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oh what a day. the weather is hot - super hot. i feel like a snowman stuck in africa. tsk tsk tsk..

btw - does anyone know if there are places that sell Salyu's album? Salyu is a Japanese singer and i totally love her songs!! her songs are more indie rock i think; or maybe alternative. i can't believe my friend sent me such a fabulous album and i left it to rot in my lappie.

when i first heard her songs, i thought: who the hell is she? why does she keep wailing in her songs? the songs may not to be your liking the first time you hear it but it just grows on you. i love the first five songs very, very much. enjoy. =)

i know i am supposed to be studying but i happened to be watching the taiwan news and i had to urge to blog. today marks an important day for taiwan since it's Ma Ying Jiu's official first day as president of taiwan. the people of taiwan are really, really happy about ex-President Chen leaving the office.

Singaporeans are really lucky that our presidents have all been great. so its still important to select your presidents properly. if not, the country's economy will be in shables and nobody will wanna be your friend. it's sad that the china-taiwan issue got africa to severe relations with taiwan.

hopefully Ma will really be the sun that will cast away all the gloom that has loomed over taiwan for the past 8 years. keyword: HOPEFULLY - not because i don't trust him or his capabilities. but it will be a uphill task to bring about the changes he wants.

there are so many things i wanna blog about. the giantic strawberries that daddy bought. they were so sweet, i think i was eating strawberry jam. the vesak day lunch at sushi tei. Loreal brandstorm finals. sigh~! no time no time. i didn't even get to go suling's 21st party. and tomorrow's my brother's poly graduation ceremony. the whole family's gotta be present =D

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there have been ALOT of media coverage on the Myammar and Sichuan disasters and i think alot of people are blogging about it. but i am kinda avoiding all media articles on them because i am very emo. Reading these articles will just make me depressed to no end. watching snippets on the news, especially the earthquake footages at dinner already makes me tear and my heart wrench.

but i applaud the saviours. 'a human body cannot survive without food and water for more than 3 days' they say but even after 160 hours, survivors have been rescued.

the chinese have strong faith in the determination to live and willpower of their fellow countrymen. it is this faith that keeps them going; to reach out to those trapped. and it is also the faith the trapped victims have in the rescuers, that they will use whatever means to save them, that keeps them alive. would YOU be able to survive 160 hours in the dark, alone and with no food and water? would you drink your own urine to keep yourself alive? without a clock or daylight to tell time - 1 hour might seem like 10.

i wouldn't have survived more than a day, buried alive.