The undeclared war of the Evil Empire

More evidence of what the US has been doing, spying and attacking other nations through snooping in cyberspace and conducting cyber warfare are surfacing after the revelation by Edward Snowden, an ex CIA agent. The Americans even tagged Germany, their closest ally in Europe in the same category as China, Iraq and of all the Arab countries, Saudi Arabia, as third class partners. Who is friend or foe of the Americans is getting a dose of American reality. The Germans and the Saudis must be thinking that they are sleeping partners of the Americans, without expecting that sleeping in the same bed also means getting screwed at the same time.

‘We can attack the signals of most foreign third class partners, and we do it too… On an average day, the NSA monitored about 20 mil German Phone connections and 10 mil Internet data sets, rising to 60 mil phone connections on busy days,…In France the US tapped about two mil “connection data” a day, Der Spiegel reported…’ This is quoted from a report by AFP/REUTERS in My Paper today.

There is a war going on out there, conducted by the Americans. The amount of resources engaged to conduct this war at such a scale world wide is unimaginable. Nearly every country comes under American surveillance and attack.

Believe me, this information is not fabricated by China or enemies of the Americans. It came from an American and reported by the western media. The Americans are the biggest culprit in cyber warfare and snooping around. And only they can do it. Any other country doing so will be condemned by the Americans and expected to explain to the Americans. They have recently rebuked China for doing so. What hypocrisy!

They can own the biggest arsenal of nuclear weapons for peace. Other countries trying to build one are forbidden, as it is claimed by the Americans that they are building nuclear weapons for war. The evil Empire owns the biggest military forces in the world, the biggest merchant of war and weapons of mass destruction. But the Americans claimed that all the weapons they owned, and the weapons they are selling, are for peace. They provoked and fought wars everywhere for peace. Believe that?

And many unthinking nations believe the Americans cause the Americans said them so. It is war out there everyday 24/7. What peace? Peace is in Asia and Southeast Asia, but not for long. The Americans are coming and they will bring with them a trail of blood and destruction.

Just for giggle

The Zhejiang business tycoon Wang Yao had an untimely death. His wife took his 19 billion estate and got remarried to his driver.


The driver sighed with happiness: "I used to think that I was working for my boss, but now I realize that my boss was always working for me!"

The cruel reality is this: To live long is far more important than to having riches!

Please pay attention to one's health, one cannot be certain who actually works for whom. Just stay healthy!

PS. A qualification. Don't live too long here if one has no money to pay for medical bills. Not many have the chance to work for a rich boss and his wife waiting to give everthing to you.



Nothing in the world is yours, only your health is yours.

Ethical limits and ethical obligation

There two catchphrases will be in everyone’s lips in private conversations for a while. Susan Lim, Singapore’ top notch surgeon, has been found guilty of violating this thing called ethical obligation. In simple terms, she cannot overcharge her patients even if her patient is willing to pay what she asked for and agreed in writings. In other words, a contract is tak pakai if someone in a committee said it breaches ethical obligation. In other words, the community of professionals would set an ethical limit as to how much is fair to charge a patient or can be charged to a patient.

Some professions are feeling uneasy with this ethical thing and are coming out to defend themselves, that they have their own guidelines or ethics not to breach this ethical limit. So they would be ethical enough not to be unethical in overcharging their customers or clients. Heheheh…. On the other hand, what these professionals think may be ethical, but to the party that is paying, it can be damn unethical from their pockets. No? Who is the right person to say something is ethical or unethical? Who is the best person to say the ethical limit has been raped?

Many people are looking at the minister’s pay and wondering, just wondering. If the people think that the minister’s pay is unethically high, does it matter at all? Or would the peers of the ministers, ie, ministers in the same profession across the world, think so, does it matter? Or because the ministers are the only people in the profession in the country, so there is no peer pressure to think otherwise, so no one is fit to talk about what is the ethical limit?

The ethical limit is violated beyond recognition in the US and Europe. The CEOs there are robbing the corporations and their shareholders in hundreds of millions or billions, and no one is asking whether it is ethical or unethical. Our local CEOs don’t do such things. They are all very ethical.

