Alternate views on Noah's Ark

New season

A new season, a new challenge. 桃花依旧在，人面却已非。One will be remember, the other could have been forgotten by now. Time has moved too fast, winning 4 in a rows is more important. No single player is more important than the team here, not in the past and will not be in the near future.

Let the game start...

Fly, fly, like a bird in the sky ...

Let me get this straight.

You are the Transport Minister. You are investigating a highly controversial and highly publicised project which is massively over budget and is projected to suffer losses amounting to several billion Malaysian Ringgit. The main developer for the project just happened to sell the land at a price above market value. And...

You used their private jet on four occasions (article here) ? Man, what a bummer.

They didn't send you a bill for using their private jet ? Man, what generosity !

The Government rules don't allow you to use their private jet ? Man, how inconvenient !

You expect me to accept your story and excuses at face value ? Man, your trust humbles me !!


Actually, I don't know what to think as I refuse to spend too much time delving into this matter. But I do know that this affair stinks as high as a private jet can fly.

The Ultra Slim Series

Vandalism has become so entrenched in our consiousness that in many ways we've become blase about it.

Take the case of my apartment block lifts, for instance. Some 'creative' artisans had decided that their scratches were worthy of display to the residents, whether we liked it or not. Well, today, the artisans' efforts were replaced by :

Kudos to the person who first thought of placing ads in residential lifts. I know that the whole idea is to make money, but tasteful and relevant ads trumps scratches anytime.

The First of a Million Kisses

There was this band that burst onto the British music scene in the late-80's with their very first album. I thought they were sensational. And then they just dissapeared. An album made up of B-sides was released in 1990 but that was about it. Nothing to do with the music, mind. They had simply broken up.

Years later, I found that their lead singer Eddi Reader was embarking on a solo career and I've kept an ear out for her material ever since. I had a compilation album of the band's music but that was stolen together with the Myvi. So yeah, a bunch of music was stolen together with that Myvi.

But nowadays, even old forgotten stuff can be dragged out as long as someone, somewhere thinks that it's worth sharing.

Just a little off the bottom, please ..

Since I happened to be on the scene when Catriona had a hair cut today, I decided to take photographs of the occasion - for record purposes.

before hair cut - 1 week ago

during the hair cut

and the end result after the hair cut

Looking For Eric

Not sure where I can find this in Malaysia but I sure would love to get my hands on it.



"Sometimes I forget you're just a man."

"I am not a man.
I am Cantona."

CR7

OK, so CR7 will be history now but I think a lot of people including himself will be so grateful that he spend this 6 years in United. That he being nourish from a young promising winger to World Footballer of The Year. If one thing SAF done well, is developing young talent. The culture, the discipline and the attitude has been top standard.

Macheda said:"Here if you train and done well, you will be given changes and that is the best thing about this club."

Some critics said, United will be better with CR7 and sadly to say CR7 will be better with United. True? Yet to find out. SAF still regards him as the best player in the world and has been very unusaully praising and wishing a former player well. Even go as far as said he might come back one day. He might will but for now thanks for the memories.

Why do Malaysians march?

I thought that I should point out this article entitled "Why do Malaysians march?" by Yeo Yang Poh.

It's a stirring article which, really, deserves it's day as a speech.

Red Letter Day

Today is a big day for Catriona because it is the day when she will start going back to her first baby sitter, aunty Gan.

Yes, aunty Gan has asked to have Catriona back as she is now free to take care of her and having considered the pros/cons and the circumstances, we decided on this path.

Having said that, I will always be glad that Catriona spent that 1 year under sister Boon Tan's care. It was in this period, and under her tutelage, that Catriona learned to speak and think in English. And it was in this period that I finally found it easier to understand what Catriona was saying.

Where it had been sometimes difficult to understand her, with her limited vocabulary in Mandarin, and my total English-ness; now I have absolutely no problems communicating with her and often find myself wondering 'where did she learn that word or phrase ?'

And she will miss her constant friend there, Nina.

Catriona and Nina, sister Boon Tan's daughter

You are Not alone ...

In light of the recent crackdown on the anti-ISA protests, DAP, wearing black shirts, what-have-you; I found this movie segment strangely appropriate.

I don't know which movie it's from but I think it captures the essence of what the rakyat feel (as opposed to politicians on both sides of the divide) :

Proof of Concept

Just the other day, when Catriona was playing with my chess set and had placed the pieces as in the photo,

Michelle said : "Ying, the black and white pieces are supposed to be placed on the two sides of the board."

and Catriona's reply ? "But I want to put them together because they are friends."

Chess as a game of peace. An idea for an entirely new game, perhaps ?