NZ quake...

in september last year, an earthquake hit NZ near the city of christchurch causing a great deal of damage....

months of effort for the city to get back on its feet, and the worst happened....

another quake measuring 6.3 hit christchurch again, but this time, the epicentre of the quake was a lot closer.....

the damage is unimaginable.... the loss of life is already beyond 100, with hundreds more missing.... 80% of the city is without water....

the photos look like a still shot of a movie.... but unfortunately, its the real shots of christchurch right now....

tomorrow is the long awaited day when Australia and NZ goes head-to-head in the cricket world cup.... but now, everything is put back into perspective, and the cricket world cup is just a game....

in a country that loves its rugby, the rugby has been cancelled this week.... both teams agreeing to a draw, and the match will be cancelled.... unfortunately the secretary of the crusaders died in the quake...

the qld floods.... nz quake.... it does make the uprising and violence in egypt and libya look like a joke.... as for the half dozen people who were arrested for looting.... they need to be put back in their places as well.... put away for years.... such inhumane and savage behaviour....

next tuesday is March 1st..... its a special day in Korea because it is the day when a korean woman during cheered the equivalence of "hooray" for korean independence during the time they were annexed by Japan.... the history is there.... from a 100 years ago.... i wonder if society would ever forgive and forget in East Asia...?? because... seeing aussies and kiwis help each other out in times of need.... it'd be nice to see korea and japan having better relationships in that sense.....

the Pat Tillman story....

i just finished watching the Pat Tillman story....

an elite athlete who gave up millions in a NFL contract to join his brother in afghanistan after seeing the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

till man was killed by negligent friendly fire, which was originally covered up, and his death was told in the media as a heroic battle uphills, sacrificing his life so that his fellow soldiers could survive an ambush....

to be blunt.... only george bush would really think that in the 21st century, the information era, that this story would fly, and the truth would never be known... Bushy wanted people to think he was a hero that saved his fellow soldiers in an ambush, whilst the truth is, he was shot by those soldiers that he supposedly "saved" in the false tale....

pat tillman's family, especially his mother, has pursued the truth and justice to pat's death. watching the movie, listening to testomonies, i think the truth is there. everyone knows that he died in a friendly fire, and it was originally covered up... after years and years of media coverage, and as more evidence came out.... the whitehouse admitted they were wrong, but they finally got it right... and put the blame on..... a retired general..... OMFG~~

what makes the family angry is that his death was used as a pubicity stunt, and used as a advertising tool for the military... watching the movie will frustrate the life out of u, coz it's a reality check that corrupt governments seem really f-ed up in movies, but in real life, its worse...

i'd have to say, the part that frustrates the life out of me is... when all the generals, and donald rumsfeld were being investigated, and they could just come up with, "i dont remember, i cant recall, im not sure".... and when a final comment was made, they sounded like schoolyard kids saying, "thats not exactly what i mean, me too... me too... me too"

i think what many people want to see is Bush and his administration put on trial..... after the 2001 attacks, afghan, iraq.... it wasnt sanctioned by the UN, and was originally tagged the "illegal war".... a lot of things have become twisted since then... lies after lies... covering up for another lie..... and now we're left with what we have in 2011.....

Twenty-Seven~~~

happy birthday to me.....

27~~~

i have now officially moved from "mid 20's" to "late 20's"....

most people around me know that i have a birthday jinx....

so when i wake up in the morning on my birthday, its more of an annual safety and hazard check day than a celebration....

today.... i went thru my 24-hrs incident free....

the only bummer of my day today was that, today was the beginning of the end..... that is... the end of my 4-day weeks.... up until now, i had a day off at work on wednesdays, but from now.... i have to goto work on wednesdays....

so off to work i went today.... made a few routine monthly phone calls to some parents, had a meeting which went for longer than originally thought.... then had dinner and drinks with workmates.....

on the whole... it was a good day~~ besides the fact im a year older now....

27 is not really a "special" number.... its not a prime number either... coz 9x3.... just incase people didnt realise..... but what i did realise is that.... this year.... i will turn 10000 days old!!!

that calls for a celebration~~ so i worked out that on July 4th this year.... i will turn 10000 days old~!!!! that sounds a lot cooler than a 27th bday.... ive already put it into my planner... and im going to celebrate july 4th as the day i turn 10000 days old~~~ ^^

hope my jinx isnt being delayed till then~~~

in other news.... ^^

im in a serious dilemma about my immediate future.... not in a stressful way like before... but something has come up.... decisions will be made on sunday after i meet a few people.....

regardless of what happens, i will put up a post on sunday (or monday)....

manchester derby stunner!!

manchester united vs manchester city....

the derby never fails to impress~

and once again today, it was as good as it gets....

2-1 victory to united... which is always good... but the way they did it.... after taking a relatively early lead thru nani, manchester city equalised the score again with a very lucky goal... haha

bias as i am.... it went in off the players buttocks!!! i'd say.... thats lucky.....

at 1-1, and city pressing for another goal, wayne rooney.... scored a superb bicycle kick goal leaving joe hart, the city keeper standing motionless....

who said pigs cant fly huh??

what a goal~~!!!!

bulldogs double trouble...

canterbury bulldogs in the NRL..... the western bulldogs in the AFL..... they have both found off field troubles to make the news before the 2011 has kicked off....

first, at my beloved bulldogs.... ryan tandy last year in a match against nth qld, was investigated for a possible betting scandal.... at the time, he denied it.... and months later, they found a second grade parramatta player linked to the betting scandal, and now it all links back to ryan tandy as well....

he's been sacked by the club for now, and faces upto 5 years in jail.....

ironically.... the bulldogs were training in silverwater today....

the western bulldogs in the AFL..... well, it all occurred in the end of year trip to hong kong last october.... videos came online today with players stopping traffic in a party street, and sitting and jumping on cars.... brownlow medallist, adam cooney, also found a plastic lid which he ran and skidded down the street.....

honestly.... that looked really cool..... there was no charges, no filed complaints, no police matter into this... its just that for this behaviour to go public, the AFL might want to fine and suspend players if they can.... meh....

too much money for uneducated blokes with muscles....

as long as the footy is still good.... and i guess i like this sort of stuff making the news too... something to talk about.... but i guess since they are "idols" to kids....

its really nothing compared to another pre-season incident in coffs harbour in... 2002 i think....