today class played captain's ball against the republic of china. lost. how can we win against those competitive buggers? its no wonder they're the fastest growing economy the world has ever seen. they were really quite aggressive compared to the class. they got really worked up (as im sure i would too if i actually involved myself in the game more). hurling balls always seem a little more safer when they're not being hurled. im really quite useless at PE, maybe its because my mind detaches itself from any form of competition. anyway, today i got slathered with the sweat of china when this oriental gorilla man (sorry, i fear i may offend the chinese by misspelling names) just shoved me aside with his slimy urea covered body. he also made racially degrading comments about me in tongue (maybe it was chinese...hmmm) but i have no right to be pissed because i make racist jokes about indians all the time. and im sure china managed to translate all those e mails i sent to them by now and have a warrant ready to arrest me anytime now. i visited parliament yesterday and i must say it isn't all its cracked up to be.
i tried to mess the parliament survey up today during civics by giving my honest opinion (of how it was a hoax to get you to vote for PAP. i think it simply translated to poor though.) but im sure i just came off as being "extra" so i stopped. plus you had to give reasons for your honesty ( i was so scared someone would walk in to the classroom in a dark suit carrying a machine gun, ready to put a few of them bullets in me heart). on an more random note, anyone else feel that civics is a waste of my time, as with CCA, PW and ME? we could all be released way earlier from school if that were to happen. not that i have a social life to greet my sunny disposition after school but besides the point. i also can't stand that my CT tries to act like my mummy. i already have a maternal figure and it works just fine. it kind of get on my nerves [but then she's also very nice to me when i don't do homework (which is all the time) so im in half hearts]. the only thing i learned from the learning journey was that we need to bring the government down with pitchforks and burning torches like they used to do during early witch hunts. do any of us realise that singapore is a one party state? those despicable cads are bordering on evil. not to mention, the opposition is the spawn of my rectum. sooner or later a smart aleck is going to walk into the istana and machine gun the place down (AGAIN i didn't mean me). without any real competition, PAP's standards are going to drop just as it has these few years. im not saying im unappreciative of LKY's contributions but those were years from a black and white era. these days we all just stop paying attention to the elections and vote simply based on name recognition. "we've been voting for PAP all these years and so we're just going to vote PAP again." that's the mentality singaporeans bring to the table these days and that's not going to improve the already back lagging singapore. there's a quality about singaporeans that i hate. they have no opinions of their own, no mind of their own, zero tolerance for change. and while other asian countries are figuring out the formula for the success concoction, we just sit on our arses hoping they'd flatten. we need proper competition to keep the governing party on its toes and to contest decisions by bringing in fresh perspectives. such is the case with the US elections.
obama can never be president but he offers real competition to clinton and their republican counterparts. he brought out the needs of minority groups almost as soon as he became a candidate. and even if he doesn't win, he has raised vital issues that the next president is forced to address. he brings in fresh insight to america's deep seated problems. many of fail to realise this and simply think that he's going to win because he's different, promises change and will monopolise the minority groups votes. but clinton offers almost the same things and she has her husband's coattail to back her up. so why is america so keen to see obama take the hot seat? in my opinion, the simply like the idea of having a black president. they're in love with the notion that they can accept a black president. because you see, it will be the ultimate proof that they're past of black racism and slavery is completely gone. this is also a reason why if a british black man stood for presidency/ prime minister he would not evoke as much frenzy and cause for hullabaloo. British never really took the black enslavement thing to the extreme that america had and their black population is about 60% less that the black population in america. should there be really such a candidate in the near future, he would lose without much uproar. this won't be the case in america though. you can be assured that there will be millions of disappointed americans out there, further reiterating the fact that bush's successor will have to step up his game if he were to ever win back victims of obamania.
this is how i expect the elections to go down:
clinton vs. obama, clinton takes the spot for democrat.
mccain vs. huckabee, mccain take he slot for republican.
mccain vs. clinton, mccain takes over bush's war on terror file.
we won't like it but, it seems that's the way its going to be. UNLESS, there's a independent candidate and that fucker may make things really sour for mccain and oh so sweet for clinton. americans need to soon realise that they have to stop spoiling their votes by choosing their favourites alone. they made that mistake 8 years ago and the results was the devil's spawn bush. at least that's my take. if you'd beg to differ, go right ahead. aaaah...american politics...they quench my thirst for some real drama that we never get here in singapore. its the educated soap opera.
