why e US will not invade North Korea

random political thoughts

the United State of America will not attack North Korea because there's no incentive to do it. firstly, NK does not have any nature resources unlike Iraq which has oil. secondly, NK actually has the capability to attack US and Japan, it's close ally with inter-contenential missiles in the event of an attack. thirdly, NK is China's neighbour and China would not like to have US in it's backyard and the fact that China is able to attack US with its missile, or take advantage of the situation to invade Taiwan doesn't really help either.
*side-issues* the US is developing/building a missile defense shield. and what does that symbolise? basically, if the programme works, it will defend the USA and it's allies from a missile attack, but from what i know, it's still in its development stage and it will not be tested/working/fully operational in the near future. but even if the program doesn't work, it still has certain effects. it's telling its potential attacker that it's developing a missile defense shield and has the ability to develop a missile defense shield. therefore, a first-strike missile attack on US now or in the future might not succeed and the US will counter-luanch its missiles unto you... blar blar blar. it's a mind game. e.g. during the taiwan straits crisis, sending a carrier group to the taiwan straits doesn't mean that US wants war with china. it's more likely that the US is telling China that it's commited to defending taiwan and is serious bout it. so there you have it. my 5 cents worth of analysis. (back to work, lunch's over)

summary of the weekend

woke up early on sat and took a bus to canada waters for my weekly soccer game.

finn and i commented that we all should get out of central london weekly to get away from the hecticness of the city.

soccer started 45min late so the early birds chatted and watched some girls play netball.

scored a few goals, had an exciting match with a group of strangers and was totally exhausted after a whole morning of soccer.

went to a birthday party in the evening and played majhong at aaron's place with aaron, john and joanne.

i was the biggest winner and i even did a 'Da San Yuan'. and conincidentally, tom, my friend in singapore did a 'Da San Yuan' too and he game it with 12 'tai'. 5 for 'Da San Yuan', 3 for the big cards, 2 for 'pong pong' and 2 for the flowers. pretty impressive eh.

sunday was the usual... church and lunch at chinatown. but i watched a few episodes of Naruto with joey and i came to the conclusion that it's damn addictive. but the 'evil characters' in the animation actually gave me quite a 'dark' feeling. there's something very 'dark' bout them.

... summary of my weekend... in point form... how unexciting...

what's happening...

the right side of cheek has been twitching the whole morning... i wonder whether if it's a good or a bad sign?

or maybe it's becoz i am getting old...
when u r a kid, u worry bout not having enough fun...
when u r a teen, u worry bout pimples...
when u get older, u worry bout pains and aches...
when u get even older, you worry bout pains and aches that do not go away...
and when you come to a day that you don't worry bout all those listed above, you know that you are really really old.

summary

random thought for this week:

X is not working with us anymore. *glad* but he made a mess and we are still cleaning up.

Y left today. *damn happy*

Z's last day today. *quite sad coz she's always so lively and cheerful... and she likes my surname too*

Anna went back to Poland to visit her mum on thur. Mel and Fab are suffering coz we are barely able to cope and anna will only be back on tue. the polish sweets that she's bring back better be worth it!

after flipping thru a copy of 'London Theatre Guide', Darren and I decided to catch a musical Lion King next week since the tickets are going between 10 and 20 pounds.

Fabs and I are thinking of going to Edinburgh somewhere in Feb or Mar to get away from work and not so nice people.

it was freaking cold earlier this week. but it's abit warmer now. 7 degrees maybe?

i read some where that the US is keeping its currency weak so that China might remove its peg sooner... maybe... and maybe not...

too bad i decide not to play mahjong tonight coz i was really looking forward to it, but i'm also very tired. *anna's fault*

bloody bus is horning right now. *1:07am*

feeling abit guilty that i forgotten to email 2 friends on their birthday this week. Happy Birthday Andy and Brian (big Brian).

abit disappointed that i didn't get to see snow fall this week.

playing footie tomolo morning and going for zes birthday dinner tomolo. coolz.

finn got a new phone, stel got her replacement phone, sis feels that the lemon treatment is working... so i guess it has all been good.

time to hit the bed and fall into a phase of rapid eye movements. btw, u'll get better rest when you go into a phase of rapid eye movements in the midst of your sleep.

if it snows in the evening...

here's what i'll do if it snows and i am at home in the evening.

firstly, i will turn off all the lights in the living room and draw up the blinds. then i make a cup of nice hot tea (2 teaspoons of sugar and fill 1/4 of the cup with milk) before i sit on the couch and watch the snow falling outside the window till i get tired of it and go do something else.

snow snow, come tonight...
go away another day!!!

just another monday

once again, it's freezing today. and for those who's not in london and doesn't know how cold it feels - try opening the door of the fridge while naked and soaking wet with a fan blowing directly at you. yeah!!! that gives you an idea of how cold it is... i think =)

and i had a pretty good day today. work is alright, but that doesn't change the fact that the job is still boring and that i really really want a change. X has left and we are happier in a certain sense. Happier because you know X is not productive at all and in fact, X is counter-productive. everything that X does, you have to go thru it again. so even though we are one person short, it still feels good knowing that there won't be someone who's counter-productive.

and my seasonally interest-in-reading is back. so i visited Borders after work. interestingly, the topics that i have interest right now are sciencitic theories and philosophy. and the new book list that i have right now is:
Plato Complete Work
The Da Vinci Code - i am sure someone out there has it and is able to lend it to me!
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time - i think Stel has this book. *hope so*
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
A Short History Of Nearly Everything
TWO - ok, it's a bike magazine. but it's my favourite bike magazine. you should really check out british bike magazines. it's written in a very descriptive way. love it!

