not concerning me
but others...
we just been on an over night stay at a rellies house up in hartlepool and its been an eye opener to say the least
the amount of family drama that gets discussed is amazing. so and so did this and then his daughter did that with some next man who promptly dumped her after bedding her.
i was like wtf this happens to people who a somewhat distantly related to me?! amazing.
now a relly is all set to move to london for a girl. lovely? not really. he's declined several moves down to london for bettering his employment chances because he's too chilled out there. now he's hitting 31 and there's no rishta's left for him they've managed to find one from somewhere.
but the clause is hartlepool is too far away from the girls house in london so hence they're quite likely to move down south. things people do for a bit of rep eh?
my dad, god bless his soul, actually thought he was gay as he had refused alot of rishta's after agreeing to them initially.
he wanted to ask his dad aswell if he was gay too. the son - not the dad.
Wednesday 31 December 2008
Monday 29 December 2008
Connecting with your kids...
its a hard task isnt it?
its not easy thats for sure
and its not a one off thing. you gotta keep it up again and again and again. it doesnt take just one action
so today at work a father and his two kids, a girl and a boy. they walk over to the xbox 360 games and begin scouring for a game to buy. naturally the kids throw in their own choices, daddy what about this one? oh daddy this one looks good. dad what about this racing one? so on and so forth. so the dad's buying two games and he's busy doing his thing.
and then the girl makes a request. "daddy, can you buy me a remote too so that i can play with you and jake aswell?"
it was said with such a meek voice with the hope it would be accepted.
to me - and this is what it sounded like to me. it was almost as if she was hoping that the father and son activity would become a father, son and daughter thing. almost asking from the father to be given some attention. almost like asking to be given the chance to connect with her father somehow. asking for a way she could spend time with her father doing something they both enjoy.
in a way i can relate to this. its hard for a father to connect with his daughters. especially whilst they're young. the older girls can talk to their fathers and what not. but for a young girl and her father to connect can be quite awkward. it doesnt mean the father loves her any less than if she were a boy but it just means having to be interested in things that normally no guy would.
with mine its a case of maybe interesting them in some things that i do but end of the day free will is free will. and the dolls and the house house games have started to come, so participation sometimes isnt optional. so it can be hard for daughters to get the sorta attention they want from their fathers
its just a shame the reply from the father came as "not today we'll see later on"
its not easy thats for sure
and its not a one off thing. you gotta keep it up again and again and again. it doesnt take just one action
so today at work a father and his two kids, a girl and a boy. they walk over to the xbox 360 games and begin scouring for a game to buy. naturally the kids throw in their own choices, daddy what about this one? oh daddy this one looks good. dad what about this racing one? so on and so forth. so the dad's buying two games and he's busy doing his thing.
and then the girl makes a request. "daddy, can you buy me a remote too so that i can play with you and jake aswell?"
it was said with such a meek voice with the hope it would be accepted.
to me - and this is what it sounded like to me. it was almost as if she was hoping that the father and son activity would become a father, son and daughter thing. almost asking from the father to be given some attention. almost like asking to be given the chance to connect with her father somehow. asking for a way she could spend time with her father doing something they both enjoy.
in a way i can relate to this. its hard for a father to connect with his daughters. especially whilst they're young. the older girls can talk to their fathers and what not. but for a young girl and her father to connect can be quite awkward. it doesnt mean the father loves her any less than if she were a boy but it just means having to be interested in things that normally no guy would.
with mine its a case of maybe interesting them in some things that i do but end of the day free will is free will. and the dolls and the house house games have started to come, so participation sometimes isnt optional. so it can be hard for daughters to get the sorta attention they want from their fathers
its just a shame the reply from the father came as "not today we'll see later on"
Thursday 25 December 2008
Merry Christmas!!
i think they should change christmas... they should call it day off day.
i mean at least in the uk... thats all i can speak for.
i was working last night. if you ask the average person - are you christian - alot of the will say yeah. increasingly alot of people are answering i believe in a god, a higher being but i wouldnt say i'm a christian. the other increasingly common answer is the option of athiesm.
but of those that do give christian as an answer. the ones that do say they're christian of them how many are truely christian? go to church, pray and live the whole christian lifestyle etc?
when you talk to people about these things it does feel as if there is a distinct lack of interest in the faith. there's no religious vibe about the day at all. there's no religious meaning anymore. there's no visit to the church in the morning. nothing.
instead its all about saving up for those presents and the bottles of liquor that you only purchase once a year and of course the office party. going out on those special nightouts, making sure enough money is in the bank to last for the binge drinking.
its a shame people have forgotton the whole meaning of christmas. its not even about family, love, xbox 360's, drink or the turkey.
that bloke
jesus christ
its about him...
here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus
i mean at least in the uk... thats all i can speak for.
i was working last night. if you ask the average person - are you christian - alot of the will say yeah. increasingly alot of people are answering i believe in a god, a higher being but i wouldnt say i'm a christian. the other increasingly common answer is the option of athiesm.
but of those that do give christian as an answer. the ones that do say they're christian of them how many are truely christian? go to church, pray and live the whole christian lifestyle etc?
when you talk to people about these things it does feel as if there is a distinct lack of interest in the faith. there's no religious vibe about the day at all. there's no religious meaning anymore. there's no visit to the church in the morning. nothing.
instead its all about saving up for those presents and the bottles of liquor that you only purchase once a year and of course the office party. going out on those special nightouts, making sure enough money is in the bank to last for the binge drinking.
its a shame people have forgotton the whole meaning of christmas. its not even about family, love, xbox 360's, drink or the turkey.
that bloke
jesus christ
its about him...
here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus
Sunday 21 December 2008
...And then everything changes...
So the fights done and dusted.
the andrenaline was pumping and its all become a blur.
like every incident that happens - everything is disected and analysed - what happened to who and why.
the head doorman comes over. Immy. fucking hell. thanks for that really i mean it. i thought he was gonna get to me then, if you hadnt pulled him down when you did.
ah no probs its my job. then he speaks to a few more people. the bar manager who grabbed the bottle, the other door lads and other bystanders. he finds out that the guy who i took down was about to swing at him with a bottle. Ceryl knows that he wouldnt have been able to defend himself. he was unbalanced and would never have stopped the bottle coming.
it sinks in that i did him a huge favour by doing that. so for the rest of the night its thanks immy again and again. a bottle to head isnt nice normally let alone in a fight.
today i went in. the thanks were still there. i would've been really messed up for christmas if it wasnt for you. turns out he "made" some money last night aswell. dont know how exactly. i think the bar owner gave him extra cash for making sure mad friday was a successful one. thats what he said anyway. so he hands me an envelope with £27.50 in it. All the doormen have got the same i made sure of that and i've got you a christmas card too. wtf?
then steve the bar owner comes up - in his irish accent - alright imran son hows you doing?
i walk away but cant help thinking - this was all to do with last night.
one moment of instinct
and now its all changed.
the andrenaline was pumping and its all become a blur.
like every incident that happens - everything is disected and analysed - what happened to who and why.
the head doorman comes over. Immy. fucking hell. thanks for that really i mean it. i thought he was gonna get to me then, if you hadnt pulled him down when you did.
ah no probs its my job. then he speaks to a few more people. the bar manager who grabbed the bottle, the other door lads and other bystanders. he finds out that the guy who i took down was about to swing at him with a bottle. Ceryl knows that he wouldnt have been able to defend himself. he was unbalanced and would never have stopped the bottle coming.
it sinks in that i did him a huge favour by doing that. so for the rest of the night its thanks immy again and again. a bottle to head isnt nice normally let alone in a fight.
today i went in. the thanks were still there. i would've been really messed up for christmas if it wasnt for you. turns out he "made" some money last night aswell. dont know how exactly. i think the bar owner gave him extra cash for making sure mad friday was a successful one. thats what he said anyway. so he hands me an envelope with £27.50 in it. All the doormen have got the same i made sure of that and i've got you a christmas card too. wtf?
then steve the bar owner comes up - in his irish accent - alright imran son hows you doing?
i walk away but cant help thinking - this was all to do with last night.
one moment of instinct
and now its all changed.
One Mad Friday and one moment of pure instinct.
