8th Post --- JAL's downfall

Japan Airline has gone Bust.... Could that be ? Asia's Largest carrier out of business ? What has the world come to nowadays ? Are we all in deep trouble ? Are these the signs of our impending doom in 2012 ?

Japan Airlines, Nippon's favourite airline, has filed for bankruptcy protection on January 18, 2010. Mighty Japan looses an airline. Anyway, JAL has been reported to owe more than 25 billion in dept. It will be slashing over 15000 jobs and unprofitable routes.

JAL has been hit hard by industry turbulence unleashed by the 9/11 attack in the United States, the Iraq war and the global financial crisis. Once again, the financial crisis has destroyed another financial giant. The airline is now under state-support. The airline's value has dropped so much that it's stock has been delisted. To make matters worst, the company value is now worth less than a single Boeing 747 aircraft. The bankruptcy is Japan's biggest corporate failure outside the financial sector since World War II, according to Tokyo Shoko Research. "The problem is that the government lacks a clear vision on what to do with JAL's international network, they are focused on assisting JAL" said Yasuhiro Matsumoto, a credit analyst at Shinsei Securities.

The government has announced a 3.3 billion-dollar injection of public funds and emergency loans of 6.6 billion dollars for the airline, which will slash about 15,600 jobs.

The airline is currently trying desperately to clear the loans and selling off their dozens of Boeing 747-400s, claiming that it " Drains fuel ", and switching to "cleaner" airplanes such as the Boeing 767.

" I thought that there was no way JAL could fail " said Akiko Saito.

However, this is good news for Japan's JAL's rival, All Nippon Airways, making it Japan's new flagship carrier. However, JAL could still pose a formidable treat to them if/when they recover from the loans.

Also, eyeing its lucrative Asian landing slots, American carriers such as American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are now bidding for a slice of Japan Airlines.

JAL. Once Asia's largest airline in terms of revenue, reduced to a smoldering, unsalvageable piece of junk. Is this what's to come in the future ? Is this the symptoms of 2012 ? Does this mark the start of turmoils to come ? More importantly, is this the start of the end of the world ?

7th Post --- Circle Line ?

I hate you SMRT.

I mean, What is up with you ? Why bother to build the "circle Line of death" when Singapore is already flooded buses ? I mean, buses seem to never end, i was once trapped at a traffic light for 10 minutes because of 10 buses lined up in front of me, 3 buses moved every time the light turned green. That is an indication of *drumroll please* rubbish.

So, SMRT, why have a circle line when you already have a swarm of buses bombarding me every mourning, making my commute long and tedious ? They claim that it is so all that North-Eastern and Eastern residents have a direct route to the city centre. RUBBISH.

The only reason they are doing this is to earn money. By the way, I call it the circle line of death as if not for those fools at SMRT, Nicoll Highway would not have collapsed and four lives would not have been lost. Because of their digging and pathetic design flaws, four people died.

Said one man in the street: "The transportation was very bad and there used to have jams all over and time taken from one place to another was very bad. Now of course, there are a lot of changes."

Changes ? Yes, changes for the worse.

"It saves time, like when we are rushing to meet friends and family, it will be much more better," said another commuter.

Yes, that is what a taxi is for. Singapore is, by the way, also flooded with taxis, which I think, is also rubbish. Those fools who can't drive for nuts randomly turn and give not signal, resulting in many car accidents, I mean, how often do you see taxis involved in accidents ? Quite often.

Transport authorities expect the circle line ridership to spike to roughly 200 000 daily, If they were not in my bad books, that number would be 200 001. Yes, it makes a difference. They would earn about 1 dollar more everyday, that is enough for one whole packet of candies!!!

Of course there will be advantages to the new line, but it is still too cumbersome and cause many problems.

So, SMRT, I BLAME YOU. ( for reasons unknown to mankind )

6th post --- Bin Laden warns of further attacks

Before I start, I would like to say... Hello Osama, we've not heard from you for a long time, how are you ? I suppose you are still playing hide-and-seek with the American Army ? How's your beard ? Still long and handsome eh ? oooh, you at the picture, I never knew you wore a watch!

Fine.. I think that's enough, I should probably shut-up now right ? I thought so. So, on with the story. Osama Bin Laden has recently sent a message claiming that he was the mastermind of the US airplane bombing and threatened further strikes. If you do strike, by the way, could you get rid of North Korea for us, hopefully with a dozen nuclear missiles ? Their giving us problems. Nevermind, but seriously, North Korea.. I'll shut up now.

