from green to black

life is a roller coaster.... can i play outside?

i;ve finally finished that irritating essay,and in a
trend that i've noticed this semester, 2 days late,
technically. oh and i met my tutor on the bus, but
thankfully she didnt have time to ask me if i've handed
in my essay as she was rushing to class. phew.

one thing i liked about the essay was the interesting
snippets which i picked up, so i'll share some with you.
taken from tommy koh's book, the quest for world order

pg 377, story one

once, a certain gentleman in an unnamed country, was
elected it prime minister. before he took office, his
predecessor said to him, "i hope you will have a long
and successful tenure as Prime minister. i hope you
will not be confronted with any crisis. but if you
should be confronted with a crisis, you may find the
advice in the first envelope helpful to you. if, after
surviving your first crisis, you should confront a
second and third crisis, you could consult the contents
of the second and third envelopes". several months later,
the prime minister was confronted by a major political
crisis. failing to think of a solution to the crisis, he
suddenly remembered the three envelopes his predecessor
had given him. he opened his safe and took out the first
envelope. inside the envelope was a piece of paper
containing the following three words: blame your
predecessor. he followed the advice and blamed his
predecessor for the crisis. soon, the storm blew over
and he survived his first crisis. a year passed before
he was faced with his second crisis. he took the second
envelop from his safe and opened it. on the paper inside
the envelope were written these words: promise the people
you will institute a major reform. he followed the advice
and told the people that he would institute a major
reform. the people were lulled by the promise and the
crisis was ended. a few uneventful years rolled by before
the prime minister was confronted by his third crisis. he
tore open the third envelop and took out the piece of
paper inside with great anticipation. the paper read:
prepare three envelopes.

story 2 p 383
...talking about sex and diplomacy reminds me of a story.
a singapore officer at our embassy in moscow was seduced
by a soviet agent. she was, of course, a lovely blue-eyed
blond. when they blackmailed him,, he gave in and handed
over state secrets to her. i asked my malaysian
counterpart how he would deal with such problems. he said
it was easy. he would see every malaysian officer before
he was posted to moscow. he would warn them that the
russians might try to seduce him. he told them they should
try to resist temptation. however, if they succumbed they
should not panic. if the russian tried to blackmail them
with incriminating photos they should simply reply, "please
give me 2 sets of the photos. my foreign minister would
like to have 1 set of them!"

damn, the guy is good.

other things that happened today was a sucky mid term test.
no dont groan, this is for real. for bahasa which i didnt
study for at all (which i wholeheartedly regret, but its
too late now, lol) so i came out rather sad but hey, there
was sid, liying and sam who provided good company at lunch.
then i ponned Managerial Accounting lec to finish my essay
in hon sui sen library, i failed at doing that. met elijah
who told me to check my mid term scores. the one in which
i went into high and had 3 hours of sleep the previous day
for. oh guess what, i've got an a+ for a mcq test which i
am still unclear of what its all about. i kindda put in
very minimal effort for ma, cause i think its boring but
it seems that i cant escape the fact that math and sci
allow me to do well with minimal effort. so how? anyway,
told you i've got great guessing skills. and just as i
was recovering from the shock of my results since i expected
an ok b- for the amount of effort i put in, i saw my dad's
friend the prof!pressure sia, at least i could honestly tell
him i just had an a for a test instead of saying, oh yeah
life is fine and i'm surviving.

so up because i met sid before going for my test (yes i didnt
mention it just now) down because of the bad test, 30 marks
blank upon and hundred and 50% guarantee of the rest so that
means effectively 45marks. i'll be lucky to pass. then
the a+ which i'm still coming to terms with and finishing
the essay and coming home early which are up-ups. life is a
roller coaster indeed.

things to look forward to this weekend would be catching an
arthouse film with ben. although i really want to ask more
people along, but i'm not sure if i should. its the french
film festival ... check it out
here

the welcome to sticks one would be fun :)

bad faith on jewish israeli relations would be fun too.

if you love me follow me sounds like it will turn on
the idealist in me.

could this be love, looks like an interesting take
on privacy in relations

modern love? nah not between 2 guys.

demented sounds interesting with its synopsis
of a dysfunctional family

on fire.... hmmm, the extents women will go to in order
to get something sounds kindda scary

the drama of the promised life looks interesting

la france set in world war 1 seems to have a certain
familiar twist.

love songs...ménage a trois.....hmmm????

wait....how come its only showing youth without
youth online? oh well, hope things go well till then

posted by green unseen @ 4:33 AM