Points to Ponder?

I am amazed at the number of people who aren’t aware of the existence of the word “oppress”. They all seem to think it was something TR made up while giving this passionate speech. Kinda sad when you think that TR apparently knows more English than most of the people I know.

Another thing I dont get is the purpose of fire alarms. I was sitting in the YIH the study room a few hours before exam. Its usually a very very quiet place, people frown at you if you as much as sneeze loudly. Suddenly the fire alarm started ringing, but no one paid it the least bit attention. They just took out their headphones and tried to drown out the noise of the alarm with webcasts. It was apparently obvious to everyone in the room except me that the alarm was tripped by accident and that there was no fire. It turned out that it finally was a mistake but I wonder what the point of alarm is, if it cant even “alarm” anyone into not studying for a couple of minutes. How do you tell the difference between a real fire and bobby smoking under the Smoke detectors by just listening to the alarm anyway?

As all of the three of you know, Im working these days. One good thing about work is the flexible lunch hours. Working in Raffles Place has its own advantages, like the numerous overpriced foodcourt and fastfood joints that surround each building. When I get sick of the overcrowded foodcourt(where people reserve seats with PAPER NAPKINS ), I walk over to the starbucks(there are 4 very close to my office, I walk to the furthest) because its usually quite empty during lunch hours, and I can also read the newspaper while eating. For those who dont stay in Singapore, there are two kinds of news.

1) Singaporean “news”, which usually goes like this :

Headlines : Minister Mentor Lee’s message to the nation and/or “JC Girl wins 100m race in Singapore Invitational International JC Athletics event!”

National News : Minister Mentor Lee’s views on the nation today

Financial News : Minister Mentor Lee’s views on finance

International News : Minister Mentor Lee’s thoughts on why and how China uberpwns the West.

3 pages are now dedicated to NTUC’s latest bargain offerings.

Weather Forecast : Minister Mentor Lee’s views on the weather Its sunny, and will remain sunny for the next 3 days!

Sports news : Uzbekistan 7 Singapore 3

Editorial : Everything is pleasant and wonderful! The rest of the world has problems, but lets not worry about all that! There is a beach party at Sentosa this weekend!

2) The second type of news is, of course, real news.

Let me give you an example. I was reading the Straits Times one day, because some scum bag had beaten me to the Herald Tribune. There was an editorial on why China is uberawesome because it has as many nuclear missiles as Japan or something. He was arguing that China having nuclear missiles and continuing to make them was for the greater good. All this was fine, it is his opinion after all, but suddenly in the middle of the editorial I read this statement “China follows United’s strategy, a strong defense automatically translates into a powerful offense”. I spent two minutes wondering if he was talking about United Airlines or United Arab Emirates or maybe the United Nations. After reading the next line, which I cant recollect right now, I realised he was actually talking about Manchester United. It was unbelievable the way he referred to a football club in a cavalier fashion in an article on world security, where most journalists wouldn’t take the liberty of mentioning “Bush” without suffixing “President of the United States”, if only to confirm. Everyone knows most of manUre’s fanbase is in Southasia (after all, there has to be SOME reason why Park Ji Sung is still playing) but show some class man. Maybe it says something that the editor of the national newspaper mentions football clubs and expects all his readers to immediately understand what they have to do with China’s nuclear weapons. It means that Mancs are commies. Kill them all.

Well there is still a lot to rant about but no time right now. I shall be bach.

So long and thanks for all the goals, TiTi

Thierry Henry is moving to Barca next season. He is arguably one of the most talented strikers of this generation and will be celebrated as one of the greatest legends of Arsenal. We will miss you TH14, and will never be able to replace you adequately. There is no question about that.

