User:Benzai
Basic Information
[edit]Dear friends and all, I am back after a six years' hiatus from Wikipedia. My last entry was back in September 2006 and now I am a graduate student at NUS doing Southeast Asian Studies. One of my modules requires me to do a Wikipedia entry on a selected topic and I certainly hope this latest effort can be a springboard to another Wikipedia adventure. I shall not delete my previous entries about me which I wrote during my undergraduate days. On the back of more than five years of working experience and marriage would certainly made me more circumspect about life and I do hope my next entry will reflect a more mature manner of writing.
Intellectual influences include Reynaldo C. Ileto, Kevin McGahan, Ang Cheng Guan, Radin Fernando, Amitav Acharya, Michael Leifer, John Mearsheimer and Alexander Wendt. An apologetic Christian. Interests include Singapore and Malaysian history, Southeast Asian issues, history of Christianity, football, nature, education and heritage issues.
Articles contributed
[edit]Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic movement from Malaysia.
Women in Singapore politics, on participation of women in Singapore politics.
Early Political Career, a short survey of Lee Kuan Yew's early political career, especially before taking power.
Toh_Chin_Chye, A former deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Ong_Pang_Boon, a PAP 1st generation leader
Christianity_in_Singapore, a survey on Christianity in Singapore
Bukit_Panjang_Government_High_School, my secondary school
John_Sung, an early 20th century Chinese evangelist
Mambo Jambo, a popular clubbing theme night in Zouk (club), Singapore
European Colonization on Southeast Asia, a short survey on colonial history in Southeast Asia
Decolonisation, Decolonisation Process
Islam - Southeast Asia, brief overview of Islam in Southeast Asia
Articles cleaned up/edited
[edit]Barisan_Sosialis, a now defunct Singaporean opposition party.
Lim_Chin_Siong, a prominent Singapore politician in the 1950s and 1960s.