AMY WINEHOUSE

AMY WINEHOUSE...

Amy Winehouse's Back to Black is as solid an album that any artiste could wish she or he had made. Winehouse is a woman who has got plenty of character (love the exaggerated beehive bouffant and make-up) and a wonderful sense of poetry when she's penning down her feelings.
The hit song Rehab -- the anthem of the population of LaLaLand -- is brilliant and hip beyond hip. Love the music video too!
Check out the sensational Amy Winehouse megahit, Rehab, at the following link at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD5sahXoj0U

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CHINA

CHINA SYNDROME...

Having followed the trade and health news closely lately, I must confess that China's products scare me. It looks like nothing from there -- from food to toys and clothes -- are safe for consumers. I am curious to see if Beijing can do some serious damage control by the time the 2008 Olympics arrive. But, then, I found myself thinking that even if they manage to get their food and water -- the most important aspects of health -- under safety and regulatory controls and make these generally safe for consumers, the air pollution is surely going to be more of a problem to visitors. (Unless, of course, the changing weather patterns manage to blow China's polluted air to Europe or across the ocean over to other land mass.)

Talking of weather -- looks like I am tuning in to watch CNN mainly to catch what havocs the fast-changing weather patterns are inflicting around the world, besides the natural disasters like earthquakes. Global warming is a scary thing indeed, especially the way the weather is proving to be an unstoppable force.