The USRAEL and the United Spectators.

Was channel surfing at about close to 5 am when i saw the breaking news. Israeli troops enter the Gaza Strip after a week long air raid. What is the need for a ground invasion when everything is pretty much leveled out in the coastal strip that measures 41km long by 6km wide.

The entire "occupation" stinks of contradiction. What is the objective of it. Israel claims that its not in its intention to re-occupy Gaza, while it is pushing its forces in through at least four different entry points into the strip.. BBC reports that Israel just wants to take control of the Hamaz controlled facilities from which rockets are fired. Which pretty much sums up to the entire strip and in even simpler words, its an occupation... no less. What happens after they capture Gaza...How long are they going to hold it in capture? Do they honestly think that the Gazans are going to take the Israeli restructuring hands down?

[Excerpt from BBC]
(In a pre-recorded statement broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, Damascus-based Khaled Meshaal, said Israel would be making a "foolish mistake" if it sent tanks into Gaza.

"We will not break, we will not surrender or give in to your conditions," Mr Meshaal said in a speech aimed at the Israelis, the Palestinians and the wider Muslim world.)

To be honest, i really do agree with him. The people of Gaza are not like the 3rd generation of some developed country in which everything is taken for granted. All the average Gazan has seen in his life is conflicts, bullets, bloodshed and loss of loved ones. Martyrdom is an ultimate prestige. There is no way they are going to take the invasion. They'd rather die.

The only thing that is gained from a war is actually the loss of humanity.

There is a humanitarian crisis going on where over 75 % of the Gazans are unable to support themselves. Israel controls all that goes into Gaza.. including the entries of international journalists, food and medical aid ( if they are allowing anything in at all.)

There has to be a better way to resolve this issue... too many civilians have already lost their lives. Where are the foreign powers when you actually need one... hmmm lets see...

Bush says the Hamaz instigated the occupation. Why does he sound like an immature teenager who plays "who punches first". To think that i almost felt sorry for him for a shoe being thrown at hime... now i wish that the shoes had wacked him. What's worse is that he actually encouraged Israel to step up actions to ensure that Hamas breaks.. Why bush... sore that Obama took your seat? Is this a form of low-elbowing to Obamas ribs? To ensure that he takes over a nightmare?

Next comes the UN... United Nations. I wish that they would be renamed as the United Spectators. Why is that they don't flex their muscle when USRAEL fails to convene to their strong warnings.. Israel totally neglected its warnings when it decided to invade Gaza.. why is nothing being done. By the time the UN comes to a decision from all its meetings... there won't be much of Gaza left to make any difference...

Live.... and let live...

Life is a beautiful gift. It unfolds delicately with every decision we make. Every decision, has its consequences which in turn will affect the individual and his/her surrounding. What we make of it is up to us.. Ok.. enough of all these long and grossly over-used cliches. There is going to be nothing nice about this entry.

I have always considered myself as a relatively good friend to all my friends out there. I also believe that i have practiced enduring patience when times called for it. And there are probably a few more nice things that i can safely say about myself. Chief amongst which is ...me understanding all the shit that i get for things that i didn't commit. But nevermind, I understand.

I know that Life is unfair and sometimes there is really nothing we can do about it except embrace it. Sometimes we all have to vent out that built up steam inside. Frankly i don't mind being the punching bag. But everything has its breaking limits... Even a punching bag breaks to wear and tear.

I know that Life deals us painful lessons that makes us shudder in fear when we have to move on. But being the victim indefinitely is not an option either. Being shackled to our pasts only cripples our future. Being sore about it doesn't solve anything. And ya.. don't take it out on me for now, i am a broken punching bag.

I know that in Life certain things , despite being so close, will slip right through your fingers.. So don't close your fist and start punching this punching bag for your missed possibilities.

I know that Life is like a tour of duty. Everyone switches roles after a short while. Why is it that you always want to play the emo boxer? Life's like a box of chocolates... try everyone of them...

Lastly , why is it that a hundred good things that i did can simply be overlooked when i slipped up once. Why can't I be cut the slack when so many others got it before me?

Sigh.. this has got to change.. and they will.
Live and Let Live.

Seven Pounds....My two ounces worth

Once in a while, comes along a movie that bludgeons your conscience into some serious self-questioning. A movie that questions your sense of morality and sincerity. One that explores the extent of which one is willing to go, to seek repentance. Where sorry is portrayed as anything but a simple word.

Seven Pounds. Its an extremely simple movie(really, its like reading "who moved my cheese") which injects a potent shock to a dulled out and routined (there is no such word i know, but you get what i mean) existence. To be honest, I really do not know what exactly or rather how exactly i feel about this movie. I need time for the full essence of the movie to sink in. All the movies that i needed time to ingest ended up disturbing me quite badly. I guess Seven Pounds is heading in that same direction.

The movie can summarised in two questions.

To which extent will you go to repent?
Is there any purpose to your life ?......besides merely existing to get the degree, the dream job, the dream girl, the HDB flat, the car, the vacation ......the lifelong membership with CPF......you know what i mean....

2009

..Sigh....Happy New Year. Thats about all the enthusiasm i can muster up for 2009.