Osama Bin Laden is Dead!

According to USA Breaking News, Osama Bin Laden is declared dead by the US's House of Intelligence earlier today. Read the source here. Ever since the 911 attacks on USA in 2001, it has been a long wait for the US government to get their hands on Osama, which they never did. Not until now.

Still, we have to see the body in order to believe the claims put out by the US. There have been many near-misses that the US committed, making big boo-boos and shaming themselves in front of the world that they are unable to catch the very culprit who almost destroyed the US back then.

For now, the world shall sit back and celebrate this piece of news while it waits for the US to make its official announcement through its President Obama. Look at the irony of the names. It takes an Obama to take down an Osama. So, let us rejoice for now~

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 46

The latest chapter for Kuroshitsuji is out and as usual, you can get it from Bleach Asylum. =)

Jeremy, the new character that was introduced back in Chapter 45, turned into a full detective mode in this chapter. With each inspection of the dead bodies, he pierced together the bits and pieces of mystery that had befallen the Phantomhive house in this arc.

Poor Ciel even had to be a sacrificial lamb in order to catch the killer and its helper. Who could that be? All that remains is Chapter 47 =)

I am so in awe of Yana Toboso sensei and her style of story-telling. I wish Kuroshitsuji could go on and on. Sebastian is THE butler that every master would kill for. Hiak hiak!

New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Preview from MTV Asia

Finally, we get to see a HD version of the preview clip of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was shown at the recent MTV Asia Awards 2010.





It looks so awesome and now I can't wait for November 19 to arrive soon. Look at how Emma Watson has grown (she's showing off her cleavage). Those were the days when all 3 stars were still fresh from their first auditions way back in 2001.

Wow... it's been 10 years since the first Harry Potter movie. Time sure flies fast, don't you think so?

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 45

Once again, it's that time of the month and Kuroshitsuji has fall upon us, beckoning to be read. ;) Thanks to Bleach Asylum for scanlating this latest chapter so quickly, though probably it's also because the chapter is so short.

Warning! Spoilers ahead!!!

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Here, readers are introduced to a new character which Ciel identified as Father Jeremy. If you recall, Sebastian had instructed Mayrin to send out an owl just before his 'death'. It turns out that this owl reached Father Jeremy and now he has arrived at Phantomhive mansion to solve the murders mystery, since Sebastian is not able to do so due to his unique circumstances.

Now the arc is delving into a Sherlock Holmes world where mysteries are being attempted to be resolved before the next murder happens. This is also like what Agathe Christie would write in her mystery novels too.

Oh man, Yana Toboso sensei is going to her readers one hell of an exciting read and now I am eagerly waiting for the next chapter to come. =D

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 44

Wow.... new chapter 44 for Kuroshitsuji is finally here. Many many thanks to Bleach Asylum for bringing this wonderful manga scanlation to us. So far it is the only group that translates Kuroshitsuji and I am so grateful that they are still around to scanlate more Kuroshitsuji chapters.

In this chapter, there are some cute moments and touching moments. It is so fun to see so many stray cats that are hidden away by Sebastian. Ciel is allergic to cats so Sebastian can't have a pet cat openly in front of him.

Then there's the servants who are missing Sebastian and reminiscing over how they met Sebastian for the first time and they vowed to protect Ciel in place of Sebastian.

Overall this chapter is really cool and meaningful. =D

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 42

Wee! Kuroshitsuji chapter 42 is out for reading! Please join Bleach Asylum and thank them for another wonderful release!

In this chapter, we see the guests trying to figure out how Sebastian was murdered and why he got two fatal wounds in two such different locations, namely his head and abdomen. They even thought that a second murderer might be on the loose too.

Meanwhile Ciel appoints Tanaka as the replacement butler for Sebastian. The moment Tanaka wears the butler badge, he transformed into a different person. He looked so much different from what Yana had portrayed him previously. Whether it's going to be good or not is dependent on the next chapter.

But before chapter 42 ends, we get another murder and this time round, it's Phelps. My my, the plot gets more twisted as the arc goes on. Three murders in the space of two nights can be a bit much for a detective to swallow, eh? Plus the owl that Sebastian had entrusted to Mayrin was shot down by someone. Who was it? What is exactly going on? That is all that remains to be seen and I doubt we will get any answers soon.

Hopefully we get more insight into this arc in the next chapter in March 2010. See ya!

