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Amidst all the tragedy and rising death tolls, there’s something to be said about life being too serious to be taken too seriously.

Case 1:

Not right to celebrate as Asian states grieve

IN VIEW of the calamity that has befallen so many Asian countries, I was appalled to read the blurb, ‘Party central’ and the related articles (ST, Dec 28) telling readers where to party the night away on New Year’s Eve.

Surely, it is not right and in bad taste to celebrate when our Asian neighbours are in such pain. I urge the organisers to cancel these parties or at least cut down on the revelry. More than 80,000 have died and counting. Let’s remember that those who are grieving and suffering are just on our doorstep.

Kwa Hwee Keng (Mdm)

[reproduced from ST forum post]

Nonsense. Where would one draw the line between “regular” grief and suffering and “grief and suffering that warrants righteous outrage at other people living their lives?” Wouldn’t it be “not right and in bad taste” to cancel a celebration of hope for a better year? Does staying at home for tonight’s countdown make me a better person than anyone out there partying? I hope not.

Case 2:

Medical supplies attacked by squatting zombies

[Image and real article from channelnewsasia.com]

Sorry, couldn’t resist after seeing that photo. Apologies especially to the aid worker whose photo was mangled by channelnewsasia.

Something completely different: I’ve just started trying out ecto, a pretty decent blogging tool (even if its spellchecker does decide that its own program and the word “spellchecker” are spelling errors). However, WordPress 1.2 which I’m using hasn’t implemented the newMediaObject function that ecto uses to upload images automatically through. Thankfully a bit of quick googling turned up this link which made everything good again with its little bugfix.

Also, now I can randomly insert the currently playing song into the post — maybe list out the songs that played while I typed this. I know there are many. I get distracted easily.

iTunes Shuffle:

• That Girl From Brownsville Texas - Jim White, from Drill A Hole In That Substrate & Tell Me What You See
• Book of Love - Peter Gabriel, from Shall We Dance
• Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) - Go Tan Project, from Shall We Dance
• Little Panda McElroy - Xiu Xiu, from Fabulous Muscles
• Clowne Towne - Xiu Xiu, from Fabulous Muscles
• Today - Joshua Radin, from First Between 3rd and 4th - EP
• 天山的姑娘最美丽 - 刀郎, from 北方的天空下
• Love And Some Verses - Iron And Wine, from Our Endless Numbered Days
• 你快樂（所以我快樂） - 王菲, from 王菲
• Haiti - The Arcade Fire, from Funeral
• You Know I Couldn’t Last - Morrissey, from You Are The Quarry
• I Like You - Morrissey, from You Are The Quarry
• Surf’s Up - Brian Wilson, from Smile

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