Ok, we all know that beans result in flatulence. I was too lazy to cook, so I had a can of baked beans and bread! Boy oh boy, did I or did I not have a bad case of flatulence! Worse thing is - the air is not coming out! My mid-torso is bloated and tight. It is so uncomfortable that I could not even concentrate on studying for Heberew test on Wednesday, D-day! Anyway, I took excuse and did not go to work.
So what did I do? Watched Ghost Rider; a bit of a let down compared to the comic books!
Then I managed to catch a documentary on Machu Pichu, on the Discovery Channel. I mean it has been and now looks possible to fulfil my intention and ambition to go to the Andes and Machu Pichu. The scenery is breathtaking - being so high up the mountains and so near the sky (or heaven)? But after watching the documentary, I am not sure if it is a good idea now though. Why? Brings back memories of the agony climbing the hills of Sappa! There are terraced fields and terraces to climb - but no kind, money-grabbing Hmong women to hold my hand!!! This time if I ever get to go, I better spend months training for it!
Oh since I am 'house-bound' I have also took the opportunity to clean up my FB. Removed most games from the current FB account and migrated it to another. My excuse is that the FB emails are clogging my inbox. Actually it is part of the winding-down if not melt-down(?)process! Scary if one dwells on it; and definitely dreary and a drag! Should have done what my friend did - just walk off and start anew!
Then of course, these two days are most dramatic. So the Euro has been steadily dropping. Yesterday, the first Euro economy, Greece, crumbled. Is this the second dip projected by economic experts? Quite possible. Euro cannot be unaffected by the rest of the world.
So I was asked if I have been through such economic melt-down before. Yes, of course. It happens every ten years, always starting in the xxx8-11, just before the end of a decade and beginning of another. Much like and as if the world needs to right itself before it begins another spat of ten years.
In the 1970's, I was too young to know. Didn't understand why my parents were never home till late. They took on two jobs to supplement their teacher's income to support four kids and two elderly parents! In the 1980's, as a young executive, I see how my senior managers walked out of the conference room with a really black face; and the company had to bear about RM600k in bad-debts from the closing down of just one chain store; never knew the final amount. In the 1990's, the melt-down was only in Asia. The multi-national company I was working for have had head-quarters financial support; so it does not matter. Now in this decade's melt-down, it does not matter how big or small a company is, it will be the survival of the thrifty and the shrewed.
Today also I watched our local news. Suddenly I noticed our young PM's hair is totally silver. These two years of being in power sure seem to have aged him. Don't envy him! Definitely a difficult job in very difficult times! But then to each it's own! Poor man is trying to launch another 1Malaysia scheme. Actually it is just another name for another Government bond. We better pray for our country! All these religious Allah and racial issues are a cover up. Do the people know that our country's economy is in deep-shit?
In all bad situation, there is always a silver-lining at the end.
But this time, I will not be walking alone; for HE is with me!
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