World Disasters

After hearing so many days after these natural disasters in Myanmar and in China, I find myself feeling very fortunate that I am not trapped under debris or being hit with torrential downpour after my home and everything I knew had been swept by away by a cyclone.

I just viewed the photo slide show of the aftermath in the earthquake of China's provinces, and all I can feel is a sadness. Mothers crying and fainting knowing their children no more than nine years old had been crushed under the same building that was suppose to nurture them and make them grow, their own school building; nurses begging for people to help uncover children she found trapped under a building; Fathers searching nonstop to find their children; a ten year old losing her leg because she had to have it amputated after rubble shattered her lower leg.

Through devastation, the thing you realize the most in news reels and stories are that nothing really matters. People scatter to find their loved ones to hold onto whatever it is they have left, each other. When one cannot find their son, daughter, mother, father, it leaves the emptiness that is far worse than losing their physical belongings.

It's a tragedy to know that the Military Junta of Myanmar is more concerned with their new constitutional referendum than the people of their own country. Though people are dying, they were more concerned that people would vote to have the military junta stay in power indefinitely. There has not been an election in 18 years! I can't believe that even without homes standing, there are polling booths. Even with a "democratic" system of voting, do these people have a real choice? If you were being controlled by the military is it actually considered freedom? Despite their confusion of chaos they had to go vote. I am probably guessing the aid and food dropped for the people of this country were probably being withheld on the account of bribery and blackmail. Was the cyclone an easy fix to their disarray? What do people have left to care about anyway? This was just another nuisance added to their list and the easiest way to vote was yes. It's what they've known and will know. The constitution passed. Disgusting and vulgar.

And with all the bad, there is some good. I'm happy to know that there are people that do care and offer their help. I thank the doctors that are willing to give up their $100,000 days and go offer their services for those who really need their help for free. For people that donate their blood because they know that it just might help a stranger.

As for politics here in the United States: when so many strange things are happening to this world, why is it that we are still so concerned with backlash at certain presidential hopefuls? I'm growing fatigued talking about whose going to win and what their strategies are and what they're offering. It's a crock of shit and no one will know until November anyway. Talk about something real... what might someone think if one actually held a press conference to discuss the help they could send to people in need in other countries? Could you imagine? Someone actually taking on the role and characteristics of a leader instead of worrying about their heads up their own asses?? That would be the person whom I would choose as my president not the candidates that keep talking about change or the one that keeps jabbing punches from hidden corners and doing absolutely nothing.

As for these superdelegates, make up your damn minds. Quit giving the citizens of America the notion that we actually have a say in what goes on in this country because according to the media and our election system, what we think has no importance. These so called superdelegates keep reigning over press coverage and our system! Did you know that each of the superdelegate's vote is now equivalent to about 10,000 democratic voters? Outrageous.

In all this rage, what I am most thankful for is my family. I keep complaining that I hate it here in this hell hole, and I just might, but I am so very thankful for being here with my family despite all their craziness. I see them alive and well and hope that more people can experience that despite what they might have already lost. My heart goes out to those that are suffering all around the world.

Titles and Tribulations

To all the ladies... I ask you: when does the title "Mrs." become offensive? I keep being referred to as Mrs. Does that mean I'm old? Does it mean that I look like a mother of 3? Is it a title of respect? Has it really come to this? Must I admit to myself that I am no longer the person with all the energy to run a marathon? Who am I kidding I never worked out before anyway. What does the title actually mean?

I can honestly say that I feel a lot older than I look (or think I look). Currently, I am 23 and will be going on to 24 in August. I've felt like 30 for the past two years. I got the partying out of my system a long time ago and left the social scene becoming a lonely mclonster. I can't decide whether or not I enjoy this lifestyle or not. I have always been the type of person to feed energy and receive energy from people in order to survive. Might this be the cause of my referrals to Mrs? Have I come to my worst fear: is there something that says "I'm boring"?

Analyzing myself and this oddness of the title of Mrs... have I lost that spunky attitude or youthfulness that once was so recognizable once before? Have I got crows' feet near my eyes? Do my eyes just scream, "Respect me BIOTCH!! That's Mrs to you!"?

On a last and final note: Aren't Asians suppose to age well? News flash: this one isn't.

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