I just popped by my Google Analytics page and was surprised to find that despite not having blogged for over a month, people were still popping by daily… and finding to their disappointment that Terence had been a silent bastard for yet another day.

So anyway, these are the most popular keywords leading to my blog…

the necessary philosopher – 22.45%
castration – 6.12%
“douglas gan” – 4.08%
douglas gan – 4.08%
dr seuss – 4.08%

I don’t think I want to know why my blog is associated with castration, but I must say that I’m jealous of Douglas Gan for pulling off the feat of being twice as popular as Dr Seuss! I must find out the secret!

Speaking of other people who are more popular than myself (and Dr Seuss if they are lucky), do check out this blog post written by Catherine Lim on the Mas Selamat escape scandal.

What struck me was the notion that an event of this nature would evoke feelings associated with grief, loss and betrayal. I’m sure most people (I know I did) went through the various stages of shock (how could he have escaped?), denial (maybe he’s still on the island… I’m sure they’ll catch him soon), anger (somebody better resign over this) and lastly acceptance. I agree with her that while the powers that be handled the administrative process with clinical efficiency, they botched their handling of the public reaction. For the second time in history, the impregnable walls of Singapore had been breached by a cunning and dangerous enemy, and all we got were detached apologies and empty reassurances.

“This should have never have happened. I am sorry that it has.”

“…no imminent danger to the public”

“Naturally, there’s a sense of disappointment, but they know we will recover from this.”

Although I hope I am wrong, I have a feeling that a man like that will definitely be looking to make us pay for locking him up.