#222 is there a safe haven on earth?

You would never dream a 5-star hotel would be the target of terrorism.
This was precisely what happened in Mumbai 2 or 3 days ago (27 Nov)! The atrocities brought 130? (update30th: 170) dead.
This carnage was meticulously planned and executed!!!
 (bbc.com)
Unfortunately the first Singaporean taken hostage at the Trident-Oberoi Hotel found dead was a female. Sic! there was no mercy for [...]

#221 spend, spend, spend

Is spending the only way out of recession? What kind of spending are we referring?
Spending using real money, not credit or borrowed money? How does this work when people have no job translating no income, fraught with problems?
I’m still trying to make sense that’s happening in this financial crisis.
Has man been so dishonest that greed had overtaken turning [...]

#220 graciousness on mrt

I was somewhat embarrassed when a girl in her late teen gave up her seat for me when I got on at the Jurong East station on one MRT ride towards town yesterday afternoon.
At first I thought she was getting off at the next stop but to my dismay when I lifted my eyes from [...]

#219 new leaders

New Zealand has a change of leadership.
What will the new leaders in US and NZ bring to its nation and the world in 2009?
Helen Clark magnanimously and graciously bow out to John Key, the newly elected leader for the country:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7717427.stm.

#218 ‘fear n fear’

Now that the euphoria over the US election is over, will the real face of Wall Street surface?
I like the way John McCain concedes his loss to Barack Obama on presidency. During the campaign there were times when both parties hurled sharp words but eventually the voters’ rights, supreme.
McCain returns to his congenial self bowing out to congratulate Obama on [...]

#217 operation aborted?

Can anyone explain this – each time I enter this site, the message appears?
Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site http://gleechoo.wordpress.com. Operation aborted.
Thank you.
Update (7th nov): I do not have accessories or peripheries beyond that provided by this webpage yet I have this hiccup! Perhaps it’s time to move on to another website since there is no correction of sorts!

#216 story to remember

I received this through email and saving on blog as I found the story most credible and moving…I would like to add the writer’s name to this story though.
The Cab Ride
I walked to the door and knocked…”Just a minute,” answered a frail elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long [...]