So it was mad friday. the last friday before christmas where workers come out in their droves for those drinks after work.
needless to say drinking from 5pm till 10pm will result in more than just the one person drunk - and with drink comes the red mist. hence mad friday. pure madness.
so working in bolton in a 5 man door-team midway through the night we have a lil fracas. as we're leading this group of lads out one of them kicks off and one of the guys has two bottles. one of the managers tries to take one of them and does. then the head doorman tries to make a grab for the other bottle, but doesnt make it and trips backwards after being pushed. one of the other doormen try to grab hold of the guy but he slips out. at this point i'm behind him and i see him making a move to punch the head doorman...
the next is just a blur, i remember thinking shit he's gonna try to hit cyrl, and i lunged forward grabbing him around the neck and pulling him down. If i'm totally honest i didnt see the bottle. i thought it was a punch. so i've taken him down somehow and i'm ontop, so i'm not too worried about him hitting me, then suddenly out of nowhere a HUGE boot to his face. I'm thinking shit if i keep him pinned down one of them is gonna be on my face. I'm hoping now that the boot that did come in wasnt meant to for me as there'll be another coming pretty soon.
but thing is - keeping someone pinned down is my speciality. putting them in a hold and making sure they dont go anywhere whilst inflicting a lil pain is my thing. sod that.
so i've let him go and we're both slowly getting up and he lashes out at me and misses. i reciprociate the feeling and connect on his face. quickly i'm up on my feet
a few of his friends are pushing the doormen around and i'm the smallest of the 5. the other guys form a wall as do his friends. some of them do sense that if the fight is allowed to continue they're going to be on the losing end.
the guy who's been thrown down and kicked comes around for some more and tries to lash out at me but we see it coming and nothing happens and he's pushed away.
soon the police come and he's led away. the end.
needless to say drinking from 5pm till 10pm will result in more than just the one person drunk - and with drink comes the red mist. hence mad friday. pure madness.
so working in bolton in a 5 man door-team midway through the night we have a lil fracas. as we're leading this group of lads out one of them kicks off and one of the guys has two bottles. one of the managers tries to take one of them and does. then the head doorman tries to make a grab for the other bottle, but doesnt make it and trips backwards after being pushed. one of the other doormen try to grab hold of the guy but he slips out. at this point i'm behind him and i see him making a move to punch the head doorman...
the next is just a blur, i remember thinking shit he's gonna try to hit cyrl, and i lunged forward grabbing him around the neck and pulling him down. If i'm totally honest i didnt see the bottle. i thought it was a punch. so i've taken him down somehow and i'm ontop, so i'm not too worried about him hitting me, then suddenly out of nowhere a HUGE boot to his face. I'm thinking shit if i keep him pinned down one of them is gonna be on my face. I'm hoping now that the boot that did come in wasnt meant to for me as there'll be another coming pretty soon.
but thing is - keeping someone pinned down is my speciality. putting them in a hold and making sure they dont go anywhere whilst inflicting a lil pain is my thing. sod that.
so i've let him go and we're both slowly getting up and he lashes out at me and misses. i reciprociate the feeling and connect on his face. quickly i'm up on my feet
a few of his friends are pushing the doormen around and i'm the smallest of the 5. the other guys form a wall as do his friends. some of them do sense that if the fight is allowed to continue they're going to be on the losing end.
the guy who's been thrown down and kicked comes around for some more and tries to lash out at me but we see it coming and nothing happens and he's pushed away.
soon the police come and he's led away. the end.
Wednesday 17 December 2008
A house near us...
its christmas
and that means decorations
and that means houses like this!
not the ww1 photo i said but its similar to a bomb site!
no actually i think it looks lovely
they've got a charity collection going for marie curie cancer fund
*and yes i did put some money in there!*
and that means decorations
and that means houses like this!
not the ww1 photo i said but its similar to a bomb site!
no actually i think it looks lovely
they've got a charity collection going for marie curie cancer fund
*and yes i did put some money in there!*
The mystery of the hits...
So i log onto my blog today and its jumped up 50+ visitors. wtf
who's been clicking refresh on there...
so i check and its ALOT of google results. and i mean ALOT.
they're all linking into my band of brothers posting
the few images there and i'm thinkin what the? whats all that about.
its only till i actually searched for band of brothers and then clicked the image search that i realised.
my site is the 2nd image in line!!!
google's based on hits etc and its somehow decided that in the search for band of brothers mine was the 2nd most likely site to go on or something like that...
dead chuffed!
on a 2ndary note sort of linking into ww1 i went to a lovely exhibtion today with regards to the accrington pals and other war items - so i'm thinking of going back tomorrow on my day off and taking a few pics.
some really amazing things there. i hope they let me picture them out of their cabinets.
who's been clicking refresh on there...
so i check and its ALOT of google results. and i mean ALOT.
they're all linking into my band of brothers posting
the few images there and i'm thinkin what the? whats all that about.
its only till i actually searched for band of brothers and then clicked the image search that i realised.
my site is the 2nd image in line!!!
google's based on hits etc and its somehow decided that in the search for band of brothers mine was the 2nd most likely site to go on or something like that...
dead chuffed!
on a 2ndary note sort of linking into ww1 i went to a lovely exhibtion today with regards to the accrington pals and other war items - so i'm thinking of going back tomorrow on my day off and taking a few pics.
some really amazing things there. i hope they let me picture them out of their cabinets.
Monday 15 December 2008
Poor old GM
its all downhill for them
but then again
if you design poor cars without considering the future this is what happens i guess.
but then again
if you design poor cars without considering the future this is what happens i guess.
Sunday 14 December 2008
Shoes thrown at george bush!
this was hilarious
apparently george bush has been making some secret trip of his to iraq again and this time one of the journalists threw his shoes at him
i wonder if he got his shoes back?
apparently george bush has been making some secret trip of his to iraq again and this time one of the journalists threw his shoes at him
An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.its a shame this has happened so late into his presidency and that no one's thrown anything at him before...
i wonder if he got his shoes back?
One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White
House from across
Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a
park bench. He
spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said,
'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.
The Marine looked at the man and said,
'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no
longer resides here.'
The old man said, 'Okay' and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White
House and said to
the same Marine, 'I would like to go in and meet
with President Bush.
'The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I
said yesterday, Mr. Bush is
no longer president and no longer resides here.'
The man thanked him
and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House
and spoke to the
very same U. S. Marine, saying 'I would like to go
in and meet with
President Bush. 'The Marine, somewhat agitated at
this point, looked at
the man and said, 'Sir, this is the third day in a
row you have been
here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you
already that Mr. Bush is
no longer the president and no longer resides here.
Don't you understand?
'The old man looked at the Marine and
said, 'Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it.'
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said,
'See you tomorrow.'
A lil rant...
do not come to my work and expect any favours just cause i'm asian or muslim!!
fuck sake i really wanted to do a number on this dickheads face the other night
he came to the club - i let him in - he was being a lil wanker then but i thought his mates are ok so i'll allow it
he goes for a ciggie break and walks off to another bar where he causes some beef - they've got the same security company as us and the bar is owned by the same company
their doorman comes over dont let this guy back in he's being a wanker - yeah no probs
so we tell him sorry lad cant let u back in - oh i get it comes the reply - asian man sucks white mans dick.
oh fuck sake not this again.
yeah yeah whatever.. then he starts doin the whole bro thing etc bro pls shake my hand. i dont wanna shake ur fucking hand piss off ur doing my head in..
come on bro shake my hand man. fella move away i'm not gonna tell you again. so he be's an arse and says or what?
so i push him away. push me again and i swear i'll do a fucking number - so i did and he nearly fell over.
he started doin the whole he dissed me by pushing me your a dead man come on i'll fucking take you down you fucker.
fuck sake. your 18. your pissed and if this wasnt a student night i wouldnt think twice about stepping over your face. so the other doorman pulls him back. bro bro he's an asian how could he push me like that?! isnt he a muslim!? why doesnt he shake a muslims hand?!
mate if you cant respect yourself at least respect your religion! call yourself a muslim and look at you pissed up and talking about islam
its days like that i wish i could drag him into the club to fuck him over.
cocky lil southern piece of shit.
the worst thing is if i was white and didnt let him in. he'd be the first to go around saying it was because i'm a racist and didnt want asians in the club.
its guys with attitudes of his kind that fuck things up for the asians who wanna live and let live
fuck sake i really wanted to do a number on this dickheads face the other night
he came to the club - i let him in - he was being a lil wanker then but i thought his mates are ok so i'll allow it
he goes for a ciggie break and walks off to another bar where he causes some beef - they've got the same security company as us and the bar is owned by the same company
their doorman comes over dont let this guy back in he's being a wanker - yeah no probs
so we tell him sorry lad cant let u back in - oh i get it comes the reply - asian man sucks white mans dick.
oh fuck sake not this again.
yeah yeah whatever.. then he starts doin the whole bro thing etc bro pls shake my hand. i dont wanna shake ur fucking hand piss off ur doing my head in..
come on bro shake my hand man. fella move away i'm not gonna tell you again. so he be's an arse and says or what?
so i push him away. push me again and i swear i'll do a fucking number - so i did and he nearly fell over.
he started doin the whole he dissed me by pushing me your a dead man come on i'll fucking take you down you fucker.
fuck sake. your 18. your pissed and if this wasnt a student night i wouldnt think twice about stepping over your face. so the other doorman pulls him back. bro bro he's an asian how could he push me like that?! isnt he a muslim!? why doesnt he shake a muslims hand?!
mate if you cant respect yourself at least respect your religion! call yourself a muslim and look at you pissed up and talking about islam
its days like that i wish i could drag him into the club to fuck him over.
cocky lil southern piece of shit.
the worst thing is if i was white and didnt let him in. he'd be the first to go around saying it was because i'm a racist and didnt want asians in the club.
its guys with attitudes of his kind that fuck things up for the asians who wanna live and let live
Monday 8 December 2008
Talk about hectic!!