Is this ruling by the Court of Appeal enforceable or recognized in other judiciary systems? Or is this ruling applicable to all professions within the City, including political appointments?

I think many people will have a good time discussing these two catchphrases among themselves and going to be thoroughly enjoying every moment of it.

The unquestioned American Myth

God is planning to destroy all human beans on earth. The world is coming to an end. We must be prepared for that day, to take on God, to defend ourselves so that we can survive his wrath. Anyone wants to challenge this myth?

You need to create an arch enemy, a devil who is bent on destroying everyone to build up a case for your right to pull them by the ears, to herd the world like sheep with no question ask. It used to be Communism, the evil of the world, and then the Soviet Union. Now the enemy of the world is China. China is a bully, is going to conquer the world by military force despite the overwhelming military arsenals of the Americans. If China makes a wrong move, it will be destroyed by the Americans. China’s military hardware is not even close to the Russians. And China is enemy Number One of the world, so say the Americans. And the countries of the world nod their heads, aye, aye.

Where are the Chinese soldiers? Are they in Africa, in the Middle East, in South East Asia, or are they in China? And where are the American soldiers, where are they fighting and conducting wars of aggression in the guise of war of peace. Human rights, or war against terrorism?

China is investing and trading with the countries of the world without sending a single soldier out of its country. China does not go around signing war pacts, called defence treaties, with countries around the world. China does not station its troops all over the world to enable it to strike at any country. China did not send its aircraft carriers to threaten any country. It only has one still on trial. China does not need a military pivot to project its military power. But it is branded as the aggressive nation.

On the contrary, the country that is signing military pacts all over, moving its military hardware and soldiers to all parts of the world to prepare for wars, is called a peace loving nation. And in the name of peace, it is instigating wars, conducting wars, and provoking wars. It is spying on every country, including its close allies, intercepting and attacking their communication systems.

And it is demanding that no country shall have nuclear weapons except itself. It amassed the biggest nuclear weapons that could destroy the world hundreds of times over. And it calls any country wanting to possess a nuclear weapon as dangerous. It calls for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Why not the denuclearization of the whole world? Why not forbid any country from having nuclear weapons, including the USA? Why should it possess all the weapons of mass destruction while others are not allowed to do so?

And its pivot to Asia is for peace. But it needs to move its military arsenal to enhance its presence and deceptive role in Asia. Why, because it has created an enemy for Asia in China. It is trying to force China’s hand, to react to its provocations. The most aggressive and belligerent country in the world is calling itself the most peace loving country and accusing a country that is engaging in trading and economic activities across the world, without any of its soldiers outside its country, without engaging in wars, as the most aggressive country.

And the silly countries of the world believe that without questions, just like they believe that God is the Number One enemy and going to destroy the world in an Armageddon.

Why are the Americans moving back to Asia? For peace, to maintain peace and stability, or for purely economic interests? I quote an AGENCIES report yesterday in the Today paper. ‘Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a stark statement of intent during an earlier ASEAN meeting in Vietnam, declaring that American was back in the region as a Pacific power.’ Yes, the Americans are back for one reason, as the Empire, to rule Asia and Asians. And to mask their intent, they invented a devil in China to rally the stupid Asians behind them. All the Americans need to do is to keep on shouting and instil more fear, violence or threats of war by China. And the rest of the believers will just say amen and throw more money into the hat for tithes.

South China and East China Seas have become the newest and hottest flare points in the world. Why? Who is behind the rising tension? Who is provoking the countries to act and behave like crazy gun totting cowboys?

Would anyone be brave enough to question this American Myth of creating a devil for the believers to believe in? One monster, Myanmar, has survived and now being embraced warmly as a good boy. Funny, Russia is now a good boy too. Even China is a good boy once a while if not because it is growing too big for its own good. Would Iran and North Korea also have their turns as little angels? Actually it is easy, if they only know when to join the Dark Side and bow deeply.

Deep Art Valley quoted this from the Wikipedia and posted in TRE.

