Alfian Bin Sa'at not somebody to shove senior writer |
I'm currently studying in NUS--the shining beacon of scholastic ennui. I'm also in the Medical faculty, so take my previous statement, and multiply it by 20. I could tell you the exciting times I had collecting saliva in Bishan or palpating hernias but I think arousing envy is as much a sin as envy itself. So, why have I decided to cast my lot with the good folks at the 2ndrule? Well, because I believe in the idea of a writing community bound together as much by its commonality as its plurality. The situation in Singapore is that writers tend to work alone, carving what they believe are niches for themselves in an isolationist, hermetic environment. But there is much to be gained from exchanging ideas, from seeing your work placed beside others, from seeing how another person's writing influences your own--however subtly. I also believe that the Internet medium offers many new possibilities, but these demand certain attitudes from writers. We cannot afford to be precious about our writing, to be possessive, to constantly fret about copyright and plagiarism. In my personal experience, I'd never derived any joy from appropriating someone else's output for any form of creative work (Homework is another story). There might be a perceived discrepancy between the Internet as a medium (unverifiable, anonymous, alienating) and this kind of altruism, but something like the 2ndrule comes as close to stitching that gap as any. Our literature should not, and cannot, be held hostage and sequestered in academic ivory towers and lip-service politically-correct anthologies. Just three words, for an economical parting shot at the economically-minded : Don't stock. Share. |
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Judith H a Singaporean student    associate editor |
judith is currently a student in an undisclosed secondary school. she is unabashedly integrated in the system and doesn't mind being caught up in the wonderful profligacy of youth by spending it being a nerd. she does, however, find the encroachment on her time and the not-so-well-hidden national education messages rather annoying, and enjoys pointing it out. so why is she with the2ndrule? because she wants to use this window period between childhood and responsibility to generally oppose anything she can get her hands on, and be a rebel without a cause. however, failing that, she would also like to see greater awareness in both our identity and struggles as a country, and in a larger sense, an entire species. she hopes for the day when we can realise our shortcomings and acknowledge them, not with cynicism and apathy, but with a genuine optimism and an impetus to change. that's where the2ndrule comes in. it is not just about wallowing in self-pity, or critisizing things, but to laugh at them, and understand them. that's what i see in the2ndrule - a need to reach out to share, to bring about awareness, and to reflect. after all, art is a mirror - it us up to ourselves. |
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Jason Tong (someone tell me what to put here) designer |
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