Another long post. Really damn long man. VERY VERY LONG. Even i also buey tahan.

u can skip to the last few paragraphs if u are bored.

I'm so disturbed by the fact that Saddam Hussein has been executed. The videos I saw on msnbc.com showed a man expressing no fear at all and remained defiant even in the hour of his own execution. That defiance reminded me of Herman Goring, the 2nd in command of the Third Reich during the Nuremberg Trials. If u watched the 3 part miniseries of Nuremberg, you will get what i mean. The defiant Goring would wear sun glasses in the courtroom when a witness is presented in the court for the judge, he would not wear the earphones to listen to the testimony of the witness because he did not want to hear the translation and he strongly believes that anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany has no difference between the segregation laws in USA. That defiance brought respect to the fellow defendants(excluding Albert Speer) and boost their confidence in hope of winning the trials. With his practical and quick response to the questions asked about the crimes committed by the Nazis, the defendants won the early rounds of the trials, prompting the allies to change the course of the trials as they were afraid all defendants would be acquitted for crimes against humanity.

Despite being defiant and not remorseful, Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, just like Herman Goring. Both of them were denied the opportunity to die a soldier's death, i.e by shooting. Both were charged with crimes against humanity, with Goring being the most extreme. Saddam was hanged eventually and Goring committed suicide much to the dismay of the allies.
Even though both committed crimes against humanity, I think both of them deserved the right to choose how they were going to die. However, i am against capital punishment because i believe the notion that no one has the right to be the bearer of death of another, no matter how serious the crime is.

I heard from the news that an Indonesian ferry has just sunk and more than 400 went missing. Its really sad to know that such tragic events can happen 2 days before a new year. The reason why i wrote about this was because I saw waves that went 3 storeys high (or the height of the ferry i was on) when I was in Thailand travelling on a medium size ferry, capable of ferrying 200 or so people. It was cool for a moment lah, some ang mohs went to the top of the ferry to sun-tan thinking that they wont get wet. But in the end, everyone was soaked. The ship didnt rocked as violently as that Indonesian ferry(choy!) but the waves was huge enough and strong enough to engulf us mann. Now it reminds me of the movie, Poisedon, in which a rouge wave capsized the cruise ship, bigger than Titanic. (dunno true or not)

Talking about the Thailand trip, it was fun, no thanks to my uncle(i went there with my uncle). I saw the nice beautiful beaches in Phuket, snorkeled there too and bargain like siao in Hat Yai. I see alot of trans in Hat Yai lor, met one sommore. I didnt know the person there was a trans because the person there looks like some hot Thai girl. Finally when we leaving the shop, my uncle gave that person small sum of tip, initially that person smiled and I was expecting a very feminine thank you. The next moment was quite shocking, coz he replied with 2 palms together said Thank You in Thai in a male voice. I wasnt disrespecting them by appearing shock, i was just shocked lah.

Everything went well in Thailand until the day when lim peh decided to buy a guitar from Hat Yai. I saw a Jem look-alike guitar made by Barracuda. I decided to buy there since its only 400 SGD there and 1700 SGD back home. I was curious why the guitar was made by Barracuda and not Ibanez and i soon realised the pickups on that guitar is not D'Marzio and the wood they used to make the guitar has different quality compared to Ibanez made Jem, thats why it cost only 400 SGD. Anyway, that guitar shop guy has alot of integrity, even though I was a potential customer. He said buying in thailand is actually more ex than Singapore because Thailand charges 200% tax. But nvm, i was too embarrased to buy from him because if i were to buy, it would be like going against good advice.

I decided to go to some old man shop. Thats where i got really pissed off. This old man told me i can't try the guitars with a pick becos he was afraid I would scratch it. I was thinking if its accoustic guitar, its okay without a pick. But with an electric, i need to hear how it sound like when i do pinch harmonics, when i do sweeping on 3 strings, when i palm mute, when i do fast alternate picking. But after awhile, i said nevermind, just let me use without the pick. I thought everything was okay, then this old man started to recoil the wire, off the amplifier and decided not to sell me, even though i told him i would not use a pick. Fuck man, i was so damn pissed. Where got ppl do business like that 1? My uncle told me that night that he believe the old man was like that because he thot i wasn't going to buy, only to try. @#$%

ok lah, this post really damn long liao but i have alot of things to say but i can't blog it here either. I wanna talk about the party i had at my cousin's house, the party with elvan and gang and so on and on. but they are damn draggy. So i just blog what's important.

Anyway, tml is new year liao lor, 2007! And very soon, lim peh going to become a soldier lor, an honour in other countries, maybe here also, but something to drag going to right here. I will be missing alot of my friends also lor, like the chua chu kang cum bukit batok gang, benji+jesse+thatwholegroup of people, elvan and gang, naraen n gang, my guitar buddies, few people from my jc class like xl, bill and xc and of course not forgetting the most impt thing in my life, my guitar! hawhawhaw!

Before the clock strikes 12 tonight ah, limpeh want to thank...(sound very bo liao right, but lim peh loves my peng you mah!) for making this year damn shiok lor.


J chua for introducing to me good music, a gd fren for like 4 years, someone able to go out with and talk nonsense without any strings attached and shawn, clement, yu hsien(he's back from US till tuesday), alvin ong and harshal for the same reasons and we will still remain the chua chu kang cum bukit batok gang. hawhawhaw! (btw alvin ong, j chua pissed with ur november 2005 post. hawhaw, the one which u walked with harshal at westmall)

naraen n winston for being the most crappiest bunch of jokers i ever met. I picked up the hawhawhaw laugh from u guys, the soniyerbitchernayi from u guys and all the crappiest things i ever known and i also started playing CS again becoz of u guys.

benji, jesse, wei yu, xue cong, yanyi, quan you, xing long for being my great buddies in and out of school. For having lunch with me, flag poled me twice this year, video taped my candid moments and putting up on you tube sommore and getting the principals involved, talk cock with me, help me alot in my sch work, understand whats life, asked the girl i like whether she got stead, for calling me monkey, spamming my blog and yes I WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY U GUYS KIDNAPPED ME BEFORE GRADUATION AND TORTURED ME AFTER THE A LEVELS. haha!

elvan, ivan, wei sin, manoj, dinah, melissa for being my great buddies. We talk alot alot alot of cock everywhere we go and u guys have the greatest sense of humour. I would laugh non-stop with u guys lor. Must thank you guys for being my fashion makeover artist, hawhawhaw and for inviting me to all kinds of freaking fun parties with all the nice drinks.

bill and wt for having paper ball fights with me in class and to practise my hokkien swearing on.
calvin tan, jeremy frois, qing lun and bryan kwek for being great friends even after we left sji
kzh and jasper my internet buddies who has not forget me after we haven met up for so long
and
of course to the girl that i have like for like 1.5 yrs but nvr had the guts to tell her ah. heehee.

hawhaw, thats all man. so damn long, dunno who will read this anyway.