Its been a damned long day. too too long.
its eid. the muslim christmas. time for families to gather and unite in good times. gone are the days where it was £10 to everyone (thats alot of cash going out once you work it out!). its all about gifts and clothing. you gotta shop around to find something appropriate for everyone. christians do it once a year - we gotta do it twice!! its a bit harder though especially with this one being so close to christmas so you gotta compete with the rushes of the people running around.
anyway back to me
the night wasnt easy and the day was just as hard. full houses - not just full - brimming with people.
brimming with so much people to find 5 mins on your own isnt a right. its a priviledge!
no time to take 5 and grab a quick nap despite being kept awake by the new demon arrival. something's gotta settle that stomach of hers so she can have a nice sleep through the night!
just rush here there and everywhere.
not even some peace and quiet when you want to play mariokart. you just want to have some fun on a day off. fun where you can just enjoy the time without worrying about anything. but no - nag nag nag nag - you just want to have a day where we can just get along and have fun.
but to be honest i wouldnt swap it for anything!
the atmosphere's been great. everyone's been chilled out. no major domestics and no drama so far! (its only 9pm - not long to go but you never know what could happen next...
its eid. the muslim christmas. time for families to gather and unite in good times. gone are the days where it was £10 to everyone (thats alot of cash going out once you work it out!). its all about gifts and clothing. you gotta shop around to find something appropriate for everyone. christians do it once a year - we gotta do it twice!! its a bit harder though especially with this one being so close to christmas so you gotta compete with the rushes of the people running around.
anyway back to me
the night wasnt easy and the day was just as hard. full houses - not just full - brimming with people.
brimming with so much people to find 5 mins on your own isnt a right. its a priviledge!
no time to take 5 and grab a quick nap despite being kept awake by the new demon arrival. something's gotta settle that stomach of hers so she can have a nice sleep through the night!
just rush here there and everywhere.
not even some peace and quiet when you want to play mariokart. you just want to have some fun on a day off. fun where you can just enjoy the time without worrying about anything. but no - nag nag nag nag - you just want to have a day where we can just get along and have fun.
but to be honest i wouldnt swap it for anything!
the atmosphere's been great. everyone's been chilled out. no major domestics and no drama so far! (its only 9pm - not long to go but you never know what could happen next...
Sunday 7 December 2008
It is a hard knock life!!
there's no denying it
its a hard knock life. especially now with the current recession.
you'd be pretty enclosed not to have noticed the high street quieter than an average day.
yesterday (saturday 6/12) a local gamestation store was meant to have approx £26K in sales, selling the 360 to the gamer geeks and the wii's to the masses of families wanting that great day in. instead it trolled in £7K.
ok it was cold and frosty. when hasnt it been cold in previous years though? it was a new store so not many people were aware of it and maybe the HQ over estimated it too but still. everyone is feeling the pinch. store's are being forced to downsize to smaller units to avoid the extra overheads that arent bringing in the cash.
this definatly is a great time for those that saved. recently i went to look at a new car and almost without playing hardball the dealer was preparing to knock off £2.5K from a £8K vehicle!
this is not even going with the current "hype" of buying one car and getting another free!!
its a crazy world and it takes craziness of another level to stay alive.
its a hard knock life. especially now with the current recession.
you'd be pretty enclosed not to have noticed the high street quieter than an average day.
yesterday (saturday 6/12) a local gamestation store was meant to have approx £26K in sales, selling the 360 to the gamer geeks and the wii's to the masses of families wanting that great day in. instead it trolled in £7K.
ok it was cold and frosty. when hasnt it been cold in previous years though? it was a new store so not many people were aware of it and maybe the HQ over estimated it too but still. everyone is feeling the pinch. store's are being forced to downsize to smaller units to avoid the extra overheads that arent bringing in the cash.
this definatly is a great time for those that saved. recently i went to look at a new car and almost without playing hardball the dealer was preparing to knock off £2.5K from a £8K vehicle!
this is not even going with the current "hype" of buying one car and getting another free!!
its a crazy world and it takes craziness of another level to stay alive.
Monday 1 December 2008
And the show must go on...
i'm not a big fan of cricket
not at all. the 20/20 game seems ok. not great but ok. but this is one of those times when i think cricket is essential. not all over. not here. but the one place that needs it, Mumbai, India.
one of the original tests was to be in Mumbai on december 19th.
this is now cancelled on the fears of safety. i think personally this is quite saddening.
it would've been a great show of support by the english team to go to mumbai and play the game. the message being sent to the terrorists that they will not be phased out by their actions. they should go to the city to show that they are wanting and willing to help them get over this tragedy.
flintoff and co seem to be keen to go to the IPL and get a piece of the millions it has dished out to global superstars of cricket. it would've done them a great deal of good if they were at this time to show solidarity to travel to mumbai and stand side by side with the mumbaites. i'm sure they would've gained the respect of more than enough fans.
still the option to travel to india is still there. yeah i can understand the fact there is a fear the terrorists may choose to strike again, especially with them being the westerners.
england are in a unique opportunity here to do a great thing, even if its just playing cricket. the whole shoulder to shoulder aspect can be done here. lets hope they do see sense and travel.
not at all. the 20/20 game seems ok. not great but ok. but this is one of those times when i think cricket is essential. not all over. not here. but the one place that needs it, Mumbai, India.
one of the original tests was to be in Mumbai on december 19th.
this is now cancelled on the fears of safety. i think personally this is quite saddening.
it would've been a great show of support by the english team to go to mumbai and play the game. the message being sent to the terrorists that they will not be phased out by their actions. they should go to the city to show that they are wanting and willing to help them get over this tragedy.
flintoff and co seem to be keen to go to the IPL and get a piece of the millions it has dished out to global superstars of cricket. it would've done them a great deal of good if they were at this time to show solidarity to travel to mumbai and stand side by side with the mumbaites. i'm sure they would've gained the respect of more than enough fans.
still the option to travel to india is still there. yeah i can understand the fact there is a fear the terrorists may choose to strike again, especially with them being the westerners.
england are in a unique opportunity here to do a great thing, even if its just playing cricket. the whole shoulder to shoulder aspect can be done here. lets hope they do see sense and travel.
Saturday 29 November 2008
Why division needs to be looked over...
such a sad state of events over in mumbai at the moment with the terrorists running amok.
i'm sure i'm not the only one who has been glued to the tv regarding this.
with so many dead and so much international outrage there's going to be an incredible fall out as a result of this in the south east asia area. most notably pakistan and how they react. at the moment they're playing ball with the chief of pakistan's secret service going over to assist. but how the long time ball game is played is another question.
whoever is responsible - most likely islamic kashmiri militants. things need to change. they should've changed when they bombed islamabad and their hotel. they know that the prestigious targets such as political figures are unreachable. so now they're going after the soft targets and those soft targets arent military or govermental. they're the innocents going by their lives doing their thing.
for india's sake i hope the thunder that is being asked for to reign upon such groups is quick and conclusive.
i'm sure i'm not the only one who has been glued to the tv regarding this.
with so many dead and so much international outrage there's going to be an incredible fall out as a result of this in the south east asia area. most notably pakistan and how they react. at the moment they're playing ball with the chief of pakistan's secret service going over to assist. but how the long time ball game is played is another question.
whoever is responsible - most likely islamic kashmiri militants. things need to change. they should've changed when they bombed islamabad and their hotel. they know that the prestigious targets such as political figures are unreachable. so now they're going after the soft targets and those soft targets arent military or govermental. they're the innocents going by their lives doing their thing.
for india's sake i hope the thunder that is being asked for to reign upon such groups is quick and conclusive.
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Band of Brothers...
I have to pay homage to this show
I simply love it!
The mini-series centers on the experiences of E Company ("Easy Company") of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States Army 101st Airborne Division from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.
