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...Lina Joy chose her faith long ago. Born a Muslim in the multiethnic nation of Malaysia, she started attending church in 1990 and was baptized as a Christian eight years later. But on Wednesday, Malaysia's highest court blocked her final attempt to have her conversion legally recognized by the state. It was a blow to her heart as well as her soul. Malaysian law prohibits marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims, so Joy will not be able to wed the Christian man she loves...
...generating a little bit of buzz that is music to the ears of the city fathers. When Hong Kong housewife and property investor Betty Ling first saw advertisements for Sentosa Cove three years ago, her Singaporean friends warned her "only ghosts live there." But she says she chose to buy in Singapore instead of Bali or Phuket because, "It's an international city and you have all the infrastructure of city life. You can feel safe there. Bali and China are scary. You don't know whom to trust." Plus, she says, prices are relatively low, adding, "Where in Hong...
...everyone is having an identity crisis. Pinchin Kwok chose to return to her native Singapore last year after living in New York for five years. The 28-year-old banker says she came home for "the good life" and that she's excited by the changes. "Many of the reasons people leave Singapore when they are young will be gone," Kwok says. "Life can only become more cosmopolitan and sophisticated. Everything will be less boring." Kwok adds that she expects Singapore will become "more of a melting pot like Manhattan, but at the core will be the heartlanders...
...chose mostly C’s, your study style is...“Debbie at my Desk.” You don’t see the point of leaving your room, because everything is already in it. You probably spend a lot of time playing TextTwist and napping in between pounding out essays, and there is a 95% chance the last person you interacted with was the annoying Dining Hall Ditz (see above) you mistakenly encountered when you left your room three days ago. Big mistake...
...chose mostly D’s, your study style is...”Jail.” You probably got caught driving drunk in September, spent the next seven months violating your probation, and are now shocked that a triple threat like yourself may be considered an actual threat to society. You are probably afraid of being violated. What you don’t know is that your new roommates have all already watched “One Night in Paris,” and they're kind of, um, not interested...