Gonna head out in a few moments' time to have lunch with our dean. muahaha.

Feeling kinda restless already. And feeling too darn old for exams.

On facebook, i've been sorted intoo... what?! slytherin?! gah, i thought i had enough courage in me to be a gryffindor.

Just a quick entry since i've just only updated myself with the two latest 'local' happenings in singapore.

1) 3 ang moh tourists from UK took a trishaw ride along clarke quay. all 3 grown men squeezed onto one trishaw pedaled by an old man. throughout the trip, they kept taunting him about the speed, and at the end of the journey, paid him only $5 instead of the $10 the old man was expecting because 'their money got nicked'. (sidenote: c'mon this is sg, it's not so common for your $$ to get 'nicked') BUT! the best part was, they filmed all of this on video and posted it up on youtube.

2) star blogger michelle quek and her friend were walking around toa payoh hub when her bag accidentally hit a chinese woman who was with her supposed ang moh bf. the chinese woman alledgedly hit michelle on her back with an umbrella in return, and the caucasian reportedly beat up the two girls. an 'ah beng' and some uncles stepped up to help the two girls, and blocked the angmoh and his gf from escaping. again, this was posted on youtube.

Needless to say, both incidents led to a public outrage and a whole slew of curses, expletives, and threats ensued. online, of course.

Well, the point of this post isnt to debate the morality of the committed acts. It also isnt about whether racial discrimination formed the main motivation behind these acts. In my opinion, it is just unfortunate that both incidents involved ang mohs and resulted in the conflicts being 'inter-racial'.

While there's been many complaints that the government should be doing something to protect our locals from these supposed 'acts of racism', people must understand that such conflicts do happen from time to time.

the underlying problem, in fact, seems to be something else. what the government should be wary of instead, is the community's response to these incidents. a good majority of the comments made by our locals carried the bitter tune of 'don't think you foreigners can bully us just because we're singaporeans'.

isn't it sad that our locals have this sort of mentality? isnt it sad that even we, as singaporeans, right here in our own country, feel diminished in the face of foreigners? isn't it sad that our locals have to go to such extreme, hurling insults and all, just to feel that maybe 'justice' can be delivered this way?

had the 'villians' in the above incidents not been angmohs, but one of our locals instead, i dont think the public would have been as bitter about it. furthermore, this feeling of 'bitterness' towards foreigners certainly didnt seem like it was cultivated overnight.

perhaps, the question to ponder about is: did our government's pro globalization and trade policies result in our middle strata feeling like they're 2nd class citizens in their home country?

this revelation is so sad because we know that no matter which country we migrate to, we will always be treated as a 2nd class citizen.. but to feel that way even in your own country... it's... a lot sadder.

period.

Cool, the bow-tie blouse in white is sold out! The mole originally wanted to keep one for herself, but decided to sell it in the end.

Had a great time shopping with yv and deb yesterday! everyone bought at least an item for herself, yv bought the most though! not surprising since:

1) this is yv we're talking abt
2) she's drawing salary!

sigh. cant wait to earn my own $$$. when will that be?!

Days left as smugger: 16

Hello dear frens! Pls allow me to introduce my new shop blog notime4shopping!

me: bernanke's on tv. gosh, his beard has turned ridiculously white
the mole: must be the subprime
me: DUH! to be fair, his beard was greyish to begin with, but now it's damn white!
the mole: christmas is coming! he can be santa claus
me: but he's balding..
the mole: does it matter? santa claus wears hat...

some moments later, with the air of sudden realization..

the mole: OH! you can go be santa's elf!
me: ....
the mole: all those unemployed can go be bernanke's elves for x'mas. it all adds up now..
me: yea it's only right he provides us with employment. he's the cause of our plight..
the mole: you can start by cleaning santa's sleigh

and the mole proceeded to sing the modified -christmas- carol:
you better watch out
you better not cry
better watch out i'm telling u why
BEN BERNANKE's coming to town..

you have no idea how well that clicked. it sounded so SMOOOOTH. trying singing it urself!

will bernanke play santa this season with yet another round of rate cut? if so, then we may have an early x'mas this yr!

So, our dear sponsor of the EPL plunged some 23% since its peak in Oct, during which one of our two soverign funds swallowed up a whopping 3% stake. And you may wonder where have a portion of our reserves disappeared to. Now, I'm not saying that Mr. EPL Sponsor is a bad buy. Afterall, it did look somewhat attractive back then with 4 consecutive years of double-digit ROE and a possible acquisition of a dutch bank at hand. Unfortunately, things didnt pan out in their favor and the rest as they say, is history. But what I must say though, is that the timing of the transaction is impeccable - the classic mistake of buying at a high?? Of course, Mr. EPL Sponsor isnt the only one penalised in this subprime crisis where everyone has a part to play and a price to pay. Yep, everyone. So people -up there- should stop denying that we, the almighty and ever resilient sgp is not affected by this crisis because clearly, we are.

getting tired of this blogskin. was thinking of getting a new one that is unique, and not those off the blogskins search engines. in other words, i gotta create one myself, and from scratch - the images and all. this should be so challenging, and so fun.

i'm trying to think of a new color scheme. and somehow, i'm rather inclined to choose something with a pinkish undertone. but at the same time, i dun wish for it to appear overly bimbotic/diabetic.

pink + black?
pink + white?
pink + cream?
cream + black?
maroon + cream?
purple + black?

suggestions anyone? (oh, and anything BLUE or ORANGE are completely OFF my radar. as in OFFFFF.)

will get down to it after the exams. should take no more than 3 days if i consistently work on it. but then again, it will be my first attempt, and ya'know how technology just lurves screwing ppl up.

Tai tai outing! unfortunately, the high tea buffet didnt pan out as expected since the legends didnt serve pastry.. but being determined to have our 'tea' that afternoon, in all 'tai tai' fashion.. we cabbed to.. robertson quay in our limousine cab!