Channel Twomonthslater?
NYT, 14 Jan 2008: Analysts here said China had avoided attempts to influence the parliamentary election with overt threats or intimidation, since saber rattling before past elections appeared to have increased support for the Democratic Progressive Party. They predicted that Beijing would continue a hands-off policy throughout the presidential campaign. “Before the presidential election, China […]
The Games
There are troubles in Tibet, in case you didn’t know. And there’s going to be a long dark cloud over the Summer Games in Beijing. Here’s hoping there’s it’s not going to be on the scale of 1972, 1980 and 1984, and here’s to the world’s finely tuned athletes. May you all continue finely tuning […]
NSFW
It’s the weekend, so if it’s Not Safe For Work, it’s ok. Isn’t it? It’s also ok during reservist in-camp training, but because they’re so strict with camera phones, we were spared looking at stills of Edison Chen’s conquests, because, I mean, who would bother transfering porn from their 3G camera phones to low tech […]
So cold
Photo by Shahram Sharif So it’s been freezing lately, with night temperatures dipping to 23 degrees celcius. And the constant heavy rain, says CNA (I’ve been on their case quite often lately) this is the fault of La Nina, which is some Hokkien swear word, which is appropriate cos I’ve been drenched a couple of […]
Your vote counts (for nought)
The eagle-eyed among you might have noticed a poll on the left sidebar of this blog. For those of you who are reading this via RSS and whatnot, click on the permalink and come on down to this here blog in person and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Ever since Mas Selamat escaped during […]