Merry Christmas!

Very close to tears over here. Like the style of this movie. Christmas is all about God taking not just one but several risks at the same time to bring hope and salvation to the world.

Could it?

North Korea: Kim Jong-il’s death could be opportunity for human rights | Amnesty International

Toxic cultural environment

During my break from blogging I worked with psychiatric patients. An eye opener of what's going on in the world and people have to go through. Broken families, cheating partners, loneliness, drugs, the unbearable hatred towards what oneself sees in the mirror. And a lot more. I cherished moments when I could be of help and felt so small realising how little I can do. There are cases with pure biological bacround but so often loads of heavy weight on too feeble shoulders.

The following clip is Jean Kilbourne speaking of how advertising shows women. I've never heard of her before, but I like her style. To the long list of causes why people break into pieces I certainly will add the following.

I'm back, part II

New home, new job and most important faster access online.

Here's Freddie

I'm back

Seen much and experienced more than I can handle.
I'll try to add more of the jungle pics later.

This clip has been on my mind for months.
I love it.
Though I'm not sure if this add does justice to it. Exhibition hall vs. blog site.

Maria van Riebeeck, living in the Cape of Good Hope, sings a lullaby to her adopted indigenous child. The language is not generally known by the 17th century Dutch and she vows to love this girl more than her biological children. I've seen the lyrics in English but failed to find them to add here.




The artist, Andrew Putter works in Cape Town.

Jungle Boogie

There's nothing like a true jungle experience. As a certain French fellow said its about ”appreciating” all the sounds you're surrounded by. Including rats running around your hut.

The second pick seems to be impossible to add.
Definitely need better wifi out here.
I'll add more and continue the story later.

The age of Stupid?

Not the movie you want to watch right before taking a long flight.
But still worth checking out.



What have I done to prevent Global warming?
What have I done to heat it up?

Window in the Skies

Love the smell after rain.

Suck it and see

It is here.
Seems like some fans are not happy with it, but I think I'll stick with the band.

UK arena tour tickets on sale 17/06. Better get one of those.

Mind the Gap

Here's a link where it's not about the subway.

GapMinder




Hans Rosling presented pretty much the same graph on CNN.
He had to anwer the following question right after. "Can the US prosper with so much competition?"
 
Can the health of others be a threat to me?