News... what...

Reading... what? Sleepy... a bit... Saw this link... Gordon Brown apologizing to a real war hero... when I clicked the link, it led me to Prime Minister Brown's statement, apologizing to Alan Turing for some judgment made about his sexual orientation (he was gay) years ago, that is, after World War 2... so I looked it up, Alan Turing... yup, he was gay... but, wow, he had a very beautiful mind... Reminds me of John Nash... And Oscar Wilde... Actually, I have a very stupid opinion: I think people of high intellect are usually close to becoming gays/lesbians. It must be the genes, I don't know. Like I said, very, very stupid opinion...

What else? Another link... Thatcher... her not approving the unification of Germany... here's what on the link:
...Even in 1990 Mrs Thatcher was still trying to slow things down. “I am convinced that reunification needs a long transition period,” she told Mr Gorbachev. “All Europe is watching this not without a degree of fear, remembering very well who started the two world wars.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6829735.ece

My opinion: Should I care? Maybe for now, I don't... Maybe in the near future, I will...

What else... Oh, the former president of Taiwan, jailed for corruption, together with his wife. They could do that, no? Otherwise, if done in Philippines, too, all former presidents would go to jail - yes, including Cory Aquino (apparently, some money got, uh, lost during her regime, but only a very small amount... unlike Gloria's...)...

God, what a boring blog... I'm supposed to talk about myself, right? And looking at this blog to make sure I don't type wrong words... To make it readable... Myself... what happened to me? Was in the hospital for nearly like whole day, simply to get advice, etc... Now, the question left for me is: will I get biopsy in near future? I hope not... procedure looks painful... Well, I'll see how long I'll last...

And tomorrow, the planned family party at home... :-) Reminds me, next week, geez, have to teach in Makati, then go to some mini-get-together in Alabang... A he he :-p Not really mini... though I hope it will be as special as I expect it to be... :-)

What else? Oh, yes... Have been reading Ludlum's The (true) Bourne Identity... :-) The movie you saw? Not the real one. Lots of differences, like: Marie, girlfriend of Jason Bourne, is not really this complete, uh, hippie-like girl in the movie. In the real Bourne book, she is this lady who has Masters, etc., whatever, in Economics, coming from totally unknown universities, namely McGill University and Oxford University. She is a well-connected "doctor". She becomes Jason's adviser in dealing with banks, etc... Now I wish the movie gave Marie some justice, not simply giving her useful skills like driving...

Next book that I'm planning to read: a porn book written by Elfriede who? Elfriede who? Elfriede what? The title of the book is The Piano Teacher. Ok, Wikipediad it (when did it become a verb?). Elfriede Jelinek... hmm... hope it's correct. The novel has four characters (I've read some pages, juicy pages :-p ): The Mother, who is very concerned with her only child's activities, The Daughter, a self-destructive person who does everything she wants to (what a life), The Young Lover, who is like a magnet to all girls and makes a mistake by becoming a lover of the Daughter (not sure why, but I can relate with The Young Lover... not have a relationship, but what I mean, is, I can somehow see myself in the situation of The Young Lover...), and The Piano, which plays beautifully in the background called life... so dramatic... I already know the ending of the story, actually, as my habit is to read first the last page of the book before buying it... how brave The Daugther is to do that to herself, that's all I can say... I will never, ever be able to do that, no matter how crazy life is, that's for sure... whatever...