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Love at first sight

2007-08-23T01:44:00.000-07:00

When love at first sight is mentioned to people, most of them will probably be thinking about a boy and a girl falling in love at first sight. However, when I hear this phrase, I will think about Manchester United. For me, this really is love at first sight. When I first saw them play, I was eating dinner at my grandmother's place. I still remember that they were playing Liverpool at that time. I was immediately mesmerised by the way Manchester United played. Their style of playing was absoluately beautiful. Even though Manchester United lost that night, I decided to support them. It was love at first sight.

2007-08-13T02:54:00.000-07:00

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

I am here today to argue that the reason for the high mortality rate in Africa is due to its corrupted government.

1) Due to the corruption of government officials, the needs of the people are neglected. One very good example is Africa. In Africa, many people are dying from hunger and the government is doing either very little or absolutely nothing. Some officials may argue that the poverty in Africa is due to natural disasters, but the truth is that natural disasters are only a small part of the reason why Africa in wallowing in poverty. The main reason is that the government is corrupted. Singapore is a small country with no natural resources and yet we are now a prosperous country. On the other hand we have Africa, a large country with plenty of natural resources such as diamonds and oil and yet they are stuck in a vicious cycle of poverty. Why is this so? This is because the government is corrupted.

2) Another reason is that the financial aid meant for the people goes into the government's pocket. People around the world donate millions, maybe even billions of dollars to the people in Africa, yet their lives have not improved. Why is this so? This is because at least 90% of the money goes into the pockets of corrupted officials and only 10% of the money goes to the people.

There is a limit to which we can help these people. The only people who can help the citizens of Africa is the government itself, a non-corrupted government.

Martin Luther King

2007-06-26T17:01:00.000-07:00

WHO WAS HE?
Martin Luther King

WHAT MAKE HIM FAMOUS?
he stood up for what he felt was right, which was that blacks should have equal rights as whites. He feared neither the government nor death. He was a brave man, a pastor, a leader, a freedom fighter and a hero, in the hearts of the blacks. He was also the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel prize for his peacemaking efforts at the age of 35. This speaks volumes of his character and abilities, and that was one of the reasons why he shot to fame. King organized and led marches for blacks' right to vote, desegregation, labor rights and other basic civil rights. Most of these rights were successfully enacted into United States law with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King was instrumental in the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, a group created to harness the moral authority and organizing power of black churches to conduct non-violent protests in the service of civil rights reform. King continued to dominate the organization. King was an adherent of the philosophies of nonviolent civil disobedience used successfully in India by Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, and he applied this philosophy to the protests organized by the SCLC. In 1959, he wrote The Measure of A Man, from which the piece What is Man?, an attempt to sketch the optimal political, social, and economic structure of society, is derived. his face is set to be put on pennies and dimes in the USA from 2010 onwards, but abraham lincoln's face will still remain.

MOST WELL-KNOWN THING ABOUT HIM?
King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1963 it really made people stop and thought about it, that particular speech that touched on various social issues, left a great impression on many, blacks and whites alike.

WHAT CRAZY THING DID HE DO?
he stood up for the blacks and was determined to achieve equal standings for blacks. it was crazy because he himself was a black and at that time, blacks were considered inferior to whites. this idea of giving these so called 'social outcasts' equal rights was ridiculous at that time and it was an almost impossible goal to achieve. despite the fact that he would most likely be arrested and maybe even put to death, but he was undaunted and held on to his dreams and beliefs.

DO WE THINK HE'S A GENIUS?
yes. i think it's a very remarkable feat that he has managed to accomplish as his dream was quite impossible at that time. he was able to change to lives of many blacks in the USA by bringing about changes in the governing body by his sheer will and determination. we truly admire his confidence and bravery, resilience, as well as his unwavering perseverence and ability to overcome obstacles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk&eurl=
URL FOR 'I HAVE A DREAM'

Video and Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s"I Have a Dream" SpeechAug. 28, 1963

(transcribed directly from the video above)
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languish in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land So we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our Nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.
There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.
We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.
We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.
We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "for white only."
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.
No, no we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of your trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecutions and staggered by the winds of police brutality.
You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow. I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will they be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom, ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tenneessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside.
Let freedom ring,
And when this happens,and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

THE NEXT ONE IS EDDIER MURPHY.

IS IT ME OR DO BLACK MEN LOOK ALIKE!?

2007-02-20T05:43:00.000-08:00

I feel that capital punishment is a just way of punishing murderers.Some people may say that capital punishment should not be allowed as the law has no right to take away another person's life, but i feel that if that is the case, then the murderer has no right to take away the life of the person he or she killed unless it was unintentional, like an accident, or out of self-defense. As the murderer has taken away somebody's life, his or her life should be taken away from him or her. Many people felt that, Nguyen Tuong Van, the Australian who was hung in Singapore for smuggling drugs, should not have been hung.Though I sympathise with him as he was trying to help his brother pay off his debts, I felt that he should have been hung. Firstly, if he was pardoned, many drug syndicates will get people whose relatives are in debts to sumggle drugs as these people can get away with being hung by claiming to be helping their family and stating Nguyen as an example had he been pardoned. This will lead to an increase in people trying to smuggle drugs. People who smuggle drugs should be hung as drug itself is a murderer, murdering a lot of people. People who smuggle drugs are as good as their "accomplice". Secondly, he can only blame himself for being stupid enough to transit at Singapore, a country where you will get hung for carrying drugs.

2007-02-11T04:56:00.000-08:00

some of the music i like is catch your wave and good day by click five, leave me alone by the veronicas, lonely no more by Rob thomas and unfaithful by rihanna.the genre of music i like is pop.i normally listen to music when i am not doing work as it distracts me.i normally listen to music when walking home.sorry but i don't even know how to change the blogskin let alone put music on the blog.

2007-01-28T00:48:00.000-08:00

Last night, I watched Manchester United and Portsmouth play. When the match ended, I felt that Portsmouth were really lucky. Even though Manchester United won 2-1, it should really have been 4-1. From a corner, Nemanja Vidic directed a header towards the Portsmouth goal and the ball went over the line by a FOOT and the refeere did NOT even spot it and waved play on instead. They must have been blind, the refeere and linesman. The next one was when Gary Neville flicked the ball to Henrik Larsson and he scored with a sweet volley but was INCORRECTLY ruled offside when he was CLEARLY onside. The refeere and his linesmen should all be demoted and they are rather lucky that Manchester United won due to the brilliance of Wayne Rooney. The first goal Rooney scored, he capped off a good move initiated by Larsson. The second one was sheer brilliance. Collecting the ball from 25 yards out, he took two touches and looked like he was going to blast the ball towards goal when he spotted David James too far off his line and chipped the ball towards goal instead and scored. It was a magnificent goal, beautifully taken and scored. Overall, I felt that Manchester United's performance was average.