waterfalls and downfalls

just seize the day and grab it by its neck,then try to wring every ounce of joy from the moment.So here in the pouring rain with a hopeless umbrella,I was watching the kids frolicking in the gushing waterfall of Sg tekala/Gabai .wow when you slide down the smooth rockface,it's so thrilling but the next few weeks you dipped into another saga of Madame B. Ovary and you just wonder if the Big C has decided to wipe that smile of your face-but I made it through and so its the mountains and the fun and the new people you've yet to meet that keeps you looking forward to a new day,a new year.

Evening is the whole day

Evening is the whole day -has a surprising reference to bodily excretions as a source of humour-from leaking butts to chamber pots that spill over to the stench,the stinking smell from Ammachi's room to Paati's droppings on the floor.Could the writer be saying that if the reader digs beneath that squeaky clean facade,he or she will come face to face with the skeletons in the closets and if you scratch beneath the prim and proper surface,you can literally dig out dirt.The purpose of the scatology of farts,burps and belches and poo is to remind us that shit happens or what a load of bullshit we weave to deceive ourselves that all is hunky dory.

Peace be unto you

Peace be unto you
Who speak truth to power
peace be unto you
Who tread the path of nails
May peace be in every step you take
To
Free the hungry
Free the mind
May light
Free the darkness of human ignorance
May light
Brighten our hearts
Brother and sisters of all colours and faith
May peace be unto you

SAM

Saya anak Malaysia.

Reality

It's so easy to lose touch with reality when you see so little of it.

Oh man,when Politics and Religion make strange bedfellows
And Business tries to jump into the bed
Then Race screams for attention
Then divorce would be the best intention
To each your own turf

Poverty despairity

Could there be a common criteria to measure poverty?

On a one to one basis,who has a better recourse for meeting basic needs- the poor in an OECD country or in a socialist country?

If the objective of business corporations is primarily profit maximisation and that of the public service is governance,then who should shoulder the burden of helping the poor?The third sector would be the NGOs or the religious organizations.

As societies become more complex,what safeguards would there be for those who have dropped out of the system?

With the lack of social security,wouldn't there be greater propensity for someone in position of power to be opportunistic and amass financial security through illegal means?

When human capital cannot be capitalised any longer,are they relegated to junkyards like useless cars?

Air Pressure

Poof .....poof.......poof...
The ill wind breaks
on an 18 hour flight
from A to Z
Non-stop
without a break