Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Makibeki

This new battlecry was heard during the recent Pride protest in Manila. They were demanding cleansing of the government.

Monday, June 29, 2020

Take That

Kate Middleton has avenged Diana's death. It is said that she has "killed the market for royal paparazzi pictures" by singlehandedly taking her brood's candid shots by her own camera.

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Line of Fire

It is always a place of honor. (Alejandro, 1987)

Such is mediation.

Friday, June 26, 2020

Gone with the Wind

Watched its digitalized version in time with Black Lives Matter. In one scene, Scarlett suggests eloping with her married first love, "There isn't anything holding us here." To which Wilkes replies, "Nothing but honor."

Just like today, too.

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Hasegawa

Japanese researcher on dementia became one of his test cases himself. In an NHK docu, he documents his daily activities and thoughts, trying to live in a nursing home and going back home, still giving talks but starting with a military song and explaining why.

He "has egawa" cut out for him.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Job's Comforter

It "has come to describe how NOT to act around a suffering person." Notes from The Student Bible

A mediator is sometimes like one.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Wealth

According to the Navajo Indians, it is defined by how many songs you know. 

Monday, June 22, 2020

Parents

"They all lie to their children for their own good," says 'Everyone Loves Raymond' dad Frank. Question is for
whose good?

Sunday, June 21, 2020

What Really Matters

"Westerners have watches. Africans have time." Os Guinness, quoting an African proverb in his book Impossible People