Friday, May 18, 2012

These are the days of our lives

It’s been quite sometimes since I updated these pages, 10 months to be exact. Hope all's well with everyone.

A lot of changes have taken place globally within that short time span. Arab Spring is still lingering on in 7 countries and has engulfed Syria with severe destruction. Colonel Gaddafi who had been in power for 3 decades was shot dead by rebel militia. The body was then put on public display alongside one of his sons who was also killed. The Oslo & Utoya attacks confronted us with pure evil that was carried out by an individual psychopath who got his training playing ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ video game bunked up in a farm. That homicidal rampage had left 77 dead. Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il has passed on, leaving his youngest son to carry on the dear leader legacy. They put on a rather good show for his funeral procession I must say. Manchester City has won the Premier League title after 44 years with a superb last minute thriller to oust Manchester United's bid for the crown. Ferguson was left fuming and slamming the champs for paying 'stupid money' and 'silly salaries' in the aftermath. “It's all about the money, Fergie”. The Sheiks and the Asians have moved into the EPL big time now. 

















The European Union seems to be heading towards major social unrest due to their economic crisis. France is the latest to show signs of fragility. Amidst all this Obama has managed to become the first gay U.S. President; Freddie Mercury will be smiling from above even though he was more of a private man.

























Most notably in the music industry, Whitney Houston, the most-awarded female act of all-time had passed away due to drug overdose. She was one of my all time favorite singers and it was saddening that she couldn’t get away from the entrapment of substance abuse.




















Another notable passing was that of Donna Summer in May. Back in those disco days Hot Stuff was "The" song and she was the undisputed disco queen.























We had our own Bersih 3.0 rally and what a turnout, approximately 200 thousand people jammed in the vicinity of Dataran Merdeka to let the government know that we're not settling for unethical practices. Astro coincidentally was offering free viewing of 130 channels for that week. Even though all the foreign news channels were censored, the damage had been done. There were lots of recorded police brutalities displayed on You Tube for all to see. Meanwhile our chauvinistic heroes were doing a butt dance and flipping burgers in front of the vegetarian chairperson’s house as an encore. Not to be outshone was the National Feedlot issue that clearly showed misappropriation of public fund in its highest order. The money that was to be used for a national cattle scheme was siphoned off shore to purchase property in Singapore. It has been mentioned in court and will no doubt remain a mere mention. Some scapegoats will be implicated while the privileged will walk away unscathed. On the federal front the government is dishing out all kind of incentives & monetary aid for students, parents, teachers, civil servants and just about anyone else who might not favor them in the upcoming election. The offering might be taken but that doesn’t necessarily mean the vote is guaranteed. Let’s just wait and see…

Other than that, the world remains pretty much the same I guess.











 

1 comment:

  1. Credits to Lissa for requesting the Donna mention. TQ

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