Play the blame game

Shocking events for my February 2009:

1) Supporting Pistons is at an all time low. Detroit Pistons are now under .500 into the upcoming All-Star Break. First time in many years and especially so after trading Chauncy Billups for Allen Iverson. Winning a championship is bleak this season.

"It's not a good feeling,'' Iverson said. "The whole thing is to stay positive, stay together, not to point fingers and play the blame game.

"You don't win a championship at the All-Star break.''

2) Groundhog Day which I thought being a film starring Bill Murray back in 1993, was all pretense. But I saw on the news lately that it is actually true! And for this year Punxsutawney Phil - the only true weather forecasting groundhog has predicted another 6 weeks of winter! Mind you, this groundhog day holiday has been celebrated since 1886 and Punxsutawney Phil has been making predictions for over 120 years and has so far been 100% correct! And in the film, Bill Murray was struck like a modern day Christmas Scrooge experience of being stuck on the same day and he blamed Punxsutawney Phil for it and tried to kill it even! I loved this show, watched it at least 10 times! Gave me hope of having many chances on trying to make the day and your life a better one.

In all matters of having traditions, basketball championships, and having many chances - We had a shocking revelation of Ho Ching (Empress Ho, wife of Emperor Lee, together they make the "HoLee" heavens of Greater Mortals - haha just kidding!) stepping down from Temasek. Was it a case of losing billions of our taxpayers' money; over 31% in a short 8 months which caused her to step down?

The spread of wildfire across the internet had many speculations on her decision to step down and the breaking of traditions that we now have an Ang Moh groundhog who can accurately predict in this turmoil times. Do we need to point fingers and play the blame game? Anyway our state Strait propaganda Times did mention citing various sources that we are doing not so bad, above average given that the world has lost at least 40%. Let's move on, it's an honest mistake.

Do we blame the star player in the NBA if the team has more losses than wins? Do we in this case blame the groundhog for predicting a longer winter? And in this case will a change of groundhog be an easier way out of explaining what went terribly wrong? Well, seriously I don't get paid millions to question Temasek where did the tax dollars of my grandfathers, father, mother, sister and myself went.(notice my grandmothers are not mentioned here - I think they were housewives back then) But I expect my gahmen to question them since transparency has always been an excuse and not just pat them on their back to say game over, good try, now let 'Chip' ang moh be scapegoat with prosperous 'Good Year' name give it a try.

I for one will be f@#%ing Iverson from the sidelines; will probably not go to the games; or buy any Pistons jersey - which my direct actions has some consequences to their profits and in many times, we have seen star players like Iverson, will be f$%*ing traded away. As he has been traded from Philly to Nuggets and now to my Pistons.

So seriously Iverson, I don't blame you. And you are right, stay positive and we are only half way there, got chance one. You are but a player, I'm f$#*ing pointing my fingers at the coach, the owners and the president of Pistons' organisation who made the choice to trade Billups for you. But still a word of caution, you better shape up or move out! According to Inside Hoops, your 2008-2009 salary was US$20,840,625 and I could have bought a lot more better players for probably half that price.

So back to my gahmen, who said she was qualified? And how much did she costs us again for the past 8 years? Unlike the film in Groundhog day, we only have $185 billion,$120ish billion, very little money left to play. Ang Moh groundhog...will Singapore have a long cold winter ahead?