From an email that Shirin sent to the rest of the team, plus coaches ( Read more... )

"And then she told me to sing and dance and skip and play," said Roland. "She said that's what children were supposed to do."...
Tiffany wondered about this. As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty, and sulked. Any seen dancing and skipping and singing had ( Read more... )

"The shortest verse in the bible is "Jesus wept." The only thing wrong with it is the past tense."

Something Positive

and a follow up

Awarded to Renée C. Byer of The Sacramento Bee for her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.

The series of photos is here

i think i should stop griping about my exams now.

boris yeltsin has passed away.

it feels like the cold war era is coming to an end all over again, with the gradual passing of its significant players. reagan passed away in my j1 year, kennan in my j2 year, and now yeltsin. i feel... old.

from Mister God, This is AnnaShe nodded her agreement. 'Does Mister God love us truly ( Read more... )

"Of the 75 law firms surveyed in New York in The American Lawyer’s recent survey of mid-level associates, the firms ranked No. 1 (Dickstein Shapiro) and No. 3 (Patterson Belknap) had one thing in common: They both received perfect scores on their attitudes toward pro bono work."

New York Mag

so the house, and possibly the senate, has fallen to the democrats. which i am quite happy about, because i've never liked bush's version of republicanism and his war mongering, his tax cuts, his insistence on infringing on the rights of his people, his support of torture and his deception. what i especially detest is how he's tainted the christian ( Read more... )

today, enoch reminded me of the case study we're supposed to prepare for history s. and so, i decided that it would be useful to consult my malay teacher from my third lang days, as i tried in vain to recall the things that i learnt on our third lang trip to malacca in sec 3. (or was it sec4?) after all, aside from the sources that i can locate ( Read more... )

off a poster which shows a photograph of arlington cemetery. the caption, a quote from a vietnam gi, reads: "We are the unwilling, led by the unqualified, to do the unnecessary, for the ungrateful."