nite - call

call from malaysia, saying 5th aunt in singapore passed away. also received call from KL cousin brother. called 5th aunt's daughter inlaw.

God bless her soul.

QE3 - why nobody thot of that?

QE2 has come and gone, with the bankers and speculators fattened like pigs, the money all gone to the hot spots where money makes more money, but the U.S. economy still in a conundrum. the president summons his team to work out some way to mitigate the situation, for it's the year of the presidential election.

"how about QE3?" says the secratary of treasury.

"well, i would like to but, it will be one too many QE. our financial credibility in the world would be zilch if we push for another QE."

"mr president, i would suggest we adopt CQE." said the CIA chief

"what's that?"

"it's essentially QE but done clandestinely."

"you mean we print money in secret?"

"no.... i mean let the mafia do it."

"what?"

"if we let the mafia do it locally, the money will end up in people's hands, not in the bankers' hands, and surely the economic will pick up!"

punggol park - baffled

after the rain, it was already nearly 5pm. punggol park was filled with people. he jogged and took some pictures. along the big ditch, he turned left and entered somewhat unfamiliar territory. but after 400m, he realised he was jogging along serangoon river. there's been work on this river to upgrade the whole stretch into a river park. nite fell and everything put on a dark veil, no wonder places that could be easily recognised become un-recognizable.

the mind is always comfortable with familiar things, when encountered with the unfamiliar, it's baffled and tends to give up.

hapPINESS -vitamin C

"dr, i feel very lousy, nowadays."

"people need vitamin C to live well. you must have forgotten taking your vitamin C."

"dr, i take my vitamin C everyday, i still feel very lousy."

"you do? ok. did your brother take his?"

"what? "

"i mean, did your 'little bro' take his vitamin C?"

"you mean this?" pointing to his groin.

"yap. did he take his vitamin C?"

"why must he take vitamin C?"

"if he does not have enuff 'CxxT', do you think you can be a happy guy?"

expo - IT show

IT show in expo. many people. bought lenovo G460 at $940, 640gb 2.5" hdd at $115 and a minolta camera bag at $12. bought a game - star war, the force unleashed II for $49.

before buying the laptop, he asked around in a few stalls, fujitsu, acer, hp. he did not ask dell because the laptop he is currently using is dell, which has a very 'stubborn' nipple - when you drag the cursor with the nipple, the cursor cannot be controlled, it just keeps on moving in the direction that you have dragged it, though you already stopped dragging it.

know what - the lenovo he bought does not have a nipple, only a sliding pad - which is worse than having a 'stubborn' nipple since sliding pad does not response anything as well as a stubborn nipple. so he has to use a usb mouse to do the cursor position and clicking.

so much for trying to get a better feature, and in the heat of things(trying to get a cheaper laptop), totally forget what he sets out to do in the first place.

in focus - out focus

truth - only in your mind

there's two types of politicians - one trying to make decisions away from his circle of experience.

the other taking his experience as the absolute truth and making decisions based on that assumption.

and mr lky is both, but lately he became more of the latter, after the brouhaha of his famous graduate mother, one-man-two-vote, lately he broached his inclination of no-retirement-working-forever life, hdb-for-mortgage guff, change of mother tongue policy, relax view on gambling, old and stale tales of his past glories.....

but the truth is a good politician is someone who acquires and maintains his power base for as long as he lives. and by this standard, lky is a very goog politician. just like a good hired killer is one that can accomplish his task whenever he's tasked to kill someone.

also, the truth is, a man's value and his value system is in his profession.

UP - belief

pano UP


entrance


oblation

up - university of the philippines has a big campus in diliman, quezon city. today is the first day of a new school term. students are busy in getting back to the dormitories. family members and relatives, friends normally accompany them.

this 102-year old school has become like any other public place in downtown manila, not so well kept and littered all over.

'let's take a group picture." he said.

"no. i cannot be in the picture. if not, we believe that i will not be able to graduate." the undergrad said.

"wow, every school has its belief. can you believe that in the u.s. school i attended, they believe if you step on the emblem lying at the entrance of school, you will be some big shot, someday."

"is it true? did you step on it?"

"it might as well be true. i would have done so, if not for where the emblem was, there's a hole of 7 feet deep."



map


hostel


hostel hall


sunken garden - sinks 1" per year


health centre


film centre


alumni


shops


notice board


exercise

tanah merah mrt - call

there's a small patch of jungle behind tanah merah mrt. he was trying to capture some shots in this area. he saw a lady sitting under the tree making a phone call.

it went like this....

"what? you said i owe you money. where got?"

"no lah, i returned to you already. remember when we shopped in taka, you were buying the tv, and not enuff money, i gave you back $1000?"

"why you like that one.... i returned, you said, you cannot remember...."

"ok.... in that case.... i also don't remember i borrowed from you money.... so, i don't owe any money...."