Apology for our 2001-08 interruption in service‏

Dear World:
We, the United States of America , your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy,
would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service.
The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located,
and the software responsible was replaced November 4.
Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly,
and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage.
We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come.
We thank you for your patience and understanding,

Sincerely,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Historical Day

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!


-Martin Luther King Jr.

full version of the speech at:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

This is how I'm going to inform everyone if I get married

Happy belated New Year everybody! or does that even make any sense? lol

Sorry for leaving my blog and not posting anything. I have been updating my Japanese one now and then but I guess that doesn't mean anything if you can't read Japanese, huh...
apologies everybody.

So... what's new...
NOTHING! HA!
well I have posting pictures on facebook so some of you may know what have I been upto.

Oh, by the way I will be going to Malaysia at end of Feb for a week. why? coz one of my very important gf is getting married!!!!! woot to her!!!
Very happy for her :)
Can't wait to catch up with her. Haven't seen her since... well since I left Perth. Goush, how long ago was that!? lol

Anyway, her getting married got me thinking.
If I ever did get married, how would I inform everyone?
And yes my friends, I have found the answer to this question.
I will inform everybod like the THIS!!!!!



oh, and check this one out if you have time (well it's like only few minutes)