#264 possible quake predicted 2 years ago

No one expected an earthquake to break out in Haiti even though she was warned 2 years ago by scientists a quake was possible. No one believed this could happen as there was no quake for the last 200 years in its natural history. No one was prepared for this tumultuous magnitude. The 7.1 magnitude [...]

#248 poverty

Finally the real question is asked on poverty in some nations: why is Africa poor? A commentator, an African, candidly acknowledges that Africa is rich in resources but it is their national leaders who are corrupt and squandered the people’s wealth for their own pleasure. The leaders fill their own stomach but the people…? Should surrounding or [...]

#240 thai red-tees

Sad indeed to see and hear that the red-tees protestors (of ousted and exiled Thaksin) stormed into the venue where the Asian Summit leaders were to meet over the weekend. The leaders were evacuated and the meeting cancelled. These protestors appear to become bolder and bolder as the day passes… “The government can’t do anything,” said Lada [...]

#237 earning power

Can one’s earning power reflect how capable a person is in management of a corporation? Is one’s earning the gauge of his capability in running for offices in politics? Recently theonlinecitizen.com posted that the Singapore Prime Minister gets $2.7 million per annum, topping the list of being the highest paid politician in the world — the US [...]

#236 church pastor paid 500K per year?

Fancy that..I read that New Creation Church pays her leaders — pastor, Joseph Prince — an annual sum of 500K and 2 others for sums of 100K each for work done in the church! Mind you, when the pastor marries a couple in church, he gets an angpaw; at funeral wakes he is given an [...]

#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 [...]

#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.

#211 dispute over ancient temple

The latest dispute according to news left 2 Cambodians dead and 2 wounded while 5 Thai soldiers wounded. Where is negotation? Where is peace? What do some leaders know about peace? These leaders certainly know how to add spicy spices to the lives of the villagers. As it is, the villagers are living in dire poverty, will they have to [...]

#157 can man control weather?

There is constant vigilance and scrutiny these days about pollution and the weather on the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing…will the pollution hinder or bring some side-effects on the health of the athletes? What is the media doing by constantly harping upon whether China is able to clean up the air for the Games? Is China not doing [...]

#141 leadership

Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates, at age 52, is moving away from the outfit he’d started to social enterprises (?) as he and his wife want the challenge to reducing poverty in practical ways in some parts of the world. The difference between NGOs and one using one’s personal finances is ownership. I’m sure Bill & Miranda Gates will guard their [...]