‘Proof by assertion, sometimes informally referred to as proof by repeated assertion, is an informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated regardless of contradiction. Sometimes, this may be repeated until challenges dry up, at which point it is asserted as fact due to its not being contradicted (argumentum ad nauseam). In other cases, its repetition may be cited as evidence of its truth, in a variant of the appeal to authority or appeal to belief fallacies.

This fallacy is sometimes used as a form of rhetoric by politicians, or during a debate as a filibuster.’

This is exactly what the Americans and the West have been doing. Assertion and telling lies repeatedly and soon the lies become the truths. Every idiot will curse and swear at the North Koreans when they are mentioned because they have been programmed to think North Koreans are bad, just like communists are bad. Conversely, Americans are good, Americans are peace loving people, Americans are killers of Arabs and Middle Eastern people, etc etc.

HongKong - 430,000 protest for one man one vote

The Hongkies were fighting for their rights for one man one vote on the streets. They took this fight very seriously to prevent the gradual erosion of democracy over time by inaction. And this fight is going to be a tough one as the right of one man one vote is a western version of democracy that does not match up well with parent China’s communist system of one man one vote.

Can we learn any lesson from the Hongkies in fighting for our rights? About 5,000 Sinkies turned up at HongLim to stage a protest against the 6.9m population that is seen as suffocating and pressurizing on the limitations of land in the island. The 5,000 was not even a quarter of the 21,000 turnouts for a Gay Party in the same venue.

Mind you, Hong Lim is a safe place designated for such peaceful protest. No one will turn out if it is a street protest like in HongKong. I am quite sure about that. This is best seen by every organizer of events in Hong Lim assuring the people to come as the protest was legal, ie, they would not be arrested. A street protest is illegal, you know what that means.

I think another reason why the number of Sinkies turning up at Hong Lim was so small must be the fact that there are really very few Sinkies left in the island. That must also be the reason why in govt statistics, Sinkies are always lumped together with PRs as locals. I think to really separate the two numbers will scare the wits out of the remaining Sinkies here. How many Sinkies are really left in the island and how many by 2030?

There will be no protest of the size like in HongKong to ever happen here unless it is organized by the Govt of the day, with all the approvals and support, including free meals and free transportation. Maybe there is really no reason important enough for the Sinkies to want to protest as everyone is so happy. Life is only difficult and troublesome when they cannot buy their Hello Kitty toys.

Maybe missing out on Kitty toys could be more nightmarish and a good reason for a big turnout in a street protest. Nothing else could command that kind of emotions and affection.

PS. 17 million Egyptians marched in the streets to demand the resignation of President Morsi. And the march was quite peaceful without rioting. And so was the HongKong protest march, with children and old folks tagging alone.

What is wrong with the $24m Susan Lim charged?

The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Singapore Medical Council for convicting Susan Lim on professional misconduct, ie over charging her client. Her bill was $24m for half a year’s special care and attention for her royalty client.

Now for the reasons why the three Judges decided that they should go along with the SMC. I quote, ‘the court opined that a doctor has an ethical obligation not to take advantage of his or her patient, whether monetarily or otherwise…In the circumstances, excessive overcharging would be a breach of this ethical obligation,…A doctor’s ethical obligation to charge a fair and reasonable fee for services rendered is not superceded by a valid agreement between the doctor and his or her patient…in the context of disciplinary proceedings against a medical practititioner, ethical obligations are not only procedural but also substantive in nature.’

The whole basis of the Judges’ argument is based on two words, ‘ethical obligation’. Is there any other profession where ethical obligation is just as important and immoral for the profession to violate? I think in sports, the sportsperson can actually demand any amount he wants as long as there are willing buyers to pay for it. Ethical obligation is not an issue like in football, golf or boxing. The sportsman can make tens or hundreds of millions over an hour or a few hours of play time.

I can’t think of any other fields where ethical obligation should be an important consideration and will be upheld by the courts of law. Otherwise many who are pocketing millions should be in court and be put behind bars. But no actually. I don’t think anyone will be put behind bars for just a breach of ethical obligation. Maybe suspended from the profession like suspending a driver from driving, or a fine could be added in.

