May 26, 2013
A recent article I stumbled upon not too long ago about an honest French couple who were arrested in Phuket made me really, really angry.
It was one of the most absurd and ridiculous thing to happen to a young couple, who, by virtue of circumstances given that it was their first trip to Thailand, was arrested because they were honest enough to travel back to the airport to sort out everything because they did not want to get into trouble. The worst thing about it was: they were travelling with a 22-month old child.
And they got into trouble by being honest.
What I don’t understand was how they were treated throughout the ordeal. My ears were smoking with wrath when I got to this section of the article:
Like I said, it was the most ridiculous thing ever. Does anyone actually has any understanding or empathy for the couple who not only have to deal with their young child but also had to face the ordeal of being held, imprisoned and charged through no fault of their own?
I shook my head in sheer disbelieve when I read the article. I do not know what I would have done had we been in the same situation. It’s a scary thought.It occurred to me that humans in the highest level of hierarchy in this country have no sense of humanity in them.
Moral of the story:
Be sure to first find the immigration counter and get your passport stamped before you exit the country! Never underestimate the stupidity ignorance of people in authority.
May 25, 2013
When Silver Bullet decided to keep his precious guitars out of Squirt’s curious hands – little hands that kept plucking the strings, retuning his guitars and turning the knobs unnecessarily – Spud did not waste too much time and was quick to claim the vacant spot as her own…
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Talk about being opportunistic!
Needless to say, when Silver Bullet placed his (now covered) guitars back to where they belonged, she wasn’t too happy about it. In fact, she whined and whined and insisted that HER guitar be placed back at the guitar stand. She was not going to have her way; her Papa made sure of that.
I watched the entire episode unfolded with a cheeky grin plastered on my face. I thought the whole thing was hilarious. Cute, even.
His two precious instruments are now placed in their rightful spots.
Somehow, the colourful plastic guitar did look endearing when placed over there. It sorts of brighten up the room too, don’t you think? 🙂
May 24, 2013
The last time I read a book for me has been more than a year ago. Not that I have given up on reading altogether; I tried, but it had seemed impossible to try to finish a book when you have to run a household with 2 kids! The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo has been on my bedside table for more than a year now, and I still have not gone past page 102…
Anyhow. Silver Bullet had picked up “A Street Cat Named Bob” on one of his travels and there were only 2 reasons why I had attempted to read it:
- There’s a cat story in there
- Silver Bullet said it was an easy read. He tends to be a very, very slow reader, yet he finished reading it in a few hours while in transit.(very promising!)
A Street Cat Named Bob is based on a true story on how one man found and his cat found hope (and each other) in the streets. James Bowen, a street musician who was once a homeless man, had turned into one of the bestselling authors on how his cat had saved him from drugs. He had his first “debut” in YouTube when somebody posted up a video of him and his cat while he was busking. In fact, if you search in YouTube, there are several videos in there about the cat and the street musician.
It is a very heart-warming story and I enjoyed reading it. While I couldn’t find the time to do a one-go-marathon reading, I managed to read a couple of tens a day, and finished the entire book by the 4
th night. Very slooowwwww as compared to my usual reading pace, but at least that was ONE book read after a 2 year hiatus.
I miss reading. I really need to try harder to get back into the groove of reading again.Bedtime stories for the kids not included.