Quote from the message :

"America should not dream of luxury and security until we enjoy it in palestine. It's not fair as Americans enjoy a good life while our brothers in Gaza endure the worst standard of living . "

We have brothers in Gaza !?! I suppose so, we are only separated from them by 6 degrees ! ( 6 steps ) So, Yay, I finally have a brother made-in-China ! Oh no, that means I have a brother in North Korea... We're dead.

Also, Bin Laden claims that such attacks will continue as long as the support for Israel is maintained. Though the authenticity of the audio tape has yet to be verified, the Al-jazeera said the voice was that of our good friend Bin Laden.

Bin Laden has been in hiding for the past eight years, and last made a public statement four months ago when he was quoted by the SITE Intelligence Group monitoring service as urging European forces to pull out of Afghanistan.

In a similar audio message released, Bin Laden accused some Arab leaders of being complicit with Israel and the West for their efforts against Muslims and urged a holy war to liberate the Palestine. Holy war, sounds exciting, looks like Osama could use some help from Hitler building gas-chambers. Oh well, he's dead, sad.

A United states grand jury has indicted Abdulmutallab for the attempt to blow up the jet with 279 passengers and on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

Documents accused him of carrying a concealed bomb packed with high explosives inside his clothing onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253. US intelligence chiefs have admitted that they missed several warning signs that could have prevented the attempted attack.

Osama, when are you going to learn, you are never going to defeat mighty America. Even if you have some elaborate plan to eliminate the Americans, it's a fact that you will die before you succeed, I mean, seriously, you're not young. So, just install a home theahtre system in your cave and enjoy the rest of your life .

5th Post --- To Singapore Idol, Or not to Singapore Idol ?

Oh, How I do hate Mediacorp... Whatever new,hit reality show comes out in America, a boring and STUPID version comes out of Mediacorp's Prison..I mean studio (Yes, i know they have the permission to but still...). So, American Idol was a brilliant show almost everyone knows, soon after the first season ended, guess what ? Mediacorp proved to be as predictable as before, producing their own " Singapore Idol ". The only difference between both versions was...... American Idol had talented singers, Good judges while Singapore Idol had pathetic singers and a judge who looked like he has not been to the lavatory for months... yes, I'm talking about judge Ken Lim.

Let me talk about Ken Lim first... anyway, I have no idea whether Ken Lim is constipated or simply grouchy... I think he's grouchipated... a hybrid of grouchy and constipated... uh. I mean, seriously, does he even know how to smile ?!?! Not once did I see him even smirk in the entire series. So, I have come to the conclusion that Ken Lim suffers from " SaSD " ... Smirking and smiling disorder. Yes, I made it up, but who cares, the fact remains, Ken Lim IS and SHALL remain grouchipated.

Now, on to the show itself...

Mediacorp.. once again, you disappoint me. Not only you copy other people's ideas shamelessly, You can't even do a good job out of it. Why ? Here are my reasons :

1. The " ambience " is just not there. You now what I'm saying, American Idol had the Ambience, Singapore Idol does not.

2. It is frustrating to see Malays dominating the show every year, come on, We need a breath of fresh air after 3 malays who cannot sing for nuts have won the title. ( I have nothing against Malays, but can't other races get a chance ? Like Sylvia, she easily beats Sezairi ! )

3. Once again, TOO many wannabes who can't sing to save a life carry on to the finals. What about Tabita or Syltra ? They sang well... But noooooo. Instead we get complete no-hopers like Duane and Sezairi.

So, you probably agree with me... or not... but...

So,

To singapore Idol or not to Singapore Idol ?

My answer ( In my not-so humble opinion )

NOT to Singapore Idol

4th Post --- Deccode : Ris Low

Hello again, yes, if you are blind, this is my third post. Today, I will try to both condemn Ris Low and Decode "The Ris Code" .

Yes, You all remeber " The Da Vinci Code" right ? Here's my spoof of it. (not really)

So, Ris Low became ' MISS SINGAPORE 2009"... YAY, that's where the problem starts. uh

Notorious for her pathetic command of the English Language, this prima-donna continues to blow us over (Sarcasm) with many scandals and other crap of that nature.

First of all, Let's talk about her vocabulary. I actually admire (sarcasm) her, she brings new life to the English language with her flamboyant vocabulary such as " Boomz ", "shingz", "lepper prince" and " Radd" .

What does all this mean ? Well.... I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA !!! I know " RADD" is a

mispronunciation of the word " Red" . "Boomz" is a whole different story altogether, not a mere mistake in speech. Here we go ( Oh crap), " Boomz" , according to my knowledge is defined by.... wait, that's the problem.. IT CANNOT BE DEFINED. It can be an adjective, an insult, a compliment or anything you want to use it as.

