A Very Merry Christmas to one and all, and have a Blessed 2010 ahead!

It’s Blog Action Day again and the topic this year is Climate Change.

Just about three years ago, I remember discussing Climate Change with my French friends. AS and I were on a holiday there and he wanted to ski. Unfortunately, because of global warming, it was a particularly warm winter and we skied on manmade snow.

On the same trip, I began to notice how much climate change and global warming is on the minds of the French. I thought it was probably because they enjoy four different seasons, while I don’t have much to vary between the monsoon season and ‘hot season’ – usually from March to August. And because of this, it was probably why most Singaporeans would not find Climate Change a daily topic to think about.

That winter, it snowed heavily in late February. It snowed at the village I stayed in, and it snowed in Marseilles. There was enough snow to build snowmen, even in Marseilles. It became a particularly cold and snowy day. Unfortunately, I was back in Singapore.

The thing is, ever since that trip, I noticed an increase in promoting awareness on Climate Change. Indeed it has since affected the local community here than before. Rainy seasons are no longer rainy, and hot weather has become more unbearable. As I type this entry, we are having alternating hot days and cold,rainy days. (Today seems to be in between, surprisingly)

I think we are making improvements, and slowly informing the general public about how damaging our seemingly small actions could do. It’s not a big step forward, but sometimes, little ones go on a longer way.

just to say mang is alright and doesn’t have to wear her e-collar 24/7 anymore… (she does when we go out)

and then we have hash later.
so i’ll post pictures later i think

you know sometimes on a friday, you are happy that the next day is saturday. and then you get caught up with errands and God knows what, and you think about work all the time… about what you need to do on monday and the next week. and then you wake up and realize… oops it’s monday.

Mang wants to say this by the way: 67tyszxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

And Happy National Day

Nukes. 64 years ago today, the a-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. I saw the memorial with Aso on the news, and remembered how in 04 I saw the memorial too, with Koizumi. I am again reminded of the importance of nuclear non-proliferation, weapons-wise. I also miss attending the conferences I used to, in a strange way.

Sam. Good bye, Sam. I still remember the day I saw the video when you were rescued from the throes of fire. Your poor burnt paws. Your will to survive. I’m sorry you had to leave behind Bob. I will always remember you. Good bye, Sam.

hey!! mang is home.
she has to be wearing her collar though… and can’t be moving around too much in the day. Hopefully her ear continues to heal well. Sigh.

Review in a week which is national day.

Oh i also borrowed books again. more later. brb.

Nope, she’s not home yet. When I visited her yesterday, she had another little nupp of flesh. Since our vet wasn’t around yesterday, the nurse informed she’d look at Mang today instead.

I received a call this afternoon telling us that mang won’t get another stitch and she can’t come home today. I thought so. Anyways we went to see her in the evening and she is well. Her stitches are removed and instead of using a stitch to heal that nupp, our vet resorted to cauterizing instead. It seems to be a better option in my opinion. Let’s hope she gets well soon.

Mang has to stay for another 1 or 2 days so I’m praying she is finally on a smooth road to recovery now.

moments. #1 tried to be rambo and starts shooting at an obscene number of opponents. gets killed in the end. #2 forgot to save. nuff said.