no go for bail out

Times are bad now. The US$700 billion bail out plan did not get the go ahead. Read it here. Stock prices plunged along with the news. When the bail out plan was proposed, the stock prices went up. And now that it had failed to get the necessary approval, back down the prices go. The current financial market is really not for the faint hearted.

How would it impact you and me? The people on the streets? Clearly, our confidence has been eroded. Who would know what to trust now? Uncertainties are plentiful. Our hard earned money, where and whom can we safely entrust it to? Not only that, the investment that we made, will most likely to be on the decline. If you're making money, do teach me how you're doing it!

Closer at home, I think it is prudent to start some belt tightening measures. The electricity bill will be going up starting October with it rising about 21%. Also, there will be an increase in some of the newspaper price due to high printing cost.

yesteryears

Sometimes I looked at the old pictures. Thinking of what it was like to be back in our yesteryears. We laughed, we did things together. Then we grew up. Was it geography or was it time that drove us apart? Of was it us?

I wondered... when we were together, did we know each other well? Did we mattered in each others' hearts? Or, was our acquaintance a mere fleeting pass in our journey in life?

Probably I had missed out on a lot of chances in making a difference in someone else's life. Probably at that time, I didn't put too much thoughts on goodbyes and farewells.

Now that I'm older, I cherished our time together... Also had understood, that what is gone can never return.

disasters one after another

What's going on?

Typhoons, storms... millions have lost their homes. Tropical storm Ike had moved and ploughed through Texas (Yifan, hope you're ok) and made many homeless as evacuation was necessary for this category 2 storm. Read more about storm strengths and its categorization.

Then there's the train collision in Los Angeles. Reports states that police are still investigating how the two trains(one commuter and one freight) are on the same track. Read it here.

Tainted milk powder in China ... 432 infants developed kidney stones because of it. Hope the authorities can conduct more stringent checks for all consumables.

Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Oooohhhhoohhhhohhooohhooohhooohoooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music, fell the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

forum

There's a public forum on "The Impact of Suicide on Survivors" this Saturday (13 Sept 2008) at York Hotel, 2-5pm.

Here's the link for more details.

Suicide Awareness Week 13th-20th Sept

with dignity...

Yesterday's newspaper carried the story of Marc Weide's mother's last days, who was diagnosed with a terminally ill cancer, and the article was titled "I'm going to die on Monday at 6.15pm".

Dying of any kind, is never going to be easy. Even when it is euthanasia. Even when it is legal. The article documents the surviving family member's perspective. His and his family's struggle when his mom's decision.

This was how he ended the diary article, "My main regret is that there were such clashes between us in the run-up to her death. Perhaps if we had challenged Mum more over the years, keeping her ever-increasing demands in check, we could have been at peace as a family, instead of at war over shoes and toilets, right to the bitter end."

jason mraz

Incredible talent. I'm currently hooked on "Prettiest Friends". I like "I'm Yours", and "Life is Wonderful" also.

F1

Saw that in Paragon the other day.... preview before the race!

look what i found at clarke quay!

floats in the river, this one has white crane on it


this one dunno wat it is but like got 2 ships fighting


this one also i dunno... never read the plaque that accompanied it!


rabbit


journey to the west!

How come I bumped into these stuffs leh? Because I was bringing my penpal around, so thought it'd be good to see Clarke Quay.. and voila, pleasant surprise to have all these lanterns there~