presidential election

first time the people finally get to vote for the president of the state
guess the political landscape of singapore is changing
the GE which took place in may2011 has indeed been a turning pt in creating public awareness about politics
people are generally less apathetic towards such issues
after getting a taste of people's power in voting for their future
they will realise they play a major role in choosing the leader of our state
they also have been more proactive in voicing out their unhappiness rather than bottling up in their heart
the GE2011 also saw the incumbent govt removing their 2 ministers from paliament due to massive outcry over their role in creating more problem than solution for singapore
indeed the politcal outlook of singapore has improved due to the fact people now think logically rather than being spoonfed by information

what can the president do or not do??
did a quick search and he can actually recommend the appointment of prime minister (article 21 (2a))
however on reading further, the prime minister also has the power to remove the president from his office (article 22L (clause 1C, 3-7))
in accordance to article 22, the president does play a big part in appointing key holders of the public organisation in singapore and overseeing their operation
the above articles seems to suggest the president is not as powerless as it seems and he plays an important role in making difficult decision for the people/government

hand, specs, heart or tree?
we will find out tonight....

NDP is here

the yearly event which nsf dread and civilian yearn(for the day off) is just around the corner
fun pack song was an epic fail and has made its way to become the joke of the year
wonder how the organising commitee managed to approve of such disgraceful performance to be shown on national tv
guess its a blessing for singaporeans when the item was removed due to a possible lawsuit over the modification of lyrics
the "mrt-song" is not any better than the former...
why is there a need to glorify public transport when people constantly complain on the service standard?
or isit the impression of public transport is so bad that its requires an image overhaul?
whatever it is i guess everyone has a taste of how creative the show commitee are regarding to the performance

244 days to ORD

still counting down by days

looking back time actually passed quite fast

and i have not achieved anything significant during my NS stint

i need to go back and revise my H2 math as i forget most of the things

any1 has got srjc's notes to lent and photocopy?

the last thing i rmb-ed was mine went down the garbage chut the moment A levels ended...

gonna re-learn the whole statistic chapter

need to start preparing myself for university life already

lest i could not adapt back to mugging lifestyle and screw up my first year

booked the tix to hongkong from 4may-8may last week

will be going there with my sec school frens

guess it will be my last overseas trip before i ORD

election is just ard the corner

its seems there is a growing sense of dis-satisfaction on the current ruling party

maybe its due to the incompetence and complacency??

some of the policies such as over-importing of foreign trash and introduction of IR created much more social problem and it far out-weights the economy benefit

the overspending of YOG from 87 million to 387 million further demostrates the incompetency in planning

in addition the meal they provided to the volunteers are of such horrible standards

(when they spent 387 million?)

there is a lot more examples u can quote from to show their incompentency

their million dollar paycheck tells a lot too...

even the most powerful man on earth only earn USD400k per year...

do i need to say more??

o yes before i forget... the benefits they bring about in singapore...

the CPF scheme which is almost untouchable by the lowly mortals...

and not forgeting our world class transport

("people can board the train - it is whether they choose to" quoted Saw Phaik Hwa, CEO SMRT)

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RIP japan...

tsunami, earthquake and nuclear reactor meltdown hit japan within a span of less than a week
guess its gonna take another few years for their economy to recover
considering the loss of infrastructure and human resource
or maybe they can consider importing "PRCs" such as in SG??...
if anyone of those above disaster hits singapore
i guess we will be in history from there on...

went for coy cohesion on friday at kushinbo for lunch
the chocolate fondue was awesome and unique cos its one big chocolate fountain...
went IT fair after that as it was just a stone throw away
not much fantastic deals around... just lots of merchants trying to dump their old stocks...
guess IT fair in singapore now is just a "pasar malem" for out-dated IT products
bought an asus laptop to replace my 3 year old laptop...
guessed my previous laptop has done its part by working for 3 years =D

2 more outfield before the preparation for NDP commence in mid-april
i gonna get insecticide into murai to eliminate the mosquitoes around me...
have enough of the itchy and painful bites...
8 more months to go and ORD will be here =D
its coming... very soon...

