One bit of good news. I have tickets to an X Unbroken X show in London where they will be playing their final tour of Europe. This probably has to be the most important Metallic Straight Edge Band that I use to listen and study their somewhat poetic lyrics. Till this band I still feel they are the most powerful & meaningfully lyrics one could ever find in the Hardcore scene, though I could be wrong. This weekend has been a wet and rainy one and I have been sleeping in due to my late nights. I did manage to get a really good skate at southbank on Friday with an old memo skater from Singapore. Other than that I have been buried myself with my text book particularly over Business variance analysis. For the economist this could possibly be the study for the reasons of Economies of scale(or its negative affect). Anyway Its quite tiring but I do enjoy learning these theories and I just need more practice in doing some of these calculative questions.
Other than that my thoughts are for the peoples of Chile over that catastrophic earthquake.
Check out these photos by the times newspaper. Very disturbing images of this state of this world.
Photos
Till then bless up!!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sun nin fai lok
Yes happy Chinese new year! I hope it will be a good one! I am not too sure what the year of the Tiger is install, but we shall see.
Other than that, I just came from seeing X Floorpunch X in Camden. Yeah good ole fashion youth crew straight edge music. I have not to been to one of these gigs for a long time since London seems to have their own style. But yeah really glad I went!
Peace & stay Edge!
X Rasadave X
Other than that, I just came from seeing X Floorpunch X in Camden. Yeah good ole fashion youth crew straight edge music. I have not to been to one of these gigs for a long time since London seems to have their own style. But yeah really glad I went!
Peace & stay Edge!
X Rasadave X
Sunday, February 07, 2010
The Pursuit of Wealth
This current economic system has become independent of intelligent thought and wildly irrational to common man in the street. Over the years we have seen how our trusted banking institution pursued wealth regardless of consequence by means of selling debt to the poor in form of complex financial products which a few understood. What is most difficult to understand with the most profound difficulty is this unreal metaphysical form of wealth generation of extra zeros on a company's balance sheet.
A few weeks ago it was reported that the UK had a growth of 0.01% which the government was overjoyed at such news since this would be good for Labour party during the by elections. GDP been one of the economic indicators highlighting a country's total amount of goods or total economic activity. However does this highlight the quality of the economy? Is this economy shifting towards a more responsible sustainable economy of low unemployment where wealth is equally shared ? I have my personal reservations on that statement however. As it is the overall household debt in most Western countries have doubled. Bankruptcy is on the increase not due to failed business entrepreneurship but rather through living a lavish lifestyle. Yes as a society we have become fat and greedy in pursuit of material needs where our future iGeneration will be individuals with a insecure complex on their shoulder. They call this the Broken Society.
For a global economic collapse to occur, according to Societe General it would require the fall of the US dollar, Property prices would need to slide and there would need to be an oil shortage. I sometimes wonder how close are we to this reality? As a result I believe this year 2010 will be a year of anxiety and insecurity for a lot of people with loss of jobs, House re-possessions and disappearing savings. I strongly believe that it is the human cost that would matter the most. Cost such as street violence & poverty. Somehow we are are failing our future children.
They say that greed is the source of our current economic problem however i do believe in Rowan Williams version that our origins of this dysfunctional economic injustice is actually pride.
Like that song from that straight edge band X Culture X. "If it does not affect me, it does not exist". Yeah, on that basis if you have not have any purchasing power, why should I give a fuck about you! Yes we may live in the global economy, but where is the global responsible? I pray that we will shift towards a more humanist, intelligent loving society.
A few weeks ago it was reported that the UK had a growth of 0.01% which the government was overjoyed at such news since this would be good for Labour party during the by elections. GDP been one of the economic indicators highlighting a country's total amount of goods or total economic activity. However does this highlight the quality of the economy? Is this economy shifting towards a more responsible sustainable economy of low unemployment where wealth is equally shared ? I have my personal reservations on that statement however. As it is the overall household debt in most Western countries have doubled. Bankruptcy is on the increase not due to failed business entrepreneurship but rather through living a lavish lifestyle. Yes as a society we have become fat and greedy in pursuit of material needs where our future iGeneration will be individuals with a insecure complex on their shoulder. They call this the Broken Society.
For a global economic collapse to occur, according to Societe General it would require the fall of the US dollar, Property prices would need to slide and there would need to be an oil shortage. I sometimes wonder how close are we to this reality? As a result I believe this year 2010 will be a year of anxiety and insecurity for a lot of people with loss of jobs, House re-possessions and disappearing savings. I strongly believe that it is the human cost that would matter the most. Cost such as street violence & poverty. Somehow we are are failing our future children.
They say that greed is the source of our current economic problem however i do believe in Rowan Williams version that our origins of this dysfunctional economic injustice is actually pride.
Like that song from that straight edge band X Culture X. "If it does not affect me, it does not exist". Yeah, on that basis if you have not have any purchasing power, why should I give a fuck about you! Yes we may live in the global economy, but where is the global responsible? I pray that we will shift towards a more humanist, intelligent loving society.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Ah the start of February. This week has been a rather stressful week both work related & personal, however I am glad it's Friday and it’s the weekend. Last night I managed to meet up with an old Memo(in Singapore) skater who is now permanently based in London. I believe he wants to move down to Brighton to be with his Norwegian girlfriend. That’s really sweet. Yeah weekday night skate was quite a difficult session to get into as you’re just mentally exhausted from work, surprisingly it turned out to be a good skate. Skating back home, I took the London Bridge path along the southbank where I thought about my own Girlfriend. I do recall some of the benches of where we use to sit. I just can’t help but just think of her. Anyway I was pleased to run into the UnGodly Times guys around Carnaby Street with their neat looking fixes!! Yeah truly is a progression for skateboarders in the 30s to get into cycling, but these guys keep it real by going for a skate now and again. Check it out.
http://ungodlytimes.com/
http://ungodlytimes.com/
This Saturday I think I will rest from Skateboarding and do a bit of studing and roaming around. I got some close friends around London so it will be nice catching up with people!
Londondist! bless!
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