Article 19.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

• "You are crazy!!"
  -- senior TA on us putting the pipette in the oven
  
  

• "Pipette filler = the Sucker which sucks!"
  -- Lela (think i'll remember it for as long as i could..)
  
  

• "Aiyo! what question are you asking!?" *followed by slaps on the arm*
  -- cute TA to Lela
  
  

• "eh..heavy leh...want to faint already"
  -- me on the filled 250mL vol flask
  
  

• "...that ah nei nei la...."
  --angry lab mate referring to indian TA
  
  

• The burst-pipe incident which shook almost the whole lab
  --courtesy of screams by xy

This is the voice of the developing world....

All along, we believe that capitalism and globalisation is the way to go. Yes it is, especially for us Singapore, who is so heavily dependent on imports for survival.

But..is it true that it applies to the whole world? All along, we heard umpteen times about the WTO riots and wondered what it is about.. Because we truly felt that free trade is the only way for them to grow. "They should just be contented that we are allowing them a chance to make money, a chance to develop....."

But when you discovered that even poor countries like Jamaica had to pour away excess fresh milk down the drain (literally down the drain), not because they have too much but because of the influx of cheaper US imported milk powder, you know that the consequences are serious....

When you discovered that the IMF and the world bank does indeed promise to lend loans for the development of the nations, but only under the agreement of loads of underlying,restrictive and unfair restrictions, you suddenly realise why the poverty remains and even got worse..

Those riots are not just about stubborn people who loathed the WTO, they are truly the voices of the poor, the suffering, the exploited... Things aren't just what we thought it was..

This is capitalism, the selfish world we live in. Yet ironically, it seems to be the only way that seems to work. For communism, which promotes the ideology of brotherhood totally falls apart so easily in the face of capitalism.

When was the last time we stopped to think about the bigger picture? When was the last time we even care to unveil the ugly, hidden truth of the world? The thing is, how do we continue after learning the truth? Things just aren't as simple as we thought...

and we wonder why we had to take GP..

Hoping to get the photos soon..

Cannot afford to be blur anymore!!

thanks babes & ag, for making my lousy day much better..