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Yet again, take from a mafbrothers' post because yaohui left a comment on the tagboard, which I felt I had to reply to.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I must admit that I wasn't aware that Israel had launched the attacks on Lebanon after the Lebanese had captured 2 of their soldiers. After knowing the reason behind the invasion (not sure if we can term it an invasion) I wonder if Singapore would do the same if you and I had been captured by Malaysia. Maybe if the Prime Minister was Tat, he would. For loyalty. Yi Qi.But if it's me, I doubt I will. There are another 3,999,998 people whom I have to look after and I am not sure if an attack on Malaysia would be the best solution when I risk incurring the wrath of the rest of the world.
I think the major powers have stayed relatively quiet on this issue. They have not supported the israelis. The G8 had issued a statement denouncing the attack, although I must say the statement was relatively mild when they should have taken a firmer stand. France had indicated their support for the Lebanese. As usual, they stand in the way of the Americans and their allies. For people who don't know much abt the story between the Americans, the Israelis and their arab enemies, a short summary would be that there are many Jews working in major American governmental departments and they provide solid backings for Israel who is rather unfortunately born in the midst of many arabic states.
I do not believe that the Israelis' attack on Lebanon is as simple as they made it out to be (to demand the return of their soldiers, is it?) My guess is that the capture of the 2 soldiers provide a good excuse for them to either demonstrate their might to their arab neighbours or to weaken the Lebanese terribly. Or perhaps to attain strategic positions to consolidate their defence again Syria as well as to launch attacks on Syria when the time comes. I can't tell and there's no need for me to tell.
I'm happy in France because beer is damn cheap here. I bought 2 cans of Heneiken today for 1.10 euro each which is 2.20 sing and the cans are those 50cl ones...beer-y long...haha...I have not been reining in my spendings, which in a way is not good, because I spend on luxuries like drinks with taste but on the other hand it made me satisfied. I think I shldn't live too extravagantly. Thks blog for making me come to my senses.
I do not have lesson in the morning tomorrow so I can blog for as long as I can stay awake. I was at the France's Bastile Day celebrations on 14 Jul at the Champs-Elysees. For Singapore's national day, the Guard of Honour march into the stadium. For the French, they march through their famous streets. We start practising the marching 4 months before National Day. They start practising 1 week before. That's the french for you...and so, Singapore's national day is so much better, in terms of entertainment value.
I had intended to blog abt the need for Singapore to have very solid National Day celebrations every year but I think that would be too heavy on the post. Anyway, jus 1 line, I think it's to occupy the officer-in-charge for 4 months, else he got nothing to do, and give him a platform to perform and promote, failing so, he can be stuck in the doldrums of SAF.
I stayed in central Paris till 11 plus to see the fire works, which were launched beside the Eiffel Tower. Singapore definitely has better fireworks too. Below are some photos taken on 14 Jul:
The crowd at Champs-Elysees with the soldiers lined on the streets.
The 'colours contingent'?
The Chinese girl in focus is Jianran, a senior from NUS currently studying at Ecole Polytechnique. Ecole Polytechnique is a crazy school that had produced crazy people who had together, came up with many funny ideas and call them mathematics that would be the bulk of my sufferings at ENPC.
A gungho female soldier commanding a tank.
Funfair at la Jardin des Tuileries, which is sandwiched between the Champs-Elysees and the Lourve.
A french family awaits the fireworks.
A view of the obelisk (spelling not sure correct or not) during the sunset. This should be the one that Quek told us that the Egyptians regretted exchanging with the French for a clock that had since stopped running.
Taken with my camera's firework mode and did not turn out well. The videos are better but they threaten to deceive that the firework performances were nice.
I have an idea of how investing should work, with some enlightening analogy taken off soccer. will post soon.
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