Wake up people

Should Wikileak be a shock to anyone? No.

Defence Secretary Robert Gates played down the fallout from the leaks, calling them embarrassing and awkward but saying they would not significantly complicate US foreign policy.

"The fact is governments deal with the United States because it's in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us and not because they think we can keep secrets," Gates said Monday.

In a lighter moment, Mrs Clinton reflected on calls she had made at the weekend to world leaders to warn them of the contents of the cables.

''I can tell you that in my conversations, at least one of my counterparts said to me, 'Well, don't worry about it. You should see what we say about you'.''

Burma

This is of course an artist's impression of the to-be-finished Naypyidaw Airport in Myanmar's new capital. At first I thought, finally, Wikipedia is pulling my leg. Can you associate this with the current day Myanmar?

With the election in 3 days, the world media is again focusing their lens on the once wealthy Burma. We'll have to see what happen to Aung San Suu Kyi after the election, as her house arrest officially ends in about 10 days time, 1 week after the election.

As it turns out (after spending 5 minutes on google), travelling to Myanmar is not that difficult at all.. sandy beaches and five star hotels, the lot. I guess it is afterall, it is run by a junta, not that much different to Fiji at the moment.

May be, me and my mate should have traveled to Myanmar or Cuba when we had a bit of time on our hands a few years ago.