OK historically it may not be perfect but its as good as its gonna get.
the events are based on the writings of survivors and often do take some literary expression but it gels together to make a great show.
bankrolled by spielberg and tom hanks amongst others to the tune of $120m it was shot around the same time as Saving Private Ryan, another movie i love. the gritty shooting style and realism revolutionised all war movies since. not only were the movies changed but world war 2 games were made popular by this and have been ever since. the huge following these ww2 games have had are legendary. the call of duty series is a prime example.
its premier showing achieved viewing figures of 10m in the states and then sadly 9/11 happened and it was lost in oblivion. 7m for the 2nd episode still showed alot clout.
so i'm just gonna end this posting with a few pics and a few links about the real easy company.
Hooha!
The real Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
This squad from 2nd platoon was photographed in 1943 before E Co. sailed to England.
An actual shot of one of the 2- 88mm dual purpose guns captured in Eindhoven on 18 September, 1944. The kill rings on the barrel of the weapon represent Allied planes or vehicles destroyed by the gun and its crew. c/o Reeder, HQ/506th.
the German Army General bidding farewell to his veteran troops in Austria. These scenarios were actually played-out in numerous places in 1945. The photo above comes courtesy of Ferdinand Sperl, a prisoner interrogator in Patton's 3rd Army. It was taken in Czechoslovakia in May, 1945. German Army General Wendt von Wietersheim, C.O. of the 11th Panzer Division (with cane) is bidding farewell to NCOs of the famous 'Ghost Division' of the German Army.
The real Dick Winters as portrayed in Band Of Brothers.
I simply love it!
The mini-series centers on the experiences of E Company ("Easy Company") of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States Army 101st Airborne Division from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.
OK historically it may not be perfect but its as good as its gonna get.
the events are based on the writings of survivors and often do take some literary expression but it gels together to make a great show.
bankrolled by spielberg and tom hanks amongst others to the tune of $120m it was shot around the same time as Saving Private Ryan, another movie i love. the gritty shooting style and realism revolutionised all war movies since. not only were the movies changed but world war 2 games were made popular by this and have been ever since. the huge following these ww2 games have had are legendary. the call of duty series is a prime example.
its premier showing achieved viewing figures of 10m in the states and then sadly 9/11 happened and it was lost in oblivion. 7m for the 2nd episode still showed alot clout.
so i'm just gonna end this posting with a few pics and a few links about the real easy company.
Hooha!
The real Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
This squad from 2nd platoon was photographed in 1943 before E Co. sailed to England.An actual shot of one of the 2- 88mm dual purpose guns captured in Eindhoven on 18 September, 1944. The kill rings on the barrel of the weapon represent Allied planes or vehicles destroyed by the gun and its crew. c/o Reeder, HQ/506th.the German Army General bidding farewell to his veteran troops in Austria. These scenarios were actually played-out in numerous places in 1945. The photo above comes courtesy of Ferdinand Sperl, a prisoner interrogator in Patton's 3rd Army. It was taken in Czechoslovakia in May, 1945. German Army General Wendt von Wietersheim, C.O. of the 11th Panzer Division (with cane) is bidding farewell to NCOs of the famous 'Ghost Division' of the German Army.The real Dick Winters as portrayed in Band Of Brothers.
Friday 21 November 2008
Cheating part 2 -
Do you think any guy cheated on them?
or did they cheat on their gf's?
i'm so confused :(
or did they cheat on their gf's?
i'm so confused :(
who's dumb and who's cheating who?
OK help me out with this yeah?
boy a is dating girl a
boy a decides to sleep with girl b
girl a finds out and wants to kill girl b.
someone help me understand that. really.
i can understand you feel angry towards the person your fella slept with. she might even know you and him were together. and she still slept with him.
but what about him?!
apart from a few how could you's? he gets away scott free!
i saw it tonight. i was like my god i would LOVE to be in that guy's position. sleep with as many girls and my regular girl just gets angry at the other girl for seducing me!
course i would be totally innocent. there was alcohol involved. she slipped and took my clothes off during the fall. i'm so in love with you i thought it was you. i just needed to be sure your better than her.
what is it with women and their self-esteem?! is it so hard to just walk away from someone who's done this to you? is dumpin the cheat such a hard task that you'd rather work your anger at someone else?
then her best friend knew too that he'd cheated on her. WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME?! what would you have done if i did? dumped him?
seriously women need to get this shiznit into gear. it takes two not one.
boy a is dating girl a
boy a decides to sleep with girl b
girl a finds out and wants to kill girl b.
someone help me understand that. really.
i can understand you feel angry towards the person your fella slept with. she might even know you and him were together. and she still slept with him.
but what about him?!
apart from a few how could you's? he gets away scott free!
i saw it tonight. i was like my god i would LOVE to be in that guy's position. sleep with as many girls and my regular girl just gets angry at the other girl for seducing me!
course i would be totally innocent. there was alcohol involved. she slipped and took my clothes off during the fall. i'm so in love with you i thought it was you. i just needed to be sure your better than her.
what is it with women and their self-esteem?! is it so hard to just walk away from someone who's done this to you? is dumpin the cheat such a hard task that you'd rather work your anger at someone else?
then her best friend knew too that he'd cheated on her. WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME?! what would you have done if i did? dumped him?
seriously women need to get this shiznit into gear. it takes two not one.
Thursday 20 November 2008
Wednesday 19 November 2008
The BNP member list
so the BNP members list has got out
it has police officers *who are meant to be free of politics*, nurses and teachers on there
all in glorified detail
lovely
someone's been kind enough to do a map based on those memberships
Naturally there is some errors but generally its all accurate.
suffice to say the people who's names got featured are bricking it now. some have started getting the phone calls they didnt want. they're going to be always wary of people when stepping out of the house!
you make your bed and you lie in it.
thats what i have to say about that!
off the list there are...
it has police officers *who are meant to be free of politics*, nurses and teachers on there
all in glorified detail
lovely
someone's been kind enough to do a map based on those memberships
Naturally there is some errors but generally its all accurate.
suffice to say the people who's names got featured are bricking it now. some have started getting the phone calls they didnt want. they're going to be always wary of people when stepping out of the house!
you make your bed and you lie in it.
thats what i have to say about that!
off the list there are...
-1 currently employed Police Officer.
-1 currently employed NHS Doctor.
-17 former or retired Policemen, including one detective, one inspector, and one who claims to be a “human rights lecturer” which I don’t quite understand.
-15 people currently employed as full or part-time teachers, or with teacher qualifications, including secondary school teachers in subjects like Maths, English, and Physics.
-12 former or retired teachers.
-114 ex-servicemen. Army, Navy, RAF, Intelligence, MoD Police.
-18 current servicemen. Army, RAF.
Monday 17 November 2008
religioism and the movies...
yeah thats my new new word
religioism. its to be against a religion - i dont wanna use racist, anti-sementic etc
religioism. thats the word. word.
the movies i'm referring to is bollywood. the bastion of indian cinema.
consider this.
in the 70's there were so many roles who's religion wasnt just hindu. the charachters were everything from muslim, hindu, christian and sikh - all positive roles too. the main hero could easily be a muslim and the film would be a hit.
Coolie is one of the biggest proofs of this. the big man of the 70's amitabh bachan plays a muslim, with most of the charachters in the film also muslim. in the climatic end scene he gets shot and a flag bearing the kalima flies infront of him. he approaches the villain whilst saying the kalima showing that he's prepared to die whilst making sure the villain does too. watch the clip - no doubt a VERY powerful scene.
forward a few years to the 90's and all of a sudden muslim charachters almost disappear over-night. the charachters are all raj's, rohan's, dev's, vijay's and of course Rahul. look at the current superstar shah rukh khan's videography, only one of his roles has been a predominantly muslim, Hey Ram where he played Amjad Ali Khan. He's recently managed to squeeze in a few more sikh roles in Veer Zara and Shakti. only in 2006 did aamir khan play a muslim charachter in fanaa. salman khan and saif ali khan still havent played one muslim charachter. None of them have played a christian role. amitabh in the 70's already had 4-5 films as a non-hindu.
what happened in between the 70's and the 90's? the answer lies at the heart of indian politics.
The BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
religioism. its to be against a religion - i dont wanna use racist, anti-sementic etc
religioism. thats the word. word.
the movies i'm referring to is bollywood. the bastion of indian cinema.
consider this.
in the 70's there were so many roles who's religion wasnt just hindu. the charachters were everything from muslim, hindu, christian and sikh - all positive roles too. the main hero could easily be a muslim and the film would be a hit.
