A pity about the Ferrari team! One drove off with the fuel gauge, with his mechanic falling behind him, got penalised and lost precious time, and the other got crashed. Now the pit manager has to "step down" as a result. The Spaniard's one lucky guy! That is why life is so unpredictable, one really never knows who will win until the end. For someone who started off first, Massa emerged one of the last, and for someone who started off fifteenth, Alonso managed to out-drive everyone to emerge the champion.
This Grand Prix was a bid to boost the local economy, but I guess when the race venue was decided, no one could have predicted the dire situation Uncle Sam (and now Shakespeare Country) have gotten themselves into. In a way, our local economy was boosted because all of a sudden, there was an influx of tourists for the three days, coming from all over the world, just to witness the qualifiers and the finals, when the tourism industry was rather stagnant during the second quarter. I wonder if we can get the venue again next year?
Still, one does not deny that the world is in quite a mess right now. With poisonous milk products (I cannot partake anymore of the White Rabbit Candy - a favourite since young! *Sob Sob*) initially from China, now in New Zealand as well (and I will be going there next month!), not to mention even Cadbury has found to contain substances (does that mean no more chocolate?), I cannot help but wonder are people so "ugly" and unethical nowadays that as long as there is money to be earned, they do not care what happens to the world at large?
Now that all these things have been found out, will these people not lose even more money by their products being suspended? That is why people, being who they are, will never bother thinking of the big picture as long as there is a short term gain. There are so many temptations around, all playing on the greed of man.
Now that dairy products are being suspended one after another, banks are failing one after another, even mortgage houses are being nationalised, and large insurance companies being shaky, the upcoming financial crisis (or are we already in one?) is making everyone nervous. Everyone is on their toes, wondering who is next, which country to go next? Now that the two biggest superpowers are going down one after another, is there any hope for lesser countries?
This Grand Prix was a bid to boost the local economy, but I guess when the race venue was decided, no one could have predicted the dire situation Uncle Sam (and now Shakespeare Country) have gotten themselves into. In a way, our local economy was boosted because all of a sudden, there was an influx of tourists for the three days, coming from all over the world, just to witness the qualifiers and the finals, when the tourism industry was rather stagnant during the second quarter. I wonder if we can get the venue again next year?
Still, one does not deny that the world is in quite a mess right now. With poisonous milk products (I cannot partake anymore of the White Rabbit Candy - a favourite since young! *Sob Sob*) initially from China, now in New Zealand as well (and I will be going there next month!), not to mention even Cadbury has found to contain substances (does that mean no more chocolate?), I cannot help but wonder are people so "ugly" and unethical nowadays that as long as there is money to be earned, they do not care what happens to the world at large?
Now that all these things have been found out, will these people not lose even more money by their products being suspended? That is why people, being who they are, will never bother thinking of the big picture as long as there is a short term gain. There are so many temptations around, all playing on the greed of man.
Now that dairy products are being suspended one after another, banks are failing one after another, even mortgage houses are being nationalised, and large insurance companies being shaky, the upcoming financial crisis (or are we already in one?) is making everyone nervous. Everyone is on their toes, wondering who is next, which country to go next? Now that the two biggest superpowers are going down one after another, is there any hope for lesser countries?
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