I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT YOU

because of the universal answer to everything.
(i'm trying my best not to quote you. hahaha.)

WORLD OF OUR OWN

The very big problem with regards to the world trying to come together and solve the global environmental issues is the breakdown in communication. So what attributes to a breakdown in communication?

Well, it is simply distrust and self-interest.

When the countries come together and discuss on what to do about the environmental problems, everyone seems to be focusing on something that affects them the most. Well, it is undeniably for self-interest. Afterall, who really cares about the world when it is their nation's survival at hand.

Indeed, there are people around who really cares about the earth but when we really sit down and start thinking of ways to solve the problems, we will definitely start finding ways that do not shortchange us in the process. It may sound really selfish, but we are only humans afterall.

However, there are international organisations set up to counter this 'human' problem. For example, the UN bodies in the environmental field has been established and their role is to start finding ways to solve environmental problems with impartiality.

Armed with policies formulated cross-nationally and campaigns organised internationally, the fight to solve global environmental threats has just entered a whole new dimension.

What is the outcome depends directly on us.

WHAT IS THE BEST FOR THEM?

"There's always a great deal of rhetoric about how we need to race all the faster for economic 'growth' because it will help the poorest people on earth. In practice, of course, the poorest people on earth often just get brushed aside in the rush."

There are contradictory consequences that often derived from the good intentions of the first world countries to aid the third world countries in development. A reason that I have thought of is probably because the first world countries do not realise what the third world countries really need.

Most people think that by helping the third world countries achieve economic growth is helping them. The irony here is that most people are not aware of the trade-off that is involved in the third world in order for them to enjoy 'economic growth'.

Global seed corporations introduced hybrid seeds which promises high percentage increase in yields so that the farmers can earn more from the increased sales volume. However, in actual fact, instead of earning more, these farmers are earning lesser!

Hybrid seeds cannot be saved. They need to be purchased every year at a high cost. Not only that, hybrids are very vulnerable to pest attacks. This has in turn led to the increased spending on pesticides which has also contributed to the inflated cost needed to grow the plants.

The farmers used to sell multiple kinds of crops that are grown in their home gardens. In Java, smaller farmers cultivate 607 species in their home gardens! Using the demand and supply analysis, we can easily understand that the farmers were earning fairly well to survive. Prior to that, they were self-sufficient.

However, with the introduction of the miracle seeds, the farmers now produced million of tons of the same crop which in turn led to the drastic fall in the price of the crops sold. This has resulted in the farmers earning lesser than before. Sadly, they are no longer self-sufficient either.

Many corporations have also visioned great potential in the food processing industries in the third world countries. Under the pressure of globalisation, things changed. Hygiene laws that were passed shut down the local food processing economy. Work for human hands has also been outlawed, to be replaced by machines and chemicals bought from global corporations. This has driven millions into poverty.

Let us think about this.

What do the third world countries really need from us?

A MILLION DOLLAR DEAL

We need to adopt a thinking culture now. Why? Because our government is spending millions implementing new strategies to transform our schools into what they perceive as 'thinking organisations'.

Cool huh?

So what exactly is a thinking school? It is actually a school that infuses the passion of learning into the students and creates the ideology of teaching as a learning profession in the teachers.

The world is rapidly changing. Thus, it is critical for us to adopt to changes constantly. The future economy of Singapore will be both information and knowledge intensive. To be critical, creative, being adaptable and practising life-long learning are ways to prepare us for the fight in the near future.

Bottomline is how do we create a thinking culture.

The most probable thing that can propel the creation of a thinking culture in schools is the revolution in the culture of the teaching profession.

What do I mean?

Well, it simply means that the educators are to set themselves as role models to be thinking individuals.

It will take ages to create a thinking culture. It does not only involves the entire school, but also the society. Eventually, a thinking culture has to involve the whole nation.

A culture is created when a way of life is pursued. When there are more people involved, the stronger will a culture be.

