a wrongful obsession

we are well and truly concerned and worried about all the wrong things. god may be in the details, but i seriously doubt he is in the details we obsess ourselves with.

with the current furore surrounding the resignation of british prime minister tony blair, i am struck by one key detail - he is censured for one thing only, his association with george w bush and the war and terror. the british economy has otherwise thrived, indeed done relatively well under his regime. this one blemish, huge and all-encompassing tho i admit it is, is really the biggest mark in his otherwise ok-ish performance.

i have another example. bill clinton is, till today, ridiculed and scorned for his extra marital affairs while in office. his administration however has received far less attention, even though it deserves much more. it is a crying shame that such an intelligent president, with very effective foreign policies (most of all), economic policies and education policies be treated in the way he is. honestly, america's most loved president, JFK, did exactly teh same thing. we just love him so much bcos he was killed so tragically. had he been allowed to run his term like Clinton did, im inclined to think that we would all thing far differently of him.

george w bush on the other hand has displayed the personal morals and intelligence of a shoelace - yet was REELECTED. was it him being protestant? afraid of catholics are we then?

so now the american public is scrambling. even though congress is predominantly democrat, the button that says 'bomb here' is still under bush's hands. so they will panic.

obsess THAT.

the best birthday ever

and this year, i had it.

i got 500 people celebrating and singing along with me (since my cousin's wedding reception was the same day).

i got my entire family to dance till their shoes snapped.

i ate birthday cake THREE TIMES.

i got absolutely smashed with the people closest to me.

before the actual day of my birthday, i was deeply upset that i didnt achieve all that i set out to last year. which still stands, im still upset about those things. but the fact is that they pale in comparison to the things i DO have, and really, im not so bad off after all. i can say confidently that i have a family most people would kill to be born into, and friends so great i couldnt have chosen better.

here's to being 28, and to being me!! :)

ok, let me clear the air - MY PREVIOUS BLOG ENTRY WAS NOT ABOUT YOU. yes, you, all those people who read my blog regularly and think ive lost my mind.

I'M OKAY. really i am.

the last entry was about me missing certain rituals that i associated with some people... both whom are alive and who have passed away. it was a an afternoon in which my thoughts had been allowed to stew for too long, and armed with an existing blogsite and a pleasing internet connection, i let it all fly.

if anything, this has made me realise how far ive actually come, as well as how far ive yet to go. all these build up to a more whole, newer me. which i need.

so chill. im made of tougher stuff than you think. 'sides, i have you guys.

:)