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I cried today at the mall.

It wasn’t this overwhelming gushing thing I used to do, but it was a quiet affair where I was terribly ashamed and worried if people would find me that way. You see, I wasn’t depressed, or upset. I was going through a character loss from a book. However, this character was very real - It was the Reb (Rabbi Albert Lewis) ( Read more... )

What with the whole earthquake disaster, all the floods, bushfires and what have you, I am completely floored and exhausted, but mostly floored. You would think, with the amount of natural disasters happening over the last 4 months or so, the world is definitely coming to an end. I wouldn’t even be surprised, honestly.

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- France is moving on a vote to pass a ban on burqa wearing. The strange thing is, an hour ago, Xinhua news said they have already passed the ban. I am just going to await more news on this. While it seems that most of Europe is for the ban, claiming various reasons ranging from security issues to segregation of the population, it seems that there ( Read more... )

- so last thursday night, my strength finally gave way. If I have ever mentioned I was tired before, it should be measured against this. I wandered the wards needing support from the bannisters. I couldn't even squeeze lemons for the residents. It was a completely amazing and scary feeling.

This, my dears, is clinical fatigue.

A visit to the doctor' ( Read more... )

This is going under the cut for the sheer amount of text. not wall of text crit! hah!

( Explaining further my stance on refugees )

This was written in response to my previous post, which has also x-posted to my facebook. I am putting it here so that firstly, I can see it in a more readable format and secondly, so that I can see 2 views to an issue. This is fairly important to personal growth and is in no way to encourage any attack or disrespect to said friend.

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As luck would have it, everywhere I turned today, I see the issue of Time with the Asylum Seeker’s front page, as well as other news with regards to a new boatload of refugees that has just been intercepted and are waiting on Christmas Island.

Well, first off, let me explain my view of refugees as a whole. I do agree they need to be treated humanely ( Read more... )

I have been well, busy but well. other than being severely disappointed about how the whole Rudd-Gillard thing panned out (surely they didn’t need to do something so drastic and severely embarassing), life has been strangely a non-event.

So, here’s a few links instead of the normal range of useless, self-entitled sundries:

- China’s taking over the ( Read more... )