Striking rich for selling a HDB coffee shop

There is another good piece of news that someone out there has made a fortune through HDB’s generosity. A coffee shop in Hougang is sold for $23.88m! Wow, so easy to make a fortune. Buy a shop from HDB, sit it out and when the time is ripe, sell it and retire rich and happy.

For every one to make it rich this way, someone else must pay for it right? The buyer of the coffee shop, the Broadway Group, is not going to throw the $24m away for nothing. How is the group going to recover the money back and with profits of course?

Your guess is as good as mine. Someone, or many people, will have to pay for the windfall. It has to be. The stall holders are worried that their rent will shoot through the roof through. I say, no worry lah, just past the cost to the consumers mah, easy what.

Singapore soldiers in Afghanistan

‘TRINKOT (WNA, 23 Jun): Maj. Gen. Ravinder Singh, Chief of the Singapore Army, visited Afghanistan yesterday and met with the ISAF leadership and his forces in Uruzgan, the alliance said in a statement

Singh called on Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and expressed his appreciation to ISAF for the support rendered to Singapore troops during their six years in Afghanistan….’

The full article above was posted in TRE and there were some discussions as to where Singapore soldiers were serving in Afghanistan. Some were not comfortable with our involvement in the American affair and feared being dragged into the war of terrorism and becoming a victim by association with the Americans. Some called it a price to pay for the protection the Americans were giving to us and allowed us to live in peace in a region that can become troublesome for all the wrong reasons and for the slightest unseen provocations.

We should be grateful to the Americans for offering us the protective umbrella. The question is how far should we go to reciprocate the goodwill? Would our offer of allowing the Americans to use our military facilities here be good enough for what they did for us? Or must we go so far as to send our soldiers to fight or support the American military adventures everywhere? This contribution to the American adventure is not so safe as it seems as it opens us to attacks by the American enemies as we will be seen as American accomplice participating in the same evil deeds. Our hands are tainted by the blood of the victims of American aggression.

What is the value of our offer of military bases? I think this is not a small matter knowing how important it is to the American to have a friendly and ready base to operate from. We are probably the most dependable ally the Americans can count on in the region. Is this not enough? We are helping the Americans to project their power to protect their interests in the region. This is not a small contribution and in many ways worth much more than dragging us into Afghanistan and compromising our safety and security.

Do we have other options other than the Americans as our protector? Can another superpower offer us the same protection without forcing us into a difficult and dangerous situation? We are serving the American strategic interest with the facilities we offered them. Our participation in Afghanistan is peanuts to the Americans. They don’t really need us there except to implicate us and fix us up, so that we cannot detach ourselves from their bloody acts of war.

Do we have the bargaining power to negotiate with the Americans on how far we should go with them? Do we have an alternative power to replace the Americans without our arms being twisted like what the Americans did to us?

Basically, what choice is there for us? Yes, standing on the head of the Americans means we can talk louder and punch above our weight. Is that worth being compromised in dicey situation that we are in now? If we are not with them we are their enemy!

The Philippines slams China

This piece of news is hot in the media.

‘BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: The Philippines accused China on Sunday of a "massive" military buildup in the disputed South China Sea, warning at a regional security forum that the Asian giant's tactics were a threat to peace.

The statement by Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario ensured that the growing row over rival claims to the strategically vital and potentially resource-rich sea would again be a key focus of the annual four-day Asia-Pacific talks.... ‘Source. CNA Online.

I think the news should be rewritten as ‘The US accused China of a “massive” military buildup in the disputed South China Sea,... What is real behind this gungho screaming by the Philippines is quite obvious. And read further the message is quite clear. What does the Philippines meant in its warning that ‘China’s tactics were a threat to peace?’ Who is going to disrupt peace or start a war? Yes who, China or someone else?

Could it be the Philippines trying another killing of Taiwanese fisherman act? Would the Philippines dare to re enact that scene with Chinese military boats or ships as the target? What is likely going to happen?

Can anyone imagine the Philippines in their rickety warship firing at the Chinese surveillance ships?

China is not going to let this American lackey to push her around and has sent the first warning as reported by REUTERS. ‘China's state media warned on Saturday that a "counterstrike" against the Philippines was inevitable if it continues to provoke Beijing in the South China Sea, potentially Asia's biggest military troublespot.’

