Global warming: rise of 4.5 C if pollution doubles, says draft report

Modern technology owes ecology an apology. - Alan M. Eddison

The earth is already plagued with enough natural disasters. Erratic weather changes is causing so much stress on our lives, and more global warming is likely to worsen it. I cannot forsee how more carbon dioxide emissions is going make this planet more sustainable.

Imagine a different Earth our future generations will be seeing.

It's time for the environmentalists in our heart to change the world we are going to live in. Support Green Movement. So think again when you want to turn on the air-conditioning system. Though we can't reverse the damage done, the least we can do is to prevent and reduce further impact on our ecosystem.

Do your part for the world.

A long chat about philosophy with my brother proved to be a fruitful one. Sometimes the person you least expected is the one that actually teaches you the most, like what The Alchemist said about looking for omens that is strewn across life's journey. Now I have the plot for the short story that I'm going to immerse myself in for the next few months. As I have once said earlier, I'm going to write a book. But I came to a realisation it is too ambitious of me to do so. That's why I decided to start with short stories to hone my skills.

Hopefully this will be a success, unlike my previous attempt, where I was stuck at the ending. It's still collecting dust in my cupboard, waiting for the day when it can finally be completed...

Basically I'm blogging now because I have nothing to do. But then, I don't even know what to blog about. My brain is in a complete trance after another mind-boggling french session, which I feel isn't making much progress. Completely went bersek in class, so much so that I can't even focus and finish the simple exercise on the book. I don't know whether I can still manage this foreign language anymore. But I wouldn't give up.

I think I better go read up more books that can explain what I'm going through now. Time to get more Paulo Coelho books on my bookshelf.

Some article from the evening papers caught my attention today.

It seemed that 070707 (my 21st birthday) is actually a rare auspicious occassion in the chinese calendar. I don't know whether I should be happy, because it is supposedly a good day for marriage, which doesn't seem applicable here. But it is still an extraordinary phenomenon anyway.

Perhaps I should be glad that this special day of mine is also the very same day many couples will be joining their lives in holy matrimony . I ought to put in more effort in planning for this day then. Any suggestions from anyone?

I've been reading Paulo Coelho's books vicariously these days. The Alchemist inspired me to break out of the monotonous life that I have been leading all these years. I longed to do something different, and this book reaffirmed my passions and zeal for life.

I have decided. I shall write a book.

I think I have found some purpose in my existence.

I'm astounded by the things a drunken man can do.

It was supposed to be a chalet, but I guessed it turned out to be another drinking session with the army friends, -=sng=-, ter, jeremy, jj, forlan86 (dota names) and andy. It only took a bottle of Baileys, the "dreaded" Long Island, white wine, vodka and half a dozen of Heinken and Calsburg, and all hell broke loose.

Jeremy's the worst hit of among the lot, totally losing control over himself the entire night. His enthralling list of "accomplishment"probably made me want to quit drinking from now on.

I shall not list the things he did though. The videos will become another "blackmailing" treasure in my computer. Probably someone (not me) will put it in youtube soon?

I must say it was a night that will be deeply etched in our memories for the years to come. I'll never forget the things that happened.

That's all for now. In the meantime, I shall try to memorize some new names from my french class.

2007 is the year when everyone around me start to discuss how they are going to celebrate their 21st. I'm still kinda stuck at the stage where I don't even know whether I'll be motivated enough to set up a party for everyone.

Perhaps eddie's way of jumping down from a mountain top, sipping vodka and lighting a cigarette on his birthday appeals to me. I want to do something that I can remember for the rest of my life. Something that is full of energy and zeal. Parachute down from the sky?

Anyway, not much happenings since the new year came, basically looking all around for jobs while awaiting for ord. Shi leng's 21st is quite impressive though, with that wide variety of food and the extremely "big" house. Even though I ended up in the background with penghui (because we didn't know most of the people from swiss and nj), we were still quite satisfied with everything. Especially the chocolate-making machine. What a fascination.

Took quite a lot of photos (because I decided to do something dumb) and appeared like a ghost in every single photo taken. It was quite an experience though. Others must have been wondering what this weird guy is doing in all the pictures.

I must have been too bored these days.

That shall be all for now. A bientot.

I thought I could start the new year by doing something crazy like wearing back the old pj uniform and go back to school and laugh my head off at the new intakes.

But that didn't happen in the end.

Sometimes I wished I was the one being laughed at. At least it meant I was still a naive student, with studies being the only objective in life. If only...

Army's coming to an end soon. It's time for a new start. Back to school, here we go.

MY 2007 resolutions
Enjoy adulthood, save up lots of money, master french, treat everyone around me better than ever. lol.