I have this theory that old people like to read newspaper because they find everything else too boring to do. I am actually reading newspapers now because of that reason.. Somehow DotA is not fun anymore, television is not exactly entertaining, and I've finished surfing all the websites that I can surf. Even Facebook is not appealing! Argh.
Anyways, I was prompted to blog because of this statement I found in The Straits Times regarding the French government's response to China after the Chinese expressed anger at Paris honouring the Dalai Lama with an honourary citizenship, "France's system is like that, the president cannot control the mayors". Pretty funny don't you think? He just managed to take a gibe at China with one sentence saying that China is totalitarian! Hmmm.. ironic eh?
Regarding this Tibet issue, I really think the best way to work things out is for the Chinese government to step down the heavy policing and move the media away from Tibet at least until the Olympics are over. By quibbling with other nations and continually taking a tough stance against critics, China shows herself as stubborn and obstinate. The truth of the matter is that the West would never believe that the Tibetans are living alright in a Chinese-displaced Tibet, so just leave the matter already! By denouncing the Dalai Lama, China is just adding more adversaries.
Then again, who would dare go against China now that America is facing recession and China seems to be one of the countries still going strong? The fact that it is highly self-sufficient in terms of agriculture also strengthens its position in the world in our current context of rising food prices and inflation.
Hopefully the Chinese can come to a logical conclusion and realise that talking to the Dalai Lama would be no big deal, and end the violence in Tibet. That way, we can all concentrate on what is important in the Olympics: the celebration of sportsmanship and international friendship.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
piano weeping memories.
I have been hooked to watching Lang Lang videos on YouTube lately. If you don't already know who is Lang Lang, he is a fat Chinese pianist who happens to be a genius. It's quite funny to watch the videos, because he is such an animated pianist. I somehow feel more drawn to Yundi Li though, because he fits my perceived image of a pianist better. He feels more dignified and reserved as compared to the explosive and feisty Lang Lang. Anyways, this all started when my piano teacher, Ms Goh, got me to watch the video of Lang Lang playing Chopin using an orange... It's totally random, I know!
Anyways, one of my men cried today. I realised that I can't really understand men crying... Yes, I get why he cried, but I just felt that it was excessively emo on his part. I think all the rejection I got is starting to cause me to withdraw from normal emotional reactions and causing me to be more indifferent to other's emotional needs (I read all this in a book). Can this all be true? Hmm. Maybe I should have said what I felt then.. Alas, all is lost!
I've been having this same scene of studying in Nanyang outside the LTs on the ground level. It was one of the days where we were studying for A levels there. It was also around there where we had rehearsals for Chinese Drama Night. Somehow the scene is particularly vivid in my mind: the red walls, yellow doors, long stairs up, five of us studying... Those were the days when I really felt that I had people caring for me. Right now we are all so busy with our own new lives, and non-lives for some, that it's impossible to recreate that again. I miss school!!! University come quickly!
Anyways, one of my men cried today. I realised that I can't really understand men crying... Yes, I get why he cried, but I just felt that it was excessively emo on his part. I think all the rejection I got is starting to cause me to withdraw from normal emotional reactions and causing me to be more indifferent to other's emotional needs (I read all this in a book). Can this all be true? Hmm. Maybe I should have said what I felt then.. Alas, all is lost!
I've been having this same scene of studying in Nanyang outside the LTs on the ground level. It was one of the days where we were studying for A levels there. It was also around there where we had rehearsals for Chinese Drama Night. Somehow the scene is particularly vivid in my mind: the red walls, yellow doors, long stairs up, five of us studying... Those were the days when I really felt that I had people caring for me. Right now we are all so busy with our own new lives, and non-lives for some, that it's impossible to recreate that again. I miss school!!! University come quickly!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Top Ten Things I Want If I Had My Way For My Birthday
- Love!
So cheesy, I know. Hee. - Get into Law School.
