Friday, January 22, 2010; Y
Okay, work, blah, work blah. loll. Before I slept last night, I went and tidied up the tables in my room. No mean feat alright, took me almost half an hour when I was SO tired. And then had some QT with God but it didn't feel like it worked /: anyhows, listened to some sermons on Love and it's so so enriching, as always! Oh man, but it's so hard to achieve God's standard of Love D:
Today, after work, went to the flyer Popeye's with some of my CG mates :D it was supposed to be a celebration for the O level graduates this year (hahaha) but it became more like a hang out session. Was kinda moody initially cuz of some topic that edlyn and I were talking about before we met up with the others, otherwise, it was a fun time spent :D it's quite pretty, actually, here in Singapore. I can't wait till the new Marina constructions are done. Then the horizon will be so pwetty :D
POPEYES BISCUIT IS AWESOME. It's like scones! HEARTS!!
THE COVE
The Cove exposes the slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in Taiji, Japan every year, and how their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan and other parts of Asia, often labeled as whale meat. The majority of the world is not aware this is happening as the Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. The focus of the Social Action Campaign for The Cove is to create worldwide awareness of this annual practice as well as the dangers of eating seafood contaminated with mercury and to pressure those in power to put an end to the slaughter. [extracted from: http://www.takepart.com/thecove]
You must see this movie if you have the time. It's available on Funshion (an alternative from the PPStream, though yes, they're all Chinese softwares - but they're so good!) to be viewed for free. I don't know if it's out in Singapore or anything, I suppose it is a pretty recent movie... as in out in the last few months (so yes, maybe you can go back to 2009 for this movie).
BUT IT IS SO RIVETING.
I came home just now to see my sister watching this documentary thing. At first I thought it urh boring, like some typical documentary that explores the wonders of the oceans. Then, I realised that it's wholly different - it divulges the horrible truth of the dying oceanic species. More specifically, the dolphins in this case.
ZOMG. I almost cried. They fucking kill 20,000 dolphins every single year, for several, several years now. IT'S INHUMAN. God gives us life on earth, and He gave us birds that fly in the skies, four-legged animals on earth, and the creatures of the sea to sustain our lives. But if He sees all these atrocities committed on the innocent dolphins, I don't see why it isn't reasonable that He wants to judge us right now, right this moment. Humans deserve to be judged. Ugh, the corrupt government, further up North-East from us, makes me so sick. All corrupt governments just, in fact, ... zomg.
I dunno. I feel like I'm wasting my life for not being an activist. It is true, like what the guy in the movie said, "To me, you are either an activist or an inactivist; I want to be active." And he was VERY active, WATCH THE BLOODY MOVIE.
Pun not intended. The movie really was bloody... well, just that one scene where the whole cordoned-off region of seawater in the Taiji cove turned red. I almost cried. I would have, if I were more alone (personal space!). It was horrible. You could hear the dolphins' pleas, or shrieks of pain. It was so, so, so heart-wrenching. Zomg.
Another quote from the movie, which my sister took down, it goes something like: The dolphin's smile is nature's greatest deception. Got you, huh?
They really look like they're smiling, don't they, but that's just how they look naturally when they could be crying on the inside ): You know dolphins actually commit suicide out of stress and depression? I didn't. And they are one of the most intelligent animal species known to mankind. Why can't they just let them off? You aren't even supposed to eat them, idiots.
Zoman. I hate this :/
Just yesterday, the sermon mentioned love for your enemies. Maybe not love. But I hope the real activists succeed soon, and may the fishermen and extremely blindly nationalistic government truly repent over their misdeeds and be forgiven. I mean. D:
fall for someone who catches you @23:27
