hindraf mindraf

I want "four winds" by bright eyes to be played at my funeral.
=)


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In other news, I have officially had it with bata shoes. NO MORE!! NEVER AGAIN!!!

Ive had it paying 50 dollars for shoes that fall to pieces in 6 months
Ive had it, wearing shoes that virtually suck in water from the sole and retains it after stepping on a single freaking puddle.
Ive had it with shoes that cant even stay the same freaking colour for more than 2 weeks.


No this has nothing to do with my walking patterns. Im blaming this entirely on the shoes.

Never again. Never again...

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Its quite scary sometimes when i think about how much we have progressed and how little we have changed as a society. Just watching 'hairspray' and remembering that there were times when segregation was fact and norm. and how heartening that there is change taking place.


But then I look north, and i read about hindraf. and i feel unsettled and troubled. This is far from apartheid. But the monster shares the same mother, called prejudice. My heart tells me it can be slayed. I want to think it can. I want to think that this is a historical abnormally. That times will change and that my vision for the future is not baseless. But there is little for me to go on. And so i get concerned.


Could i be that matyr? Am i meant to somehow be part of the wave to complete this change? Or is there too few of me to make an impact?


I like to think of this as the future of our species. We need to cultivate a society that may prosper, without fear. Yes thats right. I would like to start my own war against terror. Terror of being victimised, stopped at airport checkpoints and discrimintaed at due to the colour of your skin. Terror at not being allowed to practise your faith in peace. Terror that a peaceful protest against injustices may land you in jail. Thats the type of terror i wish to fight. And if this means breaking down the houses where prejudice hides, of culture, nationalism and tradition, than i suppose I will just find myself at odds with myself once again... but compelled, nonetheless, to do what i believe in.


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"But when great Satan's gone,
the whore of Babylon
She just can't remain with all that outer space
She caves..."


Im off