Terrorists ARE Cowards

Thousands of innocent lives have been lost. Economies ruined, and buildings wrecked.

All because of those mindless terrorists we have in the world today.

Imagine yourself or one of your loved ones being a victim of their worthless cause. How would you feel?

Millions of dollars now have to be spent as the need for security increases all across the globe. Everyone is inconvenienced, as roads are closed, traffic is diverted and security checks are introduced, for example.

These terrorists think the world needs to be cleansed. I think what the world needs to be cleansed of are people like themselves. And they say they secure for themselves a place in heaven by doing what they do. Yeaaaaah right, more like securing their chance to sleep with the devil.

I think they are just a bunch of childish cowards who are only capable of venting their anger and discontentment at harmless civilians. For example, the people responsible for the events of September 11 and the bombings in London had an issue with the American and British government respectively. I tell you, if they were real men in the sense they still had their "balls" intact, they should have approached the people they had an issue with.

Instead, they massacred ordinary, unsuspecting civilians to prove their point.

And it was not JUST a massacre. The world suffered in it's aftermath. Economies around the world notably plummeted after the Sept 11 attacks and took years to recover.

Who can now walk on a street or take a bus and safely say that he or she will not be the target of a terrorist attack? No one, thanks to these mindless idiots who call themselves "holy" and "righteous", which is complete bullshit because no holy or righteous person will harm innocent people in such a drastic manner.

Thus, I supported, am supporting and will continue to support the war against terrorism. The terrorists were RIGHT in saying the world needed to be cleansed. Only that the target audience should have been themselves.

Random Matters

Heh! It's been more than 2 weeks since I last posted.

Well, I have been really busy over the past weeks. Not exactly the kind of things you would associate business with, though. I have been playing a lot of computer games, especially World of Warcraft. That is to keep me occupied before school (or maybe just internship) starts in a week's time.

Going out to seek enjoyment everyday is just too costly a thing to do in Singapore. Therefore, I had to find ways to keep myself occupied at home.

I am enjoying all the freedom in the world. That I'd never experienced when I was in the army. And boy, does freedom feel good!

Song Of The Month (Oct)

1. DAVID GRAY - THE ONE I LOVE

Gonna close my eyes
Girl and watch you go
Running through this life darling
Like a field of snow
As the tracer glides
In its graceful arc
Send a little prayer out to ya ‘cross the falling dark

Tell the repo man
And the stars above
You’re the one I love
Perfect summers night
Not a wind that breathes
Just the bullets whispering gentle ‘mongst the new green leaves
There’s things I might have said
Only wish I could Now
I'm leaking life faster
Then I'm leaking blood

Tell the repo man
And the stars above
You’re the one I love
You’re the one I love
The one I love

Don’t see Elysium
Don’t see no fiery hell
Just the lights up bright baby
In the bay hotel
Next wave coming in
Like an ocean roar
Won’t you take my hand darling
On that old dancefloor

We can twist and shout
Do the turtle dove
And you’re the one I love
You’re the one I love
The one I love




2. NICKELBACK - PHOTOGRAPH

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red?
And what the hell is on Joey’s head?

This is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneakin’ out

This is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must’ve done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it’s too late
Should I go back and try to graduate
Life’s better now than it was back then
If I was them, I wouldn’t let me in

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say
It’s time to say it
Goodbye, Goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say
It’s time to say it
Goodbye, Goodbye

Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin’ out
They say somebody went and burned it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we’d know
We said someday we’d find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim’s the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She’s had a couple of kids since then
I haven’t seen her since God knows when

I miss that town
I miss their faces
You can’t erase
You can’t replace it
I miss it now
I can’t believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it
If I could relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
Every time I do it makes me

A Tribute To Grandma

Today is my paternal grandmother's death anniversary. I went with my relatives to visit and clean her grave earlier today. She passed away exactly 4 years ago on Oct 4, 2001.

My grandmother raised me up during my childhood days, so naturally I was very close to her. As I was very mischievous then, tolerating my nonsense was quite a feat in itself. She was patient and tolerant by nature anyway, putting up with my abusive grandfather for tens of years. A typical modern day woman would have just walked out on him. She had a hard life, and I thought she deserved better.

Being able to wonderfully raise up all her children despite the odds was what made her so respected and very much loved. She wasn't always in the pink of health but would never use her illness as an excuse to laze around. She was hardworking despite her age, doing the groceries and household chores while she could.

And she never complained. Only by looking at her weathered and aging skin, could one tell how much she had been through.

I remember once, I told her I did not want her to die. She laughingly replied in dialect, "Soo koo kia, tak nang tior see gai". (which means "Silly child, everyone has to die" in English)

After she said that, I was puzzled at why death should befall a harmless, loving and seemingly faultless person like her. I wanted to be with her for as long as I could. But as the years passed, I came to understand and accept that everyone had to face death one day.

Grandma lived frugally. Expensive jewellery and costly gadgets didn't appeal to her as much as the thought of saving money did. Washing the clothes manually even though she had a washing machine at home was a testimony to this. Grandma wouldn't accept our money either, even though we wanted to give her a monthly allowance so she could enjoy herself and buy what she wanted. Maybe the word enjoy wasn't even in her vocabulary, and she was more concerned about whether we had enough to spend anyway.

So the fateful day came. It all started with a fever, then she was admitted to the hospital and was found to be suffering from liver problems. After suffering for a couple of months in the hospital, she finally succumbed to her illness on October 4, 2001.

Life indeed, is alike waves of the sea
Who can fathom its coming and its going?

Madam Chia Soon Khim, a loving and caring mother and grandmother. Dearly cherished, deeply loved, sadly missed by all.