I'm on leave today - on mum duty. Thought of doing some serious "lepaking" and catch up on some of the local and foreign political news. I'm all ready at my dining table, the fan is on, the dogs are frolicking at my feet, the indoor fountain is providing the spa ambience, and the aroma my coffee filling the air. Aah...Pure bliss...: ) I opened my copy of today's "Star". And what do I get? Headlines screaming that our grand-ole man "Dr M quits Umno" (a full 10 pages dedicated to it, mind you). Did a quick take on the rest of the papers and decided to do an analysis of contents (I'm sooo free, rite?) - 3 pages sort-of mentioning about the Chinese and Myanmese disasters and 2 pages-full advertising on Air Asia. The balance - half of the heap goes to more advertisements and sports. So what's left? Go figure. Our neighbourhood newspaper sure knows how to put things in perspective, doesn't it?
Got bored and turned on the You Tube to surf a recommended-read site : the Church of Oprah. This, for the record, is now the largest church in the world. For its first service in Mar,2008, there were 300,000 people. As at end March, total attendees grew to a meteoric 2 million..and that's only in N America. Goodness knows, what the latest number. So what's she advocating? She's saying : i) Who you are, requires no belief, ii) heaven is not a location but refers to an inner realm of consciousness, iii) Jesus is an archetypal image of every man and woman, iv) your mind is part of God's, thus you are very holy and your holiness is your salvation ie it comes from you. This is the New Age Religion. In short, you don't need God, you are God. By the way, she is the High Priestess of this religion. There are tons of postings and discussion sites in the web talking about this new phenomenon. For those who disagree and condemn such teachings, they are unwittingly giving it free publicity and spreading it even more. For the curious, there are loads of high-tech multimedia presentations to interest anyone for hours - I spent 2 hours just skimming on some of these sites. Well, she's the richest woman on this planet...she can well afford the top-of-the class technology and PR.
The news of today depresses me....it takes a lot of effort and hard hunting to find good news nowadays. It's as if the world is folding up into a massive mass of confusion, insecurity and misery. They have a name for it - the end time symptoms. Gives me the chills (brrr!). Call me an ostritch but I'm sticking my head into my line dancing notes and classes for entertainment and personal challenges. They're a much safer and healthier alternative.
As my circle of influence progressively decreases and my impending retirement looms, it's time to take stock of my priorities and needs. Starting this blog is one of them (it's cheaper than travelling, caters to my need and love to write, feeds my ego ;-P and prevent senility, I hope.) In the meantime I'm still finding more interests to fill my time...they say gardening's fun and charity work's noble....erhm....let's see....
Message to the Thams: babysitting proposals are not part of the above must-do activities nor do they fall within the category of post retirement hobbies : ) They are under the "occasional craving" group, together with the other "once-in-a-while must-have" food cravings.
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As Ivan would say to your last paragraph, "But whaaayyyy?"
Yes as Ivan would put it..."But I didn't do anything what?" "I'm cute right?" "How can you not want to baby sit me?" sob sob sob.
The Thams
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