Modern America Is Getting Scary

 

I came across the picture below on Facebook and to say I am appalled is to say the least. It feels like Blacks (in America) have been automatically programmed to fail at achieving anything with their lives, while the Whites have been programmed to see them as a threat always. Or why else would they use the picture of a young black male as GUN TARGET PRACTICE????

Imagine a young adult going for training everyday at such a range and shooting at such an image daily for weeks, in his mind he begins to see things and when he so much as perceives a threat, albeit nonexistence, he aims and shoots and thus hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter are born.

Remember the story of Eric Garner I wrote about here and here? Well, some justice was gotten from his case. I say some because, the city paid his family the sum of $5 million but they also cleared all the officers involved. It was so glaring in that video what happened yet the officers were cleared even though Eric gasped "I can't breathe" 11 times before he was choked to death.

There's a new case of a young lady, 28-years-old Sandra Bland, who went for a job interview, got the job, cheerfully stopped at a restaurant to enjoy a meal which she shared with her followers on instagram and then as she made her way home she was stopped by the police for a traffic offence and roughly taken into custody. I saw a video of her being rough handled by the police even as she protested that then police had slammed her head on the ground and hurt her while arresting her without batting an eyelid. Shortly after Sandra was taken into custody, it was reported that she had died by committing suicide in the cell. How is that even possible? What the hell is going on?  There are so many more cases like these almost on a weekly basis.  

If you go through Shaun King, a columnist's Twitter handle (@ShaunKing), you will feel your blood run cold at the height of Black deaths in the hands of police. 

Something needs to give and quickly too. 

By the way IALEFI stands for International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors. Sigh.

I know for a fact that no matter how such issues are set up to have certain effects, the choice to be better and not succumb to prejudices always lies with us. Make the right choice by making the most and best of your situation. Don't let anyone put you in a box, remember that you hold the power to make things right.

Happy Eid Mubarak

Here's wishing all true Muslims around the world happiness and joy on this day.

Think About It......

So I read that a pastor in Vermont, USA has been sentenced to a year in a federal prison after refusing to wed gay couples and I am a bit miffed. While I think gays should be given their rights to love themselves and wed themselves because they are adults and are entitled to their decisions, I also think it is ridiculous to punish others who do not support their views. Handing a prison sentence to a pastor is also infringing on his human rights to decide on what his beliefs are. Why would they gays even approach the pastor when they already know what their religious stance are on these? I don't know how these rulings would end but if care is not taken, it won't be pretty.

I think we can all live and let live amicably.

Think about the words in the picture below and kindly share your thoughts about it. :)

Pepper Challenge That Got Me ROTFL

Ok, I felt bad for laughing so hard I had tears streaming down my face but this video is hilarious to me because I have been there before. Way back in my under grad days, I went to a popular restaurant outside the campus to take a plate of pepper soup and after I had placed my order, I was told the only slightly cold drink available was Lacasera, an apple soda drink. Now what they did not also mention was that their peppersoup was 90% pepper and 10% soup. LOL 

I naively asked for a bottle of Lacassera and the pepper soup and boy o boy, did I learn the hardest way that sodas and peppers do not MIX WELL AT ALL. Watch the video below to understand better. :D

We Will Not Forget #BringBackOurGirls

I've featured awesome singer Alex Boye a few times on my blog because I really love his music and focus on life. I only just saw his cover of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and once again, he's won me over with his purely awesome music. 

A couple of days back, I realized that it had been 444 days since the Chibok girls had been kidnapped from their dear parents and it broke me that humanity had sunk to such a level as we're at. Very sad. This song is a remembrance of all victims of terrorism. We will not forget you all. We will overcome evil with good yet.

