last 10 days and rajaratnam's passing
yes -dy- i showed black. pink oops i meant lavender does not rock my world. *grin* so friday lunch on - you coming down to ofc area?
the last 10 days in summary
17 - party at attica, tks to nokia!
18 - party at darren's. blair made great yummy pizza. ended night at paulaner. no beer tks you.
19 - shopped down in town. baby got new frames!
20 - had good sushi buffet makan at shima, tks to lunch with motoring editors. had first mtg for event taking place in 7 days. (not 7 working days, 7 full days)
21 - work
22 - party at zouk, tks to shawn and T3. crashed party at velvet, tks to h&k and moto. heh heh.
23 & 24 - work work work *yawn*
25 - had dinner at billy bombers marina square. got served by grumpy waiter. $15 voucher does not come with set meals. didn't have a milk shake. anyone been drinking macdonald's milkshakes?
26 - gym and nua. *contented*
news and viewsall those opinions and information about the NYP tammy - boring. it's happened, let her move on. enough said. why not spend more time and resources on trying to identify and warn off the person who stole the phone and opened pandora's box. she has paid for her moment of carelessness and by this i do not refer to the sexual act but that of losing the phone. she actually made the sunday headlines together with rajaratnam's funeral ceremony. how serious can our papers be? rajaratnam's passing. now that is a more newsworthy event. read on sunday times about the eulogies, the well wishes, the impressions of the people who have met him, worked with him, lived with him. very impressed.PM Lee said this of him, about him shaping up the ministry of foreign affairs that at once both touched and gave me pause to reflect. 'He had no precedents to go by, no manual to consult and no experience to guide him.' What more can a man be chosen to be remembered by his peers for? what more can any man aspire for when he dies? there is no need to paint a more vivid picture of him in other ways. the words that all use to descibe him are enough. maybe one day, who knows? i might be thought of the same way when i leave. *dreams*
drool-icious...dopod 818 pro
i know i shouldn't...but sometimes it just gets too attractive, too desirable, too convenient...phone and pda...what a combination. wi-fi, wm5, long battery life. different colours...*sigh*
...but alas i have to choose another...
...but i am also on m1's multi-sim contract...
...maybe IT show? *hmmm*
what idiots we live with in this world...
so it has been one of those days again where everything is pushed back to back and there hardly seems time to breathe. and upon reaching home, with a birthday to attend in 45 mins time, i sit down at the computer and wonder. 'what can i do to relieve my pent up frustration and injustice at the world?' i decide to read the news...and let it amuse me. comments in purple.French satirical paper publishes Mohammed cartoons (source: CNA - click here for full article)Speaking on BBC radio, Charlie Hebdo's cartoonist said the intention was not to offend but to uphold freedom of expression. "Freedom of speech has to be enforced by publishing these cartoons because if we don't do it in this kind of tension, we are not very clear on our principles. This is important for the whole democracy," the cartoonist - who was not identified by name - said on Wednesday. ->of course we have to be clear on our principles. it is definitely important to be oh so de-mo-cra-tic but let's ride roughshod on a century old religion at the same time. so not only do i show that i am threading the 'high' moral ground, i am also a crusader targeting the 'enemy'. aren't i so powerful now? C'mon. isn't it so obvious that this is just the perfect situation to sling some crap down the 'others' path? the government isn't going to take a firm stand and prosecute me. i am standing on the side of 'right', and it is moral and all that yada yada bullshit. what ends we create to fulfil our short term pleasure?"Of course there has to be tolerance, there has to be respect to any community and any religious believers. But it is very much important for our whole society to show that we have firm principles on which democracy stands," he said. -> so we discover the root of the problem. it is good and right to be tolerant. but we must be democratic first and tolerant later. not sensitve and thoughtful about your fellow countrymen, global citizen but that a theory comes first. why not, we go cut off his balls to express, umm what was that...freedom of expression, because i believe that he is not right in his thoughts and thus to express myself with freedom, i should endeavour to tell it to him..face to face. emphasis in italicised words. use the damn brain you were brought up with!! if someone insults you to your face, what would you do? 'yes dude, don't worry about the slap. i understand you did it in a, umm what do you call that, fit of anger. i fully understand. come i buy you kopi.' ' taiwan to china: yes yes i know you got missles pointed at me. shoot them, go ahead. i full y understand. i don't agree but it's ok. express your frustration at 50+ years of my mis-government. i will try to hold back releasing my missles as well. at least for now. '"This is an inviolable question of principle here in the land of Voltaire and Zola. We are willing to appear before the courts if some think the drawings go too far, but we are certainly not willing to give way to the desires of religious extremists," Charlie Hebdo's editor Philippe Val said last week. -> a theory is not a principle. demoncracy is a theory being put in practice. in 50 years, it might fail. communism might be a more viable system of governance. or we might discover a more productive, efficient way of governing. use that brain before you move on from this world, damnit!btw, Voltaire and Zola? they are dead dumbass! finito! and remember, even the stars die. what more a theory?and don't confuse the violence for the extremists. you have got your accountant/lawyer/doctor person, aged 30-45, drawing more than the global average salary, who owns property also standing out there in the rally shouting out that they disagree with the method of portrayal of their chosen religion. they are just as qualified, if not better deserving, than the pseudo 'defender of democracy' to be in this world. go jump into the ocean. we need more peace for this globe.
Schnappi das kleine Krokodil !
alright everyone...here's the dirt on this song that seems to be invading every female's nano, iPod, zen, WM on PDA, RealPlayer on Nokia, and other assorted devices.apparently, some 4-year-old German girl named Joy Gruttman wrote and recorded a song called 'Snappy the little crocodile' which was posted to her family's web site. Then, as all good stories go, it turns out a Cologne radio station discovered the song and started playing it on the air. This, in turn, led to people calling in to request the song...several million times. So. Now there are like a gazillion remixes ( dance mix, beat mix and a pop mix, chinese mix, karoke mix) and it is also the #1 song on the German pop charts!*incredulous*here's some more information to make you sound really intelligent at the next get-together/gathering. 1. thelittle girl was all of 6 years old when she recorded the song, not 4 as is commonly assumed. 2. she didn't write it. hell no! her aunt who just happens to be a professional children's song writer wrote the words and composed the tune. (don't you love the way coincidences turn out in this reality?)and here's the translation - for those of you females who actually read this far. I am Schnappi, the little crocodile,I live in Egypt, right next to the Nile,first I lived in an egg,but then shnapped my way freechorusSchni-schna-schnappi schnappi-schnappi-schnapp.....I am Schnappi the little crocodile,have sharp teeth and mighty many of them,I shnap what's there to shnapI shnap and am good at itchorusI am Schnappi the little crocodileI love to shnap, that's my favourite playI sneak up to mumand show her how well I shnapchorusI am Schnappi the little crocodileI'm never tired of shnappingI shnap daddy's legand then just fall asleepchorus
