Bidding Adieu to one of the great Asian Leaders
Albeit controversial in so many ways because of his policies and principles. Dr. Mahatir Mohammed will retire as Malaysia's PM and as this tribute says..
Yet, throughout his administration, he was an intriguing combination of paradoxes - bashful yet so supremely confident, outgoing yet aloof, charming yet ruthless, gentle yet aggressive, sentimental yet shrewd, futuristic yet pragmatic and well-grounded. This enigmatic mix that made up his personality led to controversy but it also contributed to his talent for thinking out of the box, his visionary ideas and his political longevity. ... And as Malyasia gets a new Prime Minster, lets see if he's going to be a controversial anti western leader too.

Something to make it easier
A new enhanced opera 6.1 upgrade browser for Nokia 6600 phone

Okay..what else it there to say. Enjoy your mobile phones.

Sounds cool I'm tripping again..yeah, sound tripping while browsing the web. Listening to Powder by Yellowcard right now:). Taste in music still thesame. I can appreciate all genres of tunes too.

Journal: Trick or Treat Filipino style..of sorts
I know there's still three more sleeps but the days seems to come by quickly and before we know it, Halloween fest is here. Read more

Comic Relief
This is funny and if you're a Flip!(Slang term for a Filipino) you ought to view it! :) and if not haha the more it should be viewed. Teehee.

Philippines still glowing
Yeah! Of course who wouldn't be after being given a UN Security Council seat. If you didn't know, the country was selected few days ago along with Algeria, Benin, Brazil, and Romania to replace the other five whose council term ends. Oohh non- permanent member seats, but heck come voting time for some important matters, there will be a feeling of importance and power too.

Debating issues
Democrats attacks Bush about terror policy and Iraq
As bombs go on and on and killing of u.s soldiers keeps happening everyday, those Democrats Gen. Wesley Clark and John Kerry and others are attacking President Bush's policy when it comes to Iraq's and what to do with that country. Bush may be increasingly vulnerable as American soldiers continue to die in Iraq...But public opinion has long shown that voters prefer Republicans to Democrats on defense issues

Bring back US soldiers home. Make economy good hmm, Pres. Bush will probably get reelected..but not when american soldiers body count keeps on happening.

Intelligence flaws In Iraq
According to Washington Post article, learned among others that:
Commanders reported that younger officers and soldiers were unprepared for their assignments, "did not understand the targeting process" and possessed "very little to no analytical skills." That some key intelligence machinery has been misused in Iraq. Network that was supposed to link intelligence teams and convey time-sensitive information among them..worked so poorly that it was "nonexistent.". Intelligence problem has also been hampered by problems with interpreters. Also interpreters were wasted on errands such as being sent with troops "to buy chicken and soft drinks,"

Whew! that's a lot of problems and flaws!

A dangerous act of performing public service
According to this poll.. Box cutter kid should be praised for "exposing the farce" in airline security.

Ah okay. For some I guess it's an act worthy of their admiration. For the most part, it was stupid thing to do in times of threats of terrorism and all that.

I wanna have my share!
And get rich! Heh. Google and long awaited IPO is set for online auction -an unusual method which would aim to avoid the sort of brokerage scandals seen in some share flotations in the 1990s.

Oh yeah. Somebody buy me a share!

Blogbits: Bringing back comment box
Uh, cos I want to! Removed the tagboard cos..I want to! Uh, cos nobody cares one way or the other!

Feelings
Somwhere inside of me is a deep umbrage resentment for those bastards! Read more?

New Cellphones from Nokia
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia the world's largest mobile phone maker, is set to unveil three new models next week

Okay. I'm sure people here will want those new styles and and models. Not sure if somehow it aready has been advertised here.

Time for music!
Yup! Wheee listening to my still free music downloads; I Love The Way She Said L.A from SPITAFIELD..yeah, I like obscure unknown bands. I'm blogging off!

Really!?
Nobody can still prove that Fox leans right! Linked via Romenesko story Here

They don't certainly lean on left! Rupert Murdoch will have a fit! Teehee :D

Small objects, big trouble!
From Houston Chronicle: An eight grader straight-A student was Punished because of a traditional South Korean pencil sharpener. In addition to being ordered to attend a special disciplinary class for seven days, the girl was removed as president of the student council and honor society.

I say cut the girl some slack! It's not like she's gonna do an act of violence or terror with the object. Okay so it looks like potential weapon and all but HELLO! it's just traditional South Korean sharpener! that's how it is shaped: a 2-inch-long blade that folds into a small handle. but I suppose can't blame the school officials cos after all it is a pointed object and with blades it is viewed same as knife and box cutters and they are just following school rules with such objects and well, they could've expelled her but sheeesh, all cos of a sharpener!? Bah!

The speech that drew criticism

And Malaysian PM says it was taken out of context okay..but it's too late I guess cos people from the west condemned him for the anti semitic remark. Oh but hey others were okay about the comment. Most of the leaders who were present when the speech was delivered were less critical. The Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami, said: "It was a brilliant speech. Very logical." He added: "Anti-semitism is a product of the west. Muslims are not anti-semitic."Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, said: "Dr Mahathir spoke of the inhibitions within the Islamic world, and that those inhibitions must go away, and I entirely agree with that."

Oh..kay, but others don't agree hence the flak from other leaders. I guess it's just a case of open mouth insert foot or something like that.

Ethics of blogging and linking and copyright issues
Found a very interesting article about news content, ownership and linking whilst browsing OJR and they asked this question: Is it ethical to make and distribute copies of news content? There is this protocol for ethical linking in the report but it says it doesn't sit well with some web users

If people are restricted to linking something off the web and other news content services than I guess it would be like restricting user of reading something of that news in somebody else's site or blog. I don't think it would be stealing and invading intellectual property rights of anybody if there's a link provided back and something that says where one has gotten the news. I hope I''m making sense here. I just find it interesting that there is this ethics of linking.

Somebody please put away that man!
Okay, that terrorist is doing the rounds of news rooms again with his voice tape issuing a warning of threats. ... vowing more suicide attacks inside and outside the United States and demanding that the United States withdraw from Iraq. But is it really Bin Laden? Whether it's him or not or just his many doubles, the threat should be taken seriously.

So whose your bet?
Teehee Marlins won first game! but Yankees will probably bounce back. Yey, go Beckham!!! Ooops it ain't soccer! Haha. I guess gotta cheer for Jeter!