When I read articles like this by retarded ManUre fans, it really irks. Henry dives? Omgwtf. What do you call C.Ronaldo, with his evergreen Step over-Step over-Dive-Roll-Weep in agony-Get player sent off-Wink routine ? Yeesh. Losers. And the author claims that Henry is “notorious for under-performing with any manager who isn’t Arsene Wenger”. I dont know what his point is but he doesnt realise that Henry played exactly 16 matches, 8 years ago, for Juventus which was the only time he wasnt playing under Wenger. And Arsenal is going to become a mid-table team next season because Henry is leaving? We kicked your ass at Old Trafford without Henry, Mr.Football critic. Get your facts straight. Ugh. Stupid people.

This isn’t the end of Arsenal, ye retarded glory hunters. Not by a long shot. Just wait and see.

Btw, anyone curious about Cristiano Ronaldo or trying out for the Olympic Diving Team, check out this video for tips. He is truly a master at what he does.

The Times Now…

(not) News
Chel$ki and ManUre sign new deal to play the most boring matches in football history.

Liverpool remain uncrowned kings of longball, inspite of losing to AC Milan whose team’s average age was 38. Rafa admits 2005 was a fluke and promises to change his team’s 2-2-6 formation by buying 2 more strikers. Oh what the hell, liverpool just suck.

Life is fun, life is good, holidays rock ! Chennai ain’t hot people, get a life and go out. Stop moaning. I was told results come out tomorrow, I dont know when exactly though. Ill check it on sunday, I cant waste all day hitting refresh button. I did it once, and never again.

Its not like im expecting great results anyway. I stayed up all night before my 1104 exam and watched the Milan-Manu match at 2 in the morning. Exam was major flop but what the hell, I hadnt studied anything anyway. But hey, how many times do you get to watch a Champions league semi final in a year? Once. How many times do you get to write end sem exams in a year? Twice. Its all about getting your priorities right.

I also stayed up all night before my math exam, but that was basically to finish packing. Though I spent more time packing than studying for all the exams put together, I still managed to forget my SIM, among other things. Sigh, I should have started packing earlier. Packing sucks. Like studying for exams. I also watched Eragon during the gap we got for EE2006. Sucky things, like misery, seek company. I hate the last week of semester.

Shades of deja vu

Zizou got sent off in the last ten minutes of the WC final. Schumi had an engine failure in the penultimate race, and we all know what happened because of that. Now, in probably what will be his last world cup innings, Sachin gets out for a duck.

I am not angry at India for losing. Thoroughly disappointed yes, and angry at those “fans” who are going around burning posters and attacking houses. I feel sorry, sorry that Dravid Ganguly and Sachin can never lift a World Cup now. We should not be cursing their names or attacking their houses. We should realise that these players have sacrificed more than what most of us can imagine doing. The years of work they put in comes to naught in a day and what right have we, we who recline on the sofa and watch the match, we who have no clue what it feels like to have to guess in half a second which way a ball travelling at 140 kph will swing while a billion pairs of eyes are watching, in short we the arm-chair generals, to scoff at and insult those men who have dedicated their lives for the sport?

If cricket were my religion, Sachin would be my god. Just for Sharjah, just for WC2003. I need no better reasons.

Zidane showed Ronaldinho who was still boss. Schumi didnt let the world forget that F1 was not all about who had the fastest cars. And Sachin… it just pains me to see him suffering like other mortals.

I hope Bermuda thrash Bangladesh.

Gun them red devils !!!

I just found out how it feels to be a gunners fan at Old Trafford.

I went to Temasek hall at 11 to watch the ManU Arsenal match. They telecast the matches live in the halls while at PGP(which is a residence and theres a whole world of difference between halls and residences) we hardly watch tv coz we get nothing but Channel5 and Channel 5 sucks. Raghavendra, Varun and I headed over to the Temasek lounge where they were showing the match on a giant screen. There were us 3 arsenal fans and about 40 manU diehards. When Gilberto(@%#%#) missed that penalty, the roof came down. When Ronaldo kicked the ball straight into Lehmann’s face( I still hate him), the walls shook. When Adebayor sneaked the ball through whatshisname’s legs and into the goal, the room was silent but for the three of us shouting ourselves hoarse.

Ah life is too good to be true.

Except for the statistics class this morning. Actually, its in 5 hours. I need to get more sleep.