Coolie is one of the biggest proofs of this. the big man of the 70's amitabh bachan plays a muslim, with most of the charachters in the film also muslim. in the climatic end scene he gets shot and a flag bearing the kalima flies infront of him. he approaches the villain whilst saying the kalima showing that he's prepared to die whilst making sure the villain does too. watch the clip - no doubt a VERY powerful scene.
forward a few years to the 90's and all of a sudden muslim charachters almost disappear over-night. the charachters are all raj's, rohan's, dev's, vijay's and of course Rahul. look at the current superstar shah rukh khan's videography, only one of his roles has been a predominantly muslim, Hey Ram where he played Amjad Ali Khan. He's recently managed to squeeze in a few more sikh roles in Veer Zara and Shakti. only in 2006 did aamir khan play a muslim charachter in fanaa. salman khan and saif ali khan still havent played one muslim charachter. None of them have played a christian role. amitabh in the 70's already had 4-5 films as a non-hindu.
what happened in between the 70's and the 90's? the answer lies at the heart of indian politics.
The BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
formed in the early 80's it quickly rose to prominence. in the aftermath of Ayodhya, muslims were public enemy no.1 in india. increasing right wing politics of a pro-hindu nature futher enforced this and isolated the muslim community. one of their main party ethics was The Construction of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya. it was the classic case of if your not with us your against us. and the population logistics simply fell into place. the BJP began exerting its influence on bollywood who was still shaken from Amitabhs poor political performance for a rival party.
on screen the kumars, khanna's and the khans, all played up hindu roles, positive hero stuff. whilst alot of the villains in general were over-blown mr big's who had names like john and tommy and a super-bitch called helen on the side of them who they always called daaarling. if they werent mr big then it was the grimey muslim thug who lived in the shanty and was called something bhai and HAD to wear a skull cap.
the fact so many indian film stars are joining the BJP rather than other parties highlights the role it plays in bollywood. the likes of vinod khanna and southern superstar rajnikanath all looking to enter or are in the party. vinod actually moving up in the party heirarchy.
the sikhs for a while had the worst. reduced to comical sidekicks for a long long time. even now some films will feature them as the inept friend to the hero. a fat greedy bumbling sikh guy with a pagh. only recently have there been a few positive sikh roles, mostly though with a military angle showin them as the brave soliders. sikhs have always been known for their military bravado. alot of the sikh roles were taken off due to 1984 and the fall out has been happening ever since.
but aside from that the religioism continues. back in the 70's the titles would appear on screen first the english spelling, then the hindi and finally urdu. the urdu text has all but disappeared now. the last film to have one was Om Shaanti Om made by farah khan but aside from that its virtually gone.
its gonna be some time - if positive sikh charachters are coming back then perhaps there is hope for the muslims ones though the christian roles will take some time yet due to the sectarian violence in india.
EDIT: just a lil addition to some more info i found from the net...
on screen the kumars, khanna's and the khans, all played up hindu roles, positive hero stuff. whilst alot of the villains in general were over-blown mr big's who had names like john and tommy and a super-bitch called helen on the side of them who they always called daaarling. if they werent mr big then it was the grimey muslim thug who lived in the shanty and was called something bhai and HAD to wear a skull cap.
the fact so many indian film stars are joining the BJP rather than other parties highlights the role it plays in bollywood. the likes of vinod khanna and southern superstar rajnikanath all looking to enter or are in the party. vinod actually moving up in the party heirarchy.
the sikhs for a while had the worst. reduced to comical sidekicks for a long long time. even now some films will feature them as the inept friend to the hero. a fat greedy bumbling sikh guy with a pagh. only recently have there been a few positive sikh roles, mostly though with a military angle showin them as the brave soliders. sikhs have always been known for their military bravado. alot of the sikh roles were taken off due to 1984 and the fall out has been happening ever since.
but aside from that the religioism continues. back in the 70's the titles would appear on screen first the english spelling, then the hindi and finally urdu. the urdu text has all but disappeared now. the last film to have one was Om Shaanti Om made by farah khan but aside from that its virtually gone.
its gonna be some time - if positive sikh charachters are coming back then perhaps there is hope for the muslims ones though the christian roles will take some time yet due to the sectarian violence in india.
EDIT: just a lil addition to some more info i found from the net...
He has played the role of Muslims in so many films and spoken the chaste Urdu dialogues penned by Salim Javed. But now he is speaking shuddha Hindi, which I have no reason to oppose or dislike. But it seems he chooses each word so that no Urdu word gets into his speech.
God its brilliant oop north!
i've always thought this and now people are sayin it too
the recession is gonna hit the south esp london far far worse than it'll hit anywhere else
unlike the 90's recession which was manufacturing based this is a financial institution recession.
its gonna be the city thats hurting alot - all those banks and advisors in london
this is what you get when you want to invest the money in london - shoot up the house prices there and charge £14.80 for a double sambucca.
hahaha enjoy it londoners!!
wait... i just realised. i'm moving to london soon. maybe. damn.
the recession is gonna hit the south esp london far far worse than it'll hit anywhere else
unlike the 90's recession which was manufacturing based this is a financial institution recession.
its gonna be the city thats hurting alot - all those banks and advisors in london
this is what you get when you want to invest the money in london - shoot up the house prices there and charge £14.80 for a double sambucca.
hahaha enjoy it londoners!!
wait... i just realised. i'm moving to london soon. maybe. damn.
Saturday 15 November 2008
Sweet FA
naughty naughty mr didier drogba
he's in trouble again for throwing the coin at burnley fans.
i know chelsea owner roman is rich but rich enough to leave coins on the pitch for players to randomly throw at fans?
i'm not a big fan of drogba but i gotta stick up for him this time around...
its not as if he's aimed a throw and baseball thrown it. and if you look at all the pics of the throw - look at the hate from the burnley fans... is it right that they should throw it in the first place? you cant have a camera on every supporter like you do on every player.
the level of abuse comin from fans these days - from a select group - is just excessive.
ok droggy will end up with a 3 match ban, he'll apologise - but i dont think he should. what punishment will burnley face for their fans throwing coins? villa vs portsmouth clearly showed what can happen when throwing coins hits someone. even if it missed harry redknapp, one of these days a coin hit will have much more severe results than hitting the linesmen.
scolari is right in sticking up for droggy too.
"Didier went on the pitch to play football," said Scolari. "He didn't go out there with coins in his pockets. It wasn't Didier who started it.
Thursday 13 November 2008
Baby P.
Baby P. RIP.
a sad show of what our society has become? the failings of a council? the failing of the system designed to protect children like baby p? or is it now just become a political numbers game?
it turned political yesterday (weds) when the enchanting obama-like *he wishes* leader of the opposition david cameron urged the govt to intervene in the enquiry into the failings of the council which was being conducted by the council themselves. "nobody is taking responsibility, nobody has resigned" and added of the woman in charge of the review: "She cannot possibly investigate the failure of her own department."
The row was prompted by the PM accusing the Tory leader of "making a party political issue" of it.
so is there a reason to make it a bigger issue? i think so.
its scary that this is the very same council who was involved in the massive faliures of the Victoria Climbie case. It was shocking how the council closed itself in to avoid being labelled as the cause faliure in that case and one feels this is what is happening again. the internal enquiry is not needed when it is that very department that has repeatedly failed especially after being highlight in such a high profile case.
a public enquiry like the laming report is required. accusations of racist failings littered the climibie case but there's no excuse for this. excuses were made that climbie's timidness was maybe a show of respect of her african elders but this time?
everyone at Haringey council is sorry for what has happened. sorry just isnt enough.
a sad show of what our society has become? the failings of a council? the failing of the system designed to protect children like baby p? or is it now just become a political numbers game?
it turned political yesterday (weds) when the enchanting obama-like *he wishes* leader of the opposition david cameron urged the govt to intervene in the enquiry into the failings of the council which was being conducted by the council themselves. "nobody is taking responsibility, nobody has resigned" and added of the woman in charge of the review: "She cannot possibly investigate the failure of her own department."
The row was prompted by the PM accusing the Tory leader of "making a party political issue" of it.
so is there a reason to make it a bigger issue? i think so.
its scary that this is the very same council who was involved in the massive faliures of the Victoria Climbie case. It was shocking how the council closed itself in to avoid being labelled as the cause faliure in that case and one feels this is what is happening again. the internal enquiry is not needed when it is that very department that has repeatedly failed especially after being highlight in such a high profile case.
a public enquiry like the laming report is required. accusations of racist failings littered the climibie case but there's no excuse for this. excuses were made that climbie's timidness was maybe a show of respect of her african elders but this time?
everyone at Haringey council is sorry for what has happened. sorry just isnt enough.
On 2 August 2007 police announced they were dropping an investigation into allegations of child abuse they had launched the previous December.
