Fun fun fun

And because I am such a lovely person, I am sitting here past midnight supposedly polishing my best friend's misrep essay, but instead, im rewriting it. ohhh hello again my darling hedley bryne its been a while my old friend =)

"Mr Straw, now Leader of the House, told Muslim community leaders in his Blackburn constituency: "If you want Hezbollah, go for Hezbollah, not the whole Lebanese nation."
He added in a statement: "Disproportionate action only escalates an already dangerous situation. "

You go Jack Straw; about time someone stood up for proportionality! =)

CHOICES

It’s been a while.
No, I lie, it’s never been.
My ambivalent fears, my salient tears
Hidden away
From the world and you
My hand quivering, I write to reveal
I have watched you
In silent reverie
Hopes and dreams we may have shared
And your fears, never mine
But now I lay here broken
And all I can hope is for is… some reaffirmation.

I want to hold out the word of life; just so that one day I may boast that I did not run or labour for nothing; on the day of coming.

Today, I smiled again, only because I've finally come to terms with everything. And I'm glad. =)

News of the day (sorry folks, something about british politics today as I have had it with SIngapore politics)

1) Prescott vows to stay in job
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=689785

So he owned up he got the cowboy suit; what has this to do with the doctrine of ministerial responsibility and his job in New Labour? And honestly folks, quit it about the affair with the secretary, his wife has already left him. Everyone deserves a second chance.

2) Someone had an emotional night and bawled her eyes out

My word. And I never cry unless its a big sappy movie or something major happened. Ah well, nothing happened. But everyone out there should love the people around them more. You never know what could happen tomorrow.

3) I miss my ex-hallmates Graham & James =(

An extract of a msn conversation I had with Graham:

Shu says: How are you and what you been up to today?

Graham says: ive been great ive been writing songs and sculting my upper body with exercise.

Shu says: ahhh, cooool! Do you have your lyrics with you?? Pray send!

Graham says:no

Graham says: i wrote them on my arms and rubbed them off, it was an artistic statement about the fleeting nature of art itself

Shu: Reallllllllly??!

Graham: No, not really.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ah how i miss him and his sense of humour (which usually involves taking the p**s out of me) that only James and I get and all the times that we have dvd all-nighters and cook noodles ( and i drank the soup in the cup noodles and they both stared at me like im such a dumb a** cos they think its the water used in cooking the noodles and not actually soup so they always ask whether i had noodles and whether it had soup and eversince then im noodle queen) and drink cheap lidl vodka. And who can forget the time when I walked into my room at 3 am half asleep and half lashed only for them to pounce out from my closet together and making me jump that I hit my head against the ceiling. Hmm, and I wonder what next year will be like if I had agreed to stay with both of them. Too much fun?

above: graham wearing women's primani shades; below: james wearing my glassses. hahaha see what i mean.
the only photo of 3 of us looking at the cam and we have to look lashed

my fave superstar dj =) 

A dear friend of mine, James Galloway, aka DJ James G has came up with a new track. Its called Chill Factor 9. Have a listen to it at http://www.myspace.com/djjamesg . Hope you love it like i did ;)

Meanwhile, the cows have been mooing; now moo with me!

They know, they always do. How is this going to be any different?

The world is full of deceit and hypocrisy.

But it was a night laden with Chivas and Truth.

Today is a new beginning, the beginning that I've been waiting for a long long while. Someone( you know who you are)today made me realise how lucky I am, how fortunate I am and how I must keep the faith even though I sometimes feel hopeless. I have so much to offer the world, and from today on, I shall:

1)Count my blessings and praise the Lord always.
2) Try to stop swearing seriously. (DO NOT roll your eyes)
3) Be nice to everyone, from the cleaner on the street to someone who I may not neccessarily like because everyone deserves a chance, sometimes even a second one.
4) Continue to remind myself what I need to be in order to be glorious in His name.
5) Encourage, trust and embrace the world, life and its people not with a love that is worldly but in God's love.
6) And always always remember that God made us simple creatures to love him as we love one another but the world has made Man complex, cunning and deceitful creatures, which is not in our nature.


