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Christmas is coming! · Thu Nov 20th, 4:29am

Joyeux Noel and Happy Holidays….ching a ling, ring a ding. Well 2008 has once again proved to be another fantastic year with lots of events signalling a massive year of Change! One can’t help but keep hearing the bells of change ringing throughout the world , be it in our lovely home Malaysia and or America, to that of Thailand, Pakistan, New Zealand etc!
It’s a new generation where internet and society have now converged and a new era of freedom and openness has prevailed. Of course one shouldn’t believe everything there is to be proclaimed on this powerful medium of communication but as the old saying goes ” there’s no smoke without fire!”. The more blogs, forums, articles we read worldwide, the emphasis on issues are compounding and compelling enough for the people on the street to march along the streets ringing their bells in voicing change. So .. what is this change?
Change politically, financially and socially mainly amongst others.
People are sick of the financial systems that have brought poverty to the world and oppress the weak. Consumerism to the point where developed countries consume up to 10 times what they really need and third world countries 10 times less than what they need to survive. You look at American consumerism and the kind of carbon emissions they produce. And the fallacy of fuel crops that are burdening the Amazon jungle due to the clearing of jungle for more land that could be used to produce fuel crops (to cut a long story short). At least from Obama’s latest speech and focus, he makes a major effort to ring change in bringing down environmental damage. The whole financial system must be reworked to contain the credit monster that is sweeping through global markets. The man on the street will surely tell you enough is enough and governments must be responsible and address all these issues in a fair, transparent and honest manner , integrity all included.
God has sent us all a very clear Christmas message this year. And that is the truth will set you free and people will be able to access this truth in a more available manner! The Internet! One must keep praying though, and not be led astray by the vast amounts of information but sieve through them wisely with the help of God and learn through this process.
The mobile internet is coming, so watch out for it next year ;)
In closing, I would like to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. May God’s blessings be upon you , your family and your loved ones and continue to persevere on to bring truth in the coming 2009!

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Praise the Lord! · Fri Apr 25th, 3:06am

How wonderful was it to witness one of the most historic events, well to me anyways about our good Lord Jesus Christ. Earlier this month as some of you may know, American Idol, one of the most internationally watched and followed series sang out one of Darlene Zschech’s most powerful songs. This was “Shout to the Lord” and how fitting it was to see that America could still glorify God in front of the whole world. How often do people fear to recognise, acknowledge or Praise the Lord in public? For a country that has “In God we trust” inscribed on every banknote, I’m glad they finally praised him for everyone to see and gave him the glory he truly deserves.
Amen

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1-1 Game on, to Stamford Bridge! · Wed Apr 23rd, 7:52am

So an exciting second leg to the semis unfolds with Riise scoring a last minute own goal that keeps Chelsea’s Champion League hopes alive. For about the first 10 minutes of the game, Chelsea looked the more daring, attacking Liverpool and controlling the flow of the game, however as Torres moved in for a couple of hopeful chances, Liverpool were back in it. Chelsea’s flair seemed to wane and the players looked slightly tired both physically and mentally perhaps due to the fact that there were multiple games in quick succession. Drogba seemed to be hounded by Skrtle who did a good job at not allowing him to play his game and Joe Cole and Malouda too looked toothless on the wings. Even so what happened to Ashley Cole with his mistimed tackles , being caught in possession and ultimately Makelele jumping up for a ball he was never going to get. It allowed Kuyt to pounce on a lucky deflection and ultimately dictated much of the rest of the game.
Being a Chelsea fan , however, I was quite pleased that Riise decided to score a spectacular diving header, albeit into his own net pass the flabbergasted Reina and allowing us a chance to take advantage of the result at the bridge. Come on you Blues!

(Sang to the tune of “O Christmas tree”)
From Stamford bridge to Luzhniki,
We’ll keep the blue flag flying high,
Flying high, up in the sky,
We’ll keep the blue flag flying high,
From Stamford bridge to Luzhniki,
We’ll keep the blue flag flying high!

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So how did the name "America" come about? · Sun Apr 20th, 6:36pm

Having been to the lovely towns of Bath and Bristol lately, I’ve discovered an interesting fact of America’s history which seems to greatly differ from that taught in schools presently. It is taught that it was named after Amerigo Vespucci as he made his travel to what we now know as America. However, Vespucci’s role in the naming issue, like his exploratory activity, is unclear. Some sources say that he was unaware of the widespread use of his name to refer to the new landmass.
When I was touring Bristol I was informed by the locals there that America is derived from a Welsh merchant from Bristol named Richard Amerike. This theory first proposed by a Bristol antiquary and naturalist, Alfred Hudd, believed that Richard Amerike had financed John Cabot’s voyage of discovery from England to Newfoundland in 1497 as found in some documents from Westminster Abbey a few decades ago. Supposedly, Bristol fishermen had been visiting the coast of North America for at least a century before Columbus’ voyage!!

There is a further speculative theory, tending to be found only in support of the above theory concerning the naming of America, that the flag of the United States of America is influenced in part by the design of Amerike’s coat of arms. According to the American Flag Research Centre in Massachusetts, the heraldic origin of the American flag is not positively known. The popular belief however is that it derives in part from the coat of arms of George Washington, whose family bore arms of the Stars and Stripes. Amerike’s coat of arms, which also feature a stars and stripes design!!

So I guess I’ll leave it up to you guys. What do you think ? :)

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It's Elections time! · Wed Feb 13th, 9:15am

woot woot, get yourselves out there to vote people of Malaysia. It’s important the younger generation become more aware of some of the political issues in our country and actively vote because it’s YOUR right!

Anyways that aside, Edison Chen is a bit of a joke ….isn’t he?
Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson…. the list goes on, butttt don’t people ever realise recordings of events are going to come out if you make one mistake. A little goes a long way here, and come on, destroying the careers of all your victims of your little sexual fetish is a bit cruel no?

Sometimes things like these are best left exactly where they were originally. In your head.

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