No life

First they cancelled our level camp, now they cancelled our AYG opening ceremony celebration. Next week we'll also be having tests on Integration, Air and the Atmosphere, Comprehension and a Physics Pratical Test of doom. I lack interest in the topic of electricity and I possess butter fingers which are highly suitable for carrying our a flawful practical. I know that already screwed for this before even touching the practical paper.

That's it. I'm just a lifeless slave having a lifeless year in a very lifeless school in a lifeless society in this lifeless world.

Bernard Madoff sentenced to prison for 150 years

Full Article from Yahoo News:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_bi_ge/us_madoff_scandal


I'm also not very familiar with American Law, but why didn't they just call it life-long imprisonment? He will just rot to death before even finishing his sentence. -.- Yes, everyone's angry at the Ponzi Scheme and saying that he deserves this life sentence, but I highly doubt that a 71-year old man is going to last for another 150 years, seriously, unless imprisonment in hell counts too.


"I will turn and face you. I am sorry. I know that dosen't help you." - Bernard Madoff (message to his victims, in court)

You are right, that so dosen't help to chill someone's anger, especially when you sound so calm in your apology.

The only thing that would make his victims forgive him would of course be payment in full, but sadly, all that's lost won't come back in this case. Prison life for over 100 years may as well be enough to serve him right, but I was considering caning to be a better alternative in satisfying victims'anger but then again, maybe not, since it sounds way too immoral to inflict any physical pain onto an old folk, even if he's a schemer.

[EDIT]: I forgot to add something, most of Madoff's assets will be seized by federal marshals to compensate victims, from their yatch to their mink coats...now it seems that NOT all that's lost won't come back after all.

Schools to re-open as scheduled despite H1N1

Full news coverage from CNA here:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/437803/1/.html up


I was so disappointed when I read this damned article. It crushed all my hopes for a week of holidays school closure after June ends...

Obviously most students would love to have school closure due to personal reasons of sloth, but seriously, the higher authorities should consider re-opening schools at later dates because I desperately need extra time to complete my homework and also for the fun I've been missing out and because I don't want to see the teachers who have been the root of all our problems of stress and because I am not prepared for the next big marathon of tests and EOYs. due to the surging numbers of local infection cases. There are currently over 160 cases of H1N1 in S'pore and by the end of this week, it would most probably hit over 250. Schools would only help to facilitate the transmission of the virus at a more rapid pace when both students and staff congregate in the campus. It is inevitable that infection via cluster circulation would have a dramatic increase by then. Though it is true that death rate is low, this does not imply that life is then able to 'continue as normally as possible'. H1N1 is able to hinder people from leading a normal lifestyle due to its effects on health. It isn't just H1N1 actually. As long as you contract an illness, you would very unlikely be a productive individual. Now, the main problem is that more and more Singaporeans are being infected with the virus, which would in turn negatively affect S'pore's progress as a country if infection rate continues to rise over the next few months.

It is true that declaring school closure would result in a potential academic loss for schools to inflict pain on students to finish the syllabus on time, teaching and carrying out revision to prepare students for the EOYs. In my opinion, however, it is better to spare a week for quarantine purposes. The loss would be much greater by the time more of their students are infected by H1N1. This is not a light matter, really.