10:21 PM / 9 January

I guess I better talk about this here since I have nobody to have a proper conversation about this topic. It's about the Israel invasion of Gaza.

I know the invasion is causing a lot of grief for people in that region. Then I get these invites on facebook to be against the invasion of Gaza. But here is the thing. Israel was provoked. Towards the end of the initial ceasefire agreement, Hamas starting firing missiles before it was even over. 

Wait. Don't get ahead of me.

What I absolutely detest is the amount of force used. They are using brute force to get to militants whose locations they don't even know exactly. It's like they're playing blindfolded whack-a-mole. It's just senseless...

But the thing that really riled me was when I saw a mosque in ruins after being attacked. It's just the most heartless thing you can do. Never, ever touch a place of worship. Not a mosque. Not a church. Not a monastery. No. If you do do that, you deserve to be drowned in your own blood.

But I guess that's what you get when you try to advocate peace. See the problem with peace is that to get your point across, you really can't do anything. Not anything that will bear a lot of impact anyway. That's when the military comes in. Which is why I like to say at times that 'War is a sad byproduct of peace". 

Americans fighting on foreign soil with a war-monger at the helm while their own citizens are destroyed by forces of nature. Soldiers should be peacekeepers in the service of their country, not underpaid mercenaries. Build your defences. Spend money on things that make sense. Like taking care of your own people. Fight on your own soil and maybe you could be bigger heroes. Not that I'm dissing the soldiers. Hell no. The shit they go through I hope I never have to do in whatever short lifetime I may have. I salute you. Not your current president.

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For conspiracy theorists here's a little something for you guys. Israel is known as an ally of the US. Bush, leaving office soon, will not have anymore control in the situation in the Middle East. How to maintain the troops position in the Middle East? Get Israel to provoke another Middle East Country. Iran is nearby. If they join in the fun and games, voila, we have Korea part II.

Just a little something...

Refuse/Resist by Sepultura at the top right hand corner. Great song. Sorta pseudo protest song for the Tiananmen Square incident that happened in China.

Chaos A.D.
Tanks On The Streets
Confronting Police
Bleeding The Plebs
Raging Crowd
Burning Cars
Bloodshed Starts
Who'll Be Alive?! 

Chaos A.D.
Army In Siege
Total Alarm
I'm Sick Of This
Inside The State
War Is Created
No Man's Land
What Is This Shit?!


Refuse/Resist
Refuse 

Chaos A.D.
Disorder Unleashed
Starting To Burn
Starting To Lynch
Silence Means Death
Stand On Your Feet
Inner Fear
Your Worst Enemy 

Refuse/Resist

2:28 AM / 1 January

Heh. Happy New Year guys.

To tell you the truth, I never thought I'd see myself live to see 2009. So much shit happening around. There were times I just couldn't handle the change.

Sounds a bit funny since I'm such a big advocate of change.

But sometimes, change happens and you don't really expect it to turn out the way it does. I guess that's what happened to me. I just couldn't take it. Being forced to move places, my dad getting arthritis. It all just piled on for me.

I tried to see the bright side of things. But sometimes I just couldn't see it. See the point of it all.

There was a time my mind was just consumed by unthinkable thoughts that I would normally never let myself feel. It just go to a point where I just didn't want to wake up the next day.

But I got through. And it's because of the few of my closest friends. You guys might not know it. But the time that we spent together just helped me through. To see that it was all worth it.

My previous post comes from the quote that appears at the beginning. I came to find that quote within myself a few days back, on a certain Sunday morning.

This place has taken a lot from me, and very soon, will take a lot more from me. But I know there will come a time where I can say, "Screw you" and take everything back. For me, for my family and for my friends.

But I knew the first step was getting through this year. And as I said, you guys might not know it, but the times we spent together really got me through. But it's these type of things I would rather keep to myself. It's what gets me through.

Thanks guys.

9:30 PM / 29 December

"This city...

 Takes away from you

 It's up to you to take it back"

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This City... by Fariq

Awake, and barely breathing

Alone as I shudder

I'm alone

I'm not thinking

My life before me

Has been set

For me my destiny

Before my first breath

Because...

This city...

This city it takes and it takes

And it never gives back

This...

This city...

It's all I ever wanted

And all I want to throw back

How can we live

The way we do

Our lives just lived

Our fates the same

We just take what we need

Our lives the same

Towards the end

Will we repent?

