Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Dunno when the stock market is gonna drop? - Ask me.

Just when I thought our friendship was over, Murphy and I are best friends again. When the stock market took a beating over the last few weeks, I was happily observing from the sidelines... Then yesterday, I decided that the time was right to bargain hunt and went in... Guess what? Today the whole blardy world decided to sell their stocks... Looks like I have to postpone the next dive trip liao... looks like Murphy and I are pals again... Oh... next time you wanna short sell the market, just ask me to buy some stocks... guaranteed to work!

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/31/2006 05:00:00 pm 1 Comment(s)

Monday, May 29, 2006
You know you have communication problems when...

... everyone in the family agrees that the television set is spoilt and needs to be replaced, you buy a brand new TV set, and then realise that the old one is not really spoilt. Well, that was what happened to yours truly... Now there's a brand new Sharp Aquos 32" LCD television sitting in the living room. Right next to the old 29" JVC CRT television which is still running pretty steadily... All that had to be done was to change the extension chord which, was broken. Oh well, at least we now have a nice TV set in the living room. Anyone wants and old 29" JVC CRT television set?

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/29/2006 11:08:00 am 1 Comment(s)

Wednesday, May 24, 2006
This argument is plain wrong!

Ian McKellen a homosexual actor known for his fight for gay rights, mentioned that X-men was a story "close to my heart". "As a gay man, some people think (homosexuality) ought to be cured and made normal again -- an idea I find as offensive as saying to somebody they should have a cure for the colour of their skin, or a cure for their inborn race," he said. I find his argument totally warped. As warped as his sexual preference. It is a disease that ought to be cured, and they do have drugs to control it. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality from its diagnostic list of mental disorders in 1973, this was despite substantial protest (see Socarides, 1995). The APA was strongly motivated by the desire to reduce the effects of social oppression. They were also under pressure from powerful gays in the community. This set the wheel in motion and one of the effect of the APA's action was to add psychiatric authority to gay activists' insistence that homosexuals as a group are as healthy as heterosexuals. There you go, homosexuality was 'normalised' though some political bullshitting... This has discouraged the publication of research that suggests there may, in fact, be psychiatric problems associated with homosexuality. There you go, homosexuality is not to be compared to with skin colour. It is a disorder that ought to be classified together with pedophilia, necrophilia and other sexual disorders. Should a pedophile become powerful in the US, they're probably gonna legalise child sex and 'normalise' pedophilia too!

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/24/2006 02:35:00 pm 0 Comment(s)

The Singapore GE 2006 - Post Mortem

Yup, the GE's gone dead, like most previous GE... time to rip it apart and find out what killed it... nah... I'm no political analyst... This was the title of yesterday's forum organised by the NUSS. I attended it. Mainly because Uncle John's review on the pre-election forum was good. It was at best, an interesting forum. Hardly a post mortem, but nevertheless interesting. There was Dr Catherine Lim, who needs no introduction, Miss Denise Phua a youngling of our ruling party, Mr Perry Tong and Dr Chee from the remaining opposition and A/P Ho Khai Leong, a political commentator (I didn't know we have that till lastnight.) Dr Lim told two short stories, Perry tried to summarise the WP's rally in 10 minutes, Dr Chee complained that his pictures in the papers did not look good, and Denise tried to justify that 66.6% is a good mandate. The audience, as it slowly dawned on me during the Q&A session was peppered with SDP hecklers. (I thought some of them looked familiar.) I enjoyed Dr Lim's stories on head versus heart. Very encouraging stories. Her message was that the political paradigm in Singapore is shifting. I am very encouraged by that message. It does not matter to me who rules Singapore, the paradigm is and has to shift. We have to be prepared for it. Denise came closest to a post mortem of the GE. She tried to justify why 66.6% was a good mandate and what her party could have done to improve on the results. I am not impressed. 66.6% in not a good mandate, not in Singapore. She said that in a typical first world country, there will be a third that is pro-government, a third that is pro-opposition and a third swing voters. And since they won 66.6%, they've won the votes of the swing voters, hence a strong mandate. Well, I am sad to say that this is not true in the context of Singapore. We do not have a credible opposition in Singapore. So all I can say is, we saw more than 33% worth of protest votes. Okay, maybe among all these, we do have a few that truly believe that the opposition is credible, but I doubt there are many of them. Then there is the fear factor... you can say it doesn't exist, but if you search yourself deep enough, you know that it is there. Not many can overcome this factor. It is a factor that will swing fence sitters anywhere. Perry, I think he went to the wrong forum... there was no analysis whatsoever, yes, he chose to call this a post GE review, but then again, there was no review coming from him either. Dr Chee, he painted a very bleak picture of the GE, told stories about how the SDP was harrassed by the gahmen officials and then tried to substantiate his whinings of an unfair election by quoting a survey from his Think Centre website. Hey doc, only people who are not happy with the gahmen goes to your website. No credibility there, sorry. You're not really photogenic either, so don't complain that the press didn't publish good pictures of you. Prof Ho's part... okay, sorry I needed to pee and missed a good part of it. Then came the Q&A part. I don't know if it was just me, but it seems that most questions were ruling party bashing questions and they seemed skewed towards the Dr Chee's canp. It was like, he planted people in the audience to ask barbed questions... perhaps it was just me. I left the forum entertained... it wasn't a post mortem I expected, but well, I can't ask for more. It was indeed entertaining.