Baby P's mother was elated and told social workers she would go home to hug her son and bake cakes.
The next morning he was dead.
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Obama For Messiah!
it was inevitable
it really was
after the great deluge of hope comes the crest of belief and faith in one person. though i hope they dont want obama to die for their sins!
obama for messiah
Tuesday 11 November 2008
Lest we forget...
its easy for an immigrant like myself to whiff past this past week's remembrance services. all this talk of casualties in world war 1 and 2 can seem a lil distant to someone who doesnt have a link to these events
alot of the people would've had grand-dad's who would've fought in the wars atleast some family member would have. then an immigrant comes in the 70's and the recovery is happening and not many people like talkin about the war...
The Commonwealth Graves Commission is an excellent resource for anyone trying to trace a long lost family member who died
so i went there and its quite a good resource - so i thought lets see if there were any asian who fought for the british in europe as opposed to the far east where the indian army was quite active.
so a brief look into their archives...
two stories which i'm sure to someone mean something. but it just goes to show it wasnt just "whites" that fought. it wasnt just the natives but also many of our forefathers and beyond who have fought alongside the British.
thankfully with the internet many people have found it easier to trace their family history to such wars and further back. sites such as the commonwealth graves commission have made it easier for people to look back to see if their predecessors were involved and what role they played. sadly alot of the WW1 records were destroyed in german bombings.
many immigrants i think are sadly ignorant to the fact that it wasnt just the "english" who died during these wars - they're just so unaware of how many asians died along side them.
alot of the people would've had grand-dad's who would've fought in the wars atleast some family member would have. then an immigrant comes in the 70's and the recovery is happening and not many people like talkin about the war...
The Commonwealth Graves Commission is an excellent resource for anyone trying to trace a long lost family member who died
so i went there and its quite a good resource - so i thought lets see if there were any asian who fought for the british in europe as opposed to the far east where the indian army was quite active.
so a brief look into their archives...
| Name: | ALI, YOUSIF |
|---|---|
| Initials: | Y |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Regiment/Service: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Age: | 42 |
| Date of Death: | 12/05/1947 |
| Service No: | 1873001 |
| Additional information: | Son of Mahamed Cassie Ali and Babe Ali ; Husband of Ethel Emma Ali, of Shepherd Bush London. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | 2A. D. 5. |
| Cemetery: | BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY |
| Name: | SINGH, MOHNA |
|---|---|
| Initials: | M |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Sergeant (Air Gnr.) |
| Regiment/Service: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Unit Text: | 106 Sqdn. |
| Date of Death: | 30/07/1944 |
| Service No: | 1324569 |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | Panel 3. |
| Cemetery: | GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM |
thankfully with the internet many people have found it easier to trace their family history to such wars and further back. sites such as the commonwealth graves commission have made it easier for people to look back to see if their predecessors were involved and what role they played. sadly alot of the WW1 records were destroyed in german bombings.
many immigrants i think are sadly ignorant to the fact that it wasnt just the "english" who died during these wars - they're just so unaware of how many asians died along side them.
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
Monday 10 November 2008
Sunday 9 November 2008
movies...
i love movies
all sorts - from action to animation.
so here's a few new releases that i think are lookin great
always excited when its a pixar - they've single handedly saved disney - brilliant stories, animation and awesome charachters. they've got it all. this is their new one - UP.
all sorts - from action to animation.
so here's a few new releases that i think are lookin great
always excited when its a pixar - they've single handedly saved disney - brilliant stories, animation and awesome charachters. they've got it all. this is their new one - UP.Friday 7 November 2008
Why i think obama is v2.0 of a brit...
the brit in question is none other than Tony Blair.
ok ok hear me out yeah? forget the tony blair aged 10 of his premiership. - look at the tony blair age 0.
when he came on the scene - how sick were brits of the conservatives? even though it was john major that was in charge alot of the crap he carried was from the thatcher era. reports of corruption and were just coming out of the first gulf war.
the conservative's election campaign lacked direction whereas labour were easily targetting the weak points and in their young energetic leader they found a great focal point.
Tony blair had made a rapid rise within the party, a qualified barrister.
Blair trounced Major in the election. it was a new day. britain woke up the next day with great hope. their charismatic new leader would lead britain back to the promised land.
the youthfulness, the appeal to the centre, the whole new start new change, the bringing britain back to the front of the international scene, the man who promised to do right, a father to a young family but here's the one thing that makes me think obama is a page out of the blairite book of politics.
spreading the wealth.
whilst tony never used the phrase to such prominence he executed to brilliant effect. such brilliance that the conservatives didnt even realise it was happening till it had happened. like the republicans they were keen on people making it for themselves, but blair wrong-footed their poorly led party and did everything to great usage.
the introduction of the national minimum wage, passed in 1999, was set at £3.50 ph for adults and by the time he left his tenure it was £5.50, around 1.5/2 million people benefitted from this.
One of the first things Blair did was to give the bank of england independance to set the rate of interest. something obama will have to look at closely, but back then helped the british economy a great deal.
He knew he had to sit down and talk to IRA to end the troubles, something obama will have to and has said he will do with Iran and other groups within Iraq.
he put in legislation to aid gay and lesbian rights, which i'm sure obama will do especially in california with constitution 8.
Blairs finest hour internationally was without a doubt during the Kosovo war and the role he and Great britain played. the prominence and his international diplomacy to encourage NATO and others to intervene saved many lives no doubt. sadly this international praise he received gave him the taste for international intervention that played greatly in the 2nd half of his premiership to such bad effect.
obama should look somewhat towards Blair and see how he did things and realise which way the lie of the land is.
Blair was exceptional at surrounding himself with the right people. Peter Mandelson, Alaister Darling amongst others was the thing he needed so that his own back was watched at all times. one only has to look at the way he advised the royal family during the death of diana, just exactly how media savvy he and his team was. the respect the media gave him was highlighted by the fact no paper reported an alleged family problem in 2004.
his legacy would have been something of greatness had it not been for the iraq war which like bush will dog him for years to come. just his mere presence in singapore gave london the olympics in 2012, his internation reputation doing its work.
obama. learn the lessons and avoid the pitfalls.
ok ok hear me out yeah? forget the tony blair aged 10 of his premiership. - look at the tony blair age 0.
when he came on the scene - how sick were brits of the conservatives? even though it was john major that was in charge alot of the crap he carried was from the thatcher era. reports of corruption and were just coming out of the first gulf war.
the conservative's election campaign lacked direction whereas labour were easily targetting the weak points and in their young energetic leader they found a great focal point.
Tony blair had made a rapid rise within the party, a qualified barrister.
Blair trounced Major in the election. it was a new day. britain woke up the next day with great hope. their charismatic new leader would lead britain back to the promised land.
the youthfulness, the appeal to the centre, the whole new start new change, the bringing britain back to the front of the international scene, the man who promised to do right, a father to a young family but here's the one thing that makes me think obama is a page out of the blairite book of politics.
spreading the wealth.
whilst tony never used the phrase to such prominence he executed to brilliant effect. such brilliance that the conservatives didnt even realise it was happening till it had happened. like the republicans they were keen on people making it for themselves, but blair wrong-footed their poorly led party and did everything to great usage.
the introduction of the national minimum wage, passed in 1999, was set at £3.50 ph for adults and by the time he left his tenure it was £5.50, around 1.5/2 million people benefitted from this.
One of the first things Blair did was to give the bank of england independance to set the rate of interest. something obama will have to look at closely, but back then helped the british economy a great deal.
He knew he had to sit down and talk to IRA to end the troubles, something obama will have to and has said he will do with Iran and other groups within Iraq.
he put in legislation to aid gay and lesbian rights, which i'm sure obama will do especially in california with constitution 8.
Blairs finest hour internationally was without a doubt during the Kosovo war and the role he and Great britain played. the prominence and his international diplomacy to encourage NATO and others to intervene saved many lives no doubt. sadly this international praise he received gave him the taste for international intervention that played greatly in the 2nd half of his premiership to such bad effect.
obama should look somewhat towards Blair and see how he did things and realise which way the lie of the land is.
Blair was exceptional at surrounding himself with the right people. Peter Mandelson, Alaister Darling amongst others was the thing he needed so that his own back was watched at all times. one only has to look at the way he advised the royal family during the death of diana, just exactly how media savvy he and his team was. the respect the media gave him was highlighted by the fact no paper reported an alleged family problem in 2004.
his legacy would have been something of greatness had it not been for the iraq war which like bush will dog him for years to come. just his mere presence in singapore gave london the olympics in 2012, his internation reputation doing its work.
obama. learn the lessons and avoid the pitfalls.
