daily gripe

guess what?

our dear friends have swept back into power with a 66.6% (or did i get the per cent wrong again?) mandate. wow. 66.6%. no sars, 9-11 or malaysia to scare the crap out of us and...they drop percentage points. of cos it's claimed that everything is as expected.

that they would cede nearly 30% of all their votes. so technically 3 out of every 10 singaporeans want a change or a bigger opposition voice in our government. so if we have 4 million citizens, or let's round it down to 3 million citizens with a valid vote, we have nearly 1 million of them asking for a stronger opposition represetation. isn't that a hell of alot of people? what was the point of that word-y exercise? simply that stats can always draw conclusions both ways; that the glass is never half full or half empty and finally that stats can mislead as well as hide critcal facts (thanks to psychology stats class 1101 - finally get to use what i learnt in uni. hah!).

but as always history belongs to the victors and this victory will go down in our social ed and history texts as a good and well-fought battle for the hearts of singaporeans. let's see how 2011 shapes up to be.

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now more importantly, liverpool won portsmouth 3-1 but mathematically still remain in 3rd as manchester united retain 2nd as they sweep 4-0 over charlton. cmon honestly, were we expecting that to not happen? it was but a hope and a faint smell of victory in the air that kept us pool fans eager to see us move up into 2nd position. maybe not this season, maybe the next?

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sentosa on Nokia Defend Your Turf day was rockin'. we must have had like about 8000 people throughout the whole day, come over, stop and watch the matches as they unfolded to reach the grand finals where we had our top 4 local teams - Team Vanuatu, On the Run, Team Play Cheat and Toa Payoh Rangers - battle it out on the pitch with the Boys From Brazil.

contrary to expectations, our boys kept the Brazilians at bay for the majority of the matches. i am sure that there was lots of frustration from the opposition as they tried again and again to better the local defence. truly there were lots of 'defend your turf' moments.

in the end only Team Vanuatu held true to the ideal and beat the Brazilians 1-0 in a sudden death penalty shootout, having held them earlier to a 1-1 draw, and having taken the lead in the beginning, i must add. the other teams lost by small margins of between 1-3 goals each.

Team Vanuatu

On the Run

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for the LT10 group, i have invited most of you guys into a flickr group, please register and then log on to http://www.flickr.com/groups/lt10/ to get the photos from indochine wisma the other evening.

any suggestions for the last friday of may? i will be taking leave from the 25 may - anyone wants to take together then can go plan the day? let me know.