Does it make a difference

That we're all just the same

With hopes and fears

And people so dear

When

This city...

This city was never meant for me

This ground that I step on

You're nothing to me

This...

This city...

Takes all that I am

But nobody cares

I'm not alone

It'll never be fair

'Cause nobody cares for me

But I'll stay to fight

Fight for those who are just like me

Take back the things and set ourselves free

This city...

Takes and it takes

My perennial destiny

This...

This city...

Will burn to the ground

I'm taking everything back

I'm taking everything back

For me

1:02 AM / 25 December

Woah...Long time since I posted here. Before anything I'd just like to wish anyone who's celebrating a Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Kwanzaa.

So yeah, as you can see, I'm very busy. Doing my attachment now at this web design company. We do websites for hotels and stuff. Not a bad gig it seems so far. I've actually been offered to stay on a little longer before I head off for NS. I'll just keep it in view for now...

Met with the Four4 (or whatever was left of them) peeps the other day. It felt good to go out and have a bit of fun. Life was hitting routine quite fast since attachment started. Thank God for these long weekends we have. I also have the PBMA chalet on Friday. Can't wait for that.

Now that I've been doing projects and attachments and stuff, I find that I kinda miss studying. I think it's that lack of learning that is bumming me out. It seems my brain is dying out on me even though I still am busy with work. Even the pages of news I try to read everyday on MSNBC.com can't stop my brain drain...

That's why I have found my cure for boredom at work. KNAC.com and Grooveshark Lite. KNAC is this old rock radio station from the U.S. that now houses itself online. My brother told me about it and it's the greatest thing. I wanted to listen to radio so that I didn't have to bother with choosing songs but I couldn't bring myself to listen to all the crap that they play on mainstream radio these days. So ta-daa. KNAC.com to the rescue. 

Grooveshark on the other hand is for when I do want to listen to a particular song. It houses millions of songs on its servers and all I have to do is search for it and stream it. I can even make playlists and stuff. So there's no hassle in having to run a media player.

I really can't wait until browser-based computing takes off...

Oh yeah, Sembawang Shopping Centre just re-opened. They've got great shops there. There's a Challenger store, Fish & Co., Hei Sushi and don't forget Giant. Though I can't understand why there are no fast food outlets and of all coffee places why did they choose to have a Starbucks?! Godammit...

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I've been watching a lot of live vids recently, in particular the Roadrunner United Concert. Some great collaborations in that one. Like this song called the Dagger. The personnel playing this song include:

Howard Jones / Robert Flynn - vocals
Andreas Kisser / Jeff Waters - lead guitar
Jordan Whelan - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Andols Herrick - drums

And Adam Duce, bassist for Machine Head on guitar, you just can't find anything else that can top that. It's just a great concert made up of great musicians.

10:55 PM / 25 November

Cool shit. Meteor lands in Canada a couple of days ago. Damn, it was almost as bright as day...Take a look here.

12:28 AM / 11 November

So after some time, I thought I should do another music post. New vid from Protest the Hero. This one's for their song Palms Read. Again, it questions the concept of evolution vs creationism, which has pretty much been the theme of their album Fortress. I've actually been waiting for this one for quite long. Well, here it is.

Palms Read by Protest The Hero

As often as always evolution comes crawling from the sea
Alive with urgency like suicide convinced the grass is greener on dry earth.

The march of serrated utterance like a soft cough
Muffled murmur sneaking through the lecture hall.
The crawl across the island, the sound of waves
Embodied water sprouting legs as loud as gallop

All the young people who took a leap without faith into a riverbed
That drowns about as much as it saves
Cuffing down on ground against the cries of gravity

Belly-up, half buried in the sand.
Extend a hand to the smallness of death
Understand that only dying is this colossal
Creation shedding skin to find a perfect equilibrium like fossils

All the young people who took a leap without faith into a riverbed
That drowns about as much as it saves

All the young cowards acting out for the braves forever hurled
Into the waters of their indifferent graves.

For a million years raise your glass in cheers
We will never answer where we came from
Only how we got here.

12:30 AM / 8 November

Well, Obama has won. You know what the funny thing was? Everyone expected him to win, but when he did win it was much bigger than expected. I mean, just remembering Dr. King and his words, Rosa Parks and her actions, it seems like dream come true for Black Americans everywhere. I'm no historian or even an activist for that matter. But there was always that feeling that it was gonna be a turning point in modern history.

