Firstly congratulations to Spain.
Attacking football reigns supreme again after the Greeks won Euro 2004 and Italia won World Cup 2006. My prediction almost came through too. Got the finalists correct, but the winner wrong. Guess I am like Ballack. We are the ‘almost’ people. For those of you who don’t know soccer, Ballack is the almost guy, if there is a count of the number of runner up medals a footballer gets, he surely has to rank among the top. He was in Bayern Leverkusen when they came in runner up in 3 competitions, and this year with Chelsea, he is runner up in another 3. And now you can add another runner up medal to his trophy cabinet. Too bad, but the better team won so he can’t complain too much.
And talking about Ballack reminds me of my previously stated similarities of him with Ana Ivanovic, the new French Open champion in tennis but got knocked out disappointingly in Wimbledon though. Anyone other than me who thinks the 2 of them look alike?
Now that the football is over and also having finished Forensic Heroes 2, I promised myself to do a lot of things. And that includes updating my blog more often. Well I was thinking since I want to write a blog, I should update it regularly and not neglect it. It is like cutting my nails. I should do it every week (even though my girlfriend thinks that I am crazy to cut nails every week) and not wait and wait, always delaying the writing until I really have the mood.
And lastly, something to talk about politics in Singapore and this man.
I have always reserved thoughts about him, maybe a little too stupid and extreme for his own good based on reports from the mainstream media. But my apathetic views on him and the opposition parties in Singapore were stimulated when MM Lee called Dr Chee a near-psychopath. I personally feel that is a little too overboard. If he is mad, then why are there still so many people supporting him? Are they all mad too. There is a nice article here which can express what I feel better. I personally have been a bit disappointed with the government in the last year or so. Sorry that I voted for the PAP last GE. I always thought that a government without opposition will be able to bypass all the squabbling with opposition (like in Taiwan) and implement policies efficiently for the good of its citizenry. This government system can be very useful when the policies are very necessary and may probably benefit the citizens as a whole in the long run but will not gain popularity with the majority of citizens. But when the policies are lame, such as increasing salary of civil servants, putting ERP on every road and increasing public transport costs, I realise the bad advantage of such a powerful government. Without the need to be accountable, they can just implement whatever they like, and always making it sound like it is for the overall good for the citizens.
I am sorry I made a mistake with my vote, please gimme another chance. And we probably need more Dr CSJ to come out and stand for the interests of the people. You risk going to jail though (note that CSJ has gone to jail 6 times now) and always get painted in a bad picture by the mainstream media. But I shall end this post with a quote from him: If you have truth on your side and you know your cause to be just, you need never fear your rulers and what they do to you.
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Man in Haifa 
I’m not crazy to think that u cut ur nails every week lah… but i think u used to cut them every other day… that’s the crazy part to me
hohoho… but i miss seeing u cut ur already-super-short nails!
Looking forward to full naration of ur second Jerusalem trip here!!~*
¡¡¡¡Viva EspaÑa!!!!
Dude after all the walk-overs and redrawing of GRCs, you can probably redeem yourself in the next 20 years or so (if you are damn lucky).
Look on the bright side, at least this man still has his integrity intact. Anwar just got another new allegation on sodomy again. Politics are so dirty.
I do hope you are really sincere and mean it from your bottom [I mean the bottom of your heart la, friend]. Go and have a good bath, re-wash your brain, go and embrace for true values of real democracy, human rights, freedom of press, transparency and accountability, those which are practised in many countries, especially western ones, and yup, these countries are still flourishing, producing the best universal chocolates, number 1 brand cell phones, and from this country which produce the best pop band that earn more forex than Volvo. So the practising of all these values didnt bring their countries down as a matter of fact they brought the very best of their people, who are no different from you and me.
I think lets give credit where its due [ many Singaporeans are mature and fair-minded, but perhaps could be blinded, depoliticised or brain-washed and what have you – election goodies, politics of fear, endless].
I am quite sure one fine day [when it does come and I believe it], we all must somehow thank this kind Dr. who has done a lot.
HELLO