China needs to send a very firm no nonsense message to the Philippines and the Americans. It is prepare to strike if the nonsense is not stopped. Any weakness or backtracking by China would only embolden the Pinoys and the Americans. China has no other option but to dig in and take the provocations by the horns.

Is the Philippines trying to punch above its weight, propped up by the Americans and the Japanese?

Singaporean helping Singaporean

Below is an extract of a letter by a Steven Sum stationed in Suzhou, China. Having heard the plight of Sinkies here, he has made a job offer for a Singaporean to work with him. Salary reasonable and accommodation provided. Here is part of his brief posted in Gibert’s Support site for the unemployed and underemployed.

I work for a British company in China , in Suzhou to be exact.

We are looking for a Laboratory Engineer (designate lab supervisor).

I can’t offer much as this job was designed for a Malaysian (mainly due to cost factor) but I thought why not help my Singaporean brothers who may need a job.

If anyone who is willing to accept a monthly salary of around 15k rmb (~ S$3k) and willing to relocate to Suzhou China , I am interested.

Apartment for single accommodation will be provided. We will also provide 2 return air-tickets from Shanghai to Singapore for each calendar year worked.

Annual leave is 15 days on top of Chinese National holidays which is 12 days now.

I need a diploma holder from Mechanical, manufacturing, production engineering or equivalent.

Work is straight forward. Mainly to perform laboratory testing (usually mechanical testing) of Personal Protective Equipment to international standards (e.g. EN, ASTM, etc….)

Training will be provided until qualification to test is obtained by the employee.

The person must read and write in English. Must speak Chinese and moderately able to read/write in Chinese.

If you know of someone who might be interested, please ask him to write to me with full CV and expected salary

Thank you.

With best regards,

Steven Sum

The best part is that training will be provided. In Singapore, the employers are looking for instant trees. Did they know that they can train their new hires on the job? Or must the applicant be fully trained to fit the job or else they will look to the world for someone that will fit?

Thank you Steven Sum.

When you employed a butler

How many of you have the good fortune of employing a butler? The common folks or even the HDB rich are quite used to employing maids to take care of their household chores, and pay a pittance for them. At that kind of price, it is only normal not to expect too much. But no, some Singaporeans believe their money is very big and want to get their money’s worth. They want to work their maids from 5 am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week. Some may even be thinking of 24/7 and 365 days in a year. They are paying and they expect the maids to work. And if the maids are lazy, they may iron them or starve them for being unproductive.

For the privilege class who can afford a butler, the situation is quite different. They pay good money for the service of the butler and expect a service quality that the maids cannot do. They expect the butler to do everything in the house, including thinking and planning ahead for the needs of the master. They do not want to waste their time bothering on the nitty gritties of living. With a butler, a talented one as they are supposed to be, for the money they are paying, it is only right that the paymaster can expect the quality of service they are paying for. And so does the butler. He demands the high pay and knows that he has to live up to the expectation of his masters.

For every price the quality of service will come with it. It is only right that the paymasters have a lot of high expectations from the butler. Can any paymaster be blamed for blaming everything on the butler if the bulbs are blown, the tap doesn’t work, the rubbish not cleared, the fridge is empty because yesterday was a holiday and the butler forgot to top up the fridge? Or is it not right to blame the butler when the kitchen caught fire and no fire extinguisher can be found? Or can the paymaster blame the butler when there is haze and no mask is available in the house?

Or should the butler tell master, why don’t you do a bit of work yourself, go to the shop and get your own mask? Or can the butler tell the master he did not buy because the master did not tell him to do so, like a HDB mum will order the maid to go and get one?

What is the point of paying the butler so much and still cannot depend on him to take care of all his living needs? I am sure many will just sack the butler. They will tell the butler, ‘You are the butler and that is your job. Go and get the job done. No excuses. Pay you so much to sit on your fat arse and play dumbo?’

Why is the Govt insisting on using 24 hr PSI?

For all practical and commonsensical reasons, the people want a current PSI number to make decisions on their daily activities. For all the nonsensical and unbelievable reasons, the Govt keeps on telling the people that the best reading of the PSI is the 24 hr one and 3 hour is second best. They are not going to give to the people the current PSI that the people want. Why?

