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AS PROMISED

ON ANNIVERSARY DAY....HAHA!!

~~ SEDITION ACT ~~

In case you guys bothered to wonder why my blog has not been updated for the past 2 weeks, I like to take this opportunity to inform you all that the sedition act has nothing to do with it. Haha!!

Damn busy can...its only these few days that I finally could settle down for a breather and bask in the joy of Xmas and New Year. Yeah!!~~ Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all those who have been reading my entries on a regular basis. Not many I suppose. And to those who just dropped by to take a glance in case I decide to post any chiobu or yandao photos, just Happy New Year...you all do not deserve a merry xmas. Pui!~

Many thanks too, to those who attempted to find out the rationale behind my last entry. Thanks for the concern but things are getting back on track and its certainly not all bad after all. At least, it gave me a clearer picture of what is expected of me in the new year to come. Brothers of Timor Leste, now I understand how precious independence is. Looking forward to my own soon to come.

For someone who does not believe in celebrating Xmas, the night awaiting its arrival was spent at Ying's place for a simple bbq with alot of red wine a close bunch of friends. Indulged in alot of red wine the food and the card games through out the night that if not for the log cake, it seems more apt to describe it as a normal birthday party. But nonetheless, we really did enjoyed ourselves. And the red wine.

With just over 100+ hours to go before the arrival of 2006, we are actively planning how we are going to celebrate it. Ying's place is out...heh heh. Planning to get a hotel room somewhere in the city area so that we can celebrate over the new year and do some shopping for the CHINESE new year ahead. So many new years to celebrate with so little time and limited budget. Help needed lah.

2 more days to go...to the first anniversary of this little heaven of mine. Heh Heh...promise a long entry on the day itself. Its gonna be worth the wait...trust me. :)

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Just when everything is finally getting back on track....she has to be there to screw everything up.....so called family...Heh.

Sick of everything, I wish I had a better outlet to vent my frustrations. There is really just so much a person can take.

~~ Sovereignty at stake... ~~

Its been more then a week since I last posted...I just realised friends do read my blog...haha!!
Busy working, busy hanging out with friends...depriving me of time to update my thoughts on this platform. But then again, I had expressed my thoughts over some debatable issues occuring recently via MSN to friends. Thus didn't feel the need to blog about it previously.

However, it would still be good for me to register my thoughts for this particular moment....for my own benefit when I choose to reflect on my thoughts over particular issues. The issue hotly debated now circles around the hanging of Nguyen Van Tuong, a Vietnamese Australian who was apprehended in Singapore for drug trafficking. He was susbsequently sentenced to death and was executed on Dec 2nd 2005.

Crux of the issue here, Australian government and several human rights group had pleaded for clemency for Nguyen but was turned down by the Singapore government thus resulting in accusations of Singapore having a barbaric juridicary system. I have friends who share the above views. Nothing wrong with that since to each his own. However, I fail to understand how they could neglect the bigger picture here.

Hullo!! Singapore's soverignty is at stake here! Wtf is the Australian government trying to do, pleading for clemency for a criminal who attempted to smuggle heroin into another country? Did they expect the local judiciary system to give Nguyen a break and spare him from the punishment he deserve? What right have they to make such an audacious request, I say they should be ashamed of themselves because an Australian had just attempted to make mockery out of another country's legal system and attempted to cause extreme harm to the society of another nation. Almost 400gm of heroin, I wonder how many drug addicts would fall prey to this drug that brings endless harm to the society should Nguyen succeed in his attempt. If they still have any morals within them, they should have just kept their mouth shut and let Nguyen receive a punishment he throughly deserves.

Of course I am not saying here that the drug addicts should be absolved of all blame here. Demand and supply, its a simple relationship. Nguyen wouldn't have attempted to smuggle the heroin had the demand been non-existent. However, that does not give him the right to proclaim himself as a victim of fate. His case for appeal was based on the fact that he needed the money to clear his brother's debts...ironically caused by his drug addiction. People with common sense, see the vicious cycle at work here. I see this as an excuse more than a reason. He knew the harm that heroin can cause so all the more he should not attempt to spread it further. The fact that there are some people who see Nguyen as a hero for his deeds. I say think twice. I hope your child would not succumb to drugs one day. It would be too late by then to realise that Nguyen was one of those who had inadvertently contributed to the cause.

I must say I am very glad that the local judiciary system stood firm on its judgement. Otherwise, what would the international media make light of this should Singapore agreed to the plea for clemency. We would have criminals from many other countries exploiting this loophole to get themselves off the hook. Would you wanna see Malaysia pleading for clemency on behalf of Took Leng How? Would you wanna see more people attempting what Nguyen did because they know the judiciary system would offer them a second chance and therefore making the risk seems more attractive. I shudder to think what would become of Singapore's society should that ever happen.

With all this said, I rest my case on this issue. Its just so straight-forward. Its up to sceptics to see the matter in a more rational manner and not let emotions get the better of them.