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 41

Yes! Kuroshitsuji chapter 41 is out and we get to see the final moments of Sebastian before he gets murdered too. Please join Bleach Asylum to get this chapter and thank the wonderful people there for bringing us this chapter.Without them, we won't be getting any Kuroshitsuji manga at all. >.<

In this chapter, Ciel gets chained to Arthur for the night in order to see whether Ciel is the murderer since he did not have an alibi to prove his innocence. It is so cute to see Ciel being so child-like, especially when he needed his security pillow to sleep and Sebastian had to bring it over for him.

We get to see a poignant moment of Arthur musing over how child-like Ciel is before Sebastian's final live appearance. The next scene brought us Sebastian's death and how distraught Ciel was. He ordered his butler to wake up from his sleep and stop pretending to be dead. Well, as the reader, I do know very well that Sebastian can't die and so this justifies Ciel's actions.

However Ciel's guests do not know that fact and therefore it's no wonder that they are puzzled by his behaviour. How will this arc pan out? We shall have to wait for the next chapter to see what happen next. Yana Toboso is as brilliant as ever.

Movie Watch: Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince

Yesterday, Queenie and I went to watch the latest installment to the Harry Potter movie franchise, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

It was supposed to be a gathering where 3 of us would watch this movie together. However Moonie chose love over friends and decided to watch it with her boyfriend instead of us. I do feel disappointed at her choice since we have been following the Harry Potter movies ever since the first day it was aired.

Anyway I have learned not to ask Moonie to go out with me anymore. Attached people are best left alone. They usually would want to spend all their free time with their partners rather than friends. I'll just let her be. One day it will be my turn. When I have my partner, I will also dump Moonie and choose my partner. Ha! Eh... I gotta get a partner first.

Right.

This post is getting out of topic. I am supposed to write about the Harry Potter movie loh...

Daniel Radcliffe reprises his famous role as the boy wizard in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. By now he has already mastered the art of portraying Harry and in this particular movie, Harry gets to date. Hee... Yep.

There's a kissing scene between Harry and Ginny, Ron's younger sister. The actress, Bonnie Wright, has certainly grown up differently from the days when she was acting in the second installment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Little did we know that her role would turn out to be such a major factor in Harry's life.

It was in this book that Harry fell in love with Ginny for real. For once, Ginny's affections finally gets returned and we get to see a little bit of their romance in the movie as well. Too bad majority of their love story gets cut off but that is to be expected since the book is way too thick to be fully adapted into a movie.

Tom Riddles a.k.a. Voldemort's past also gets revealed through Dumbledore's memory. Riddles' odd question on horcrux finally set the events for Harry's future when he sought to be immortal by destroying all that stood in his way and making little trinkets into his soul carriers.

It is truly scary to see that Riddle could think up such an evil plan at such a young age. No wonder everybody is so scared of him. Even the mention of his name sends shivers down everyone's spine.

However the next book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, seems destined for a better treatment as Warner Bros will release the film in two parts. Well it makes economic sense for the company as the movie is going to be the last huge cashcow in the Harry Potter franchise. After all there are only seven books in the Harry Potter universe and being able to make eight movies out of that is already amazing enough. Furthermore no other recent book series has managed to get adapted fully into movies the way Harry Potter series did. Narnia didn't even come close.

Sadly in this movie, we also witnessed the final moments of dear old Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Personally I liked his character as he has always been so supportive of Harry. At the very last moment, he sacrificed his life for Harry so that Harry could go on to defeat that damn Voldemort. It was fitting that it was Severus Snape that ended Dumbledore's life. I'm sure we wouldn't have had it other way, unless its a natural death.

I am looking forward to the final installments to the movie franchise and I'm sure Warner Bro will do a good job. J K Rowling would not have it other way too.

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 35 RAW is up!

You can go to this forum, Bleach Asylum, and sign up to be a member to get access to its fabulous Kuroshitsuji section.

For some time, I have been getting my monthly Kuroshitsuji fix from this forum. Plus it's heartening to see so many Kuroshitsuji fans gather here to chat about Ciel, Sebastian and stuffs. =D

Now the latest chapter to this excellent manga has just been released in Japan on 18 July 2009. Yana introduces more bishounen (handsome boys) into this new chapter and we also see what happens to the last few remaining circus members, namely Freckles/Doll in this case.

The scanlation for the chapter is not yet up but reading the raws also gets the adrenaline moving. So many questions are left hanging for the reader to decipher. The main important thing is how is Ciel going to be developed further as the series goes along?

