25/12: 2012 Movie Plot Holes
Well, I saw the movie 2012 on Christmas Eve. It's odd, that after seeing the movie, people often ask me "will the world really end in 2012? Will it really end like that?"
As if I would know!
However, I tell them confidently "No", fully confident the answer is "no". In any case, the plot is as full of holes as any other "world catastrophe" disaster movie.
As if I would know!
However, I tell them confidently "No", fully confident the answer is "no". In any case, the plot is as full of holes as any other "world catastrophe" disaster movie.
24/07: Uranium Sales to China
According to the news, BHP Billiton will start selling Australian Uranium to China as early as this year.
I misunderstood the message of Thomas Friedman's "The World Is Flat". I feel like Anton Ego must have felt at the end of "Ratatouille", when he wrote in his review "When Gusteau says 'Anyone Can Cook', it means that great talent can come from anywhere".
A friend from the United States asked me about Uluru recently. Uluru used to be called Ayers Rock, until its more correct name gained common usage.
I lived in Malaysia for about 10 years, and I love the country. That's why the government's response to the Swine flu left a bitter taste in my soul.
30/04: Flu - A Rich Man's Disease?
If one takes a look at Google's map of the incidence of Swine Flu, one thing that's very clear is that there are almost no reported cases in Africa or Asia.
How best to survive the coming pandemic? For an inkling of what it might be like, read this book
. Or, try to imagine the effects of having 10% of the population ill, many seriously, all at the same time.
. Or, try to imagine the effects of having 10% of the population ill, many seriously, all at the same time.
28/04: Swine Flu Pandemic 2009?
We are on the verge of the most important public health event since the 1960's, maybe longer.
Last night, we all went to see 'Dralion', the latest production by Cirque du Soleil. A year earlier, we had seen 'Varekai'. In short, Dralion is better than Varekai.
The most recent US stimulus package contains a watered-down version of a "protectionist" clause. In the original proposal, recipients of aid from the package would have to buy US steel only in their construction projects. This was widely decried internationally as a bad thing, and it is. The reasons it is bad go far beyond what the media reported, however.