Thursday 6 November 2008
The obama campaign.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd of 75,000 at Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon, Sunday, May 18, 2008.
Barack Obama walks from his plane on October 3, 2008 after arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on his way to a rally in Abington, Pennsylvania.
Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listen to his speech during a downpour during a campaign rally at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia September 27, 2008.
Barack Obama (lower right) waves as he arrives at a rally of 100,000 supporters in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. Wednesday 5 November 2008
And the obama bandwagon will roll on...
the amount of good will that obama will get simply for winning this election is incredible.
world leaders are tripping over themselves to be along side him, opposition leaders want to be like him, and the people wish he was their leader instead.
it just goes to show how sick and tired they were of the policies coming out of the west wing. alot of the goodwill is due to that feeling, bush is going.
watching newsreels of people all over the world just shows the flood of hope obama's election has made.
world leaders are tripping over themselves to be along side him, opposition leaders want to be like him, and the people wish he was their leader instead.
it just goes to show how sick and tired they were of the policies coming out of the west wing. alot of the goodwill is due to that feeling, bush is going.
watching newsreels of people all over the world just shows the flood of hope obama's election has made.
a nice sayin thats come about...
Rosa sat, so Martin could walk…
Martin walked, so Obama could run…
Obama is running, so our children can FLY!
...from NPR interviewing a dude in St. Louis Missouri.
no doubt its a very historic moment this and it does seem like a world away from the hose pipes and the baton charges. all within lifetimes of those people who experienced them. within a lifetime of someone who was around the slavery period.
maybe it is a new generation coming through. maybe it is new thinking.
maybe the reports that the KKK's membership is at an all time low are true.
but looking to the future mustnt make us forget what our past made us.
Black man given nations worst job...
WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."
hahahaha class!!
click here for the blog...
Now that a muslim is finally incharge at the white house...
with a few more places to put shoes - its ideal!
Tuesday 4 November 2008
one thing we're all forgetting - the goodbye to the axis of evil...
surely we have to do that too?
say goodbye to the infamous axis of evil? the current incumbant the 43rd president of the united states. Mr George W. Bush.
and this is how it was all 8 yrs ago.
onto the steps of lincoln memorial with ricky martin everything held so much promise. here was the guy to replace bill clinton, the man who saddled the white house with so much controversy. perjury, cigars and interns. dubya was the prodigal son who was finally doing something right - he'd set washington on a straight path...
it wasnt going too good a year into his residency, too many holidays, barely there to run the country then one fateful september morning...
wether you wonder what he thought as he sat in that classroom as he read with kids... this was his moment. 90% approval ratings. there was nothing he could do that the people wouldnt love him for it. except one thing. go to war. which is exactly what he did.
so off he went on his crusade. the first one was valid enough. afganistan - harbouring the worlds terrorists...
its been downhill after that.
doctored evidence for the wmd's, using up all his goodwill the americans got after 9/11, dragging a statesman like powell through the mud, too many publicity shots, too little results
his unpopularity got so bad that its forever tainted those that lined up with him. blair's ten year legacy as good as it could've been will forever been tainted by this. the french who chose not to align themselves with them have seen their world status raised.
whereas even kerry used clinton somewhat in his campaign - mccain kept him at arms length and made sure he was seen as little as possible with bush
he even hit the line with obama "i think you should've ran 4 years ago since your so keen on labelling your opponent bush."
8 years. 8 years of a very dark time in american history.
say goodbye to the infamous axis of evil? the current incumbant the 43rd president of the united states. Mr George W. Bush.
and this is how it was all 8 yrs ago.
onto the steps of lincoln memorial with ricky martin everything held so much promise. here was the guy to replace bill clinton, the man who saddled the white house with so much controversy. perjury, cigars and interns. dubya was the prodigal son who was finally doing something right - he'd set washington on a straight path...it wasnt going too good a year into his residency, too many holidays, barely there to run the country then one fateful september morning...
wether you wonder what he thought as he sat in that classroom as he read with kids... this was his moment. 90% approval ratings. there was nothing he could do that the people wouldnt love him for it. except one thing. go to war. which is exactly what he did.so off he went on his crusade. the first one was valid enough. afganistan - harbouring the worlds terrorists...
its been downhill after that.
doctored evidence for the wmd's, using up all his goodwill the americans got after 9/11, dragging a statesman like powell through the mud, too many publicity shots, too little results
his unpopularity got so bad that its forever tainted those that lined up with him. blair's ten year legacy as good as it could've been will forever been tainted by this. the french who chose not to align themselves with them have seen their world status raised.
whereas even kerry used clinton somewhat in his campaign - mccain kept him at arms length and made sure he was seen as little as possible with bush
he even hit the line with obama "i think you should've ran 4 years ago since your so keen on labelling your opponent bush."
8 years. 8 years of a very dark time in american history.
Election day pics...
and how this picture could've told such a different story....
out in afganistan - near the pakistan border...
the frenzy that has followed this election will be remembered for years...
without a doubt - the biggest story since the primaries began...
out in afganistan - near the pakistan border...the frenzy that has followed this election will be remembered for years...without a doubt - the biggest story since the primaries began...Cometh the hour, cometh the man...
...and now the calm...
it is...
its just the big breath before the plunge...
everyone's there on the booths votin away... 3 hours of queues in some places!!
sad news about obama's grandmother passing away.
finally some good news for Gov. Palin. too little too late though. a 2nd probe has cleared her of any abuse of power.
more bad news for the economy - General Motors (GM) reports sales down an incredible 47%! ford down a shocking 30% and chrysler down 36%
GM in alot of trouble here.
muslim women in the news again. this time a woman who was jailed sued the jail for making her remove the scarf during a search. now they have to provide a private area for muslim women during searches and must be given county given head scarves in the presence of men.
and finally sad news - the economy is startin its bite now... more and more homeless families with kids are coming onto the streets.
with higher food and fuel prices its too much for some, and housing aid is being asked for.
its just the big breath before the plunge...
everyone's there on the booths votin away... 3 hours of queues in some places!!
sad news about obama's grandmother passing away.
finally some good news for Gov. Palin. too little too late though. a 2nd probe has cleared her of any abuse of power.
more bad news for the economy - General Motors (GM) reports sales down an incredible 47%! ford down a shocking 30% and chrysler down 36%
GM in alot of trouble here.
muslim women in the news again. this time a woman who was jailed sued the jail for making her remove the scarf during a search. now they have to provide a private area for muslim women during searches and must be given county given head scarves in the presence of men.
wow. invalid train pass? and its cost orange county, CA $45K. thats an expensive refund!
Medina, 30, was arrested in December 2005 in Pomona for having an invalid train pass. She spent 12 hours in jail but was never prosecuted.
and finally sad news - the economy is startin its bite now... more and more homeless families with kids are coming onto the streets.
with higher food and fuel prices its too much for some, and housing aid is being asked for.
Monday 3 November 2008
Road safety or Entertainment?
That there is mr Jeremy Clarkson driving through a wall at 56 mph.
he emerged from the wreck apparently screaming in agony, with bruises to his leg, back and finger, but has since made a good recovery.
so why has he done it?
he emerged from the wreck apparently screaming in agony, with bruises to his leg, back and finger, but has since made a good recovery.
so why has he done it?
He said that he had decided before being allowed on the road, "everyone should be made to drive at high speed into a wall."
He added: "At the moment, teenagers see Bruce Willis driving his car into a helicopter and imagine that you can get out afterwards and still be well enough to punch a baddy in the face.
"This isn't accurate. I emerged from my high speed head-on impact in what can only be described as screaming agony. I couldn't walk. I couldn't talk. I couldn't think."
i mean come on - really?? i mean do we really drive through crashes, walls and helicopters cause we know that bruce willis can? rubbish!! we all know its a movie and the die hard films are meant to be OTT if we wanted to see real life crime we'd stick to watching the bravo channel and the constant repeats of police camera action
dont get me wrong - i LOVE top gear - i think its fantastic - its a motoring lads mag. its not about cars anymore its about what they can do to them. how they can speed them, race them across europe whilst having the time of their lives thanks to our license fee.
but its dumb of clarkson to start claimin he's doin this to show "accidents hurt" duhhhhh
thats what our 4 yr old cognotive brains told us when we fell down - accidents hurts - try not to fall down again.
Sunday 2 November 2008
Lil wee bushie is crying...
boo hoo
dubya and his staff are apparently sad.
they've not been able to spend the last 100+ days of their residency at the white house doing stuff to cement their legacy. you, stuff like stopping a war, making peace, solving world hunger, helping out the global environment and of course helping the yankees win the world series - they really wanted to do the last one...
so whats he sad about? really?