Looking Chic Around A Cheeky Child :)

Hi everyone, how are we all doing? I do apologize for being M.I.A over the weekend. I really couldn't help being away from blogging. I will do better by you all. ;) 

So I want to share an experience I had with my daughter on Saturday. I was getting dressed to go out and I wore a lovely sleeveless white top which I thought looked fabulous on me (ahem ahem), but then little Miss Swags walks in and this happened;

Me: *preening in front of the mirror, feeling fly and all that*

Daughter: Mummy, are you a nurse?

Me: A nurse? o______O

Daughter: Yes, you look like a nurse!

Me: How? Is it because of my white top?

Daughter: Yes. It makes you look like a nurse. It doesn't go with your trousers.

Me: O__0 Ermmm, OK. *hurries away to rifle through wardrobe for a quick change*

Me: *Changes into a top with a closer colour to the pants I had on* *Mutters under my breath at the cheek of her* *Embarrassed much because I was really feeling myself earlier before little madam came with her big opinion* *Surprised at the transformation*

Me: *The change actually looks far better and more suitable than the white nurse's top* Well, well, well.......* :)

Daughter: This is much better mum. You look beautiful. :)

Me: *Melts into mushiness* :)

The lesson I took away from that encounter was that people see things differently, and the sooner you realize and accept this fact, the less arguments you would have and the better you would feel always. I actually got a lot of compliments and admiring looks regarding my outfit that day. It goes to show that wisdom and good advice can come from anyone, taking up the advice is entirely up to you.

#DontDull #NoOneKnowsItAll #LiveAndLearn #EnjoyYourWeek

TGIF - Meet Heavenly Joy :)

Oh me, Oh my. If she isn't the most adorable girl ever on a talent show. This made my day, I hope it makes yours too.

There's been so many bad and sad news everywhere in recent times and it's getting people down a lot, so sharing this video was pretty easy. Chin up people, things will get better no matter how tough they may be right now. There are still good people and things happening around us.

Special shout out to Bibi. ;) 

When You're Good, You're Good

Wow! The video below shows that no matter what your circumstance may be, your true talent will always shine through and get you through tough times. The video below is about a homeless man who stuns some tourists and locals with his world-class piano skills. 

Donald Gould, a 51-year-old ex-US Marine has been homeless for years ever since he became addicted to drugs and alcohol after his wife passed away and he lost custody of his son. It is a sad story, how his life had turned out but looking at him sitting on that stool and producing such amazing music, tells me he is a survivor who is making the most of his present situation. 

A passerby recorded him playing on the streets just a few days ago and the video has been seen millions of times already. I sincerely hope he gets another shot at a far better life than that which he is living presently. Bless his heart.

I'm Speechless.

I came across this article and I just had to share it because I'm finding it really difficult to process the barbaric contents. Sigh. What a world we live in. Being a woman in most parts of the world is an outright nightmare. I just don't understand how people cannot control themselves. :(

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Please take some time to read this.

On 19/4, a water park in  Hanoi, Vietnam called ‘Ho Tay’ opened for free admission from 8AM-10AM (GMT+7). The chaos was terrifying, when the staff decided to close the gate due to overcrowded. Many people tried to climb over the fences to get in.

However, that was the least of the problem.

Inside, at the lazy river area, around 70 to 80 guys (even men who already had wives and kids) went together in groups. Whenever they saw girls, they started attack them by splashing water and WORST part was, they pushed her head down, DROWNING her and at the same time, RIPPED OFF HER BIKINI and started MOLESTED her. Some girls fainted and despite all the crying and screaming for help from friends, the group of animals won’t stop. They even PULL girls standing near the river down and started doing all those nasty things. AT LEAST, 20 girls were being sexually assaulted.

There was a girl with her bikini torn apart and all the guys surrounding her, cat calling: Link 

Below is some photos of the incident.

