packed weekend

just want to put down what a great weekend we had i had 

1. made veggie egg cups for breakfast that everyone liked 

2. helped eleicer goodies and pizza for deepavali with while family 

3. attended a writing class! found theophilius kwek who can be a good resource for us

4. attended chess class with ashwin 

5. watched an awesome play with amelia virtually about Malay identity Nadirah. 

6. went cycling with my dad to upper pierce. exhilarating hills! Great coconut drink 

7. went to temple to support a nagarathar class

8. went to art class and attended a work meeting 

9. attended chess class with aishu 

10. watched breathtaking Amara with the kids

woo hoo.  a weekend with art and culture, intellectual stimulation, writing and exercise.  by God's sweet grace  

miscarriage of justice

the statue of liberty and lady justice should not be in America

miscarriage of justice. police brutality. blatant discrimination.  how did the country ever rise and how can it ever prosper given the multitude of sins it commits. 

America has no right to talk about human rights violation in any other part of the world. they are power crazy and corrupt and filthy to the core. 

context 

1. american elections today

2. watching Chicago 7 now. 

3. George Floyd happened. 

sickening is not the word. not much has changed since slavery ended. 

they are no better than China! 

invading vietnam and destroying the country and people for over 30 years.no morals no scruples nothing.

deny a man his constitutional rights and berate him for interrupting proceedings and gagging him and trying him up for days when he was not even there.  disgusting 

let me not

Let me not grow so cold

as to not notice

the beauty of a single leaf

on its delicate stalk,

the map of its veins dancing

across its yellow green shades.

Let me not grow so cold

as to not notice

the beauty of a single leaf

on its delicate stalk,

its veins dancing across 

yellow green shades.

let me not grow so cold

as to not notice

the beauty of a single leaf

on its delicate stalk 

its veins mapping 

across its yellow green shades

let me not grow so old

as to not notice

the beauty of a single leaf

its delicate stalk

its intricate veins

its yellow green shades 

its dance in the wind

changes in the hody

my body is changing

and I'm not sure I like it

little spots now where there were none before

my breasts head down 

a little paunch at the tummy

sigh

2020

how does one begin writing about 2020? 

we are contending with cmimate change that is catastrophic 

we are living thru a pandemic 

we have dangerous people in power playing dangerous games politically 

we are so divided as a world at a time when unity is the only way to move us forward

1. trump. in power playing games creating division. usa seems to be the brink of a historic election that could bring about chaos and even a civil war of sorts. both sides are armed and ready to take to the streets if their side loses, both convinced the other would have cheated to win

democracy itself at stake with nothing to believe or hold on to. not even the power of the people to vote for their leader 

2. the virus.  100 000 cases in usa alone. europe in second or third place. everywhere a crazy resurgence id the virus. lockdowns imminent. pockets of safety in sg and nz. nowhere else seems safe. this may go on, interminably. 

3. violence. France. cartoonists. beheading of teachers and killing of people in churches. instead of calling for calm leaders standing behind the cartoonists. Poland. protests against abortion laws.