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Paparazzi News

This may sound a bit nosey but nevertheless, i've decided to blog about it.

'Vivian Chow set to marry ex-boyfriend' was the headline on Yahoo! news. When i read it, all i could do was sigh, amidst a bit of shock. In my opinion, Joe Nieh's far from a good chap (even though we share the same surname). There's been news, past and present, about him being unfaithful to his ever-so-beautiful girlfriend (who is my first idol when i was a kid). The only question in my mind was, why did she still accept his wedding proposal when he's been hurting her time and again? You may think she's mad, ridiculous... whatever. But all i can say is, love is sometimes, really blind. And the thing is, she's been with him for almost 20 years, i would say. Who can blame her for being irrational (in our sense)?

Despite all these, i still feel unjust for her. He's just not worth it.

Oh wells.

update on random stuffs that cross my mind =P

the little stuffs on my noticeboard in hall :) my sis says the one on the right reminded her of me so she bought it for me from thailand. thanks ah...

the two doggies that i miss most when i'm in hall. they're the only ones that entertain me and brighten up my day (and also, to bully =P). i finally know how terrible it would be without them around although bubble can really get on my nerves at times. anyway in the bottom 2 photos, i planted a hook that had fallen off on their head. *evil grin

KUISHINBO! another fabulous restaurant that has made it to my top food-hunt places! i just lovee the free-flow sashimi there. and the pan-fried salmon and dory....whoosh! good stuff cannot bluff! :D if you're wondering where this great jap restaurant is, it's at suntec city near toys 'r' us. prices are a bit steep though... but you get quality food!:)

took this photo with my 1.3 megapixel camera phone when i went to shopping at IMM after exams. i think jurong is the only place you see such creatures moving around where humans walk about. the white little thingies on the fence are actually some sort of bird, not too sure the exact name but it's those you'd find along lakes or ponds. can you imagine them standing on the fence surrounding jurong east bus interchange?this is a sign that was pasted on every toilet door... at... IMM shopping center! can you believe it? i can't... not in singapore. i got a little worried when i saw this notice, to the extent that i finished my business faster than usual in the cubible. hahaha... freaky huh?

i volunteered at the Standard Chartered Marathon on 7 December! wah... it was a terrible experience to speak of, seriously. i'd never want to volunteer again next year (this is something i'd rarely say so you can imagine how terrible the event was). i'd rather go run the race than volunteer cuz it's much more enjoyable. this is the beginning of one of the category for kids' dash (can you see how tired we, as volunteers, are? those people in white lining the road were us, seriously deprived of rest =X) we had to make sure those kids don't get themselves injured, that's why we had to line the road. but still, there are some enjoyable moments in it. like in the photo below:

my friend and i couldn't help but keep laughing when we saw the little tots clad in oversized kids' running tee (which looked like a dress on them). they look so cute, that's why i couldn't resist taking a photo of them to show you. hahaha well, this was probably the only few things that day that made me smile.

and these are two interesting creatures in my hall that relieves me of my 'pets-sickness'. :)

stop the blame-game

been following the news on the Mumbai attacks quite closely. I'm quite intrigued by what many academics and writers have been saying on politics and reasons behind the attacks. I don't know if it's me or is there no solid stand on this issue, I feel that i'm unable to fully grasp the real motive of the attack and what the Indian government has been trying to do to help alleviate the situation, for now and in future. The only clear spot in this mess is the blame-game played by the Indian government.

I'm quite agreeable with an article i read in the Today's newspaper. As we all know, the Indian election is near, hence the writer was suggesting that the government were itself facing pressures to keep a clean record and so started the blame game, putting Pakistan as the scapegoat. True enough, as a reader of the news, I was led to focus on thinking if Pakistan did really have a hand in this and if the militants were really from Pakistan. This matter shifted my focus on the real issue: that it was the incompetence of the Indian government and its security forces that really led to this tragedy. So what if the militants were really from Pakistan? No matter where the militants came from, the very fact of the incompetencies in India's top officials directly led to the happening of such as event. It was said that the US intelligence did warn India that there could be an attack on its main business centers and landmarks through the sea route; however, the fact that such large scale attack and high casualty rate would obviously suggest that the Indian security officials did not heed this advice.

Furthermore, putting the blame on Pakistan and raising its security footing to 'war level' may 'backfire on the wider war on terrorism', as put down by the writer. By doing so, Pakistan threatened to revoke the 100000 troops from the western border who are committed to the war on terror. What this essentially mean is that the two countries are not fighting terrorism, they are fighting each other and at the same time, reducing their forces to combat terrorism. i think the terrorists would really applaud upon hearing such news. I'm seriously appalled at how a governments of nations can be so blinded by revenge and hate that they actually miss the whole point of the situation. Can't anyone see that what's crucial now is really to cooperate and nab the wanted? The aim here is to strengthen the already weak and fallable security network in both countries, and prevent future attacks (which was already announced by some terrorists) isn't it? Did they see how much sufferings and pain the commoners and foreigners went through, and all these is just due to their short of foresight and refusal to heed multiple warnings from different sources? I really don't understand... the world is too complicated.

I just wish that this blame-game would not escalate to another war between the two nuclear-armed countries. As if the world is not complicated enough, with the financial crisis just born and terrorism is of no way, under control.