Goodbye

As I say goodbye to my 20s, so it's time to quit this blog, thanks to all who dropped by. See some of you real soon, others, well, there's always email?!Watch for the invite to a new blog

A-musing

By communist, I don't mean the bad old style of communism as seen in eastern europe , but rather a form that's more akin to socialism in extremis. Isn't it ironic that we celebrated the end of communism barely a decade ago, yet the
very conditions for the flourishing of communism is more prevalent than ever: poverty trap, the "disappearance" of the middle class, disaffected youth, wealth gap etc

The shift to the right has been seen right across europe and right wing politics has gained popularity on the American continent ; we're not talking just red necks, but ordinary people who think that others are really "scary". Unless you've always lived in very homogeneous societies or never been a minority; bigotry, racism and xenophobia aren't foreign entities. Whether it's immigrant issues or asylum referendums, what's unspoken is most disturbing.

And not a supporter of chimeras -if you even wondered , we're obviously strangers

Musings

Chimera, what launch played and convent stereotypes

If the wealth gap worsens and the climate of terror continues, we might well see governments who are xenophobic and right wing politically and communist economically - a chimera no one remotely sane wants to see


Launch played some pretty decent fare - Joey Scarbury (theme from GAH ), Johnny hates jazz (turn back the clock ) and Alanis Morisette (Ironic) vs Paris Hilton the other day.

Heard about the convent girl stereotype ruckus - old prejudices die hard ; if it's so funny, let's hear some about the RI, RGS , SCGS people.

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Civil Liberty, Trajectory and 3 things I've always wanted to say

Being the last person you'd expect to defend S'pore's anal retentive policies, this blogger is surprised to say that the security measures surrounding the IMF / World Bank meeting is sensible if unpopular. Every peaceful demonstration has all the ingredients of a potential riot and do civilised execs really want a replay of taiwanese style political gatherings? Then again they don't want the bad pr of "excluding" civil liberty groups . So here's a suggestion : at the next meeting, plonk these execs with demonstrators , no barricades, no bodyguards, betcha there'll be bets galore regarding the survival rates - after all if the small bizs and common folk survived previous encounters , these powerful smart people should have no problem, right?

Trajectory

If a guy's a ball (no pun) and he's on the rebound, how's he ever gonna know he's on the right trajectory and not endlessly rebounding? Does this exclude free will or is god fond of squash ?

3 things I've always wanted to say

- Don't undress me with your eyes , don't want you puking

- Honey, it's not amnesia, it's beingmale syndrome

- Only women think love can survive without sex men spell love as "lovesex"

chuckles

Ideology, Raven , Aubrey's Russian spy adventure and Univ trek

Bush has called the war against terrorism an ideological war which is partly true ; but the pre-emptive strike option is a stumbling block . Ideology has always been associated with some notion of moral right. Attacking or waging war on basis of suspicion of another's intentions causes a big loss of that moral ground; the emotive consequence is to increase empathy for the enemy, let's not aid the enemy!


Raven

Was informed recently that yours truly has become an aunt- arrived at univ without siblings and left with a gramps and 2 siblings- not counting the fraternity relations ! Bro has a little girl who goes by the cool name Raven- hope it's nordic or native american- even Just isn't morbid enough to cite Poe, hopefully. Be warned, anyone calling yours truly "auntie" will be decked, yours truly ain't kidding!


Aubrey's Russian spy adventure


Aubrey, you really have to stop climbing strange mountains and have an american flag on you at all times- probably save you lotsa grief. The Russian women "concept" is unfortunately prevalent throughout Asia . Sounds like postponing the Korean trip until there's some basic korean proficiency is a good idea!


Univ trek

Ok, going to visit univ, but won't be alone ; dragging hapless friend along ;p

chuckle

Practical Politics

For a world so enamoured with equality , might is still most respected in politics . Any bets that Japanese politicians won't be visiting shrines on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor


Grubby

Wanted to laugh when someone said he was gonna grab some grub - insect is grub , dirt is grub, to some , food is grub... no comment.


Samsoon


Yep, watched the drama - korean version of Bridget Jones but funnier. The emphasis on fat women reminded one of Aub's post and the pastry of Jo. The younger men thingy - well, unless you really enjoy babysitting an overgrown brat... Watch for the end

Temptation

Breaking the thought - action relation


When you have one of those days , you know, when you're zoning from the severe lack of sleep or when you've drunk enough of that foul bitter bean to be more concentrated than what they have in that percolator or when you've drunk too much tea of the long island variety and your head's spinning so wildly you're convinced you're doing an imitation of Linda Blair, complete with screaming colleagues; watch those funny thoughts that flit through your mind . Like how the fact that 2 of the most iconic tv series of the '90s had actors previously noted for their adult film roles makes the clinton era all the more complete?! How you'll like to turn to your chirpy colleague and ask her how much prozac she's on , get back at your crappy boss by calling his wife to the office when he's with his thursday lunch special challenging the soundproofing , tell your nemesis you would not wish her on your worst enemy, never mind anyone human. Or tell that bitchy male acquaintance he's suffering from pms and offer to recommend him to a gynae , tell the prof verbally reducing your work of the last 7 years to rubble in 7 minutes he's an old fart that won't last seconds in the real world away from the life support of academia, deck that dreamy male from the next office 'cos he's such an ass. Check the impulse (ok, except demolishing your nemesis, it's cathartic), if not for practical reasons, then for the fact that it's not worth it. When it comes to demolishing some people, you don't have to be the first and you're certainly not going to be the last!