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

There were only two big places to go in Singapore in the old days - the Botanic Gardens or MacRitchie Reservoir and there was only a couple of similarities. They both have lots of green and lots of monkeys. When we were smaller, everything looks bigger and places seemed so far away.  That is probably because our transport system then was not so comprehensive. Today you can go anywhere in a jiffy.  The first thing that greeted us was this long-tailed macaque. Don't get too close or stand below them, they could pee on you. It is better to be pissed off then pissed on, believe you me. Plenty of open space and greenery. There is something about nature. Was it about creation? Although I am a seasoned veteran of the concrete jungle unfazed by the tallest and grandest of buildings, their facades and decor, nothing beats nature. You feel a sense of calm and peace. This is a good place for an alien mother ship to land. Question is will the aliens say: "We come in peace...

Ministerial Pay Everybody's talking about ministerial pay. Of course you must pay your ministers well so they must have enough and not worried about these things like us as they have bigger things to do and not get caught in a vicious cycle of mundane stuffs.  We should not begrudge them. We want our leaders to stand tall and hold their own against the world's best.  But I suspect that many like me feel strongly that while you do not want people to get into politics for power and other forms of  money, you do not  want people to go into politics asking what's in it for me.  If you feel smaller because your salary is less than those you are working with or talking to, then there is no business for you to be there or anywhere. President Obama should then be ashamed to be talking to Bill Gates, Warren Buffet or even Michael Bloomberg. A policeman ought to be ashamed to issue a summon to the owner of a Jaguar. Meanwhile, corruption is of the mind and soul o...

It is turning into a two-horse race. I hope there will be more surprises in store right up to the wire! Swansea v Chelsea - Norwich played stoutly to hold Chelsea 0-0. At times, they were inspiring. Some of you may not know but Norwich should be special to Singapore because former national coach Barry Whitbread who won us the Tiger Cup has a teenage son training with Geylang at the Bed Ok stadium. You don't know? Ok, it's the Bedok Stadium. His name is Zak Whitbread. Later he moved with his dad to Liverpool and is now plying his trade with the Canaries. Zak was a giant that day against Chelsea as he marshalled the defensive line. Another connection we had is that Norwich striker and Captain Holt used to star in our very own S-League.  Swansea was awesome against Arsenal but lost 2-0 to Sunderland away. Can Swansea surprise another London visitor? Chelsea's last 7 games: away to Wigan 1-1, away to Spurs 1-1, home to FUlham 1-1, home to Villa 1-3, away to Wolves 2-1, hom...

Life is sometimes just like that - when  you think you are flying you  get shot down. You see old men Thierry Henry returning to  Arsenal, Paul Scholes to Man Utd and both scoring a goal. Wow! Old folks have their values and experience. The fact is that free spending days are over.....so what cometh this week? Norwich v Chelsea - Norwich is going into this game with an away win over WBA while Chelsea laboured to a 1-0 win over Sunderland courtesy of Frank Lampard's shin off a crossbar rebound. It is no longer the same Chelski but at least they are winning. This may be a tight game unless Chelsea comes up with something special. A little surprise may be in store for the visitors.  1-1.  Everton v Blackburn - I would have said an Everton win if not for that fighting performance in Blackburn's 3-1 win over Fulham. Not many teams can oust Fulham 3-1 and they did that with Yakubu sent off. There is big incentive for Blackburn to pull further away from th...

Are you happy? Are you prosperous? No worries, the Lunar New Year is here and you will be. With so many people wishing one another you can only  "HUAT ah!!!" Soon, it will be goodbye Sam hello Samantha. The tame and timid Rabbit is no more.  Strange things do happen to people. Bunnies are known for their breeding ability. They hope around, eat and make babies. The irony is that people just love to have Dragon babies because the zodiac says that the mystical creature has great powers but  then you look at some Dragon people and you are surprised. You are going to face problem with places in childcare centres, school, etc. There are also very successful, powerful and great people in other zodiac signs too.  Are you done and through with your spring cleaning and clearing cobwebs. I wrote about previous new year and clearing cobwebs. http://gforce-guru.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html http://gforce-guru.blogspot.com/search/l...

Golf can be a lot more interesting if we had secret spots. Secret golf courses where few people knew like discovering new places as in movies like Avatar. Alas! You only find these secret spots in fishing. You see when you discover a good spot and reveal it then you will find everybody is there pretty soon. So you may have to search the internet or know somebody who know the secret. It may be a sea spot, a stretch of river, lake or reservoir or even a pay to fish pond but you have to know.  And so a few young people led me to a place in Pasir Ris. When we got there we could not find the place. There is no number to it and fortunately we met a guy whose car was parked at the road side and he just said "go in by that gate, turn right and shortly turn to the left then go straight till deep inside". We did and eventually found Shangri-La, the lost horizon.  Who said young people are soft and not focus? Is there a degree out there for fisherman? Or a course as absorbing as...