From Soccernet:
Jorge Messi, Lionel's dad, explained: "What they are doing to Leo is very cruel. We are annoyed that some media are organising a campaign of hate and lies about him. We are also calm because we have always paid what we needed to. I can assure you that he pays 8-digit amounts of tax every year."

I don't think I earn anywhere near to 8-digit amount in a year...

Singapore PSI levels hit an all time high of 321 last night. This was the 10pm reading. Other than the seriousness of the high number, this reading cause another stir. This 10pm reading was released very near to 11pm. Normally the readings are released within 5 minutes, so why was the 10pm reading last night so special?

This is taken from the NEA website last night. You can see the 10pm reading is 321.

This was uploaded by someone who claim that he saw this just before it got removed. This fuels the imaginations of a lot of people. A lot of people are saying that the PSI level is too high and the authorities do not want us to see it, and thus the delay.

I beg to differ. If we look at the 9pm reading, we can see that it's 290. It's already the highest we ever have. PSI levels above 200 are very unhealthy and PSI above 300 are hazardous. What do you think people will do when they see the PSI level at 290 at 9pm? All of them are going to be refreshing on the NEA PSI page at 10pm! So what happens when everyone keeps refreshing that page? The server can't handle the load and we get this:

Now we can see that the server can't handle the high load and crashes at 10pm. So what happens after that? The IT engineers will be trying to resolve this. And it takes time. They took about 1 hour to resolve this, which I think is a reasonable time.

So for this case, I doubt there's much conspiracy going around.

However, this morning the PSI reading was 122 at 8am and 131 at 9am. Look at this picture taken at 9+am.

And this picture is taken yesterday at about 2+pm where the PSI is about 170.

Now I don't have a logical explanation for this. May the conspiracy theories fly!

Update:
There's no conspiracy after all. The NEA hourly PSI reading is using the PM10 reading. It doesn't account for the smaller PM2.5 particles. See this link for more info.

This final pic is to show what the view is supposed to be.

Someone is going to beg for mercy for Rebecca, who allegedly throw her 9 year old son out of the window.
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More information on this case
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Recently I saw a friend posted this on his facebook.
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A plea for a lighter sentencing should not be supported. Our judicial system places grave importance to the role of a mother in eastern traditions.


This is evident when during divorce proceedings, unless the father has a strong case against the mother's ability to raise her child, custody is almost always awarded to the mother. There is trust vested in her that she will leave no stone unturned in nurturing her child and providing him with the best she possibly can, regardless of his mental and physical condition.

Murder in the form of pushing him down a block of flats was certainly not the best option. It is also not what the poor boy would have expected of his mother, his sole source of emotional and physical strength.

Supporting tomorrow's event will only glorify her alleged innocence based on a single fact of her being a " single mother". If the law were to soften it's stance on her case, it will set precedence that single mothers are immune to the law regardless of the crimes they commit.

I don't really agree with it. My opinion is that no mother will kill trivially kill their own son. Whether we agree with her action, she must have gone thru anguish and pain before coming to the conclusion that killing her son is the best option for him. I am be wrong, but I think her case is a sad one and warrants more compassion when passing her sentence.

Another point to note is that, according to the article, it's not known if she throw him out or he jumps on his own. We only know she says she killed him.

Whatever it is, the support for her is definitely not based on the single fact of her being a single mother. And saying that if the law is to soften for her, it will set precedence that single mothers are immune to the law is like the ruling party saying losing seats to opposition parties will cause the country's economy to crash.

What to do with Suarez?

This is my first post of the year! The first in 9 months...

Anyway, I shall attempt to re-kickstart this blog, though I don't know when my next post is going to be...

Since Suarez is reported to have said that he can't say no to Real Madrid and that the British media treatment of him has led him to reconsider staying in Liverpool, many fans has been expressed anger and disgusts at this and hope to see the back of him in return for a hefty transfer profit to spend on rebuilding the team.

Personally, I don't think Suarez is wrong to want to leave Liverpool. According to him, the press bad treatment of him is getting to his wife and daughter. That to me, is a valid reason to consider leaving. But having said that, he also said that he has not decide on his future yet. He might not leave. If he decide to stay, all the complains thrown at him will be for nothing. And I am worried that Suarez may feel further disillusion at staying after he read all the negative comments about him.

Suarez may bring a lot of controversy, as long as he realizes his short-comings, and attempts to correct it, it's good enough. So it's wrong of him to bite another player, but he has apologised. The racist incident shows that the FA disciplinary committee have being not very fair to him.

If he want to go, then we should sell him. and get a hefty profit. No player is bigger than the club, he can do and we will replace him. But I am concerned that our better players always want to leave us after a couple of successful seasons. Have we already become a club where our bet players think we are too small for them? If Suarez is to leave now, will Coutinho follow the exit next year?