555 Kubik Facade Project
A real visual treat. 
Bodyslam (Thai Band) “Save My Life” Concert – อกหัก
A friend posted this on Facebook. Guess it’s a wonderful song from before.
The Art of Doing Something.
I’m lying here in bed and tapping at my laptop, observing the others that share this room at work with me. I’ve barely slept an hour last night. And in the period of typing this post, it’s overwhelming to just think about what else is happening in the world right now.
2 days ago, a possible IED (Improvised Explosive Device) was detected at the customs clearance of Singapore’s Changi Airport Terminal 1. An alert CISCO officer detected the IED when it was being put through an X-ray Machine. The flight is from Cathay Pacific. The aircraft was inbound from an unknown destination. I haven’t been reading the news, (I’m trying to keep a low information diet.) apparently, the word that got out was that it was a Silk Air flight. There are alot of articles on “Bomb threat grounds SilkAir MI 541 from Cebu to Singapore” and it often lists Cebu. That is a separate incident.
I suppose the bomb incident with Cathay Pacific was kept hush by the authorities, just as how NUS and LKY Faculty of Public Policy kept hush (I presume.) about Zanetta Joan Sit, of Deal or No Deal Season 2 fame, in the spirit of “Let’s Not Destroy a Young and Promising Lawyer“.
Though I am no expatriate and having lived in Singapore for the past 25 (oh, 25!) years, I have observed the disparity of some of the great decisions made by the best brains in Singapore. If you run a search on Zanetta Joan Sit, I guess it’s easy to notice the factions of “Tammy Sympathizers” and “Friends of Zanetta”.
“Victim of Camwhoring”
- JESSICA LIM, The Straits Times 21st July 2009
“Tammy Sympathizers” don’t see why should Zanetta’s name not be put up everywhere, with strategically censored pictures. Why does Tammy get her face all over local media and worse of all, she gets named (Tammy NYP? Just how many Tammys are there in NYP in the past 5 years?)? While Zanetta Joan Sit recently appeared on the papers, after a month or 2 of doing rounds on the Internet? There is a population of “Friends of Zanetta” blogging and putting up comments all over the place with statements like “Give Zanetta a chance.” or “It’s unfortunate that it happened.” or “Don’t ruin a future lawyer.” I think that is a desperate attempt to bring things under control. Ever since the introduction of the Internet, nothing’s ever really secure.
Oh wells, nobody really cares about Tammy then, I still remember my mother asking about the “Tammy Furore“, saying people in the streets are spreading the videos via Bluetooth (Thanks Singtel for bringing in Next Generation Mobile Communications Devices.). Nobody cares about Tammy now too, she has moved on and still is happy with her co-starring boyfriend.
The greatest lesson for a “Lawyer to Be” is to move on despite mistakes. Or as how most lawyers earn their keep – play the blame game. Zanetta may prove to be a stronger person if she deals (no pun intended.) with the issue, matter of factly. Somehow I have a feeling her favourite accessory right now is a pair of shades, I don’t know where I’ve got that feeling from. Intuition, maybe.
I am disappointed with the disparity that can be experienced at where I’m from. I know this world can never be perfect.
And I quote “How I Met Your Mother.”
“This world needs people – people who appear bold and daring, ready to take on the world for what’s right but don’t do anything. When you actually do something, you get picked on. (Al Gore, I’m sure you’ve heard me.)”
- BARNEY STINSON, How I Met Your Mother.
Hey Young Man!
23 days to go.
As the days draw nearer, I realize I’m starting to be in denial. Have you heard of the process called, Mental ORDing? Frankly, I think I am there. I did not get my desired date of August 9th to leave military service, afterall it is of much significance to LEAVE service on Singapore’s National Day. I never ever understood why am I only Operationally Ready in a month when my batchmates were “Operationally Ready” 3 years ago, though I did more and really read the entire Platoon Manual.
I was further discouraged when it dawned upon me that many people didn’t know of Economy as a Principle of War, be it applied as Economy of Force or Economy of Resources. It’s derived from NATO. Stop Facebooking and run a search, wilya? These made me think (not as if I haven’t.)
I have experienced alot and I spend several periods of my nights compiling the lessons that I have learnt in the past 5 years. Much of the time, I’m actually harping on how a system can be better or whatever, of which my peers would belittle their own ranks. I built that thought based on an article that I’ve read.
“The system is the solution.” – AT & T
As with most things, in its last days, they wind down. For me as a human being, I’m more interested in what is to come. Throughout the years I have been an unreasonable man, demanding what was due because that is the system. This is my attitude because I’ve figured that…
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
- GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Maxims for Revolutionists
Won’t you agree with me? Would you be the next young gun to don my mantle? To blindly do, is an obedient man. I am sorry, I am far from obedient. The only way to make my 80 or so years on earth fruitful is not to live peacefully amongst fools who are in stupor of their own merry making, raising my kids, hoping real hard that they will make a difference in this world. The only way, is to observe, see and demand reason; which is unreasonable to the blind.
Start seeing today. Seriously.
Evian brings Babies to the Roll.
Evian put up this commercial demonstrating the effects of Evian on the body. Evian wants the general public to know that Evian is good stuff to be put in your body, so drink Evian everyone. But, I guess Evian gave me the creeps. It’s quite scary if my kid is a Evian kid. Way too early to be Evian in life!
Is Evian be really good? Only Evian thinks so. Think twice about Evian.
Nothing to Hide.
Air New Zealand has a surprising viral called “Nothing to Hide”. Various staff of the airline wear nothing except bodypaint.
Michael Jackson: Annie, Are You Okay?
Smooth Criminal clip from Moonwalker. It’s in excellent quality. The only thing that I can remember in this video is “Annie, Are You Okay?” who’s annie?
This video contains many of Jackson’s signature dance moves – The Moonwalk, The Spin, The Anti Gravity Stand and the Zombie Walk.
Appreciate.
Living life in Auto Reverse.
this is like friggin’ 90′ when cassette tapes were running on state of the art Auto Reverse boomboxes.
somebody contributed a MJ fact: there were a rise of ankle sprains in 1983. that was the year Michael Jackson did the Moonwalk while performing “Billie Jean” on Tv, “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.” it was the 25th of March.
Wake up, slut.
Philips has a viral which wakes a rooster up with their wake up light.
