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.

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.

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.

SUPER OBAMA WORLD!!!

HAHAHA

just ripped off from Mario

but its cool :D

its

SUPER OBAMA WORLD!

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

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...

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

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.

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;

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.