www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Everything is out there. You now know who are the candidates and know them a little better. You hear some rumours, controversies and there were some hue and cry. Unions and clans gave endorsements, the hopefuls go around shaking hands. Every voter has a different reason why they may like to vote for a certain candidate. Strangely, everyone tried to distance themselves from a certain party or at least tried to show that they are independent or have an independent mind but they are all from the fraternity really. If not a political party or its affiliation or working with the government. I wrote a short article on it last week: http://gforce-guru.blogspot.com/2011/08/all-presidents-men.html . Based on looks alone, a few people told me that it has to be Dr. Tony Tan or for his experience but that is also quite possible that it is because he has the best press coverage over the years or in the news, a familiar face. Yet he is the closest to the government. If it were for looks, I ...

It is strange to wake up on Sunday morning and see Wolverhampton Wanderers perched at the top of the Premier League table and Arsenal near the bottom. Yes, it is only 2 matches old but I have said all of last season Wolves is a very decent team. The western press have been saying that when it rains, it pours at the Emirates for the Gunners. Our local dialect's take is more colourful - when you have bad luck and spit, a chicken walking past eats your saliva and it dies. Losing your top player and captain just before the season begins was hardly the best way to start. You can't blame Febregas as he had to forego huge monetary gain to fulfill his wish in wearing Barcelona colours. It was a real yearning to return to his roots and be at home. The question is whether Samir Nasri would be leaving for Manchester City for the same reason. The Gunners built their squad around Fabregas and Nasri where they were cult heroes. Playing for another team may not guarantee a first te...

They say nice guys finish last. Do you agree? It all started from the dating scene where girls would usually say that they like guys to be sensitive, helpful, open doors for them, treat them nice, etc. but when the girls finally date guys they often choose to go on a date with the bad boys, the more dangerous fellows who are more impulsive, crazy, a bit more reckless types. Well, for a start, we need to have a better definition of "nice". If they are referring to nerdy guys who can be used as floor mats and often got stepped all over, is plainly submissive and still say thank you to people after they have been abused is simply being none the wiser but if being nice means gentlemanly, considerate, trustworthy then it is a different kind of nice. I do not think it to be true. Dating is just a small part of life and there are bigger dates awaiting you in terms of you career, work, business and other relationship and things that matter in life. Like the guy who got stabbed w...

Zzzzzz I am talking about a very important subject so it is good to know that folks from Qatar and Nepal has logged on to my blog. They are the 85th and 86th countries to have done so. I am going global in a small way. Sleep is a natural and recurring state of reduced consciousness where your sensory activities are suspended with inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles. When we sleep, we conserve energy and is at rest. The result of not getting enough sleep means a lack of rest and this may cause emotional, mental and physical fatigue where it can affect our moods and performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MzTimhobgs Our bodily functions such as repair and healing are affected by sleep or the lack of it. Sleep deprivation weakens our immune system so frequently when a person feels unwell or falls sick it is this reason alone that virus and bacteria attacks our weak immune system and the good doctor never fails to tell you to go home, drink lots of fluid a...

For those who do not work on Saturdays, 27 August 2011 will provide you a day of leave in lieu because of the Presidential Election. It used to be just that - a non-event but not this time as the remnants of the recent election had shown. In Singapore, we are always special. Talented students and clever children who do not fall in line may be deemed stupid or trouble makers in school just because their interest or passion some of which are not discovered does not match our system. Some of us at a much older age now have yet to discover our talents too. Floods in Orchard Road we react like it was a tsunami. Although I do not think it is proper to boo presidential candidates, it is still mild as in other countries hoodlums take to the streets. National Day was always a great spectacle for me on TV and my favourite portion was the army and uniformed groups matching and the military parading their equipment. I remember my late grandmother who was always telling who the President and P...

Gameweek One Newcastle v Arsenal 0-0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZklwMsTe7HM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouy28qb4Occ Newcastle was surprising resilient at St. James Park but Joey Barton should be sent off. He successfully got Gervinho sent off by hauling the man up from the ground pulling his shirt and when Gervinho raised his hand and touched him lightly, he fell to the ground like in great pain. You just can't raise a hand. Barton made a questionable tackle too. Welcome to the EPL. Before that Gervinho looked good and lively. The Gunners tried but could not impose themselves. With Fabregas gone and Nasri moving, Arsenal need to raise their game. Thanks to Theo Walcott he got the lone goal against Udinense to take it to Italy for the return. The consolation is that Liverpool and Chelsea drew their opening games. Arsene Wenger has been doing all the right things by not blowing away unrealistic money but it is time to get a few quality players. Liverpool v Sunde...

Life is precious. Especially the adventures and fun we have and of the people who have touched our lives. A man can be destroyed but never defeated. There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. Ernest Hemingway told a story of the old man and the sea. Changi to me is like the old man and the sea. I recalled our younger days of going to Changi which seemed so far away as there were few highways and going by bus takes ages to get there. The laid back old world charm is still evidently strong today. It is the only place in Singapore where the birds flying and cackling freely above are green parakeets and white cockatoos that fly to and from Pulau Ubin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKeGQNxjNOA On a lucky day, you can spot migrating big birds. I caught sight of three huge birds recently and walked as close as possible to take a shot. They were hopping sideways on a branch. The only birds that do that are Hornbills and Toucans. What's the...