I only have one explanation. It is like reporting on the average income of the population or workers. Average income of workers is $3,000 or thereabout. They are not going to report about the last 10 percent’s incomes. They are not going to report on the top 10 percent’s income or the top 1 percent’s income. The answer is obvious. No explanation needed. The real and current PSI can be alarming and the Govt does not want to alarm the people. Neither should the people earning $3,000 a month need to know about people earning $100k or $300k a month.

And this is a Govt that takes pride in telling the people that they will listen to the people. Or did I hear wrongly? Why is it that everyone is screaming their heads off for a current PSI but the Govt does not seem to hear what the people want? The people will not see the current PSI on the TV screen. It is like pornography.

Another possible reason, the Govt knows what is good for the people and that a 24 hr PSI is good for the people. Be thankful, be very grateful.

Xinjiang riots has the murderous thumb print of CIA on it.

Xinjiang riots a lesson for West
Updated: 2013-06-28 08:33
By Shi Lan ( China Daily)


At least 27 people died in riots that rocked Shanshan county, about 250 km from Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Wednesday.

The Shanshan riots were one of the innumerable acts of terrorism since the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, which led the US-led West to label terrorism as the biggest threat to national security. But it's a pity that the Western powers still use double standards when it comes to terrorist attacks on China.

The US and its allies have spent astronomical amounts fighting the war against terrorism. But even more than one decade after the US launched its "war on terror", terrorism is far from dead. On the contrary, it is still taking the lives of innocent people from Asia to Africa, and from Europe to America.

So there is something wrong with the global anti-terrorism policy, and what can be done to fix that? One obvious deficiency is the lack of global consensus on the fight against terrorism.

Of course, the concept of terrorism varies from country to country. It depends on the circumstances and strategic goals of countries too. Nevertheless, three factors can always be used to determine whether a person's or group's action can be defined as terrorism: The use of violence or force, targeting of governments and people, and creating an atmosphere of terror to realize the objective of changing a government or society. The three key factors to define terrorism highlight its political goals, violent action and the damage it causes to society.

Different countries have different definitions for terrorism and adopted different policies to deal with it. Every country that suffers a terrorist attack has its own immediate threat to security and the right to decide its own course of action. But despite their differences, all countries agree that terrorism is evil and has been threatening the stability of global society and, hence, they have to cooperate to fight it.

In central and eastern Asia, for example, the countries that have suffered most because of terrorism have agreed that terrorism, extremism and separatism are the three evils threatening their national security and territorial integrity. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's member states reached a consensus since the organization's inception to fight the three evils. That is a good example of regional coordination to fright against terrorism.



But even with mutual understanding and the facts being clear, some voices still differ on the issue. Most of these voices come from the West, especially the US, which distort the truth by claiming that the separatists and extremists - who would be condemned as terrorists for committing the same crimes in their own countries - are "heroes fighting for freedom and independence".

Such double standards have hurt the fight against terrorism, and helped the evil cause of terrorists.

People in Xinjiang have suffered many terrorist attacks perhaps because of the region's strategic location near Central Asia, where uncontrolled groups exploit the complicated ethnic situation to plow their evil trade. With Xinjiang making tremendous economic progress in recent years thanks to the immense support from the central government and coastal provinces, some terrorist groups fear their survival and thus launch more attacks to check the march of development.

Worse, some of the Xinjiang terrorist groups get support from the West which loves to call their usurpations acts of "independence and religious freedom", complicating the situation further. The result is deeper fear and greater misunderstanding among Xinjiang residents.

Because of the double standards adopted by the US-led West, the cost of Washington's fight against terrorism has been soaring without much success in rooting out the evil. The US has led the invasion of two countries, Afghanistan and Iraq, since the Sept 11 attacks but, far from being cornered, terrorists have responded with more attacks.

Even after May 2011 when US troops shot dead al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden, who was believed to have masterminded the Sept 11 attacks, attacks against American citizens and troops have not ceased. Just two months ago, explosions in Boston claimed three lives and injured many more.