And I was looking through the poll statistics and there were some points to note. This was the largest voter turnout in quite some time. I guess all the vote registration campaigns paid off. And that was important. If you have an opinion, it's important to voice it. Especially when it comes down to choosing your nation's leader. But the diversity of his voters was also quite surprising. From what I heard, there was everyone from old people, young people, college-educated white males, people from the reddest red states (i.e. Ohio).

But imagine the scrutiny. He's young, supposedly inexperienced AND the first Black President. The world's in a financial crisis, there are 2 wars going on that is sapping strength from their country, foreign ties are mixed at best. One wrong move and that could be his end. I'm no American, but I just hope the people there just give him a chance.

There is one thing I do know however, he has to take care of his own country before taking care of the world. He may be the leader of the free world, but the free world needs America. Enough blabbering, here's his victory speech. This is what a real rallying speech should sound like.

12:12 AM / 19 October

Wheee....Today was fun. Went Jalan Raya with all the PBMA peeps. And the great thing? No MRT or bus 'cause there were cars!!!

Hehe. No need to sweat in the hot sun while going to each other's houses. =)

Let's see, the drivers were Fadhil (Mitsubishi Lancer), Amirul (Honda Jazz), Hashir (Volkswagen Golf then switched with a Merc) and lastly Nuurun (Toyota Avio).

The great thing about cars is that we don't have to waste so much time travelling. And thanks to this little convenience, we managed to cover about 11 houses within 12 hours. And there was even time to get lost along the way. =)

Ouh. And I guess I shouldn't be saying this but, we did a bit of racing on the way too. Haha. All I can say is Fadhil is quite good beind the wheel (mainly 'cause I was in his car all the way. Hehe). Okay, I'll admit, Amirul's quite good behind the wheel too.

I think this is a very memorable Jalan Raya 'cause it's the first time we drove around. Hopefully I can join in next year and take my dad's Mazda3 for a spin. Then we'll see who's the top driver...

12:05 AM / 16 October

I thought I'd post up a music video. This one's a new one from All That Remains. It's for their song Two Weeks. I love how Phil Labonte does a lot more singing in this song. He actually has quite a good voice. There's still a screaming backing track there so you still get those intense vocals. This is also one of the best solos I've heard from Oli Herbert. Oh yeah, the theme behind the vid is quite cool too.

Two Weeks by All That Remains

And you neglected I called you out don't please
I said we're stronger than this now
You resurrected mistakes years past it seemed
And they exist to still haunt you

And still you feel like the loneliness
Is better replaced by this
I don't believe it this way
And I can see the fear in your eyes
I've seen it materialize
Growing stronger each day

I could see it as you turned to stone
Still clearly I can hear you say
Don't leave, don't give up on me
Two weeks and you ran away
I remember don't lie to me
You couldn't see that it was not that way
Swear I never gave up on you

I wanted nothing but for that trust again
And brick by brick you would take it
You feared of phantoms and none exist but you
You still saw fit to destroy it

And still you feel like the loneliness
Is better replaced by this
I don't believe it this way
And I can see the fear in your eyes
I've seen it materialize
Growing stronger each day

I could see it as you turned to stone
Still clearly I can hear you say
Don't leave don't give up on me
Two weeks and you ran away
I remember don't lie to me
You couldn't see that it was not that way
Swear I never gave up on you

And you neglected I called you out don't please
I said we're stronger than this now
You feared of phantoms and none exist but you
You still saw fit to destroy it

And I can see the fear in your eyes
I've seen it materialize
Growing stronger each day

I could see it as you turned to stone
Still clearly I can hear you say
Don't leave don't give up on me
Two weeks you ran away

I could see it as you turned to stone
Still clearly I can hear you say
Don't leave don't give up on me
Two weeks and you ran away
I remember don't lie to me
You couldn't see that it was not that way
Swear I never gave up on you

11:55 PM / 12 October

Here's a little vid put together by my supervisor at EMRS. I'm not in it much mainly 'cause I joined them after 3 weeks and there are few pics of me in the events I was involved in. Oh yeah, Team 5 pic also doesn't have my face...But the memories are there.




ELDC starts tomorrow. They say it'll be quite slack but I doubt it'll be as fun as EMRS.

