Friday, October 03, 2008
You still here?
Just reminising about pre-facebook days and wondering whether anyone is still reading this blog of mine. Anyone here?
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Bhutto - I am Legend
Benazir Bhutto, like her father before her, has been killed and moved into what can only be seen by many as matrydom. I was shocked to hear that she was assasinated but not surprised. I remember the news reports as she returned triumphantly, and with genuine emotion, back to the country of her birth and perhaps she knew the land where she would eventually die.
Even after the first attempt at her life I hoped that she would re-consider her strategy. She has children, as a mother I'm not sure whether I would want to take that risk with my life, with their well-being. Perhaps I am not as singular and passionate in a belief as she was. Perhaps death is an integral part of the Bhutto life .. her father and two brothers met a violent death. Some say it was the death of her father that brought her into the life of politics. I hope that she has not re-created this cycle for her own children.
She was a strange character ... I should be proud that she was the youngest, first and only female political leader of a muslim country ... but then I am unsure how I feel about the claims of corruption that led to her downfall twice. I am sad but also annoyed that she took the risk that led to her death ... But as they say, when your time is up, you can do nothing to delay the inevitable. I, like may others I am sure, am left with a strange feeling of loss and bewilderment.
Even after the first attempt at her life I hoped that she would re-consider her strategy. She has children, as a mother I'm not sure whether I would want to take that risk with my life, with their well-being. Perhaps I am not as singular and passionate in a belief as she was. Perhaps death is an integral part of the Bhutto life .. her father and two brothers met a violent death. Some say it was the death of her father that brought her into the life of politics. I hope that she has not re-created this cycle for her own children.
She was a strange character ... I should be proud that she was the youngest, first and only female political leader of a muslim country ... but then I am unsure how I feel about the claims of corruption that led to her downfall twice. I am sad but also annoyed that she took the risk that led to her death ... But as they say, when your time is up, you can do nothing to delay the inevitable. I, like may others I am sure, am left with a strange feeling of loss and bewilderment.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Facebook killed the blogging star ...
I have been spending way too much time stalking, sorry networking on Facebook ... and now that I have discovered Scrabulous .. I have spent inordinate amounts of time getting my ass whipped by Mary in Toronto and whipping Salman in Newcastle.
I have resisted the temptation to link the two so far ... Paranoia is rampant amoing the siblings, Goliath & Vertigo. They have obviously things to hide! Me, well, now someone has my entire identity and bank details because of the missing child benefit CD ... what have I got to lose?
Anyhow ... saw this somewhere and decided it was so funny I had to post it ... so true .... So who are you in the meeting?
I have resisted the temptation to link the two so far ... Paranoia is rampant amoing the siblings, Goliath & Vertigo. They have obviously things to hide! Me, well, now someone has my entire identity and bank details because of the missing child benefit CD ... what have I got to lose?
Anyhow ... saw this somewhere and decided it was so funny I had to post it ... so true .... So who are you in the meeting?
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