And because I am feeling very blessed, let me post a picture of my family who I love so very much, even though I sometimes don't show it.







the family:)

So while I was in phuket splurging on everything from golf to massages, Kenneth Lay passed away while on holiday in a resort in Colorado while he was waiting for his time in jail. Of a heart attack. And for those of you who don't know who Kenneth Lay is, he is ex-Ceo of Enron Corp, and if you don't know what happened to Enron, go google it. Or Wiki it, as these days Wikipedia seems to be getting more popular than google. Which is according to many, a real let off the hook, since one would suffer say a few minutes to a few hours for a heart attack and he was facing 20ish years in jail. hmmmmmmm.
um my brother had crossed the finish line ages ago.
80% accuracy- ie: don't mess
naked kids run wild
Krabi Island 

After spending two days showing round the dutch folks in town most of Singapore, I feel queasy after all that food, proud of my home, but so full of fatigue its so not funny, but i'll be off to thailand to spend a bit of quality time with the family and myself. Au Revoir y'all! Will miss you all im sure! XxXxXxXxXxX

ONE MORE THING

Singapore needs to change, not continue repression

Spotted on Singapore Democratic PartyArthur WaldronProvidence Journal (26 Mar 06)Philadelphia5 Jul 06

The Government of Singapore, it appears, is intent on burning the bridges that should lead to their country's future. What other conclusion can one draw from the trial of Dr. Chee Soon Juan, a leader of the island's determined but absolutely peaceful and law-abiding democratic movement?Singapore is one of my favorite countries, and as an American, I do not take sides about its internal affairs. But I did happen to hear Dr. Chee speak last year, at a democracy conference in Taiwan, and to meet him. The talent scout in me was deeply impressed.Hearing him, I could not help thinking that this man would be the first prime minister of a politically mature Singapore to be chosen in a fully democratic election.Dr. Chee speaks brilliantly, with great clarity and simplicity, and formidable intellectual and moral power. He is certainly up to the high standard set by the great founding fathers of today's Singapore, including David Marshall and Lee Kwan-yew, whom ordinary people packed the parliamentary galleries to hear, back when debate was more common in that country.No doubt exists in my mind that in an open televised discussion Dr. Chee would verbally dice and mince any member of the current Singapore government. They were once razor sharp and quick on their feet, but decades of power and privilege have dulled them.Now Dr. Chee is caught in the coils of the sadly familiar Singaporean political repression by means of the courts. Found guilty of various technical violations and saddled with fines he cannot pay, he is now bankrupt -- and thus, conveniently, ineligible to run for office. This time he may be imprisoned.But at age 42, he can afford some time. Dr. Chee is as fully prepared for imprisonment as was Jawaharlal Nehru in British India 70 years ago. He will make good use of the time.At some point he will be released and, sooner or later, Singapore will begin to change. Ideas will be needed about how to make those changes.A generation ago, the People's Action Party led change and dealt with setbacks brilliantly, making a territory that had seemed doomed -- poor, ethnically divided, without employment, and viewed with hostility by its neighbors -- into one of the most prosperous and well-administered of countries.Sadly, that momentum now seems to have been lost. The man who did so much to rescue the territory and transform it, Lee Kwan-yew, is now in his 80s, but still dominating the island's politics and showing no sign of genuine retirement. Once a powerful advocate of democracy, he has more recently tended to take the side of authoritarian rule.Thirty years ago, Lee looked set for real greatness. And he could have achieved it if he had used his time in the power he had earned to create an institutional system for Singapore that would survive him. This he never did. Today his vision for the future seems to be limited to turning over politics to his son and management of the island's vast government assets to his daughter-in-law.The task of creating a Singapore run by laws and institutions, rather than by a family and its associates, Mr. Lee has bequeathed to his successors.That is why Dr. Chee is so important. Lee Kwan-yew's generation is exhausted; having realized one vision, it is not capable of producing another.Dr. Chee's trial testifies to this. If those leaders still had the vigor and intellect of their early years, they would be debating Dr. Chee in public or parliament -- trading argument for argument fearlessly in front of their fellow citizens, confident that their ideas would prevail. Instead, these once formidable parliamentarians are seeking to disqualify and silence Dr. Chee without ever facing what he has to say.This will not work. Singapore has transformed itself economically, socially and intellectually since the days when the People's Action Party pulled it back from the brink of the abyss of wretched poverty and ethnic conflict. The challenge now is almost the opposite: to create political institutions and politics appropriate to one of the wealthiest, best-educated and most sophisticated populations in the world.Doing this will mean involving the population directly in ruling itself, far more than is the case today. The state media monopolies will have to be dismantled, the gerrymandered electoral system rectified, political speech encouraged, and parliamentary debate revived from its decades-long slumber.The People's Action Party of Mr. Lee may surprise us all by rising to these challenges, as it did to face comparably complex difficulties early in its career. But even should it do so, one doubts that a future of unbroken domination by that party would be either feasible or good for Singapore.Changes have to be made, and will be. The only question is when and by whom? Debating with Dr. Chee Soon Juan, instead of dragging him through the courts, would be a good, not to mention a wise, initial change.

