I remember when first  time I bought my umbrella in a store at University Centre. It was summer and raining. At my surprise, I found quite annoying that it was frequently raining and it's summer. In the store, I grabbed my umbrella and while paying for that, I made my small conversation to the seller. He's a quite old man. I started my saying "It's summer, isn't it?" He looked at me and then smiled and said "Well, that's what it's said in the calender, I'm afraid". Then he continued "Welcome to England" and kept smiling.. I smiled too, of course and that small conversation cheered me up. 

Now, it's quite like spring. It's not spring. The weather is just like spring. And those of us expecting snowing this winter like last year's are quite surprising to find the weather. When I checked weather forecast, it says it's 10 degree, more less. It's bit windy and a lot raining somehow.. Anyway, sometime life is surprising. Ah, remember Forest Gump saying "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get" until you get it.

I don't go anywhere this break though. I'm very much occupied by my writing as a deadline is approaching. And I do also spend time for watching movies, somehow. I watched again John Pilger's video about Agro Power and how food is used to be a means of political, economic and military influence. That film setting was in 1970s but the message is still quite relevant now. Then, I just wonder how the 'poor countries' couldn't manage to feed their people. For some reasons, I suppose it has something to do with the corruption in a way that the 'food aid' is used by the elites of the 'poor countries' to corrupt. Secondly, sometimes it has something to do with the good willing in a way that the elites simply don't care and are occupied by efforts to maintain their power, privileges and whatever they can get rid of from their political position. In the other end, powerful country who control the world food distribution use it as a means for imposing whatever they want over the countries need it. What a perfect confluence and dying because of the hunger is what it could make. That's the point of what John is trying to convey, I think. And I think it's quite true when it is said "There is enough for everybody's need but not enough for anybody's greed".

Anyway, thank you to Yingzhen for delicious dinner. Dumpling, chicken-carrots-potatoes, and eggs-tomatoes. And for sure, all the conversations...

New year is coming and resolution, anyone? :)