The victims after they went home had anonymously leave confessions. Here are some of the confessions:

#1: We were holding onto the swim ring at the lazy river for about 3 minutes. Then we heard a commotion at the back, as we turned around we saw hundreds of boys crowded the whole river, screaming and going towards the three of us. I was shock and choked on water, many arms pushed my head down. I felt my breast and my private area being grab and pull and scratch very painful, my butt was groped too. My bikini top was pull up to my neck and the bottom was pull till my knee. Even though i was choking, but i felt clearly someone was fingering me, my legs was spread apart. My head was still pressed down, I was out of breath and I thought I was going to drown. The water go up my nose to my brain, my throat. Those arms scratch and pull me up, my head hit the coping. Then there was people grab my hair, my arm to pull out of the swimming pool. I was coughing really hard so I didn’t even realize I was completely naked…

#2: I was swimming in the lazy river with my friends. Behind us, all the boys kept splashing water like crazy, we were so freak out that all of us decided to go out of the river. As we just got out, one of my friend, who were still near the river, were pulled down and dragged to the centre of the river and was being splashed water and her head was pressed down. We saw our friend being surrounded by bunches of guys, we kept crying and called out: please help my friend, someone please help my friend. Around us, people kept on using phone to record and laugh like they were at the circus.

#3: My sister went with her friends. When they came back, they were crying their eyes out. Their necks, shoulders and thighs are full of scratches and bruises.

#4: It was too crowded so my boyfriend and I just played near the swimming pool coping. Suddenly I saw on my boyfriend head some milky fluid, when I touched, it was slippery and a bit thick. I dragged my boyfriend out of the pool immediately and asked him to wash his hair and we went home right after. Those animals masturbated in the swimming pool.

The Facebook of the guy who started all these nasty thing had been tracked down. (This is the link)

And many other guys went home and updated their Facebook status about their “achievements" at the water park like how many boobs they had grabbed or how many girls they’d molested on that day.

However, the Vice Managing Director of the water park said that “There was NO such thing as sexually assaulted at the water park, it’s just their bikini quality" regarding about the girls who had their bikini ripped. (Source / please note that it’s in Vietnamese) despite all the evidences and feedback.

Those guys are currently trying to take down photos of themselves and Facebook statuses that they’ve updated (click here for the photo of some of them). But luckily, all of those have been screencapped. Most of their identities are revealed and all over the internet.

Even worse, when all the news are up, the comments make me sick to my stomach, many of them said that it’s THE GIRLS FAULT for wearing bikini.

LIKE HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DRESS TO GO TO WATER PARK? ARMOR? 

THOSE ANIMALS THOUGHT THEY’RE GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT AND APPARENTLY AT THIS RATE, THEY WILL.

SO I AM HERE TRANSLATING THIS INCIDENT TO YOU GUYS HOPING THIS WILL SPREAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

PLEASE SHARE AND POST WHEREVER YOU WANT. YOU DON’T HAVE TO CREDIT ME OR ANYTHING. JUST SHARE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL REACH BIG NEWS SITES OR ORGANISATIONS.

PLEASE HELP THE VICTIMS GAIN JUSTICE. I HOPE THIS WILL GO BIG ENOUGH TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO PUNISH THOSE GUYS. 

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UPDATE: A professional psychologist with a Master’s Degree of Education said: “It’s THE GIRLS’ FAULT for not knowing how to protect themselves.”

He said “First thing first about this issue, the one who should be BLAMED THE MOST ARE THE GIRLS, in the environment where people are naked 80% or more, the action (referring to molestation and rape) is inevitable.”

He also mentioned that it’s the environment that can cause someone to lose their control over excitement and that’s why the girls should know how to protect themselves, like if you want to protect your valuables, for example, motorbike, then you should locked it carefully etc. (source)

Another VICTIM BLAMING by a person who has high education. I’m so fucking done with all this shit.

Happy New Month

Hello good people, here's wishing you a splendid and prosperous month ahead. Do something different today such as setting a goal for yourself this month. It doesn't have to be huge, just a little something to improve yourself on. Give it a go and see how you feel at the end of the month. :)

All the best.

Be #AllHeartsAlways