30 October 2008-one day before Halloween
Found some interesting news for insights on the subprime led financial crisis led global recession gloom. Even oil price dip enough for cab companies to call off the 30 cents rip-off surcharge today…30 glorious cents!
1. “Gordon Brown today called on countries with large reserves (namely, China) to increase the funds available [...]
on tv not so long ago, a father showed his young son a website that houses an online cemetry where his son can send his thoughts and longings to his deceased mother. The cyberspace and the netherworld, both incomprehensible and invisible are somewhat connected in their mystic, to not just the little boy but also [...]
When the banks start announcing criterias, there will be a lot of screaming by those who fall outside of these parameters. Unless that is, the banks decide to be heavenly gracious, buy back their clients with full refunds…
Useful resource for the make-up rookies:
How to create brighter larger looking eyes tutorial by Michelle Phan
How to apply neutral glam makeup Tutorial by xteener
and just for fun, a “filthy whore” make up class!!! Funny!
Before this, I have not heard of Charlie Wilson, much less ’his’ war. But that is precisely why I would enjoy watching a movie like that-the element of surprise and the intrigues of this movie fit into the jigsaw puzzle of the voluminous world history of our times. That and the glitteratis- the likes of Tom [...]
This buiding stands tall, hardly gleaming but a cornerstone in my childhood textbook buying days. The National Library next door and the Raffles Hotel across the road, it’s alike seeing a humble watermelon amongst the pralines and truffels in a uptown supermarket. Awkward. Painted and repainted many times, over and over the peeling white paint but the old [...]
is rather late, the day’s almost done. time seems to stall these days yet when i next look up, hours have passed- sun setting, sky darkens, temperature falls. so what have i done today?
not much.
from a philosophical viewpoint, this must be a waste of life, yet from a zen angle, even nothing is something, accepting my [...]
Bleak news continue to jam the media air waves and economists who predicted this predicament as far back as 2004 are celebrated as seers and semi-gods.
Optimists continue to wax lyrical about how the banking systems in Asia have evolved since the last financial crisis about ten years ago, and putting faith in the US fiscal policies that should [...]
He may be right, i am a tad irrational when it comes to these tiny flakes of golden brown fried onions in soups.
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I love fish soup. It is ample, hearty, full of goodness. the saltiness of the seafood usually balanced by ginger and evaporated milk, and sometimes XO if you happen to be in Holland [...]