11:45 PM / 10 October

Aww man...I'll never forget today's date. It marks the end of pretty much the best 6 weeks of my life at NYP. I don't think it can get any better than my time at EMRS. At the start of TEP I was actually bummed that I got split from my class to go to EMRS. But now I see it was all worth it. It was only 6 weeks but damn we bonded well together. We were pretty much family when we left the room for the last time today. No disrespect to my classmates from DBI, but it seems that I just clicked in with the guys there. It was such a breath of fresh air considering that I had only 4 days of rest after my last exam paper before going off for TEP. And it was also a bit of ironic considering that for Entrepreneurship last semester, I did an events management company.

But I guess what worked was that there was a right mix of people there. Kinda like back in Anderson Sec. So you never really got bored with the people there. And I looked forward to going there every goddamn day. I had OT to claim and I really saw no reason to take it. I did not mind waking at 7:00 in the morning everyday and jamming myself into a train to get to school. I even left my guitar there to pass the time. The only downside was that I was fasting during most of my time there. So it got kinda boring during lunch.

Still, I feel like going to the room on Monday instead of ELDC just for the fun of it. I doubt they really de-activated my card. I'll go there and freak out the new round of students. Haha.

Well, I guess this set of lyrics from an All That Remains song can really sum things up.

"It's been so long since I could say
I've needed anything stronger
We can't be wrong when we have ties that bind us
If I rely and I know the strength
In those who taught me of the
Power of the ties that bind"

- from 'Chiron' by All That Remains

11:26 PM / 24 September

Wow. Google's share prices must be on the rise. First it was the release of Chrome. And now, albeit finally, the release of Google Android, Google's open source handset operating system. I've read about its pending release for quite some time already. I'm not exactly sure what the impact will be like since Google isn't exactly the lifestyle branding powerhouse that Apple is. I mean the first release of the iPhone was in the last 2 days of their second financial quarter and it still managed to generate 2 million+ in profits for them. I wonder if the first Google Android phone will get the same reception. 

I guess this is something that tech geeks will buy into more than your traditional consumer. As much as it is a handset debut, it is actually more of a software/OS debut. The phone itself does not really matter. What matters is what goes into it. I predict that this first "render", if you would like to call it that, of the Google Android OS may not be that perfect. It may take some other handset manufacturer or even some independent developer to really unlock what this handset OS is able to do. iPhone killer it may not be, but it could set the standard as to how handsets are supposed to function in the future.

8:33 PM / 19 September

The concert scene in Singapore is getting better by the year. Avenged Sevenfold are performing in Singapore next month. So they stand by their promise to perform a full set here after doing SingFest last year. 24th October at Max Pavilion.

That didn't surprise. Though I was a bit taken aback by how short a period there was from the announcement to the actual concert itself.

What did surprise me is news that The Taste of Chaos Tour (International) was coming to Singapore. No specific details yet, but LAMC Productions have the ToC Tour banner on their website. Rumours state that it will happen some time in November. Bands expected to perform are As I Lay Dying, Story Of The Year, Atreyu and Japanese band MUCC. Tickets are expected to cost $75.

I'm more interested in the ToC tour mainly 'cause the bands in there are more towards the side that I've been listening to recently. Especially so for As I Lay Dying. And $95 is very cheap.

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Before I go...An old video by a Singapore band.

Siti by Force Vomit

Cool huh? Haha.

4:48 PM / 14 September

Woohoo. I finally got my hands on Death Magnetic. And on first listen, this is what I have to say: "Holy crap they are back". I think what Lars Ulrich said was true. This is the best album that they could have made. It's no Master of Puppets, but who wants to here all those songs again. This is a mish mash of what Bay Area thrash is about. The crazy tempo changes, Lars' offbeat timing and Kirk's trademark soloing style. It's clearly a breath of fresh air. Here's a breakdown of the songs:

That Was Just Yor Life - Trademark Metallica opener. Fade in followed by insanely fast riffs. Reminded me a lot of Dyers Eve from ...And Justice For All

The End Of The Line - The speed is toned down a bit but still as heavy. Intro sounds a bit like Harvester of Sorrow.

Broken, Beat & Scarred - Sounds a bit like The Shortest Straw. Pretty much the first 3 songs of Death Magnetic sound very much like stuff from ...And Justice For All. In a good way though.

The Day That Never Comes - Their first single. This song is 2 part it seems. Like the way One was made. Starts out slow then midway there is a massive tempo change. Starts out like Fade To Black and finishes off like One. The harmonies also make it seem just epic.

