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Game Shots: Hey, That's My Fish!

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You have been Naga-nized!

Word of the week: Naga-nise

Meaning: Targetted for acts of affection by children.

Dash has a friend named Naga.

Children who know Naga are often seen or heard to naga-nise him. Their acts of affection range from bouts of rampant and vigorous stepping on Naga's shoes, unrelentless tugging at the legs of his pants, and putting a character named Naga in the stories they invent (and oft spelling a rather murky end for the character in the stories).

Naga is a linguist. And Naga draws well too. On Dash's request, Naga drew a chicken. (See drawing on left) Nice! : )

Charting New Territories

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(Picture of my cousin Deodatus playing with his camera onboard a train, Switzerland, Sept 06)

A Good Six Years

Thanks for all the fish!* ( :

*For reference, see Douglas Adam's "The HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

On Governance: Your Burger, Your Choice

The following is a thought experiment concocted and used by Jay for his social studies classes in school. Dash thought it was good fodder for thought. Here's for the sharing! ( :

So governance is never easy. You being the political powerhouse of your country, what wld be a good way of distributing your resources amongst your economically productive citizens? Let's simplify things: Given that you have only 10 hamburgers, and there are only 10 citizens. Which resource distribution system would you like to institute in your country?

System #1: Each of the 10 citizens gets a hamburger, regardless of the amount of work each puts in. Well then you may hv to make provisions on how to motivate the workers since all workers, hardworking or lazy, are rewarded equally.

System #2: You as the ruling party keeps 5 hamburgers under the table for yourself. The other 5 hamburgers goes to the top 5 workers of your country. Of cos then you wld hv to deal with the other 5 disgruntled workers who did not get the 5 hamburgers.

System #3: You as the ruling party keeps 9 hamburgers under the table for yourself, dangling one hamburger out there for the best workers to fight for. Of cos, you may never really have to give the one hamburger to the best worker. But the hope of being rewarded with the hamburger really gets the workers all high up in hopes, all trying their best to work for you!