I have followed with interest the recent development of Papua stand off between Indonesia and Australia. The granting of temporary visas to 42 out of 43 Papuan’s ‘refugees’ have infuriated Jakarta. As a result, it called its ambassador for Australia and sent the diplomatic protest note (this is the first time Indonesia has ever recalled […]
Archive for March, 2006
Papua oh Papua
Published by March 25th, 2006 at 4:39 pm in politics, current affairs, general and australia. 1 Commenta much needed upgrade
Published by March 21st, 2006 at 6:59 pm in current affairs and general. 0 Commentsmy pc now boasted a 1.3GB memory thanks to Jelita who was kind to get me a 1GB Kingston DDR400. The price diff wasnt much, only a couple of bucks. But the postage would be costly if i were to get it here.
a Billion BiPac 7402VGP is also a new family member in my household, […]
“No…not likely in my lifetime!”
Published by March 16th, 2006 at 11:16 pm in current affairs, general and america. 0 Commentsin a Q&A session at the Indonesia World Affairs Council, US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice was asked THE QUESTION by a businessman:
My second question is, if asked, are you going to run for President of the United States?
To which, she replied:
On your second question, no, not likely in my lifetime.
A day earlier, US First […]
straw poll
Published by March 11th, 2006 at 8:00 pm in politics, current affairs and america. 0 CommentsThe Southern Republican Leadership Conference is in session. Hosted in Tennessee, the home for a presidential aspirant Sen Bill Frist, it was designed to ‘pick’ the next republican nominee (informally), as a warm up the the Republican Primaries in ‘08.
But McCain ’spoilt’ it (for whatever reasons - well, he might not be confident to win […]