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/24/2006 09:21:00 am 2 Comment(s)

Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I read in the papers...

That the gahmen has reduced the number of people being sent to jail by 87%. These people who could not afford to pay the conservancy charges of their HDB (public housing) would have been jailed. Being a really compassionate gahmen, they brain-stormed a way to help these group of poor chaps stay out of jail. Cannot pay up right? Nehmind, we tell you wat, you pay by installment lor... see, donch say gahmen neh hepchu k? It is fantastic how quickly the gahmen fulfil their election promises... this will surely help the new poor... stay out of jail. It is a brilliant idea to keep these poor bastards out of jail. 87% reduction in jail birds means 87% reduction in the cost of keeping these jail birds alive. Keeping them out so that they can also slog and pay their dues not only reduce prison operating cost but also help fill up the gahmen coffers. Progress package must have emptied these coffers by quite a bit.

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/16/2006 01:49:00 pm 0 Comment(s)

Wednesday, May 10, 2006
White nostril hair... signs of aging, I guess.

It is really uncomfortable. Having long nostril hair. I don't understand how some uncles in the streets get by their day with nostril hairs sticking out like tubifex worms. I groom my nose. It is really easy. Just stick your thumb and index finger into your nasal cavity in a tweezer like manner and pull... you'll be surprised at how much hair this technique can dislodge. So today, while I was going through my regular routine of nasal grooming, I realised some thing unusual with one of my nostril hair. It is white! Argh! I wonder if Beijing 101 or Yun Nam Haircare have any remedy for white nostril hair...

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/10/2006 05:10:00 pm 2 Comment(s)

Dear Georgy, from Ahmadi-Najad with love.

The President of Iran sent a letter to the US President two days ago. It puts across his world views, clearly and fairly. Arguments about Iran's stand on world issues. Not blatant ramblings, but decent, logical arguments that can be debated. The US stayed silent for awhile... not commenting at all... If you've read the letter, I think you'll know why. It looks pretty deep. If George Bush read the letter, he would not understand a single bit of it. There's too much depth in the letter for that puny brain of his to understand. Then, after two days, the US commented by dismissing the letter as "offering nothing new". Well, it certainly offers nothing new, just several pages of pleas for the Bush Regime to justify their realm of terror and opression. How can Bush reply to such a letter? I don't think he has any answers. I think deep down inside, he knows he'll be spending retirement in the furnace below througout eternity. The recent actions of the Bush administrations really cannot be justified locigally. Unless you use GREED as justification.

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/10/2006 09:55:00 am 0 Comment(s)

Tuesday, May 09, 2006
The Predicament of a Singapore Voter...

Life is tough in Singapore. It is even more so during the elections. This is the time when you must sit back, think of all the important issues, and then decide who you think should run the country for the next five years... oops sorry, wrong country... first world democracy then lidat one... Rewind... back to Singapore elections... most people already know who they should vote. No brains required... the wallet does the thinking. Tough times fall on the Singaporean voter only after the elections... (I'm not talking about increases in public transport fare and GST... though that is tough too...) What's tough is, having conversations with friends... It usually goes lidat... Voter: Ey fren, hi hi... long time no see... wassup? Fren: Hi hi... election over liao hor? Voter: Ya... sian, have to vote... no holiday. Fren: Wah! You need to vote ah? I walkover, so no need. Who you vote ah? Voter: My vote is secret. Fren: Vote is secret ah... dat means you vote opposition lah! Voter: ...

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/09/2006 04:23:00 pm 0 Comment(s)

Sunday, May 07, 2006
Singapore Elections... the day after.

The elections are finally over, votes were counted lastnight. Our ruling party won. No surprises here... If they lose, stock market dip, I also jialat. Of course I want them to win. Congratulations to Singapore. Monday stock market sure go up. Gahmen say they won by a strong mandate. They say one, so must be true lah... Of all votes polled, they won 66.6% (Number of the beast... uh... that's not my issue lah...) . Base on first world standards, I guess this is a strong mandate lor... assuming first world is the US of A. George Bush also never win by so much but he also say people give him a lot of political capital... The claim of a strong mandate is puzzling me though... Because I believe it was said that the gahmen wanted a strong mandate and aim to win by 80%. If 80% is a strong mandate, then 66.6% is... uh... about 15% less than target... so mandate still strong meh? Go figure... I don't understand. The margin won in this election is less than the previous one. So, strong mandate meh? They say cannot compare with last election, cos last time got terrorist attack in New York, so people scared... uh... New York? Singapore? I think very far apart right? Ok, say people really scared kena bomb lah... so vote for continuity... then didn't the terrorists just bombed Bali again last year? So, people bomb New York, half a globe away, we scared, but bomb somewhere nearer like Bali we not scared... hmmm... strange logic, but gahmen say, so must be true lah. Congratulations Singapore, congratulations. With the election over, the law suits and arrests can finally begin...

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/07/2006 10:16:00 pm 0 Comment(s)

Tuesday, May 02, 2006
May Day Bike Trip

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Originally uploaded by toadjuice.

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 5/02/2006 12:19:00 pm 0 Comment(s)