The 'dog', 'leaves' and 'history' books fall under a 3 for 2 deal at borders. so am able to get 3 books for ard 17 quid i think. but if stel has the 'dog' book, then i am not sure what other book to get coz the rest of it are fictions and the 'Plato' book cost 30+ quid.
but i think i like the plato book very much. the chapter which i read which happens to be the first chapter is bout a guy who's name starts with E, brought his father to the court to be trial for murder. a crime punishable by death. for a son to do just a thing to his father amazed Plato. coz it's a moral dilemma between justice and piety. what is more amazing to Plato is that it's not the murder of a close family member (related by blood) or any relatives but the murder of a servant. and if i remembered correctly and can tell the story properly: the servant murdered another servant while in a drunken state. and the master (father) binded the servant and left him in a pit or something before/while deciding the next course of action - however the servant was unprotected from the elements and as a result, he died and the master was brought by his very own son to be charged with the death of the servant. in doing so, the son brought condemnation from relatives upon himself. and Plato questioned him on why he did what he's doing... and that's bout all i can remember and read. eh, does anyone has the book and can lend it to me? the most liekly person is Stel!!! btw, it's either Plato or his mentor, Socrates.

enough of blogging for today... right now, i just wish that i have all the time in the world read and complete all the books that i have listed for the past 2 days... Nerd Nerd Nerd!!!

randomness

one of those random thoughts again:

have you ever had this feeling that when you are walking along the streets in london and see houses that are built with brownish-red coloured bricks and the leafless trees standing in the background, the city is sort of telling you that it has dressed up in its own kind of style for the winter.

and have you also notice how the black coloured lamp posts matches the blackness of the road.

read this article.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/think/story/0,5562,297111,00.html
it reminds me bout the specialness of Singapore if you call it home.

books books books

just wondering if anyone out there who's reading this blog has these books and could kindly lend it to me?

-Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

-God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis

-Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

-A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

-A Brief History of Time : The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition by Stephen Hawking

-The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene

just wish to have a book or two to accompany me on my quiet evenings and weekends.

finally the week is going to be over!

it has been a slow, boring and long week! i don't feel like working as a admin temp anymore, i feel abit shitty, and i honestly want more cash and excitment.

it's friday, i am so glad that the weekend is starting in a few hours and i'm playing majhong tonight and soccer tomolo morning.

sprained ankles...
stub toes...
toe nails that fell off...
pain in the right big toe now...
...can't a single and unattached guy play and enjoy his only love and passion-soccer, in perfect health!!!

*the south africa red bush tea is getting to my brain*

anna is unpacking boxes of stationery and i am watching her...

the south african girl looks like a pretty barbie doll...

and the singaporean is just awiting for 5:30pm

check this out...
http://health.howstuffworks.com/immune-system.htm

bye bye Liverpool

although i didn't get the results for the liverpool match correct, but at least i got the title for my previous blog correct. "UPSET" is definately the word to use and describe Liverpool crashing out of the FA Cup.
damns, my MAN U better not disappoint me man!!!

*upset*

*dilemma dilemma*
should i or should i not catch the FA Cup match between Burnley and Liverpool later this evening. something inside me tells me that i should catch the game but i don't know what's the reason. and i don't support liverpool but neither do i want them to be out of the FA Cup... from my 'expert' opinion, liverpool is either going play a boring game and win the game by a single goal thru a penalty or they are going to win the game 3 or 4 nil. it's either going to be very good or very very bad!!!
*what to do, what to do*

and to make things worse, and i am not able to catch the match between exeter and Man U tomolo evening because i'm helping Kelvin, my CG leader with CG this week and the CG prep is tomolo evening. ARGH!!!!! i can almost cry!!! MAN U better thrash Exeter tomolo and win by at least a 3 goal margin.

i can't believe this. i'm going to miss so much. the more i talk and think bout it, the more upset i get. its sort of like arguing with ur gf... or something like that. *bleh*

and thanks anna for the blue berry muffin during lunch break which is delicious, but my tea tasted funny after that. i guess tea with sugar and milk doesn't really goes well with muffin.

and happy birthday vivian. she's so cute coz she told me to wish her happy birthday over MSN last night before she was bout to log off. hahaha. she's cute right? in the funny way. and if u r asking why i do not know her birthday, the reason is i only got to know her last year when a few of us were studying for the final exams in the library and she does't really hang out with us to play football and drink at zouk. =)

i am getting really random eh...

random thoughts for the week that passed

let's see:

celebrated my sister's birthday by having a home-cooked dinner with the housemates and after that, people came over to have the birthday cake of course. and i am sure that flat 10 is also a place that cultivates the dancing mood coz we got onto it once again.

