Returned from Japan yesterday.
The temperature was alright, manageable by my "armour" except on the second day when it was raining in Kyoto.
The quality food was something that I really enjoyed during my trip. The dinner in the hotel room on Tuesday really rocked! Like my dad, I was rather disppointed in the scenery since the castles, temples, blah, blah(cause there was nothing else) were just items in the potrait of a massive concrete jungle in the city of osaka. The chilly rain on the second day totally spoilt our visit to the most scenic place(countryside of Kyoto).
I am marvelled at the politeness of the Japanese and their excellent standard of service that is rare in a country like Singapore. There was even an occasion where a Japanese schoolgirl walked us to our designated platform at the train station and we were never rejected when asking for directions though the Japanese had trouble understanding english.

There was this night that I couldn't sleep after watching CNN news about the cholera epidemic in Africa and the terror attack in Mumbai. On my side of the universe, hotel slippers are thrown away every day in a 5 star hotel that is equipped with automatic taps and toilet bowl "gameboys", with people whose tummies are full of tender sashimi, succulent beef, heavenly snow crab...and people who enjoy their own hentais freely as their guns are wrapped with a finely manufactured rubber "silencer"...On the other god-forsaken side of the globe, natural slippers are found on the soles of many who trudge on the rough dirt, people stick their tongues out to receive the meagre amounts of clean water from the automatic sky taps since one of the other alternatives is the yellowish one well kept in their bladders, tummies are full of growls and perhaps roars on empty nights, and those who use their guns will live to find a forest of cauliflowers in their barrels.

Millions weep at the oxymoronic term "religious war" uttered by Osama and his vast network of warped-minded buddies who continue to insult the muslim world via their immature actions. Equality is and had always been a mission impossible in the various meritocratic societies that we thrive in. This has been a main goal of such extremist groups. Yet, have they ever pondered how would the September 11 attacks in the heart of the States, the London bombings, Mumbai massacre ever aid in achieving this goal other than sparking a wave of desolation, animosity, and of course... vengeance? These fools continue to destroy their chances of attracting foreign investments without an assurance of a stable social climate. Tourism industry in Iraq has also been virtually obliterated since the sep11 bombings. I find it difficult to see any rationale in striking fear and attempts to cripple the economies of strong nations since it would clearly not place them in a better position for international wealth distribution and the drive towards equity.

A child wails...and he demands for a packet of sweets placed by his parents on a high shelf out of his reach. He cries, he swears, he jumps, he shouts, and he gets 1 sweet. The child tries a second time. He cries, he swears, he jumps, he shouts, his parents do not give in. The child picks up a kitchen knife and stabs them both...
Has he lost something greater?...
Do you think he will ever get another sweet?...
and his diapers read:"religious war"

so much has to be done...

On a random note, went out with S23 to East coast for cycling today. Ass hurts still.

I guess what kaizhong and the PDA said was kinda true...I realised that it's about me, though not entirely just me....

They played pool after lunch. Being not very interested, I resorted to reading at books galore and scouting for guitar accessories where I met Marcus Wong and the 433 sji peeps. Yi Hui is super pro at pool. And lynette reminds me of myself when i just started learning how to play....the weird bridges and the awkward stick shots. very cute.

Had a fufilling game of dota with Artons and zac on my team. First time using PL against non-AI players and it went very well with double butterflies, together with Sny against the other team. Almost thought that we would have lost given zac's multiple deaths. I shouldn't have played lan. The bus was slow, the mrt was slow and I was late for fuel. But still, it is my own irresponsibility to put the blame on. Delighted to see many. And anthony was really crazy, seriously crazy....but that's being himself....and as if im not....

that's it for now... I need to sleep