E is for Economy, Elections & Expressways
Tomorrow will be Calvin's 21st birthday!!! For us guys, the 21st birthday isn't really much of a cause for celebration because we don't spend a whole year planning what to do for the the big two-one. Our family celebrated his birthday together with my grandfather who also will be having his on Friday. Tomorrow Cal will be going through the last and final test before he graduates to become a PTI(Physical Training Instructor). Really kudos to him for having made it all this way thus far, so tomorrow will be his big day! Really praying for him and I know he will be able to pass it and come out to teach/torture newbies who enter NS (me for example =X).
*This just in!! Calvin passed his PTI test, and will definitely be moving on to torturing new recruits in NS!!!! =D*
Well, of course all of us are aware of the dire economic situation, I don't know what to make of it because one one hand, everybody seems to be pressing the panic button(PRESS PRESS PRESS!!!) on their endangered investments, and losing money in the process. But on the other hand, things like fuel prices are dropping, so good news for drivers and even passengers aboard planes. Because of the dropping oil prices, fuel surcharges will be lowered as well because there is no need for the flight companies to charge extra for something which is getting cheaper by the day. So will there be clear days ahead for the conomy? Well, I don't have the answer, so don't ask me. =/
Today also marks the first day of the US presidential elections. And after 21 whole months of campaiging and getting people to like you, Senator Obama and McCain can only sit back and twidle their thumbs while waiting for the millions(about 100 million or so) of Americans to vote for their favourite leader, and possibly the new president of the US. I personally don't really follow the race to the white house, so the number of comments I have is the number of plants I have at home; Three. So anyways, this will definitely mark the turning point for the US as well as the whole world. Let's just wait and see what happens when the votes are in, because I am quite sure that there will be quite a few re-counting sessions for the votes.
*Obama has won the US elections!!! Being the very first African-American to take a seat in the White House.*
Lastly, I just want to touch on something closer to home: expressways. The LTA teamed up with Mediacorp radio to bring across more traffic reports to the driving community of Singapore. I was on the way home with my mum just now, and I heard this report on the radio:
''Heavy traffic from the TPE to the AYE at the exit of SLE heading to Tuas.''
Now, I am NOT making fun of the LTA or Mediacorp, but I personally was astonished at how many acronyms of expressways can pop up in one sentence. Hahahaha, yikes!! My mum and I were staring at each other because we didn't know what to make of the report. She was trying to figure out which part of Singapore this was, and I just literally LOL-ed because I'm so glad I don't drive,yet, so I don't really need to bother about such things. But when I DO drive, I will be so worried when such a report comes out because I hardly know which expressway I'm travelling on, and with so many intersections and exits, it's all just a blur to me. Well, that was an interesting thing which brought a good end to this day.
PS: All statements with * were just updated 24 hours after this entry.
~moey out~