Cooking in the Danger Zone

This is a great BBC show that is currently screened on SBS on Wed nights @ 7:30pm.

Tonight, Stefan visits India where the caste system is officially illegal but discrimination continues to be rife. Specifically, he visits Bihar where the poorest are exploited - the Dalits are the lowest rung of society and work hard for very little.

Anyway, it makes me incredibly sad and depressed to think of what the most exploited in all societies have to go through. How they find it to cope through life despite the discrimination and poverty.

I know it's better to be a do-er instead of moping around. Nobody wants my sympathies - they don't do much. They don't feed the poor and alleviate poverty in this world. But nonetheless, I can't help but feel sad when I see children eating only white rice for breakfast and dinner in the salty broth that it was cooked in because it's all that the family can afford. It's heart-breaking.

In any case, I wish I could do more in this world, you know. To distribute the wealth so that our most vulnerable can have better living conditions. I'm glad when I feel this sad, I can be inspired by those who are caring compassionate intelligent individuals (who do a lot more than sitting around being sad... sorry I'm such a sop sometimes).

Time at the Office

When I sit down at my desk in the morning, I can't help but smile. When I'm having a tough moment at work, I wobble Dwight's head and think "what would Dwight Schrute do in this situation"? Too damn funny. Thanks guys for getting these for me. I absolutely love them!!

Wake up in the morning, gotta shake the feeling

"Wake up in the morning, got to shake the feeling. I've gotta face a day at school. What's to be afraid of I can ask a question, and maybe even bend the rules.

I'm seaching for a place where I fit in, there's a way, if I look that I can win. Yeah I can see I'm not alone. I can face the unknown."

I make sure that I leave the office no later than 5:30pm these days because DEGRASSI HIGH IS ON ABC2 EVERY WEEK NIGHT!!!

Gosh, this was seriously the best TV show during my youth (along with Monkey Magic). It was an incredibly progressive show portraying teenagers in a realistic light; kids of various ethnic and economic backgrounds in an inner-city neighbourhood as they navigate gritty serious issues like drug abuse, pregnancy, cancer, homosexuality, suicide and also mundane issues like the opposite sex and popularity. It was sensitive, funny, intelligent and just plain real (aided by the fact that most of the cast were non-actors and that, they were the actual age their characters were unlike say 90210). It showed that school is the best of times and it is the worst of times.

I used to read the Degrassi books as well. I LOVE DEGRASSI!!!