All Nightmare Long - I like the intro with the bass which then switches into the heavy riffing. Possibly the longest intro they've done. WWE are using this song for No Mercy.

Cyanide - The intro sounds familiar but I can't put my finger on it. The riffs on this one sound cool. And the arrangement is great. Slight tempo changes also make the song refreshing.

The Unforgiven III - I swear you can actually sing Unforgiven over the backing track of this one. One of the slower songs on the album. Also sounds a little like I Disappear. 

The Judas Kiss - I like this song. It has that bluesy feel which is something that I always liked about Metallica, their blues influence. The chorus is one of the better ones on this album.

Suicide & Redemption - Instrumental song. I prefer the older instrumentals over this one as this one is just filled with riffs and not as technically profound as the older ones like Orion.

My Apocalypse - Sounds like Fuel. But only very remotely. It's something that my brain does after listening to a million and one riffs it is able to remember even the smallest riffs. This is a fast song with a couple of tempo changes. Good riffs in this one too.

My favourite songs so far are That Was Just Your Life, The Unforgiven III, Judas Kiss and The Day That Never Comes mainly 'cause they are the songs that hit me the most on first listen. I'm sure the other songs will grow on me as I listen to the album more.

9:40 PM /10 September

I guess it's time for another cryptic entry judging by the date. I'm pretty tired but this is what I will say. 

- A day is only a measurement of time. There is no such thing as a bad day. All we have are our downfalls and our uprisings. Mine started about 4 months ago. Both my downfall and my uprising.

- I've let my thoughts consume me before. And the feeling is both scary and exhilirating. You will never know yourself until you leave yourself to feed on itself. Your thoughts, emotions and psyche. I learned that I'm more morbid than I think I am.

- If tormented by demons, they say ending it all is just running away from it. 'They' have never ended anything. Taking yourself may be the only way to face those demons. Where they are tangible and true. Devil be thy name but thy whispers I shall toss in thy face for thou shalt not rid me of my soul or my humanity.

End.

3:35 PM / 6 September

Wheeee....Life's so fun at the moment. I'm doing Events Management and Road Shows(EMRS) for TEP now. So basically my 'department' if you would like to call it that, is in charge of pretty much all the events in and around NYP and even a couple outside. At first I was bummed 'cause I was separated from the rest of my module group who were sent to the Business Services Unit. But now I'm feeling kinda happy that I'm there. Here's why.

Monday: Reach EMRS. I'm told there's no work to be done since an event just finished the week before and planning for the next one hadn't started. We only had a 30 min meeting that day. I regretted not bringing my laptop but still managed to facebook and play PSP the whole day.

Tuesday: Brought my laptop and a book to read. Had a meeting that day for about 40 min if I'm not wrong. Played Football Manager the whole day after that.

Wednesday: Meeting in the morning followed by DoTA on laptop after that. Played CnC Generals at Raiders with some of the guys during lunch. At around 2pm EMRS had to go to Suntec to visit a Food Fair. Team 3 had to do a survey for them on the environment of the food fair and a bit of mystery shopping. Did that for the rest of the day.

Thursday: Meeting with supervisor in the morning. One of the guys downloaded Generals and all of us installed it. Tried to play on LAN but ran into errors. So played campaign the whole day. There was a meeting in there around 2.30pm too.

Friday: My team, which is Team 5, have to go recce an Old Folk's Home for an upcoming event which is a Community Event. They have to go at around 1pm which means I can't go 'cause of Friday prayers. But, I've got work to do. Had to do a poster for the event. Spent about 60% of my day doing 3 posters. Sad thing is the first 2 got rejected 'cause the higher-ups want it in landscape form not portrait. Played table tennis in the 'office' towards the end of the day.

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So as you can see, life is not too bad to me. Work is gonna pick up around the tail-end of next week as we get closer to the event. But for now, the easing in process is great. And the guys in my team are a great bunch of people too.

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5:24 AM / 3 September

The Day That Never Comes by Metallica



Hell yeah they're back. Can't wait for the 12th. Pre-orders at HMV are $29.95 and the boxset pre-orders are $189.95. Oh man. The things I would do to get my hands on the boxset.