A deeper look into history will show that the US has also been a victim of its double standards. In the 1980s and 1990s, the US supported terrorists in Afghanistan against its ideological enemy, the Soviet Union. One of those the US supported was Osama bin Laden. In fact, some terrorist groups threatening Iraqi people today were also supported by the US to fight former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

Terrorism is evil not only because of the violence it unleashes on people, but also because it has a political agenda to overthrow governments and thwart development. So it's time the US-led West gave up its double standards and coordinated with the rest of the international community, including China, in the fight against terrorism.

The author is the vice-director of Institute of Central Asia Studies, under the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences.

Uighur terrorists actions incited and supported by the Evil Empire

I refer to the recent Uighur terrorists actions in Xinjiang in which scores of innocent people mainly ethnic Hans were killed.

The hidden hands of the Evil Empire are definitely involved in the turmoil in Xinjiang. Until the Evil Empire sincerely and openly declare that it will not support the Uighur terrorists and close down the Uighur separatists office in USA and other cities of the Western countries the incitement to choas and terrorist actions by Western supported terrorist Uighurs will never end. The White or European Americans managed to solve the native American problems by genocide through systematic mass massacre . May be the Evil Empire is hinting to China to learn from them how to solve the Uighur Terrorists problem. Native Indian American survivors of the massacre were put in concentration camps and so China should take a leaf from the  The Evil Empire and deal with the surviving Uighur terrorists similarly. Of course we Chinese are too civilised to do the way of the barbaric white men.
Just round up all the Uighur terrorists and their supporters and legally sentence them to the gallows or the firing squad and leave without a shadow of doubt that China will not tolerate any terrorist acts from any quarter.


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21,000 turn up at Gay Party in Hong Lim

This is surely a very big number for a non govt event or an event organised by the public. It sure beats the 2,500 or 3,000 turn out at the first population protect rally at Hong Lim in February. That was what we were to believe as the right number.

I scrutinised the two photos of the crowd in Hong Lim yesterday and the crowd at the first protest rally and found that they were not much different, at the most a 10 per cent variant. And the first crowd was conveniently tagged at 2,500 with some reports claiming it to be as low as 1,500. And this gay crowd is claimed to be 21,000!

Holy cow, I thought photos don’t lie. So either the first protest number was wrong or the gay party number is wrong. With the two photos as evidence, I kinda think the crowd at the gay party was over stated and that at the first protest rally was understated.

What is interesting is that photos can also tell lies or people with cock eyes can be so screw up in their number guessing game.  Was there an agenda?

Crocodile feeding in Sungei Buloh

A couple of shots taken yesterday at Sungei Buloh Wetland. This guy snapped his jaws so hard that pieces of the fish splattered all over, out of its mouth. There are a few of them at the river next to the entrance and there is no need to trample deep into the park to see them. Timing is crucial and they are normally seen at low tide. The best is one or two hours after the published low tide when the water starts to flow back in, bringing along the fishes for the hunt.

I was there one afternoon when the tide was high and everyone was desperate looking for the crocodiles. Every little movement or shadow in the water would attract attention and finger pointing, 'There, there, the croc is there.'  A little girl in her father's arm was bewildered by the antics of the adults. She was so exasperated and shouted, 'There, there, over there' and pointing to another direction. The daddy asked her where. She said inside the triangle.

There was a triangle sign hanging in the observation shed with a picture of a crocodile in it.

The plight of Singaporean PMETs

Thanks to the internet, the pathetic plight of Singaporean PMETs are getting an airing that otherwise would not be heard. A blogger, SNG’s article in Gilbert’s Transitioning Org blog, dedicated to jobless Singaporeans, is being reposted in TRE. Another article of a graduate Singaporeans who had to hide his degree qualification just to get a temp job and was asked to leave when he applied for a permanent position was also posted in TRE. They discovered that he had a degree and not just a diploma.

Some may denounce him for lying. But why must he lie about his higher qualification? Isn’t that something to be proud of, to be added in the CV to enhance the chances of an application and higher pay? How can the situation become so ridiculous that I can’t even laugh? Singaporeans hiding their higher qualifications in order to get a lower grade and lower paying job? If this is the case, the call for Singaporeans not to pursue university education may be the result of this new reality. And there is no need for more universities unless to cater for foreign students.

