Friday, October 19, 2007

The Turning Point: Stalin's Glad

In the past few weeks, I went on a safari-big game hunting. I crawled through dirt and slime, wind and chime to seek and find games I missed on its first outing. While trawling through the vast expanse of Ebay, I finally found what I was looking for. The crosshairs of my gun settled on Caesar The Battle of Alesia. This was an unopened, shrinkwrapped beauty. Next was Turning Point: Stalingrad. I did not have interest in TPS when I first saw it years ago in Games Centre, Oxford Street, 'cos I wasn't interested in the Stalingrad campaign. Now I am. I saw the TPS Expansion counters, too. I licked my lips as I squeezed the trigger, close to the end of the auction. My first shot flew true. BANG! Right between the eyes. TPS was mine. My second shot did not leave my trusty gun, as the TPS expansion had grown and grown. the second shot would have cost $60+ for a sheet of counters. I decided to let my breath go and release the trigger gently. As for Caesar Alesia, I had to wait for another day, as it ran away as I shot my first shot.

My only prize, TPS arrived today. Man, it is heavy.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Free Burma-This Is Not a Game

In the past few weeks, the internal conditions of Burma deteriorated. In order to cover a budget deficit, the government raised the price of diesel oil by 500%. On August 18 2007, mass protests were held. The next day, the normally politically-independent Buddhist monks joined the protests. These demonstrations were eventually suppressed by force. Sounds like a scenario in a game? No, its not.

The 6th of October 2007 have been designated as a Day of International Action for a Free Burma. The following message is from Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24957770200

Free Aung San Suu Kyi & Support the Monks in Burma

Saturday 6TH OCTOBER 2007

Time: 12 NOON in every major city across the world

We are marching in solidarity with the monks and ordinary people of Burma who are risking their lives for freedom and democracy.

We appeal to all religious and secular communities across the world not to look the other way while the people of Burma cry out for international support.

Now listed as en EVENT "A Day of International Action for a Free Burma (Oct. 6th) Worldwide" all cities and locations will be posted there shortly.

**EVENT LINK**
(The links below are all to the same event, just repeated a few times for EMPHASIS of how important this is):

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4973307490


Free Burma!