The news is that there is new news

And we have a new Pope! He is Joseph Ratzinger, but it is more appropriate to call him Benedict XVI now.

News news news. It's funny how 'newsworthy' events seem to pop up disproportionately during the exam period.

Remember, the

Iranian conjoined twins? That was last year I think. Exactly at this time.

US elections of 2000? and 2004? During exams for both.

Now, we have casinos (whoops, I mean... IRs..) and new Popes.. I am absolutely glued to the TV set watching CNA, clutching a textbook in my free hand trying desperately to have my cake and eat it.

Maybe it's an exercise in running away from what is a less palatable activity which brings out the heightened interest in worldly affairs at this specific time of the year. Oh well. Some things never change, though. Like how the 9pm drama show always seems to intrigue, in most credible or otherwise dubious ways. Despite the pressing issues raised on CNA, my ruminating mind ponders only over this: Which Fann Wong is chio-er, the one with hair tied up or the one with hair let down?