When in doubt, always consult a sign

So it really is possible to get lost and know exactly where you are.

Anyway, I think the signpost belongs to Lost, Scotland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%2C_Aberdeenshire

The sad state of Zimbabwe

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i4kT7pJlnuzY_vpKdTACcQYIPcvQD9286J480

(Sad extracts from this article.)


Zimbabwe will drop 10 zeros from its hyper-inflated currency — turning 10 billion dollars into one — the country's reserve bank said Wednesday.

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On Wednesday, central bank governor Gideon Gono announced he was dropping 10 zeros from the currency, to turn 10 billion dollars into one, effective Friday. That comes a week after he introduced a 100 billion-dollar note that was not enough to buy a loaf of bread.

Gono said high inflation was affecting operations of the country's computer systems. Inflation is officially running at 2.2 million percent but independent economists say it's nearer 12.5 million percent.

Computers, electronic calculators and automated teller machines at Zimbabwe's banks cannot handle basic transactions in billions and trillions of dollars.

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One-third of Zimbabweans have become economic and political refugees. Another third is dependent on foreign food aid. But Mugabe barred non-governmental organizations from handing out food last month, claiming they were feeding only opposition supporters.

In the first major signal that companies are wary of doing business with the government, a European firm this month stopped providing paper for the bank notes whose prolific printing helps keep Mugabe's regime afloat.

Gono said the new money would be launched Friday with 500-dollar bills. He also said he was reintroducing coins, which have been obsolete for years.

Bushfires

The only good things about the current Bush adminstration

1. Laura Bush

2. G Bush attending the Olympics opening ceremony

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/06/world/main4235169.shtml

Bush: Skipping Olympics Would Be An Insult

(extract)

Above all else, President Bush views his decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as an act of patriotism.

"I think it would be good for these athletes who have worked hard to see their President waving that flag," he said during a press conference today.

Were he to boycott the event, as several other world leaders have pledged to do in response to the Chinese government's crackdown on Tibetan protestors, Mr. Bush thinks the Chinese people might take offense, reports CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller.

"The Chinese people are watching very carefully about the decisions by world leaders, and I happen to believe that not going to the opening ceremony for the games would be an affront to the Chinese people, which may make it more difficult to be able to speak frankly with the Chinese leadership," the president said.

3. The economy

Say say say...

Words are lethal. Sometimes you learn the hard way that these words are hard to retract. No wonder they say silence is golden.

Anyway, some music videos!

Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic



Say It Right - Nelly Furtado [the song for the politically correct, haha]

Festivals That We Should Celebrate

Mole Day - Oct 23

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_Day

Square Root Day - Mar 03 09

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root_day

Things That Should Be Genuinely Funny

School that offers Thought

So yeah, I'm a student of SOT. Like, whoope! The Literature lesson was terribly useful. I wanted to surprise the other gals in the class today, but they had already known I was joining them since Wed. ZZZ.

Anyway, from SOT, I learnt everything is about connections. The waiting list, now that's rubbish.

Frankfurt!

Ah, frankness is a virtue. Say no to politically correct statements.

Interesting forum posts

Reply 1: YES,I hateSodaGreen,the number one just undeserving!!!!!!!!!
Reply 2: just becoz u dunnoe how to appreciate them doesnt mean that you can openly air your hatred rite...
Reply 3: precisely. if u think u can sing or compose much better than sodagreen, then go release an album and see whether your song can top charts or not.only know how to criticize. not at all constructive. and who are u to criticize sodagreen anyway?? some senior musicians?? i think just some dumb asses trying to be stupid.



My take: ZZZZZZZZ. Please, this is just old.

Translation

Oh gosh, my translation skills suck now. I can barely write in formal Chinese.

Anyway, Gary Cao is a pure load of rubbish. Even my stance on Jocie Kok has softened in the past few months.

The Minister's Wife

So while people dragged their bodies to the PSC fair, or some other fun activity or recuperating from Friday's Sports Carnival, I went to watch a comedy called the Minister's Wife. After being panfully rejected by 20 people to watch The Hypochondriac (which I eventually failed to get a ticket anyway), I have decided not to ask too many people this time round. I'm probably the only one in school to be willing to pay double the price of a school band/guitar/whatever concert to watch strangers perform, instead of my friends. (Sorry to Yingxian and Yue Zhi for not buying your band tickets over the past 4 years.) Not that I doubt my friends' skills. Big conjecture: I also feel that non-performing-arts people in my school are seriously not into the arts, and just attend concerts to please their friends.

So I was in the Black Box (National Library), watching the comedy without any familiar company. So it's about an MP expecting an important guest, Michael Han. However, another guest, a Michael Tan (who is your Ah Beng), from the grassroots, came to the MP's house to ask a favor from the MP. The MP's stupid wife mixed up the identities of the two guests, and instead told the real Michael Han of all the bashing against Michael Han which the MP told her. Along the way, it was revealed that the MP had a sex video with his maid.

However, the story never continued, because the play was apparently banned by the local authrotities. Then the 5 actors/actresses, dressed in their plain clothes, came forth and grumbled about the bureaucracy in Singapore, which eventually led to a 2 actors leaving, and another one committing suicide.

I'm not exactly pleased with the plot. Granted, it was an acceptable route to follow, and that the jokes got better as the play moved on. But still, veering off into an anti-society second half was a little too much. In short, the play got really angsty. But it is through this angst the creativity and acting skills of the actors got to shine. And because of this, it's very hard to come to a final decision about the play.

Alright, I will need to look for sponsorship for my next play that I'm going to watch.

Photograph

So some teens take tons of lame photos of themselves so that they can recollect those memories in years to come.

Ah...



I think Hillary Clinton did a great diservice to the world for being too cocky at the start of the nomination process. She was the only one who had experience and the right policies. The world had a good chance of being saved. And now, we have a white old man with experience but disagreeable policies, and a half-black man with the personality and somewhat disagreeable policies, but with hardly any experience. So if the old man gets elected, we are sure that will materialize his poor policies. If the young man gets it, we cannot really hope that the good things he proposes will be able to overcome the current bad situation. Oh boy, the future of the world is bleak.

I wish I could be idealist [recalling Mr Sng's words], but at least being a cynic means that you can be pleasantly surprised when something good happens!


Edit: Funny comment on CNN

Things that the American founding fathers would have hated about the current world

women having the vote and property rights
non white women having the same rights
no slaves
american indians having rights
jurys with blacks and women sitting in judgement of white men
women and minoritys owning guns
not being able to buy and sell women for sex slaves
not being able to buy and sell men and BOYS for sex slaves
income tax
property tax
no free militias

hahahaha...