yet another major earthquake in S America.. but its real fortunate tt e epicenter is right deep inside e ocean and hopefully e damage is nto as heart wrenching as e Haiti earthquake..
& looking at wat US intend to do recently, which is e sale of weapon to TW, i think US gahmen is trying to flex its muscle and warn China not to disregard her as another Japan while she is growing..
but is there a need to??
e chinese leaders shd jolly well know e implications.. even for Japan, which is China's main arch rival, at least they are maintaining a amicable r/s as long as Japan dun provoke China on e historical issue. 畢竟餓死的駱駝比馬大。。
so why rub salt into e alr not smooth sailin US-Sino relationship (due to e countless trade disputes)??
then this leads me to think abt e political situation in both TW & US.. they exhibit surprisingly similarities.. both e leaders are experiencing record low support.. TW is alr hav a state/province election while US House of Representative is having one at e end of e yr..
e TW ruling party suffered quite a defeat in this election due to e inability of e gahmen to solve e crisis issue..
wondering if e same will happen to US side.. esp when e economic situation is still not tt clear cut yet..
if e Democrats were to suffer a similar fate, tt will realli put a big question mark on Obama's revolution plan he talked abt during e President election campaign..
some of e plans eg Healthcare plan alr nearly din went thro and e 'final' version is wat i wld say quite a 'waterdowned' version liao..
moving on, e Toyota crisis is still raging at full blast.. CEO of Toyota is going to US to giv a explanation to e House of Representatives.. makes me realli me 'wah, got so serious bo?'
but how come e faulty cars are concentrated in US and other Asia?? QC prob??
big setback for Toyota man..
one of e most diff thing to build is reputation and Toyota may had jus destroyed it with its own hands..
then i heard now Honda also got issue?? *face palm*
last news tt caught my eye over e week is ex UN sec Kofi Annan called for Asia to help Africa..
when i was reading e news, i realli went "HUH??!!"
cos Africa dunno receive how much aid from Western/developed countries liao.. then billions of debts are also 'forgiven'
& now u want Asia which is in general still a developing and poor continent to help u??
okay, i wld say in terms of developing experience, Asia can help Africa out cos both continents hav rather diverse cultural background etc..
but if e continent still remains stagnant of decades of aids etc, shdn't one realise tt e prob may lie in yourself instead??
main prob of Africa is its civil wars.. how can one country develop when its ppl are fighting against one another?? jus look at China in the 1930s will do liao..
so how do one expect others to resolve on ur personal internal matters?? not fun lor esp when politics are involved.. worst is become 裏外不是人
i believe tt if Africa can settle its 'family' matters, e rest of e world will be more than willing to help it develop..
but before tt, 很難嘞。。。
moving away from current affairs.. its e last day of CNY + end of Feb le.. haiz.. still din achieve much things..
but at least now i can shop for shoes liao =P realise my high heels vastly outnumbered my low heels and i dun wanna complain abt leg prob in my later stage of life.. lolz.. but i hav one feedback to e various shoe brands - can design chio low heels??
& i nid to refrain shopping with ning liao.. haha cos most times i jus intend to accompany her to shop but end up i also spent quite a bit.. so e latest shopping trip is also no exception plus i also bought some items online and lemming for more.. =.="
finally, after months of pestering from my frens and procrastinating, i go create FB acct liao.. & its actualli Eugene tt help me create one.. =P
then these few days hav been adding frens until blur liao.. & somehow feel veri nostalgic when in FB.. all e sch daze photos, long lost frens in which quite a num change so much during e yrs, then frens who are my age getting engaged/married or even married liao.. can get emo man..
dunno if its conincident or if its realli true, CNY still not officially over n yet im alr quite down on luck plus mani dai ji happening.. this certainly doesnt bobes well for me.. haiz..
yay finally got my beloved burberry blu bag from washing.. BUT e food stain is still there.. e boss told me wash 3 times liao still there so realli cant be help.. =(
but at least can see e pink colour now.. =D
guess i will carry it for another yr or so before throwing it le ba..
moral of story: even branded bags dun last tt long..
so im adopting e HK ppl's mindset， max out e value of a branded bag in 3 yrs n get a new one!! which is wat im currently doing.. lolz..
& i guess news of the week for this week has to be e casino has finally opened! & seems like its easier to win money or is it a ploy.. hmmm.. plus e foreign worker issue too.. seriously i dun think e operator n gahmen expects this to happen ba.. personally i cant fault e FWs lah, cos its realli free entertainment for them so why not? i also rem taking cups of milo back in genting even though i din gamble at all.. =P
up next will be e famous Pastor Tan.. realli dunno if he is testing e limits of gahmen or he think he not well known enough or he simply likes to play with fire, now he is bashing homos (though its unclear when e video is created).. i know tt Christianity does not realli approve of homosexuality but MUST he openly 'bash' them? & its not as if the Bible got EXPLICITLY write that homo is a crime/sin.. never learnt his lesson..
personally i alr not quite happy that he got off quite lightly with his anti Buddhist/Taoism remark.. now with this epi, sorry he realli lose my respect..
then looking at current affairs, e gahmen is now tightening its foreign workers policy.. is it a case of too little too late? & last time talk abt foreign workers like they so good/we can't live without them.. but now start to say e negative aspect of foreign workers..
& too much things for me to write so i decide to make it a photo-only post..
enjoy! =D
Food Hunt Part 1 we gobble up e food b4 i realise forget to take food photos.. lolz & first time i ate e smelly tofu!! now i regret not trying it when im in Taiwan last yr..
Minds Cafe
KTVs ^^ (but onli 2 of e outings got take photos)
SGC outing (organised by sky)
Yes 933 20th Anniversary Concert
apparenly Xie Jia Fu is my secondary school senior.. haha
Amazing Walk 2010
the modern version of 五指山? =P
Food Hunt Part 2 hmm let me hav a brief write up on this.. certain famous stalls in the Tanjong Pagar+Chinatown area are not living up to standard/expectations.. & quite down on luck cos quite a num of stalls are either closed or sold out.. sianz.. then somehow dunno why only food photos are taken =D
saw this wedding photo when we are walking towards Maxwell Market.. Bless them! =)
hmm one more event which i went but hav no photos of is the David Tao's concert.. got free tix thanks to uncle richard!! ^^
& it wraps up a surprisingly eventful month for me.. =D
hmm found a better deal for ktv for mon nite liao.. & tt's kbox @ chinatown!! its onli $10 nett per pax for 3 hours though heard tt u can sing till late if u wan to.. haha then got 1 drink + tibits plus e room i went is spacious with good sound system! can be more worth than the 10 dollar club! =D
onli thing i dun like is its cold air-con.. not again was kinda stoning due to it even though im wearing my scarf.. besides this, e layout also resembles e top one ktv.. lol..
& i realli think i ktv fatigue le.. dun realli know which songs to choose jus now.. =P
ktv aside, now im realli in 2 minds whether i shd go back to long hair.. apparently there are more ppl who feels tt i look better in short hair.. hmm is it realli e case or they forget how i look like in long hair le? cant actualli believe im troubled over e issue of hair.. lolz..
