Interesting careful observations

"We decided, recently, we're going to make this a Top 13."

With those words from Simon Cowell, the American Idol-verse erupted with applause, because it meant that fan fave Anoop Desai would proceed into the next round of the Season 8 competition.

The article on TVguide.com ended with ".... is it a publicity stunt?"

OF COURSE IT IS, YOU DING DONG!

Prolly because of the darn Slumdog Millionaire thing now the India Indians are more respected than the China Chinese. Hey, we got slums here in downtown Kay-El too you know; why not pity us?

(CNN) -- North Korea says it will retaliate if its "satellite" launch from its northeastern coast is intercepted, with the communist nation saying interference would "mean a war." The statement came as the North cut off communications with neighboring South Korea.

Here we go! My dad lived through the World War II endings. Now I get to live to World War III. At least I got something to tell my kids! Once Obama pull out of Iraq this autumn and invade Iran or whereever there's oil, we'll see a global scale war. The only positives is that... maybe, just maybe.. all our century-old Indianet infrastructure will be destroyed in the war leading to deployment of futuristic internet connectivity technologies. NAIS.

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan's bellwether Nikkei stock average lost 87 points on Monday to close at its lowest level since October 1982.

The 1.2 percent loss pushed the index down to 7,086.

Even the Japs are fucked. No more new tech gadgets for me this year :(

(CNN) -- David Beckham was upstaged on the day his AC Milan future was finally resolved as teammate Filippo Inzaghi fired a hat-trick in the 3-0 success over Atalanta at the San Siro on Sunday.

Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham now has LV and Prada right at her doorstep!

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has, in true style, stirred the pot ahead of his team's Champions League second round return leg against Manchester United on Wednesday by saying he could take over as manager at Old Trafford when Sir Alex Ferguson finally decides to retire.

This Jose is bloody good. I like his personality, assertiveness and the size of his balls. The man never fail to entertain, and deliver results! Looking forward to the match on Thursday morning.

In other Man Utd news, we're gonna face Everton in the FA Cup Semi-Final to set up a clash against either Chelsea or Arsenal.

Five trees of the same species, representing Justice, Integrity, Welfare, Transparency and Trustworthiness, have been planted near this historical tree.

The Malaysian opposition gathered under a tree after being disallowed into the usual meeting building. I think its relevant to quote Linkin Park regarding the situation in Malaysia:

These fuckers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque
Asking you to have compassion and have some respect

For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay

And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"

[Chorus:]
Amen
Amen

Yesterday had Left 4 Dead with Kath, Sook Kuan and Joey, all from HP. We played easy mode and barely made it. Then it was pool at Club 9 til Pat came along and we played Catan at Lukas'.