Archive for February, 2006

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hourglass


2006
02.28

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it’s the end of February. Gosh, time flies by really fast. 2005 went like woosh… and its already 2 months into 2006. Anna Nalick’s Breathe is apt in saying that “..life is like an hourglass glued to the table..no one can find the rewind button…”. How could you?

Got my first series of exam timetables in the mail today. Not looking pretty with two exams right in the middle of the semester. But comes to think of it, thats two down and three left for the semester end.

On a tech note, Microsoft is finally launching its own portable gadget. Dubbed as Origami Project, it sets up a teaser site at http://www.origamiproject.com

Tommorrow is Ash Wednesday… and indeed to dust you shall return! Hmmm 40 days no meat. Wouldnt be a big trouble as I have done it for years. Besides, the only non-meat I will be abstaining myself from is chicken breast. I dont really consume the others directly. The indirect meat products are the one thats going to be hard to avoid.

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vindicated


2006
02.24

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there are few books that have changed how i view the world. i have always suspected the so-called ‘economic imperialism’ by the US to the less-developed countries were performed by her agents – the World Bank and the IMF. The Globalization and Its Discontents by Stiglits gave me the first vindication. I respect no other than an honest opinion from an ex-insider.

I have just finished reading John Perkin’s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and wow!!! You cannot believe it. I am vindicated for the second time! Perkin was an EHM himself. He was part of the system. You cannot get a better source than that.

The scheme is easy:

  • convince countries that are important to the US to accept loands for so-called ‘developments’
  • make sure those projects then tendered out to US corporations
  • through World Bank, the IMF and other US-dominated aid agencies, these countries are controlled dictated and bullied by these loan sharks

For those who continually deny that imperialism is pretty much the epic of US foreign policy, i have nothing to say but to pray for your naive soul.

This is a MUST read book!

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upgrade


2006
02.20

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the long delayed upgrade to WP 2.0 is finally done. thanks to the spammers! you left me with no choice but.

what else need upgrading around? let me see:

  • ipod
  • palm
  • computer (not laptop, i did that in June)
  • ….

how i wish all of them are of open-source nature…hiks :(

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irregularity


2006
02.18

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the recent irregularities in my postings created a new record. in December and January, i managed only one posting each. Call it busy or lazy, i regret that much of the funs i had werent recorded properly.

to top it off, spam comments about viagra and penis enlargement have been driving me insane.

anyway, the irregularities should stop and i’m making self-promise that it will not happen again in the future (finger-crossed).