White House staffers, who believe Bush's reputation has been unfairly maligned for a series of calamities -- from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to the financial crisis -- that were beyond his control and that he handled well. GOP nominee John McCain's escalating attacks on Bush's tenure have added to the irritation, these people said.aaaaaaaaaaaaah so he well handled them - but they werent his fault... ok ok so i'll give him 9/11 that was some loonies fault. but surely the financial crisis was partially his fault. he could've reversed or stopped the motions clinton had set into place
and how has he handled it well?! post 9/11 has been nothing but a disaster - its ruined him - single handedly
even if he left the economy intact and in great shape - the hatred for the reactions of 9/11 have been nothing short of detrimental.
i can see his point though about legacy. Reagan had the communist/iron curtain battle and won that. his dad had the gulf war, clinton had cigars and popularity. he's got nothing. nada zilch.
not even his own party wants to know him - where's the i'm the president of the united states and i support john mccain rallies?
all this spells nothing but bad news for mcsame and the republican party - the disection of this defeat 2008 has already begun amongst the upper levels of the party...
A Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll last week put Bush's approval rating at 24 percent and found that McCain had made little headway in separating himself from Bush or his policies.
"normal" service will resume shortly...
sorry for the lack of updates or owt
there's been some great stories
nothing better than the canadians pranking palin into believing she was talking to sarkozy
hopefully tonight i'll have some links on mccains latest showing on SNL which has all thanks to tina fey become very very influential and essential viewing in this election...
there is a monday special SNL happenin so MAYBE we'll see obama on there?? he was due to come on this one...
as some one i loved watching i thought arnold could do better than name calling...
and on a funnier note
this is funny
stay here....
I'LL BE BACK!
there's been some great stories
nothing better than the canadians pranking palin into believing she was talking to sarkozy
hopefully tonight i'll have some links on mccains latest showing on SNL which has all thanks to tina fey become very very influential and essential viewing in this election...
there is a monday special SNL happenin so MAYBE we'll see obama on there?? he was due to come on this one...
as some one i loved watching i thought arnold could do better than name calling...
and on a funnier note
this is funny
stay here....
I'LL BE BACK!
Thursday 30 October 2008
talk about irony...
Tomorro is a big day for myself and the missus.
we're going into hospital at 7 frikkin am for a 9am operation.
no she's sadly not getting a brain transplant.... its a c-section to release that bundle of joy thats been stewing inside her for 9 months :D
its baby number 3 tomorro :P thankfully as this is her 3rd c-section it was able to be planned etc - none of this waiting for the pains to come
so the irony is that exactly 2 years ago on the same day - my father passed away after suffering a heart attack.
AND its the world series game tonight - if it all plays off the phillies could win it...
we're going into hospital at 7 frikkin am for a 9am operation.
no she's sadly not getting a brain transplant.... its a c-section to release that bundle of joy thats been stewing inside her for 9 months :D
its baby number 3 tomorro :P thankfully as this is her 3rd c-section it was able to be planned etc - none of this waiting for the pains to come
so the irony is that exactly 2 years ago on the same day - my father passed away after suffering a heart attack.
AND its the world series game tonight - if it all plays off the phillies could win it...
Wednesday 29 October 2008
how much would you spend on your 16 year old?
your 16 year old daughter - apple of your eye
she's in love
maddddddddddddddddddd love
she's been datin for around three years and now wants to marry the lad - your happy - he's a good lad.
so she wants a nice wedding - a white wedding - and she wants daddy to pay for it all.
no probs right?
well the problem is that daddy lives in a caravan. still i'm sure he's saved a few pence right?
how about £100,000 ($162,000)??
her dress was worth £16,000, draped in swarovski crystals, 10 ft wide train so heavy that it took ten guests to lift it out of the rolls royce, she got married in Cheshire, UK.
£500 for her crystal bouquet.
but it makes you think how can a traveller, a gypsy, afford such a lavish wedding?
he paves driveways. not a rock star, not a stock broker. but paves driveways.
and travellers with the lifestyle they have arent held accountable to any taxes at all. any bad drives they've done - tough luck.
its such a loophole that the british govt cant close.
her ambition is to be a glamour model. wtf.
it just makes you think what kinda world we're in. till you see the parents.
Exactly.
she's in love
maddddddddddddddddddd love
she's been datin for around three years and now wants to marry the lad - your happy - he's a good lad.
so she wants a nice wedding - a white wedding - and she wants daddy to pay for it all.
no probs right?
well the problem is that daddy lives in a caravan. still i'm sure he's saved a few pence right?
how about £100,000 ($162,000)??
her dress was worth £16,000, draped in swarovski crystals, 10 ft wide train so heavy that it took ten guests to lift it out of the rolls royce, she got married in Cheshire, UK.£500 for her crystal bouquet.
but it makes you think how can a traveller, a gypsy, afford such a lavish wedding?
he paves driveways. not a rock star, not a stock broker. but paves driveways.
and travellers with the lifestyle they have arent held accountable to any taxes at all. any bad drives they've done - tough luck.
its such a loophole that the british govt cant close.
her ambition is to be a glamour model. wtf.
it just makes you think what kinda world we're in. till you see the parents.
Exactly.
muslims need to be hung for this crap....
yeah thats right i said it... i went there i did it...a muslim man is suing tesco for making him allegedly work with alcohol.
he apparently had no idea that tesco sold alcohol. he worked with them for 8 months and had no idea they sold alcohol. he worked at a distribution depot and didnt see the huge crates labelled beer.
so now he's out there in the tribunals working his way to a compensation package for religious discrimination.
he'd managed to visit asda, lidl and sainsbury's, but not tesco. and i doubt he had any reservation buying food from a place that sold alcohol.
he apparently asked to be removed from this and be placed with other duties - your wage would still have come from a company that sold alcohol.
i raised this question before - how possible is it to earn a true halal income in the west? yeah there are jobs where you can. but for example - taxi drivers. you take people a to b but then if the people are going to a nightclub/bar your making it possible for them to go there and sin. you know they're going there for that reason at 11pm. its been openly debated in mosques all over. you open a shop selling grocery foods, and unless you've read every single ingrediant, checked every label its impossible to say wether the stuff your selling is halal. and similary if you work at asda/tesco/sainsbury's you might be stacking those cans of tuna on the isle's but your wages do come from alcohol. thats the appeal to some people, go in - get the bread, get the biscuits and grab a case of beer, and if that beer wasnt there chances are they would go else where.
i hope the tribunal do throw this case out. there should be religious awareness at work. the cross wearing woman at heathrow should never have been dragged up. but taking the piss isnt religious awareness.
Tuesday 28 October 2008
One of many i'm sure... sadly!
It was gonna happen sooner or later. the right wing loons were gonna hatch a plot to assasinate or do their best to damage barack obama.They apparently wanted to kill 88 people - 14 by beheading. 88 stands for Heil Hitler (H is the 8th letter of the alphabet) and 14 stands for "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children". a famous saying in american white supremecy.
The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows,"two kids - one 20 and one 18 have been arrested. The court documents say the two men met about a month ago on the Internet and found common ground in their shared "white power" and "skinhead" philosophy.
how many more will eventually emerge? the tech branch of the feds and cia will have to go into over-drive to make sure all links are checked as even the slightest failing of attention could have fatal consequences.
the arrests of these boys however will no doubt serve as motivation and a sign to work more covertly if a plot like this was to be done again.
Monday 27 October 2008
Ok i heard that lending is becoming hard...
but this site wanting to give out loans surely takes the biscuit?
http://www.paydayuk.co.uk/
now whats so bad about that? you need a loan and you gotta turn some place right?
check out the APR. (the simplified counterpart to the effective interest rate that the borrower will pay on a loan.)
1845%!!!!!!! WTF?!?!
Bollywood flick of the week...
a weekly column highlighting great moments in indian cinema.
and corny as hell.
so here's my first contribution - MR INDIA!
straight away - hundreds of asians are sayin Mogambo Kush hua!
its the infamous line that the main villain - Mogambo played by Amrish Puri
The story is that a scientist invents a watch allowing a person to disappear - later he is killed but he hides the watch. later through fateful circumstances his son is able to retreive the watch and decides to use it for the greater good, whilst at the same time looking after a group of orphans. yeah i did say corny.
Enter mr mogambo and he wants that for-moo-la for his world domination and destruction of india and its upto our hero and the damsel in distress Sri-Devi to save the day!
its a very basic james bond/supervillain story line but its effects are still there.
alot of villains in bollywood try to mimic mogambo. shekar kapur went on to make elizabeth, elizabeth the golden age and the forthcoming New york, I love you.
One of the many films with indians doing blackface.
well worth a watch if your up for some laughs!
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