Sunday, December 28, 2014

Hello

New Year

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Happy Christmas

Still a couple of weeks left, but it is that time again. 5 trips to the Philippines in 13 months, a total of 3 months there. The birth of the most gorgeous, wonderful bundle of joy. An expensive lesson in Philippine health care that I will never forget. An unexpected wonderful and heartbreaking visit from the UK, A major house move. 5 months apart. A nephew who caused hell. 2 parental visits. And then the reunion with my new born son and his beautiful mother. 3 trips to Macau. Christmas is my least favourite time of year because of Christmases past. I loved last year away from Hong Kong with Blaesy's family and this year it will be wonderful to spend it together for my son's first. He doesn't know it's Christmas, the indoctrination will no doubt come later, so for this year, time spent together will be our gifts to each other. Every year brings a surprise or a shock, but 2015's gonna have to be a working year that's for sure, no swanning off for 3 months. Adios 2014, you were exhausting and exhilarating!

F*ck Kim Jong Un!

Sony and various American cinemas are cowardly in their refusal to screen The Interview, the SATIRICAL movie about Kim Jong Un. This is a victory for those against free speech and a despotic regime and sets a very bad precedent. Sony  should take a hit financially and release the movie online for free. How often does the North Korean government and media threaten the total annilialation of the West non satirically? The North Korean government have starved millions of their own people and those who have escaped have desribed it as a living hell, Fuck Kim Jong Un and fuck his government, and Sony grow a fucking backbone!

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

You get what you vote for Russia

The Russian people have overwhelmingly supported his destruction of democracy and his aggression towards his weaker neighbours , the crushing of free speech and media, and his oppression of minority groups. Now they shall enjoy his destruction of their economy and enjoy the return to the never ending queues for bread. Schadenfreude? Maybe.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/16/putin-can-t-bully-or-bomb-a-recession.html?source=TDB&via=FB_Page

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