But hey, while you're here, enjoy some recent Blogdrive entries:

Civil Defense
Can America Return To Law?
I have been a member of Chicago's National Strategy Forum for many years and treasure the quarterly review they publish. The new issue HEDGING AGAINST UNCERTAINTY: U.S. STRATEGY IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD is a must read- one can only hope the Presidential candidates read it. Today and tomorrow I will be putting a couple of the articles from the new issue here for you to read, you can also go to their website to read the entire issue: http://nationalstrategy.com/Programs/NationalStrategyForumReview/NationalStrategyForumReviewSummer2008/tabid/156/Default.aspx Hedging Against Uncertainty: US Strategy in an Interdependent World America the Law-Abiding Nicholas Rostow* Introduction It was not so long ago that most Americans took for granted that international law and American advocacy of international law were Good Things. Americans had learned the hard way that what President Washington had called "Our detached and distant situation" in his Farewell Address of 1796 was... (more)

Where Beej Is
Netflix and Teeth
If you don't have a Netflix account yet, I strongly encourage you to do so. I love it so much I'd like to take it out behind the middle school and .... never mind. What I'm saying is that I really enjoy Netflix. I watched "Remains of the Day" the other night and by the time I finished, I was crying and my nose was runny and I was MAD. That movie made me so angry. I wanted to grab Anthony Hopkins by the shoulders and shake the life out of him. I stayed mad all through the night and woke up mad again the next morning. I suppose that getting that foul over a movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson would stop a person from getting yet another movie starring the same duo, but that's what I've done. This time it's "Howard's End". I'm just holding my breath hoping this one won't be so emotionally draining. I love Emma Thompson. I love her teeth and the way she talks. Her accent is MAH-vah-lus. Her teeth are...I dunno...there's just something about them. I think people with... (more)



FairyTales
My Rants
Saving My Juice So I am able to update my blog after all. I made a friggin promise before that I will post new write-ups every now and then with less hiatus. What's happening with me lately? Hmmmm, let me see. I have gone back to the dating circuit. There is this guy. He's name's Mon, 30ish, a medical doctor working as a medical technologist in a local hospital here (he's planning to go abroad as a medtech you see). He actually got my number from my BFF Ken and we've been keeping correspondence via text messaging. It took us a while before I finally decided to met up with him. It was interesting. It has been ages since my last date. But on a personal note, it's just a date. Intimate relationship is not part of my vocabulary right now. My life is complicated enough as it is. It was a lazy Saturday so we just attended mass and went out for dinner... blah, blah, blah! What's interesting though was that he ordered one whole chicken just for the two of us. Maybe he was... (more)

Princess_Ee
missin'
Cases
Punta na2man ng College. Early in the morning my friend called me to inform me na before Lunch daw kami punta ng College 'coz un ung time na andun daw si Ma'am. Gosh! ang labo tlaga. Di ko tuloy alam if punta ako ngaun morning or just wait after lunch.hehehe la naman maw2la if maaga ako pumunta baka makita ko pa si Fisherman (code name namin kay Dokter sa hospital na malapit sa College namin). kaso sayang naman pera dun pa ako maglu2nch. e ginto food dun, peo aircon naman. Nakakainis talaga. Nagpasa ka ng maaga den sa2bin nila naw2la ung cases mo. Di ba nila alam kung magkano na naga2stos namin kakaprint non. Magkano nabang pamasahe at pamprint ang hiningi ko sa magulang ko at sa tita ko. siguro kung bibilangin ko yun makakabili na ako ang White Velvet chocolate sa Red Ribbon. hahaha.Pasaway! Ala naman akong masisis na nangyayari. kasi pag-nagreklamo kami naku mas patay kami. Terror pa naman yung pinasahan namin nung una(parang nangangain ng buhay na tao. ssshhh wag kaung... (more)

My simPle DiaRy**
~kembali bekerja~
bismillah.. harini masuk hari ke 4 ana bekerja..fuh sangat terasa kemalasan melanda diri! life has change too...too much i couldnt write everything here. getting ready in the morning can no longer be the same. i have to prepare myself; bath etc n have to make some time to pump milk..nak pump tu adalah about half an hour to gain some 3oz milk!wah..quite mencabar minda tau..but its ok.. in the evening pula i have to rush back home (from serdang to shah alam) to fetch my baby at nursery. after 6pm they will charge extra rm5 for every hour..mind you that every day hv to pay about rm20..its ok as long the baby's ok..but the additional rm5 i wont give easily..hehe,. but to tell the truth, i just cant stop thinking about my baby during work, and as a result, i cant wait to fetch him in the evening! dulu dgr dari mulut orang je, 'kesian ana saya duduk kat nurseri lama2..'..dulu tak dapat nak figure out nape nak kesian pula?kalau dah dibawah penjagaan ok??now i realise this is because as a... (more)