Yana promises that it will be a very dark manga and I am eagerly waiting to see how she goes about drawing it. Everything is going fine so far, although the fact that the Undertaker is a shinigami is no longer a surprise, no thanks to the anime. However, we do get to see his eye, unlike in the anime. I am curious how the Undertaker looks like, if Grell can swoon at the sight of his eyes. Ha!

Onward Kuroshitsuji!

Wee! A Second Season for Kuroshitsuji!

According to reliable source, there will be a second season for my favourite anime, Kuroshitsuji!

Season 1 ended on a dubious note and I wasn't entirely happy with the way the ending was presented. Not to mention that freaky Angela/Ash thingy that creeps people out. One moment it's a she, the next moment it's a he. Dammit, make up your mind if you wanna be a girl or a boy, Angela/Ash! Geez!

Gosh, even Sebastian has no interest in such a weird creature. Anyway I hope the new season will animate the circus arc as it is a very fantastic arc that showcases Ciel's darker side.

Since they announced that it will most probably be shown next year, Yana would have already drawn several more chapters by then. Hopefully we won't get so many filler episodes like season 1 anymore. No freaky angels please.

I also hope that season 1 will find its way to Singapore soon. Too bad all we have been getting are older anime series that are of no interest to me. When will my wish ever be granted, I wonder.

Really, the anime scene in Singapore is truly pathetic. Perhaps the tv station has no more money left to buy rights to the newer anime shows. Oh man, how I wish I can live in Japan right now. I would be in heaven!

Manga Read: Bleach Chapter 358 to 361

Nowadays, I seldom read Bleach on a weekly basis. Instead I let the chapters accumulated and then read all of them in one go. That would be much more better than sitting around week after week, waiting for each chapter to be released.

In the meantime, I would read other mangas like Skip Beat! and Kaichou wa Maid-sama to occupy my time.

This time round, I covered Bleach chapter 358 to 361. The fight is now focused on more shinigami captains other than the initial Toshiro and Soi Fong. The two of them used their most powerful bankai to defeat their respective espadas and it still remains to be seen if they managed to eradicate them successfully or not.

Toshirou is expected to be much more powerful in future, when his powers are fully grown. So Kubo Tite probably has major plans for Toshirou in place. As for Soi Fong, she is still missing one arm, even though she managed to use her bankai, which was rather big and flashy too.

Now the shinigami captains seem to be winning their battle against the espadas, unless Kubo Tite decided to make the enemies much more stronger than they are now. So there's the possibility of the fights continuing on for quite a few more chapters before the mangaka will conclude the whole battle.

I'm guessing the battle will most likely be drawn out until around chapter 375. Maybe Ichigo's fight will also be included, if we are lucky enough. At the rate the mangaka is going, it's going to take a long time before we would know if the shinigami captains succeed in their quest to stop Aizen.

Onward Bleach!

Movie Watch: Drag Me To Hell

Last night, I went to watch Sam Raimi's latest movie with Queenie, Drag Me to Hell, at Plaza Singapura's Golden Village.



Since the film is directed by Spiderman's famed director, I can't give this movie a miss. For the most part, it was satisfying as sudden shocks and surprises jumped at the audiences in-between the storyline.

The sound effects are especially good and they succeeded in creating scares and tense atmosphere that made most of the girls in the cinema cringed in horror. But both Queenie and I were not affected as we are seasoned horror movie-goers, so there's pretty much nothing that can scare us.

Still this movie is very realistic and do borders on the ridiculous edge as well. I mean, just how much yucky liquid Sam Raimi is going make that actress swallow just to satisfy his sadistic tendencies?

The poor actress ate almost everything from maggots to flies to saliva to vomit to soil to blood. Just about everything that you can think yucky of, she's done them all in this movie. Poor Alison Lohman.

Overall the movie isn't that bad but the ending is kind of, duh. Our heroine thought she managed to escape from hell's clutches, only to be sent back right into hell by her unknowing boyfriend. And that was right after she went through the process of digging up the cursed old woman's grave and stuck the so-called accursed button right into the mouth.

What can I say, Christine? You are just fated to be in hell. Oh ho ho ho... Yeah~ that's just about it.

On a side note, while I was waiting for Queenie to arrive, I went to Sasa to get my eyebrows trimmed and the service was totally free. Oh boy that was quite a delightful find. However I did bought some items like mascara and facial masks from the shop so it's not as though I am a cheapskate person.

