'i trust you with my life both on and off the field.'

and

'Rooney's response to the predictable abuse was to turn in their direction and kiss the badge on his red United shirt.'

reminded me of the good old days in jc.too bad i didn't get to play hwachong, score a try as we white washed them and kiss the badge on my green black white Raffles jersey. closest i got to that was brandishing my middile fingers at the saints crowd as firas and raihan ran riot.well more importantly we won that year.

that was the junren i loved - feisty focused. not the junren of 2005 - decadent aimless destructive

things would be different if i had been bob n sherm on that day.

i'm certain my academic interests are now the Arab world, financial mathematics esp. the Nash equilibrium, and Friedman's monetary school of economics.

you know we shld hang out ( sadly at my place ) the five funky friends when isabelle gets back. just like old times. how about it?

isabelle's coming back too!

so that means 2 out of my 3 favourite 'Americans' are coming back for christmas.

i am certain large progress will be made between now and then.

gillian also wanted me to tell everyone that the garden is no longer blooming because it no longer receives my pee.

but more importantly Einstein said, 'God does not choose to play dice with the universe.'

the clear blue skies and warm sunshine makes one feel that every problem has a solution.

it felt like OC.

jimmy's coming back for christmas but ming's not, the classmates going to visit him in New York.

i really want to get up for christmas.

i find myself living in the past and the future.

it seems the present has always sucked since May 26 2004.

a series of false dawns.

all i ever wanted was to start over somewhere else.

and you'll get it mate, soon. patience

a psychological dislocation changes people. don't expect him to be exactly the same

i wanna tell jimmy that i can pee.

Ambition is the last refuge for failure - Oscar Wilde?

Interesting stuff I heard.
'eh can't talk now in a meeting' 'only project group meeting what...act cool make it sound like corporate boardroom liddat.'
'ya you should go into litigation because all the corporate jobs are going to us anyway.'

how naive. Epitome of the pathetic Singapore rat race. an instituition that inflates its student's self worth way beyond reality, when clearly they are not even the creme de la creme of a small island nation. nus law friends guess which institution i'm talking about. hint: they make many commercials and are opening a law school.

words of a potential student.
'really bo tua bo sui, whole day act cool think they're ELITE dunno where they really stand. after going to raffles I don't know how they let -blank- delude them into believing that they are the best. I mean back in JC everyone's aiming for scholarships. US/UK universities, law or medicine. now go to sch. with those from rojak JCs how to be the best. i'm not being elitist just realistic. if -blank- is so great then Stanford and Harvard how? eh graduating from -blank- also doesn't increase the chances to get into their MBA programmes as compared to US schools. ah fuck la maybe after first year try to transfer.'

my friend. Mr. CPF ben would say 'jews are very influential. like myself i'm half of ben and jerry's, jerry - geri of the spice girls is my wife. but ok back to the topic would a jew enroll there? no. so how can it be the best.'

enough said? nope. there's also: COE. GST Hike to 7 percent. even Canada's is 6 percent and GST exempt on essentials and medical care. CPF fraud. GIC losing our money. Foreign talent for example the 2nd lower law graduates from overseas. to name a few worthy issues. sigh

words of wisdom spoken to me.
'our generation believed in the nation that's why we came back but we no longer do that's why we're migrating. i mean now the government prefers foreigners and we're being treated as 2nd class. plus the foreign talent we get are those who can't make it in their own countries. i mean top British talent may voluntarily ditch London for New York, but never for Singapore. after you graduate no point coming back here next time have to work under somebody just because they're sent from HQ. might as well work overseas then come back as foreign talent later.'

new york city has a income tax of 48.52 percent, california 44.2 percent . not sure if its progressive. steeper than our 22 percent but still worth looking. might not be paradise city but the grass does seem slightly greener and the girls prettier? definitely

today i saw the victim of a tragic hit and run accident. his/her - couldn't tell which - blank eyes staring into space, limp hind limbs severed from its body. i felt great pity.













a long skinny tail sticking out of a mess. a creature equally disgusting in death and in life. i hate rats.






mother said, your nostrils so big like a jew's.

i said wtf

mother said, jews have huge nostrils cause the air is free.


looks like i can be a randy lerner, malcom glazer, roman abramovich, marcus goldman, samuell sachs, george soros, donna karan, ralph lauren, levis strauss, kenneth cole, calvin klein, ben cohen and jerry springfield of ben & jerry's ice cream, steven spielberg, howard schultz the owner of starbucks.

people are antisemitic cause they're jealous. like benedict.

making a post sitting up finally experiencing the best of the LCD display.


once i mentioned an exclusive circle of trust that has come to establish itself in the aftermath of the infamous 'January 6' incident. well its just another important lesson, sort of, one learns from an extended period of immobilization.

conviction.

listening to your gut.

patience.

gratitude.

faith.

man's inherent insentivities that one has to forgive.

an envious man is an unhappy man.

are a few more.

everything from getting up henceforth is a bonus.

there's no shame in suffering. the greater the suffering the greater the triumph that awaits. a character forged in the one of the fiercest fires of life. like the legendary phoenix that rose from the smouldering ashes i'll be back with more style, substance and steel. stronger than ever before. because what can possibly be harder than this.

my motivation and inspiration
'first be still and build a self that is as solid and unmoving as Mount Fuji' - Miyamoto Musashi

when the nightmare ends, i'll be living am dream

if all one can say is 'he/she's a nice person' either one hardly knows the individual in question or its an euphemism for 'she/he's an asshole/jerk/motherfucker/slut/whore/etc.' there has to be more to be said or a more specific word to describe the person in question.

take for example:

benedict
binny's caring he always buys me food. a real good friend who won't leave anyone in the lurch. oh he's ambitious too, fully aware of the social inequalities in life. he wants his villa on Bermuda and has been plotting his ascend of the social ladder.

gabriel
oh gn's a-bangla-whore (jianwei can't pronounce Agbonlahor - of Aston Villa fame) he's a steady friend who's always there for his friends. has great taste buds and loves to sleep. wild character you can always count on gn to lead the way when it comes to the clubbing and drinking festivities. he's damn smart - ok start gloating bout economics.

of course the list is an example and descriptions are not exhaustive.

it was good to see jason yang, looneh, pravin, jaron, zhaoming, n the rj gang. thanks for stadium arcadium dude.

'Cry me a future Where the revelations run amok'

only through suffering are truths revealed.

If you're sick-a-sick 'n' tired
Or being sick and tired
If you're sick of all the bullshit
And your sick of all the lies
It's better late then never
To set-a-set it straight
You know the lies is dead
So give your self a break
Get it through your head
Get it off your chest
Get it out your arms
Because it's time to start fresh
You want to stop dying
The life you could be livin'
I'm here to tell a story
But I'm also hear to listen
No I'm not your preacher
And I'm not your physician
I'm just trying to reach you
I'm a rebel with a mission

Fight like a brave-Dont be a slave
No one can tell you you've to be afraid
Fight like a brave-Dont be a slave
No one can tell you you've to be afraid