Arthur Waldron is the Lauder Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and a regular visitor to Singapore.

Serena Williams: You Go Girl: Why Chris Evert Is Right On The Mark

...However, being a huge tennis follower, I was intrigued and delighted by the fact that former tennis great, Chris Evert, now the publisher of Tennis Magazine, called out current player, Serena Williams on her lack of commitment to the sport that has allowed her to make millions of dollars and open numerous doors that have, in turn, allowed Williams to pursue various other ventures that have absolutely nothing at all to do with tennis.

Ironically, recently a column titled, “The greatest female athletes of all-time,” one of the things written about Williams, and the reason her sister Venus ranked higher, was the fact that as talented as Williams was, she seemed to take her incredible athletic gifts for granted...

Whatever the case, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Evert’s comments and had to agree with every single point that she made in her public plea to the gifted athlete...
Now, let me say that, this letter from Evert to Williams is, not only dead on, but eloquent as well. Evert didn’t try to force her views on Williams – on anyone else for that matter – she simply stated the truth. To be totally honest, I am absolutely surprised that someone hasn’t said as much to Williams already. Then again, nothing surprises me these days.
I mean, has there ever been a time when so many world class athletes wanted to try their respective hands at something else? Roy Jones wanted to be a basketball player and now Serena wants to become either, the next Donna Karan or Madonna, take your choice. I guess LeBron James will want to try his hand at synchronized swimming next.

All jokes aside, I have to say that every point Evert made in her almost pleading letter, was, once again, right on the mark. It’s probably not even close. Williams is so powerful and athletically gifted, that she could probably beat half of the men who compete on the men’s tour.
Think about it. Has there ever been a female tennis player as athletically gifted as Williams? Unequivocally not! As Evert so poignantly pointed out, it was only a couple of years ago that Williams appeared as if she would shatter every single female tennis record ever. However, as Evert also noted, since that time, Williams has appeared both, uninterested and unprofessional.
Once again, Evert is right on the mark when she says that if Williams were to dedicate herself solely to tennis for the next five years, she could firmly establish herself as the greatest female tennis player of all-time.

At 24 years of age, that would make Williams only 29 if she decided to hang up her racket at that time. If she won two Grand Slam titles per year until that time, Williams would have a staggering total of 17, with a few more years to spare if she wanted.
Now before I close out this column, let me add that it is one thing to be called out on the carpet by some sports writing junkie who has never competed in a professional sporting event in their entire lifetime. However, to be called out by Evert, one of the greatest female tennis players ever, is entirely different.

i will not be lashed within the next two weeks.

I had a dream today that was so bad I woke up with dried blood on my lips, which means i either bit my lips or scratched myself, but lets just say it involved blood, sex, religions, a cousin, a neighbour and hell a lot of drama. I was feeling very traumatised. I wonder what all these means.