The recent events in the middle east shows how complicated the region is. The lack of democracy in most of these Arab regimes is supposed to have led to the rise of radical Islam. Or is it these Arab regimes that are the bulwark against the rise the radical Islam? Now there are uprisings all over notably in Libya. And the US and NATO have intervened in support of the rebels who, prior to being almost defeated by the Libyan government, were not just a little anti-West. But even some of the Arab league countries supporting the US and NATO intervention have uprisings in their midst and more often there are radical Islam movements involved. Will the US also intervene in say Syria and Yemen? Is the US actually helping future enemies just like what happened in Afghanistan and, it seems, Iraq? It’s a mess. And we’re not even into the Israel issue yet.
Month: March 2011
Jeanne, Michelle, and I went to Tagaytay to attend Melvin and Raye’s wedding. We were planning to have lunch so we went relatively early and had lunch at the Mano’s Greek Tavern in front of what we thought was the Lourdes church. The menu is a bit sparse but the chicken a la corfu is pretty good.
After lunch, we crossed over to the church which turned out to be the Lourdes convent not the church! We hustled over to the actual church and joined Liesl, Dhenz, and JD. We were just in time to see Raye march up the nave. That’s about as much of the wedding I saw. The rest of the time, I was running around after Jeanne.
After the wedding, we went to the reception. Things got delayed a bit when it drizzled (always expect rain in the afternoon in Tagaytay). But it soon stopped and the party went on. Highlight of the evening was when Melvin danced to Silhouette and Too Sexy. We left soon after that as there was still a long drive ahead.
Congratulations Melvin and Raye!
After visiting the pedia, Michelle, Jeanne, and I visited James at his spanking new condo unit. James and I tried to replace the door knob with a dead lock (failed due to crappy quality dead lock) and installed a shower caddy (success). For the shower caddy, we had to drill through ceramic tiles. I was initially afraid the tiles would crack but by using a small bit then gradually increasing up to the proper size, we were able to avoid any cracks. Too bad I didn’t bring my toolbox. Would have been a great opportunity to actually use some of the other tools there.
I’ve been asking Jeanne to get my slippers from the shoe rack a week or two now. She would go to the shoe rack and look for my slippers. At first she would pick up only one and give it to me, then later she began picking up both. This morning, I asked her to take my slippers to the shoe rack which she did. Babies sure learns fast!
Last Sunday, my dad, James, and I had a post-dinner discussion about Social Security Service (SSS) and I said it’s a scam or SSScam as I like to call it.
Based on a definition of a Ponzi Scheme: A Ponzi, or pyramid, scheme is a scam SSScam in which people are persuaded forced to invest through promises of unusually high returns by law, with early investors paid their returns out of money put in by later investors.