End of CNY...

yesterday marks the end of the 15-day lunar new year
which implies my ORD date is getting nearer each month =DD
just remembered today is the day for the 11m toto draw
went down to singaporepools and saw lots of auntie queueing up trying their luck
and my dad still asked me to help him place bet too... WTH
seriously do they even noe their chance of winning??
it is [45 choose 6] = one out of 8145060 combination for normal quickpick
just another SGpool strategy to further increase their revenue by fully utilizing the CNY as an one-off event

Just finished my outfield in murai area which lasted from 15-17 febuary
the mosquito infection seems to be getting from bad to worst
wondering if the NEA is even doing their job...
well i guess it should come with little surprise since flooding in SG has become a regular scene
and the best part is they play the "pushing of blame" game with PUB...
so much for the multi-million leaders we have in SG
they are really worth every single cent the taxpayer are giving for their service...

just read thru the budget report this afternoon
and somehow the idea of increased gst after election ring-ed in my head...
i guess it will happen all over again if the votes gets into the wrong hands =((
time to take the carrot and vote for opposition

避年...

On holiday to china during CNY this year
wanted to experience something different this year and hence the trip to china
trip lasted for 8 days from 29 Jan - 6 Feb
went shandong, weihai. as my dad is also taking the oppotunity to visit his colleague
flight from beijing to weihai was delayed for 5 hrs due to heavy snowing...
the temperature was at -10 degree celcius when the plane touch down
shivering when i was at the walkway to the airport from the plane
my dad's colleague was already waiting at the airport like 1 hr before we landed...
reached the hotel there at around 11pm
the place is not bad considering there is proper infrastructure
had a quick warm shower as the weather is seriously too cold compared to our sunny singapore

went to shop for plug converter the next day
its still snowing and hence the road is slippery due to the frozen ice...
saw the people clearing the road with dozers and shovels
bought some food stuff and instant noodles
finally managed to get online but china blocked facebook, youtube and blogspot
feels like its as good as no internet access...
went for a short tour around the wendeng city where the hotel is located
had lunch at one of their restaurant tried the local dishes
its generally much more salty and contain a lot more vegetable...
taste wise is not bad but i could not get used to eating so much vegetable

sightseeing at LiuGong Island on the 3rd day...
its is really big compared to sentosa and it contains all the evidence of sino-japanese war
the war memorial depicts the island as a major outpost during the war
lots of propaganda is detected and provoking hatred towards the japanese
guess thats the purpose of war memorial musuem...

during the 3rd and 4th of febuary, which is the first and second day of CNY
the whole place is like some ghost town...
everyone is at home celebrating new year and no one is working at all
which means no shopping, no food, no nothing
luckily the supermarket is open halfday and we quickly grab instant noodles and biscuit...
spend the 2 days in hotel watching tv and eating instant noodles
what a "GOOD" idea to visit china during CNY...

on the 5th most of the place is open for business
went for somemore sightseeing around
went up one mountain to see some jade sculpture
its really gigantic and made me wonder how they lift it up to the top of the mountain...
went back and bought a few bottle of their locally produced wine

i now wonder how much my health is affected by this trip to china
their instant noodle and milk tea definitely will reduce my life expectancy
but then again... the food taste good =(

back to singapore ytd at ard 11pm...
bought a martell and vodka at the DFS
wanted to eat supper at airport but cabbed home instead as we were all tired after the flight back...

Another year has passed... its 2011 now

its 2011... which indicates its less than a year to ORD
time flies when u look back... but its crawling at snail pace when u are going thru the motion...
mono-intake for BMT has been cancelled
means i have all the way till july before the new batch of trainees come in
hope i wun get any shit for this whole period...
chinese new year is coming and i will be escaping to china
going on holiday there instead of visiting relatives and all the usual routine for CNY
hoping there will be no flight delay and stuff like that...

sakura lunch buffet at tamphines safra today for my coy cohesion
went play lan with them at khakabo which is located at IOI plaza
its definitely one of the best lan shop around in SG =D
movie with classmates from A6 in the evening
edmund, naomi, wenhui and me...
watched ghost must be crazy and its quite worth the $$
first army story is damn funny =D
seriously can get stomach-ache from laughing...
hit the arcade after the movie ended
haha seriously i cannot play bishi-bashi for nuts
i have some problem coodinating my eyes and hands
ended up walking to some very ancient neoprint machine...
and guess what... the next thing that happen was the machine jumped into life
haha seems like its been damn long since they were last utilized
and for the pictures... maybe posting them up later? =P