THE VERY SINGAPOREAN ARTS SCHOOL

What comes to your mind when you think of an Arts School? Well to me, it is an institute where young artists are nurtured; a symbol of anti-conformity; a place where the Arts is truly recognised as an important and respected discipline.

This perfect portrayal of an Arts School, however, is banished the moment you learn about the direction in which the newly established arts institute in Singapore is heading.

According to the chairman of the committee set up to examine the feasibility of such a school, Mr Lee Tzu Tang, chairman of oil giant Shell, explained at a press briefing that the school would emphasise academic grades.

Mr Lee said, "In the Singapore context, we all strive for excellence, whether it's academic or artistic. This school I would see as also striving for excellence in both areas."

How wonderful.

But is this really what an Arts School is all about?

Many of the high flyers in the artistic industries would not have qualified for the school. One fine example would be Mr Chua Ek Kay who now holds a master's degree in visual arts from the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He was admitted into Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts with hardly any qualifications.

There are so many people who are talented in the Arts but they just cannot perform the same academically. Is it really fair for the Arts School to accept students based on academic grading?

The direction in which the Arts School is heading leads one into thinking are we nurturing artists or creating an audience to critique the artists in future?

FUCK THE SPYWARES THAT HAUNT COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE

i have the urge to reformat my comp. ugh damn it. whenever i see pop-ups like everywhere i surf. i feel like just reformating my poor comp which is unfortunately contaminated by so many irritating spywares.

FUCK spywares.

if i could materialise spywares from the drives on my comp, i'll make sure i throw it all into a big pot of BOILING oil and start frying them ALIVE. and probably i'll start adding so much salt on their scalding skin to accentuate their PAINNNNN.

i'll make sure they scream out for their lives...

i'm really starting to believe in seeing things from a different perspective. YES. it works, literally.

along this mainroad of eunos... yes, i've stood at the two extreme sides of the road and i'd only came to realise that i've been at the same place all along!

it's just looking at the same road from different sides and man, it did looked freakingly different. you know it's the same place, but yet when you take a different stand, you feel different, you see different!

i'm just amazed. really amazed.

HOME

just lying under the darkened sky with patches of clouds hanging effortlessly. a sprinkle of stars here and there. a big cookie crumbled moon on the far end.

in this quiet night where the heart is alone, i don't feel lonely. coz there's someone at home, waiting for me.

waiting for me to come home.

THE BIRDS IN THE SKY

i feel like i'm flying through the fluffy clouds that burst into bite-sized cottons and started scattering all over the greenlands below. the little children even thought it was snow. i feel like i'm looking at you and seeing a life so beautiful. it just feels so perfect with you around. i find peace in my everyday's quiet moments. because i've finally found someone who likes me for me. it feels so comfortable being with you. like the birds that fly freely in the sky, life is beautiful because of you. i can stay here just holding your hand, and looking up at the sky. because with you around, my life is beautiful. yes.

i'm in love with you. absolutely.

GET ME A DOG PLEASE

i wish i had a dog. i'll probably name it Lucky. then Lucky can bring me luck everywhere i go and whatever i do.

Lucky will be a white and black siberian husky and i will keep him in the aircon room so he won't have to feel hot all the time with his thick coat of fur.

Lucky will have a bed made out of the finest silk from china and eat alot vegetables for all his meals. i'll give him treats once in a while and toilet train him before he starts shitting everywhere he goes.

i'll play fetch with him so he won't be bored. i'll teach him how to sing britney spears' songs and irritate my friends with britney's tunes.

i'll bring Lucky to fel's house to play with glitz. but i'll make sure Lucky don't hump glitz coz it will not be a nice sight to see dogs hump.

i'll bring Lucky to the beach so he can swim. but he probably don't like the heat coz he likes to be in the snow.

Lucky oh Lucky.

i wish i had a dog.

THE CLOUDS IN THE SKY

i really hope things will turn out fine. like the birds can still fly or the clouds will remain fluffy.

just hope things turn out fine.