In SNG’s case, he managed to work 17 months out of 36 months, and not that he is not qualified and lack experience. He has worked overseas as an expat as well which means he was good enough. And now finding a job here is so difficult for him.

And we have more than a million foreigners happily working here, maybe nearer to two millions if PRs are included. And many more foreigners are happily rushing here as jobs are plenty and easy to get except for Singaporeans. What the hell is going on?

What is happening? Dunno leh. Maybe Singaporeans are really daft. Maybe the local universities, despite their world class rankings, are teaching craps or producing crappy graduates. Maybe Singaporeans are basically unemployable because they are Singaporeans and companies, organisations, institutions and even ministries are finding it more beneficial to hire foreigners or PRs.

I have only one conclusion. Singaporeans are simply disease. They carry a disease that made them unemployable. Or if they are employable, at most up to 50 or maybe lower, about 40. After that their mind will shrivel and their intellect and ability to work just diminished and no longer productive. They should then be despatched to the lepers colony till death comes.

So it is paramount that the City must import more foreigners to boost up the City’s productivity and to replace the diseased Singaporeans.

The haze poll is working fine at the moment

75 have voted. 65 said the govt is reactive and 10 said dunno or blur. The result is quite expected. It would be worst if 65 voted blur and 10 voted reactive.

Being reactive means still trying to do something, whether right or wrong or effective or ineffective is another thing. And don't try to explain this away as not the right thing or the people are misguided. This is the perception of the govt and from the way things are happening daily, you can see that the Govt is reacting on a day by day basis.

The big plan, the proactive part, the thinking ahead to prevent things from getting to such a stage, are totally absent. They may argue that there is a haze plan and every reaction is part of the big plan. How many would believe so?

The distribution of the mask, the PSI, PM 10 and PM 2.5 are all hot issues with everyone contradicting and disagreeing with everyone. It is just like a circus in town.

We still have a few more days for the poll to run and the numbers are still coming in.

Thanks for the feedback.

SMRT free ride trial run

Five days into the free ride scheme for early commuters and things are running smoothly. The number of early commuters has increased slightly but still bearable.

Two factors could contribute to the situation at the moment. One, more trains were added to reduce the waiting time. At times train would arrive at 1 or 2 minute intervals. This frequency helps to get the commuters moving at a faster rate.

The second factor waiting to happen is the presence of student commuters. They will join the crowd on Monday and the picture could change. Whether having more trains and higher frequency could cope with the 300,000 students in the system is yet to be seen.

The strange thing or miracle that has happened these few days is that the trains could be spaced out within a 2 min interval, with some arriving within one min. Now why would I call this a miracle?

How many of you still remember a couple of years back when the jam problem first surfaced and there was a call for more trains on the track. Then some wise guy claimed that in order for the train to increase the frequency for a separation of 2 min interval it would need a sophisticated monitoring system that would cost a few billion bucks. Now it seems that without spending a few billion bucks, the train can still run with a 2 min separation. Is this strange or the public has been hookwinked? Or has SMRT already bought and installed that multi billion dollar train management system?

Another small miracle is that with higher passenger loads, the jams could be reduced or at least minimized by increased frequencies. Why was this not possible or not done in the past? Let me guess. High profits and sardine packed trains go hand in hand. To increase the comfort of commuters by having more trains running and higher frequency are incompatible with higher profits and higher bonuses. Can this be an explanation for the jam packed trains? Just thinking aloud. 

Monday is just around the corner and if not delayed be the reappearance of dense haze, the system will be put to the real test. It would be more crowded for the early birds and the students. It is only a matter of how crowded would it be. This week was a good break for the SMRT to sort out the details and fine tuning for the free ride to prove itself. This free thingy would not have been even considered under the previous regime when profit was everything.

Testing out a new poll on haze

The last time I put up a poll, the result was unmanageable as the votes kept changing and even went missing. I have just put up another poll to have a feel of the perception of the people on the Govt's handling of the haze situation and see if the poll function is working.

Cheers.