Saturday, November 22, 2003
Personal:
Club hopping? Well... hardly... but what a wierd night all the same. Started out with buka puasa drinking mango juice at a street vendor by Al-Hakim... on to noodle soup at PI, then the obligatory coffee at Coffee Bean ...and end up in a pub listening to Bob Marley wannabes playing live at beebees... never saw that many dreadlocks in one room... yey man!
Club hopping? Well... hardly... but what a wierd night all the same. Started out with buka puasa drinking mango juice at a street vendor by Al-Hakim... on to noodle soup at PI, then the obligatory coffee at Coffee Bean ...and end up in a pub listening to Bob Marley wannabes playing live at beebees... never saw that many dreadlocks in one room... yey man!
Drawing board:
The board is blank. Thoughts are queueing... cant materialise.
The board is blank. Thoughts are queueing... cant materialise.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
In Focus:
One refreshing news at last... ('Tests of Ebola vaccine start', IHT, November 19, 2003) "The first test in humans of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus have begun, U.S. government scientists said. The vaccine, administered by injection, was designed to try to prevent outbreaks of the lethal hemorrhagic fever where it occurs naturally in Africa, and it might also help thwart any attempt to use the highly infectious virus as a bioterrorist agent. ... No effective treatment exists against the viral infection, which kills up to 90 percent of victims quickly from severe internal bleeding. Ebola was discovered in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then called Zaire. This week, the World Health Organization reported a new outbreak of Ebola in that country, attributing 11 deaths in as many cases to the virus."
One refreshing news at last... ('Tests of Ebola vaccine start', IHT, November 19, 2003) "The first test in humans of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus have begun, U.S. government scientists said. The vaccine, administered by injection, was designed to try to prevent outbreaks of the lethal hemorrhagic fever where it occurs naturally in Africa, and it might also help thwart any attempt to use the highly infectious virus as a bioterrorist agent. ... No effective treatment exists against the viral infection, which kills up to 90 percent of victims quickly from severe internal bleeding. Ebola was discovered in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then called Zaire. This week, the World Health Organization reported a new outbreak of Ebola in that country, attributing 11 deaths in as many cases to the virus."
Monday, November 17, 2003
In Focus:
Another incident in a week??? ('One dies in aid distribution stampede', The Jakarta Post, November 17, 2003) "A woman was killed and 11 other people injured during a stampede as thousands of people struggled for free rice in Bandung, West Java on Sunday, officials and residents said. ... More than two thousand needy had crowded an arts building on Jl. Peta to queue for 20 kilograms of free rice per family, distributed by the Indonesian Holy Buddha (BSI) Foundation. "
There's a war going on, people are dying like flies and news from Aceh moved further down the headlines... and we are critisising the yanks? ('Troops kill 16 Acehnese rebels', The Jakarta Post, November 17, 2003) "At least 16 suspected Acehnese rebels were killed and nine arrested during a military offensive in Aceh from Thursday to Saturday, the Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Sunday. A press release issued by the TNI said four civilians were also killed in the operation. "
More environmental crime... ('Hundreds of monkeys attack farms in Yogya', The Jakarta Post, November 17, 2003) "Hundreds of monkeys have attacked farms in the Yogyakarta village of Kapuharjo over the last few days, destroying crops. Head of the Sleman Agriculture and Forestry Office Ahmad Yulianto said that the monkeys had emerged from the forest as their habitat, particularly on the slopes of Mt. Merapi, had largely been destroyed."
Another incident in a week??? ('One dies in aid distribution stampede', The Jakarta Post, November 17, 2003) "A woman was killed and 11 other people injured during a stampede as thousands of people struggled for free rice in Bandung, West Java on Sunday, officials and residents said. ... More than two thousand needy had crowded an arts building on Jl. Peta to queue for 20 kilograms of free rice per family, distributed by the Indonesian Holy Buddha (BSI) Foundation. "
There's a war going on, people are dying like flies and news from Aceh moved further down the headlines... and we are critisising the yanks? ('Troops kill 16 Acehnese rebels', The Jakarta Post, November 17, 2003) "At least 16 suspected Acehnese rebels were killed and nine arrested during a military offensive in Aceh from Thursday to Saturday, the Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Sunday. A press release issued by the TNI said four civilians were also killed in the operation. "
More environmental crime... ('Hundreds of monkeys attack farms in Yogya', The Jakarta Post, November 17, 2003) "Hundreds of monkeys have attacked farms in the Yogyakarta village of Kapuharjo over the last few days, destroying crops. Head of the Sleman Agriculture and Forestry Office Ahmad Yulianto said that the monkeys had emerged from the forest as their habitat, particularly on the slopes of Mt. Merapi, had largely been destroyed."
