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A look @ channelnewsasia,and here’s what I found (to my horror)

Trial of Singaporean accused of killing flatmates opens in Sydney

By Corey Jones, Channel NewsAsia

A Singapore student has gone on trial in Sydney, accused of bludgeoning to death two other students from Singapore.

26-year-old Ram Tiwary is accused of killing Tay Chow Lyang and Tony Tan Poh Chuan in the apartment the three shared near the University of New South Wales. The Central Local Court in Sydney was told that there were several strands of evidence linking Tiwary to the killing, including an aluminium baseball bat which he had bought two days earlier and was found near the bodies.

The prosecution said that Tiwary had earlier told police that he had been asleep at the time of the murders. After being woken up by a phone call at 6:30am and returning to bed, he later heard what sounded like a scream and a metallic sounding noise.

Tiwary claimed he barricaded himself in his room and waited for the noise to stop.

Tiwary then rang emergency services.

The prosecution alleged that between 6am and the time Tiwary made the call, he was at the flat and therefore had the opportunity to carry out the killings. Evidence by an expert witness, due to be called, would also suggest that blood spatter found on Tiwary’s legs and shorts would match the likely trajectory of blood from the victims’ wounds, the court was told.

Tiwary, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and a grey tie, remained silent throughout the hearing. He was remanded in custody until September 13 when three witnesses from Singapore are due to give evidence.

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so well folks, when choosing flatmates. you know what to do.

Ahahaa, lucky me!

like everyone said and I second it, staying together has always been and IS difficult. I guess it takes alot of maturity, sensibilities, interpersonal skills, gives and takes, acceptance, and BIG heart, a really big one.

You know, just maybe, Big Brother is trying to tell us something. To everything, there’s supposed to be a reason aiite? Just how much sense you need to have, and the gift of gab @ the right time, rightsituation, and to the right person, to stay in the house. Just look at the squabbling, bitching, back-stabbing and all that’s negative, delivered in the show. need I say more? slashing each other faces everywhere and smile the next.

The showcase of mankind’s cruelty is generating nauseating huge profits! Is this defining our support for such acts????

And the funny thing is(I bet), all or not, most students staying out of their parents home are living the BIg brother show right under their roof; and participating in it.

But obviously, in the case of  Tiwary, Tay Chow Lyang and Tony Tan, sadly, nobody won the game. Game of sense and sensibility.

Got this from weithing’s blog, pretty neat hey,WHEN you having nothing better to do. ehehehe

15 years ago; 1991, I:
1. attended primary school @ Canossa Convent
2. adopted by Big sister from upper primary
3. fell in love with school’s spicy meatballs
4. was tagged ’short and obese’ by school nurse
5. found out i’m lousy at maths

10 years ago; 1996, I:
1. was 12
2. confused at which Secondary school to apply for
3. was ugly
4. was scared of PSLE mathematics
5. my sister came back from overseas studies, told mumsy i wanna do that too

5 years ago; 2001, I:
1. was 17
2. went to Catholic JC
3. withdrew from JC, subsequently,went into Business IT in Temasek Poly
4. had my first boyfriend
5. Got my first Nation-wide award in Web Designing
2 years ago; 2004, I:
1. was 20
2. was heart-broken
3. graduated with a Diploma in BIT
4. Got my first office job at Raffles Place
5. came Ian, the cutest baby in the world (still is!)
1 years ago; 2005, I:
1. was 21
2. Quited my job and slacked for 5 mths
3. became an undergraduate student in Bcomm of Social Behavorial Science in UQ, Aus
4. Set up my new house with my 1st two housemates
5. achieved distinctions!!!

6 months ago, I:
1. was enjoying my last month in Singapore
2. Celebrated my nieces’ birthday
3. was entertained by crazy working people of Singapore
4. was watching movies with Tanvi during work
5. was having fun with babes and family

Yesterday, I:
1. made breakfast for Jay
2. Got distinction for Comu1010!!!!
3. finally shifted house, Unpacked from 7pm-2am
4. finally had a good sleep
5. received news that marketing plan for furnitures was fantastic

Today, I:
1. woke up happy and at ease
2. did some nitty gritty stuff
3. went to valley, had the best roast duck rice here
4. decided not to go to melbourne
5. am still glad and happy

Tomorrow, I:
1. will be happy
2. will be catching a movie @ Indooroo/southbank
3. Shop!
4. Get cooking lessons from Brad
5. will be happy @ home:),commanding Jay ard. Haahahhahahah, jusssssst kidding

Please buy them, they are all functioning good

pretty good camera angles and skill i must say

“Footprints

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season!

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

”

I got this from Mei’s blog, yep, I have her consent. hee.

I was really touched by this post of her. It dawned on me how much i have changed, how I had allowed my past situation to morph me into someone else. negative and hard on life, or the world. I guess I was not able to accept the situation or the people in it as who they were, causing me to take on a different outlook on people and surrounding, or myself.

I thought I was running away, it seems like. But i’m not, i’m just trying to make myself happy. There are some things to forsake(sadly) and, opportunities to grap. Like the fortune teller says, I cant make everyone happy. Little did I know that, everyone includes me.

I don’t regret the things I have done or said, or had supposedly said. cuz i meant every word.

But the action that I regretted was – i should have kept things to myself, and not to give out my trust to anyone and everyone. at least now I know better. How to handle situations.

just like the movie ‘a long weekend’

not only he lived life, he sees it.

Everyone prefers different things, different ways of handling situation and, people. And we shld accept them as who they are. shouldnt we? we started off as friends anyway, rite? amicable friends with no evil intentions. that how we all started. yea, i believe.

So yea, when they are different from you, it really doesnt mean that they are fake. They are just doing their thing. And to themselves, they are real. And that’s what matters. Being real to themselves. Nevermind being fake.

That’s cool.

Cuz they are being themselves. And we should accept them as who they are.

“When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed”, wad matters, “our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on”

So, smiles.:)

I’m happy now.

3 months have passed and the whole semester has come to an end. I reckon I have learnt quite a bit from the whole course itself. (Doing my activity log in blog is very cool and unique too!)

From the person/country who created and introduced Internet to the world to the establishment of Internet in one of the most remote and isolated part of the world.

The whole course has expanded my whole idea of technology and new media per se. Coming from a developed country with rather good technology infrastructure, I always thought that setting up Internet connection and new media is pretty easy. How naive the thought is now!

In reality, we have to consider the weather, locality, economy, resources, and political stability in the country.

Apart from all these, I did learn abit on the visual part of new media. How to create user-friendly web pages. Like the ‘F’ theory. I find it really interesting and true.

On another note, I certainly learnt alot on Tuvalu, Kiribati, Niue and Nauru. To be frank, I didn’t know these countries existed until now. And having been assigned these countries to research on, my knowledge on them has expanded beyond my expectation. Now I know about their problems of sea level rising, lack of resources to set up technology and communications infrastructure and political unstability.

From the assignments, I learnt quite alot on Australia as a whole. Though it was rather difficult initially because I seriously know nothing about the country. But it was actually fun, reading about how other country functions and their concerns (Coonan’s paper). How the citizens feel about the government, the policy, the media outlet. I guess that’s what uni is all about, learning new things, broadening my horizon and the list goes on.

So Thank You Dr Harrison and Dr Hayes. Seriously.