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My pet phrase recently is "It's ridiculous!"
It comes as no surprise when everything happening around me is too ridiculous.

The hot and damp weather, the skyrocketing food prices, starvation in Myanmar and my peeling nose.

My nose's skin is peeling because I have been rubbing it too hard while blowing it the past few days. My nose goes drip-drip-drip. Ewww. The cough is here too. Hello.

Well, at least the sore throat is gone, thanks to Mummy's never-fail-to-work remedy - sour plum boiled with some Chinese herbs.

What Strepsils? Bah.

This brewed drink is THE drink for sore throats. It cures the pain almost immediately. Maybe I can get the concoction instructions from Mummy and I'll share with it with you all.

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I have been teaching my student about the RIDULOUS oil prices and the need to look for alternative energy (for General Paper). I could still picture my Econs teacher, the rubber-faced and lovely Mr Nandwani teaching us about the RIDULOUS oil prices when I was in J1.

He would go, "It's ridulous, ah! It's rising like never before. It's just, just ridulous ah!" (The "ah" always has an interesting Singaporean lilt). And yes it's ridiculous.

As I taught my student, oil prices were only about USD$35 in 2004 and today, it's nearly USD$120 per barrel. An almost 400% increase within 4 short years!
Talk about trying to beat inflation.

Oil prices concern me and you!!! High oil prices = higher-priced everything (your clothes, your food, your houses) because we need oil to produce electricity to run the machineries that give us our clothes, food and house.
We need scientists to quickly make alternative energy affordable before we suffocate in carbon emissions from our oil-guzzling air-conditioners!

I am tired of the contradictions in our world today. This is afterall, a fallen world.


Sunday, May 04, 2008 My pet phrase recently is "It's ridiculous!" It comes as no surprise when everything happening around me is too ridiculous. The hot and damp weather, the skyrocketing food prices, starvation in Myanmar and my peeling nose. My nose's skin is peeling because I have been rubbing it too hard while blowing it the past few days. My nose goes drip-drip-drip. Ewww. The cough is here too. Hello. Well, at least the sore throat is gone, thanks to Mummy's never-fail-to-work remedy - sour plum boiled with some Chinese herbs. What Strepsils? Bah. This brewed drink is THE drink for sore throats. It cures the pain almost immediately. Maybe I can get the concoction instructions from Mummy and I'll share with it with you all. * I have been teaching my student about the RIDULOUS oil prices and the need to look for alternative energy (for General Paper). I could still picture my Econs teacher, the rubber-faced and lovely Mr Nandwani teaching us about the RIDULOUS oil prices when I was in J1. He would go, "It's ridulous, ah! It's rising like never before. It's just, just ridulous ah!" (The "ah" always has an interesting Singaporean lilt). And yes it's ridiculous. As I taught my student, oil prices were only about USD$35 in 2004 and today, it's nearly USD$120 per barrel. An almost 400% increase within 4 short years!** Talk about trying to beat inflation. Oil prices concern me and you!!! High oil prices = higher-priced everything (your clothes, your food, your houses) because we need oil to produce electricity to run the machineries that give us our clothes, food and house. We need scientists to quickly make alternative energy affordable before we suffocate in carbon emissions from our oil-guzzling air-conditioners! I am tired of the contradictions in our world today. This is afterall, a fallen world. I got my thoughts down without paper @ 3:24 PM.	What to expect from here Give me the Internet and a whole truckload of ideas, I give you this blog. Expect a good dose of alternative perspectives about issues, and also a peek at my really happening personal life! ;) GRAPEVINE BOOKMARKED Bookfishing The Sartorialist Foreign Policy FLASHBACK CREDITS Design/Layout: Naziz