Right so that's just about it. =D

Manga Read: Bleach Chapter 357 Out

The new chapter to the ongoing manga, Bleach, has just been posted for reading.

It continues the fights for shinigami captains Soi Fong and Toushirou Hitsugaya against the Espadas. However it seems that they are on the losing end for now. The Espadas' powers are getting so powerful that even the shinigami captains underestimated them and suffered damages to themselves in the process.

Soi Fong had to cut off her arm when she was hit by Barragan's attack, Death Breathe. Her hand and arm turned to bones and would probably have killed her if she hadn't got the arm cut off. I wonder how on earth is she going to get victory out from this fight? So far the odds are stacked highly against her favour. Knowing Kubo Tite, he would probably engineered a twist that no one would think of in this kind of situation.

For Toushirou, he thought that he could use his control of the water as a weapon against Halibel but she proved to be a tough cookie as well. While Toushirou controls water in the form of ice, Halibel controls water in its original form. It seems to be that way for now.

Yet again, the chapter ended in a cliffhanger and so we don't know who is going to win their fights. No wonder Bleach has grown so much chapters. One single fight alone is enough to occupy several chapters.

Anyway tomorrow I am looking forward to the release of the new chapter for Kuroshitsuji. Wee! I can't wait to see what Yana has drawn for Ciel and Sebastian in their pursue of the Father.

Onward to tomorrow!

Manga Read: Bleach Chapter 356 Out

Woo~ finally the translated version for Bleach chapter 356 is out and it's as short as ever.

New cover for the chapter

In the previous chapter, we thought that Toushirou was fatally injured by Halibel's attack. However, that was actually a diversion created by Toushirou in an attempt to try and outsmart the espadas. The espadas are a very super tough lot of fighters and it takes smart wit to win against them, not pure brute force.

This shows that Toushirou is not all what he seems to be, despite his child-like appearance. He's got much more mettle to his credit than he would let on but his fight with Halibel is still not over yet. As usual, Kubo Tite is going to cover the battle in several chapters, so that leave us readers hanging in the balance for now. Aww...

The other shinigami captain to be featured in this chapter is Soi Fong, who is fighting against espada no. 2, Barragan Luisenbarn, and he explained how each of the Espadas embody an aspect of death. According to the series, these are the ten reasons why humans die. Each Espada govern one aspect of death each and each aspect is reflective of an Espada's personality and/or fighting style.

He himself represent aging, a form of time manipulation. He can render his opponent unable to move or even break their bones without them realising it until it's too late. Poor Soi Fong is going to have a pretty tough fight this time but I'm betting that Yoruichi Shihōin will come in to save the day. Hee...

Now Barragan has just use his release and he sure looks awesome too. See the picture below:

Credit to sleepy fans for all the pictures.

He looks like a skeleton king, doesn't he? A grand one at that too. Oh man, the next chapter will be out tomorrow and the translated version should be out by Thursday or Friday. Till then, the fate of the shinigami captains as well as Ichigo and gang is still up for guessing. Phew!

Manga Read: Bleach [Update]

As far as my Bleach reading goes, I am still in the middle of the manga but since my previous post, I have advanced to chapter 245.

Slowly I am getting closer to reaching the latest arc and its chapters. Besides, the latest chapter has just been released, bringing the total chapters to 352. Since this manga is a weekly release, the next due day is this coming Wednesday. So if I can manage to reach the latest chapters before Wednesday, I will be at the most up-to-date arc and its plot.

So far, I have completed the Soul Society arc and now I'm reading the Arrancar arc. This arc follows the betrayal of Aizen and his gang, which happened in the Soul Society arc. Aizen intends to build his own army of arrancars to invade and destroy the Soul Society, a mission which he failed to carry out in the previous arc due to Ichigo's interference.

As usual, the plot is engaging and many fighting scenes are included, though now there seems to be more focus on one of the side characters, Inoue Orihime. She is being targeted by Aizen for her special ability to reverse time and thus seems to be able to heal any sort of injury. Now it's up to Ichigo, Uryuu and Sado to save her from Aizen's clutches.

There is also a new character I find very cool, Ulquiorra Cifer. A picture of him is shown below:





I believe this is the anime version of Ulquiorra. By the way, I must admit that I am still unable to pronounce his name correctly. The spelling alone took me 2 days to get it right. Now I must source for the sound of his name. It's like a tongue twister. Meh...