There are many uses of the word, such as :

" The weather today is so boomz"

" The dress you are wearing is sooo Boomz"

or simply as an answer :

" Just Boomz la ! "

So, you get the idea.

So, Why all that fuss over English mistakes ? Because it doesn't end there that's why!

Ris Low has been accused of things from scandals to frauds. It all started with Her credit card fraud, using illegally obtained credit cards. That's not all, my friend, She has also been accused of cheating during an examination ( Yes, in case you don't know, she's studying... Steeeeeel. Get the joke ?) by bringing her notes with her into the examination hall. Claiming " I didn't know ", she expected our sympathy, so, as gracious people, we Singaporeans shunned her away.. never to be respected away ...

Instead of accepting her fate, she proudly said " I'll be back in two years " .

Why Two years ? I don't know, I've stopped bringing logic into this a loooong time ago.

Oh well, Let's be glad she has been overthrown and is out of our lives !

So, my final remark is ...

Oh Ris, when will you ever learn ?

3rd Post --- Favourite Game (MOUSEHUNT)

Hello again, Earthlings. Today, I will talk about My favourite Internet game, MOUSEHUNT. And before you flame me for being "no-life" , Let me say this. Everyone likes different things and you are even more "no-life" for playing DoTA or L4D2 and/or WOW. Now that I've proved my innocence (not really) , Let's begin the crap-fest.

So, Mousehunt is one of Facebook's most popular games, with thousands of no-lifers...um, i mean Hunters playing. So, the question now is " To mousehunt, Or not to mousehunt ". Take my opinion , TO MOUSEHUNT" . Seriously, It's a dang good game. Please ignore ignorant die-hard (They're not dying for some reason) Mafia Wars fans.

So. I'll try to spare you the Jargon while I describe Mousehunt. Basically, You sound a g*d-d^mn horn every fifteen minutes to go on a "hunt" . Depending on different circumstances, you may be successful, have a mouse escape your trap or turn into Mr chia... (inside joke) Not really. The above picture is one of the many mice you may encounter. It's called the Harpy mouse which for some reason has wings.

So, you sound the horn, catch the mouse, turn into Mr chia.... Um...nevermind. So, different locations require different different kinds of traps, cheese and base. ( HOUSTON, we have a problem) Ok, in case you don't know who's Mr Chia, He's the ..... nevermind.

So, What's so fun about mindlessly..... uh... So what's so fun about sounding a horn every fifteen minutes ? Well, for starters, it's really satisfying to finally catch that one mouse you need or getting that loot. Also, the mice are all well-drawn, with beautiful shadings and are pleasures to puke at..... I mean look at.
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So, you get the idea ( Or do you ?) So heres my not-so humble description of mousehunt.
Feel free to try it at :
www.facebook.com
Not a member of Facebook, create one noe, its 100% FREE of charge ( Get ready to enter no-life ter.... umm. nevermind.)

Signing off,
Have a nice life a mediocracy.. nevermind.

2nd Post --- School Canteen Food Analysis

Yeah, this is my second post. Yes, so we have been assigned by our English teacher (Thank you) to write a topic about food. Well, I must admit, I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for a long time --- that is to expose ISS's substandard catering.

Yes, here's the back story.... My school ( I still won't reveal the name) signed a catering contract with ISS catering services to provide food for the school canteen.

As you can see from the picture above, ( I hope you're not blind, if you are, I am surprised you can even find my blog) the food ISS provides belongs in the bin. Before the ISS contract was signed, the canteen sold, well, mouth watering food well worthy of merit. That all changed soon enough. The week the new " Healthy " canteen emerged, almost everyone went on strike, in simper terms, we refused to eat. There have even been several petitions (which for some reason were never considered) to bring back the old catering service.

Of course most of us are used to the food by now, I will still try to give a description of the food. Basically, the dishes were lukewarm, dry, taste-less and, dare I say, WORSE THAN airplane-food, that's pretty bad .... But do take note, I am writing this for the general audience , normal people who are scared of flying and hate what airlines serve, I for one, love airplanes and ( brace yourself) LOVE airplane food. But still, you get the idea.

So, here's where I try to rate the food. Here's the rubrics

1 star - 4 stars = below average

5 stars - 6 stars = average

7 stars - 8 stars = good

9 stars -10 stars = fit for royalty

So, out of 10 stars, ISS gets... ( drum roll please )

2 stars.

So, I am going to sign off now, check back next time for more posts :)