today in literature lesson we analysed a robert frost poem and i think he has taken the second place spot in my heart (for poets). sylvia plath's number one. simply because she's a little more morbid and angry in her poems. she really ruins hope for love and makes it really quite depressing. her poems are always so "sticks head in oven" suicidal types. but robert frost is very cynical and his poems are quite insightful. teacher showed us quotes and they were all quite cool. he lived such a sad life but at least he took away something from it eh? my favourite quotes are these ones i think:
i tried to mess the parliament survey up today during civics by giving my honest opinion (of how it was a hoax to get you to vote for PAP. i think it simply translated to poor though.) but im sure i just came off as being "extra" so i stopped. plus you had to give reasons for your honesty ( i was so scared someone would walk in to the classroom in a dark suit carrying a machine gun, ready to put a few of them bullets in me heart). on an more random note, anyone else feel that civics is a waste of my time, as with CCA, PW and ME? we could all be released way earlier from school if that were to happen. not that i have a social life to greet my sunny disposition after school but besides the point. i also can't stand that my CT tries to act like my mummy. i already have a maternal figure and it works just fine. it kind of get on my nerves [but then she's also very nice to me when i don't do homework (which is all the time) so im in half hearts]. the only thing i learned from the learning journey was that we need to bring the government down with pitchforks and burning torches like they used to do during early witch hunts. do any of us realise that singapore is a one party state? those despicable cads are bordering on evil. not to mention, the opposition is the spawn of my rectum. sooner or later a smart aleck is going to walk into the istana and machine gun the place down (AGAIN i didn't mean me). without any real competition, PAP's standards are going to drop just as it has these few years. im not saying im unappreciative of LKY's contributions but those were years from a black and white era. these days we all just stop paying attention to the elections and vote simply based on name recognition. "we've been voting for PAP all these years and so we're just going to vote PAP again." that's the mentality singaporeans bring to the table these days and that's not going to improve the already back lagging singapore. there's a quality about singaporeans that i hate. they have no opinions of their own, no mind of their own, zero tolerance for change. and while other asian countries are figuring out the formula for the success concoction, we just sit on our arses hoping they'd flatten. we need proper competition to keep the governing party on its toes and to contest decisions by bringing in fresh perspectives. such is the case with the US elections.
obama can never be president but he offers real competition to clinton and their republican counterparts. he brought out the needs of minority groups almost as soon as he became a candidate. and even if he doesn't win, he has raised vital issues that the next president is forced to address. he brings in fresh insight to america's deep seated problems. many of fail to realise this and simply think that he's going to win because he's different, promises change and will monopolise the minority groups votes. but clinton offers almost the same things and she has her husband's coattail to back her up. so why is america so keen to see obama take the hot seat? in my opinion, the simply like the idea of having a black president. they're in love with the notion that they can accept a black president. because you see, it will be the ultimate proof that they're past of black racism and slavery is completely gone. this is also a reason why if a british black man stood for presidency/ prime minister he would not evoke as much frenzy and cause for hullabaloo. British never really took the black enslavement thing to the extreme that america had and their black population is about 60% less that the black population in america. should there be really such a candidate in the near future, he would lose without much uproar. this won't be the case in america though. you can be assured that there will be millions of disappointed americans out there, further reiterating the fact that bush's successor will have to step up his game if he were to ever win back victims of obamania.
this is how i expect the elections to go down:
clinton vs. obama, clinton takes the spot for democrat.
mccain vs. huckabee, mccain take he slot for republican.
mccain vs. clinton, mccain takes over bush's war on terror file.
we won't like it but, it seems that's the way its going to be. UNLESS, there's a independent candidate and that fucker may make things really sour for mccain and oh so sweet for clinton. americans need to soon realise that they have to stop spoiling their votes by choosing their favourites alone. they made that mistake 8 years ago and the results was the devil's spawn bush. at least that's my take. if you'd beg to differ, go right ahead. aaaah...american politics...they quench my thirst for some real drama that we never get here in singapore. its the educated soap opera.
today in literature lesson we analysed a robert frost poem and i think he has taken the second place spot in my heart (for poets). sylvia plath's number one. simply because she's a little more morbid and angry in her poems. she really ruins hope for love and makes it really quite depressing. her poems are always so "sticks head in oven" suicidal types. but robert frost is very cynical and his poems are quite insightful. teacher showed us quotes and they were all quite cool. he lived such a sad life but at least he took away something from it eh? my favourite quotes are these ones i think:
"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
"There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
"There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies."
note: hardly any use of vulgarities. until next time. toorah.