Nonetheless, he still looks very cool and to date, I prefer him more than any other espadas. The one espada that I dislike a lot is Grimmjow. I think he's an arrogant and insolent espada. He always want to do things his own way. He even dared to disobey orders and start fights with Ichigo and gang. His picture is depicted as below:





He looks like he is in need of a nasty beating, eh? Heehee....

As for the Soul Society side, I am starting to like Byakuya and Toushirou more. Byakuya's love and concern for his adopted sister, Rukia, is very emotional and touching. It's hard not to like him after all he has done for her. He carries a serious on his face at all times, just like the picture below:





Toushirou is very cute but is also very stern for a boy. However his concern for Hinamori is rather discernable and this makes him more enduring. His relationship with his vice-captain, Rangiku, is rather strong and she is willing to turn against her childhood friend, Gin, to fight alongside with Toushirou. See how cool Toushirou poses below:





So now I'm off to continue my arrancar arc and I'm sure Ichigo will emerge victorious.

Manga Read: Bleach

Recently, I have started reading a hugely popular manga series, Bleach. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he accidentally obtains the power of a shinigami—a Japanese death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from Rukia Kuchiki. Gaining these abilities forces him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife.

Book cover for Vol. 01

Currently the series is still ongoing and it has 351 chapter released. I have managed to read up to chapter 146 and so far it has been action-packed with many plot twists. I like Ichigo as he is very cute and funny. The way the mangaka, Tite Kubo, draws his characters may not be as elegant as Kuroshitsuji's mangaka, Yana Toboso but his drawings do have their own charm.

Ichigo is often portrayed with a comic face whenever he gets tricked by his friends. As it's still pretty early for me to say whether this series is good or not, nonetheless the action-plot might appeal more to guys as it's more manly.

I don't know how long it will take me to reach the latest chapters and the chapters are released on a weekly basis. Hopefully I will be able to catch up soon, provided the story doesn't bore me out in the middle. Now I'm preoccupied with the soul society arc and the plot seems to go on forever.

Still, it's not too bad as a read and maybe I will have a better opinion once I complete my reading.

=D

NTU Lecturer Stabbed by Student

Finally the unexpected thing happened in Singapore.

The first case of a student stabbing incident has just occurred in Nanyang Technological University this morning.

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AN information engineering professor of the Nanyang Technological Universy is undergoing emergency operation in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by a final year student in his office on Monday morning.

The professor, Prof Chan Kap Luk, was in his office when the male student stabbed him with a knife in the back and arm.

After the attack, the male student, who was in his 20s, slit his wrists and jumped.

The body of the undergraduate, believed to be an Indonesian Chinese, was found at the foot of the seven-storey School of Electrical, Electronic and Engineering building.

NTU students returning from their mid-term one-week break were shocked at the double tragedies which happened at about 10.30am on the sixth floor, where the offices of the lecturers are located.

The School of EEE is next to the School of Communications.

Prof Chan, who is in his 40s, is said to be the supervisor of the student in a project.

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These are the kind of things that only happen in western universities like last year's Virginia High Tech University. Yet times are changing these days.

The only difference is that the nationality of the culprit is Indonesian Chinese, and not Chinese, as speculated by many internet users in forums. The cause of the conflict is yet to be determined but this news will definitely be sensational in Singapore for quite some time.

We are used to seeing such killing news originating from USA or UK or even in Japan, the nearest country to South East Asia. Now we are facing the exact same thing in our own land, albeit without the thrilling factor of guns, the most common choice of weapon among such suicide killers.

Let's see how the news will pan out for this particular case. For all we know, we might never get to the bottom of the matter.

John Travolta's Son Died

I was just watching Entertainment Tonight on Channel 5 earlier on and its headline for the day was on the death of John Travolta's son, Jett Travolta.

According to TMZ.com, Jett passed away on 3rd January 2009 after he suffered a seizure fit when he fell and hit his head in the bathroom while on vacation. Videos of the young Jett was shown on TV and the little boy looked so cute.

John Travolta with son, Jett.

Travolta was visibly seen trying to contain his sorrow while appearing strong for his family. He had tried to revive his son using CPR but it was too late for the boy. His wife, Kelly Preston, was reported to be crying non-stop after she learnt of his death.

May Jett's soul rest in peace and condolences to both John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston.

Farewell, Ms Lo Hwei Yen

Finally, we have gotten more information about the Singaporean woman who was tragically killed in Mumbai's worst terrorist attack in recent years.

Her name is Lo Hwei Yen, who was a lawyer and was in Mumbai to give a conference talk. Cause of death is listed as: 'Fracture of skull with abdominal injury. Firearm injury.'