Hopefully the interviewers found what I said interesting and funny enough to consider me. And maybe NUS might finally ask me to go in for interviews. A perfect score ain't the world you know! What happened to EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES? - Mini Cooper S Cabrio
A convertible Mini! That's like. The ULTIMATE DREAM CAR! - MacBook Pro
A staple for every mindless Mac-loving freak. - Sony Ericsson W910i
Eh it won the Best GSM Phone award okae! Don't play play ah! Hmm.. Should I get black or white? - A leather slingbag to replace my old black OP sling bag. Fossil has some nice bags you know.. but someone I never got around to buying them.
- Canon IXUS 75
Snap snap! So that I can cam-whore. It's so difficult with my Lumix lorh! - SGD 1,000,000 to drop from the sky onto my lap.
- Lose weight!
- For the whole world to be happy so that we would stop warring and start doing something concrete about global warming and our exploding population. Like migrating to the moon.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
live well.
Something really dramatic happened yesterday at G4 Branch cohesion dinner, or as what G4 would like to put it, "just dinner". RQ was chatting happily to us when she suddenly felt numbness in her back which eventually spread to the left side of her face and the arm. Her face contorted with pain as she grasped her forehead in anguish. Ahhhhh....
After a lot of massaging for her, she was better. We called the ambulance and sent her to the hospital just to make sure she was alright. You know, that was the first time I really saw paramedics in action. There were many times when I saw them in a distance, pushing some old lady into the ambulance but never really this up close. I was kind of scared that something serious would have happened too...
Anyways, I went down to NUH in G4's car to find out how she was. Turns out that even in A&E, you would have to wait for 4 hours before you even get to see the doctor. If I were having a mild stroke that was not detected (as what this case might be), I would have died. Isn't there any way they can speed up the process? Doctors of the future, think about this! This is supposed to be the frontline we are talking about here man!
We waited all the way from 6.30pm to about 10.30pm for her to be warded for observation. So far her ECG was alright, and the doctor said that there was nothing perceivably wrong with her, but they just wanted to keep her there for some observation since that was the third of the same case that day. I hope that everything is alright!! Life without RQ in QM branch would be a nightmare...
On a side note, NUH has a horrible structure. It takes more than 20 mins to get from the A&E to the patient wards at Kent Ridge Wing 2. Couldn't they just have a central atrium for people to find their way instead of winding in and out of everywhere? Grrr...
It also struck me in this episode how as people we can be so "cool" or just nonchalant about others. I guess that as I grow up, I will become like that too... losing all the concern for others, only caring about myself. Is there any way to escape that? I certainly hope so..
I am also reminded that anything can happen at any time, and that each every little thing is precious. Treasure the people around you and love them! For none of us know the time and day... I know it's cliché but really. So to everyone who knows me, know that I love you okae! Hahas.
After a lot of massaging for her, she was better. We called the ambulance and sent her to the hospital just to make sure she was alright. You know, that was the first time I really saw paramedics in action. There were many times when I saw them in a distance, pushing some old lady into the ambulance but never really this up close. I was kind of scared that something serious would have happened too...
Anyways, I went down to NUH in G4's car to find out how she was. Turns out that even in A&E, you would have to wait for 4 hours before you even get to see the doctor. If I were having a mild stroke that was not detected (as what this case might be), I would have died. Isn't there any way they can speed up the process? Doctors of the future, think about this! This is supposed to be the frontline we are talking about here man!
We waited all the way from 6.30pm to about 10.30pm for her to be warded for observation. So far her ECG was alright, and the doctor said that there was nothing perceivably wrong with her, but they just wanted to keep her there for some observation since that was the third of the same case that day. I hope that everything is alright!! Life without RQ in QM branch would be a nightmare...
On a side note, NUH has a horrible structure. It takes more than 20 mins to get from the A&E to the patient wards at Kent Ridge Wing 2. Couldn't they just have a central atrium for people to find their way instead of winding in and out of everywhere? Grrr...
It also struck me in this episode how as people we can be so "cool" or just nonchalant about others. I guess that as I grow up, I will become like that too... losing all the concern for others, only caring about myself. Is there any way to escape that? I certainly hope so..
I am also reminded that anything can happen at any time, and that each every little thing is precious. Treasure the people around you and love them! For none of us know the time and day... I know it's cliché but really. So to everyone who knows me, know that I love you okae! Hahas.
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