Be Kind to Sticker Lady!
I often look down on myself for feeling neutral about many things most of the time. But yesterday the "Sticker Lady" saga really got me rather upset and puzzled about SG's strict vandalism laws. Basically this lady decided to stick some humorous stickers at various pedestrian crossings (at the button you press to get the green man to appear). She also spray painted "My Grandfather Road" on a public road (incidentally at the junction leading to the MND building) and "My Grandfather building" on a public building. The punishment? The police arrested her yesterday for acts of vandalism and she's currently out on bail.
Netizens are lobbying for MHA to move the charge from one of vandalism (where she can be fined up to $2000, or jailed up to 3 years, or both) to that of an act of public nuisance (in which case the penalty is a fine of up to $1,000). As at now, some 12,500 netizens have signed the petition and it seems to be going strong.
This "case" is ongoing but I just hope the authorities don't go down the harsh road - in the first place, isn't it subjective what counts as vandalism/ graffiti and what counts as street art? Surely they can close one eye in this case, since her "vandalism" was pretty harmless mah. Am quite curious how this case will be assessed and plays out over the next few days. D thinks that a harsh penalty shld be in place as deterrence; but somehow this rather practical reasoning did not go down very well with me haha.
Monday, June 04, 2012
The long weekend in pictures
I had a good long weekend, which began with a little floral surprise from D! We spent some time on Sat morning putting up some of our photos at the wall leading to the kitchen... and the Hanoi propaganda poster at our washing machine area. Home improvements are still under way. The living room/ dining area will be somewhat complete by mid June, when the new sofa and sideboard arrive. The rooms upstairs look a lot more unfinished; and they will prob continue to look somewhat blah till later part of the year :P The grass on our balcony floor shld be up by this weekend if all goes well though!
I had a good long weekend, which began with a little floral surprise from D! We spent some time on Sat morning putting up some of our photos at the wall leading to the kitchen... and the Hanoi propaganda poster at our washing machine area. Home improvements are still under way. The living room/ dining area will be somewhat complete by mid June, when the new sofa and sideboard arrive. The rooms upstairs look a lot more unfinished; and they will prob continue to look somewhat blah till later part of the year :P The grass on our balcony floor shld be up by this weekend if all goes well though!
Before and After - Kitchen Wall/ Kitchen!
the tiny visitor with huge eyes - ready to jump
Cute popsicle containers that I got from Holland V over lunchtime today!
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