A Mumbai senior hotel executive at the Oberoi Trident confirmed that she sustained gunshots to her head and abdomen. It is a cold way of killing.

These terrorists really stop at nothing to ensure they got what they wanted. Which was nothing compared to the loss of human lives. Everything makes no sense in these terrorists' minds. They are probably just as normal as the boy who lives next door. Underneath the exterior lies a mind so shocking that it defies the very existence of humanity.

It is very hard for anyone to accept that their loved one is gone. Just like that. To add salt to the wound, it was a tragic end to a vivacious life. That can't be right. I mean, based on news report, this woman is so lively and so cheerful that she deserve a better fate than this. Life shouldn't ended in this way for her.

She had just gotten hitched and her career was going on so wonderfully. Yet death's jaw snatched her away from life's hand in a snap of a second. There can be no satisfactory answer for this.

C'mon, is there a reason to start a war over trivial matters like race? Why does violence become a necessary negotiation weapon for these terrorists? All the commoners will suffer for nothing. Poor Michael. His life with Hwei Yen had just barely started and now he's all left alone. Thankfully, the strength of family love still keeps him going and I hope he will stand strong and live life once more, this time without his beloved Hwei Yen.

I don't know all these people and I only got their names from newspapers reports. Yet because we all share the same thing that ties us together: our home country, Singapore. Because of that, we are one big family and we give each other support when in times of need. At life's bleakest hour, we rose to the occasion and unite as one family, one heart.

No matter what life has to offer in the future, Singapore will unite and stand behind Michael for we will never condone terrorism. Ever.

Singaporean Died in Mumbai Terrorist Attack

It was reported on the news that one Singaporean had been killed in Mumbai's recent terrorist attack on Tuesday.

Initially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had confirmed in earlier reports that the female Singaporean was unharmed as of yesterday. But at 9.35pm news tonight, the situation had turned for the worst.

Circumstances surrounding her death is still unknown at the moment though her family members had already flown to Mumbai. All we know is that she died a tragic death.

I don't know what all these terrorists are thinking but its totally unforgivable that they took lives away so cruelly. Besides, they were targeting the British and the Americans, what has a Singaporean got to do with anything? The Singaporean probably has the dubious honour of being the first Singaporean to die in a terrorist attack. *sighs*

The main issue that comes to mind is that why the Mumbai authorities couldn't save the hostages earlier? Unless their technology is not advanced enough to take on the terrorists? What could be the reason for Mumbai's failure to contain the situation and the losses?

Even right till now, the situation in Mumbai has not improved. But I don't care about that. I only know that Singapore citizens are not significant enough for India to get involved. Unless we get a satisfactory answer from India's government on their rescue operation failure, we will never have a peace of mind.

The losses are simply not tolerable. Not especially India should have been on the lookout for such terrorist attacks ever since their elections started. This breach of security is a serious issue that needs to be investigated and put in check.

As for the female Singaporean Chinese woman, I can only say that she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. No one could have predicted that she would come to harm. Not like this. This barbarian way of the terrorists.

We should stand up to terrorism and not allow it to ruin our lives. Every single one of us must do our part to be proactive in preventing terror attacks. Terror attacks are such a lame and cruel way to destroy humanity. What is this world coming to?

I may not be able to do much but at least I can help to spread the message around. We are all human beings, is there a need to treat each other so hostile? Hmmm, actually I am sort of a hypocrite when it comes to equality. I don't have a single good impression of the China people but that does not mean we should launch a terror attack on China.

We should resolve issues through diplomatic talks, not through violence. What does violence acheive in the end? Only more loss of innocent human lives. These terrorists are probably brainwashed to the point where they regards humanity as nothing more than pawns in their games. Stupid, mindless games, I might add.

Besides the disaster in Mumbai, Thailand is also facing its own domestic problems with its people going all out on the streets to wage protests against the current government. Negative news are all the new staples for current affairs news these days.

When will it ever end? We might never have a satisfactory answer at all. Such is the downfall of humanity.

Unless, my own Twinkies comes along and takes me away with him, to live in eternal vampire happiness. Heehee!!! My very own Edward Cullen! Ok, I'm disgressing here.

We need to have more light-hearted moments in our lives. Otherwise we will remain gloomy and life will be something that we DON'T look forward to. That would be so depressing.

Now I'm off to my lala land, together with my Edward, to find light-hearted happiness! Tada!