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10:29 AM / 31 August

Chiron by All That Remains


Damn. I can't wait for ATR's new album. Not as badly as the new Metallica one, but I'm just curious as to how it'll sound like. I mean Oli Herbert is a crazy guitarist. He looks like Odin and plays guitar like no other. And Mike Martin use to study guitar under Oli Herbert so I guess that helps in creating a close playing style between them. And come on, there's nothing fiercer than Jeanne Sagan. And thank goodness they finally have a proper drummer now. They've been having to go through a lot of them on the previous album. And Jason Costa is unique since he grips his sticks more like a jazz drummer would. Maybe I should try that sometime. Anyway, their new album will be titled 'Overcome' and is due to be released on 16 September.

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11:25 PM / 28 August

3 days left 'til the fasting month starts. Can't wait. Really. My body's already anticipating the arrival of Ramadhan. However it's also 3 days to the start of TEP. No rest for the wicked I guess. And hell yeah I'm wicked.

One thing that I've really been wanting to do for quite some time is to talk about the US Presidential Elections, in particular the naming of Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic Presidential Candidate.

Towards the tail-end of my second year there was an ICA for International Business where we just had to analyse some current issue that would affect international trade. My group did an analysis on the US Presidential Race. Okay it was more of me forcing the topic on my group, but the other ideas were boring. I think.

Back to the topic at hand. At that point, the presidential race was still in its earlier stages. Both Democrats and Republicans still had quite a few nominees running gunning for the seat and there was no definite idea of who was going to represent each party since each party could only submit one candidate for the presidential elections.

Since we had to focus on international trade we looked at their stand on the subject matter at hand. Everybody may be gunning for a Democrat mainly because of the situation in Iraq and the domestic economical situation of the US. But plainly in terms of international trade, it was not necessarily the better choice. This is also if it's in the POV of a foreign country.

You see, Democrats are not generally in favor of Free Trade. What they support is the concept of Fair Trade. Free Trade in its simplistic term is barrier-free trade between countries. No tariffs or quotas. Fair Trade on the other hand means that a country should have the right to protect the interests of their local producers and traders. This includes controlling inflow of foreign-produced products which are usually cheaper than locally-produced goods.

Proof includes the fact that in President Bill Clinton's 8 years in office only one real FTA was signed, that being the North American FTA (NAFTA). President Bush on the other hand installed about 4 or 5 FTAs one of which is the Singapore-US FTA. Even more recently, 187 Democrats in the recently elected House of Representatives were against President Bush's proposed Central American FTA (CAFTA). So Democrats will not really want to sign an FTA especially if there are no tangible benefits for the US.

What exactly does this mean? Well, if you're a producer looking to export your products to the US, its gonna be hard to go in barrier-free. Especially if you are hoping for your country to get an FTA with the US under the new presidency. And since US is pretty much the largest consuming country in the world (which is pretty much the reason why they have such a massive trade deficit), which exporter would not want a piece of that pie?

But looking back at the overly massive figure that is the US Trade Deficit, this could be the right thing for the US. Control influx of imports from other nations and try to kickstart their own export industry. It will roll consumer dollars back into the hands of the US and possibly counteract the inflation that is dwindling the US dollar's value. This may strengthen their economy and cross my fingers will slowdown the recession. A recession is inevitable, but at least this may lessen the impact. Hopefully.

And I also have a sneaking suspicion that the high oil prices are also indirectly affected by a weak US dollar. My lecturer told me that the recent drop in oil prices is due mainly to recession fears so it might seem like a paradox, but in my humble opinion, a stronger US dollar could be more of a double-positive than a cancel-out.

But back to the candidate discussion. I'm not gonna talk about McCain 'cause he is a douchebag and possibly a step backward from Bush. No really. He was the worst possible Republican to get chosen.  My group actually predicted Sen. Hillary Clinton to be nominated since she was leading the polls at that time. She also voted for the NAFTA to be enacted back when her husband was President. Though this is not necessarily a sign of bias since at that time it actually seemed advantageous to enact the FTA. And also, her experience was what made us back her for the nomination. But I guess she ran out of steam and Obama's beliefs and charisma started to shine. It's a bit risky mainly due to the fact that Obama does lack some experience. But still, a Democratic victory should be on the cards.

Well, that's my 2 cents worth. I was a bit disappointed that Sen. Clinton did not win the nomination but not overly disappointed since Obama is a good candidate too. Still, it would have been good to see a woman in charge of the US.

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11:54AM / 25 August

Since U Been Gone

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