did i mention that church is just across the street and only a 3 mins walk away? but services starts much later. it starts at 11:30 and by the time service end and we finish our lunch, it's already 3pm. half the afternoon is gone. then again, i shall not complain, coz it's already very good that it's so near my place and i got to aceept it. i'm sure that church has its reason for starting later. they need to setup the place and stuff like that. gotta have a right perspective. attitude of appreciation and not attitude of expectation.

and i've been thinking of moving onto another job. this current job is good. it's near my place, i save on transport and i made some nice friends. but the truth is that with the current income i earn, it's quite difficult for me to save up for trips and i might not be able to save up enough for my trip back to london from singapore towards the end of august and for the rent for my first month back in london then. but in my heart, i wanna stay in the current co and current location, i just hope that i can move unto another job that pays between 10-12 an hour. that's all i ask for and i hope i get it. then again, if i have to move onto something else, i guess i should. the problem with me is that i grow too attached to things and people... i can only hope, pray and send resumes.

and i just watched LOVE ACTUALLY again. actually, it's again and again. it's my 3rd time watching it within 2 weeks and God knows how many times has Stella and my sister watched it. Stella has watched it so many times that she can narrate most of the lines in the movie. either that or she has a damn good memory. and my sister isn't too far behind. but i gotta say that it's a nice movie. i rank it on par with AS GOOD AS IT GETS, but LOVE ACTUALLY is a easier movie to watch. i loved the wedding scene and if u don't know what i am talking bout, go watched it. it's good. quote: "if u don't say this during christmas, when else can u say it... I LOVE U" i might get the dvd here in london before i go back to Singapore coz even though the one here might cost more, but i'm sure that the one in Singapore is 'highly' censored.

i caught the match between MAN U vs Liverpool at a pub with aaron, finn, adrian, leon, jason and gavin. it was a good match. man u's defence was well-organised, the midfield was winning the ball and challenges and though the finishing wasn't at its best, but they did enough to beat liverpool and with time, man u can only play better. and and i was right toobout Dedek made another mistake. i think that it's his curse to always make mistakes against man u. it's one of those things. and to put icing on the cake, arsenal lost to bolton. too bad chelsea didn't lose, if not, it would be fantastic. =)

it's getting late, time to hit the bed...

things...

there are so many things that's to be done and we wanna do.

we're thinking of so many things, but there's even more to be thought of.

so many things that we love and cherish, but there's so much more in stored out there to be discovered in the unknown if u dare to take a step out.

but some times, just some times, the best thing to do is nothing.

*school of slacker*

=)

another day in the office

first day of work in the new year and i feel that i need to look for another job. the current job is nice. the work load is light, the work that is to be done is simple, but the problem is that i have no idea when will i be terminated from the job and this doesn't really makes me feel very secure. and the fact that i am quite low on cash compounds to the problem. besides, i need a job that will challenge me and keeps me going. so another resolution will be to start looking for another job.

my mind is still on the tsunami disaster. the truth is that it did not affected me-affected me in the sense that i wasn't caught in one or knew of anyone who was or say that i was near it when t happen. at the same time, to know that so many people lost their loved ones, lost their home, lost everything was something hard to understand and there wasn't anyone to blame. none of us' to blame. it was an act of nature or as some people put it-an act of god. and now, god's involved!
so did god make it happen or did he allow it to happen?
do u blame god or do u just question god?
do u seek to understand god or do u accept god for who he is?
do u still believe in god or do u not believe in god anymore?
do u still think that god is good or is he an unjust god?

i can't say that everything has been good and will forever be good coz it isn't, bad things still happen now and then and i'll be lying and disillusion if i did. but if you belive in your heart that god is a good god, a faithful god, a loving god; somehow, just somehow amidst every thing, there's hope.

the new year ahead and my resolutions

it's the beginning of a new year, and many of us will tend to mark the beginning of the new year with resolutions. it can be bout some thing as simple as wishing for a better year or some thing that we are currently involve like our studies or career or some thing that's personal and close to our heart which only u urself and God knows. but the truth most probably is, at the end of the day-the year, we might not remember what were the resolutions made in the beginning of the year. in fact, it might not even matters if it's fulfilled or accomplished. but this doesn't stop us from making new year resolutions every year because doing it gives us direction in life, a certain goal to achieve in life but above all, it gives us hope. and after all, life is bout faith, hope and love.

for myself, i just hope that i did not miss out on too many opportunities in life. it's impossible not too miss out on any opportunity, after all, there's opportunity cost in every thing that you decide to do. and this brings me to the next resolution. that is to live life to the fullest given the present situation or circumstance.

i suppose the above statements are my new year resolutions, besides the usual stuff like, to be successful, to be happy, to please God, to get a gf, to get married by X years old, to get a job that i like, to blar blar blar. but above all, what was said in church today sums it all up. we got to live a life that's growing bigger and bigger, that's challenging, fulfilling and last but not least God pleasing. in fact, God please is the first and most important.

enough said, i am going to watch my tv... WW2 movie. my favourite!!!