Just got a mail from my son pointing out that the fall of the 3 big motor giants in US may have more than a ripple effect on the financial markets especially in the US. Its like getting an infection while resting in a post-operation stage in a hospital ward. Even before one newly sewn up wound is waiting to heal, the body is attacked by another bacteria. I think the US government is running out of antidotes to save the ailing financial market. What's needed now is for the layman to rethink and reshuffle the cards on the table and ask: where is everything heading? Where is not only the financial markets but jobs, businesses and the economy. I wonder what would the great minds like Einstein or Plato be thinking face with similar circumstances? Another opportunity to invent something new probably, and another opportunity to write a dialogue that generation after generation to come will enjoy and marvel at the legacy they leave behind.
Greenspan and Bernake are indeed leaving a legacy behind, so says my son. Well I kind of agree with his thoughts. But I rather that focus be given to what are the opportunities that may be sprinkled before our eyes, yet we don't see them.
Well at least for one family come hail and high water, they are going on a cruise this Christmas eve. Never mind the recession, never mind the government not cutting GST, never mind all the gloom, they are sailing into the horizon. Good thinking, at least they are taking charge of their lives and not letting the doomsday guru lead them into the tunnel of darkness.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
A bright start
There is just so much to live for and so many new challenges to be encountered that it doesn't make sense to read of bickering between neighbours and destruction and carnage around the globe. Perhaps there should be a renaissance of sorts for the media to highlight the brighter side of life so that people's focus are on the good and not the bad. Started my day listening to BBC news and the item that struck me was about vitamin popping and how research has pooh-poohed the widely held belief that this practice of popping vitamins can keep illnesses away. So I ask myself what should I do if I had been one of those believers of vitamins? Do I feel short-changed or do I look up at the clear blue sunny sky and say: Well, if the birds don't need vitamins and yet they fly and take off into the sky...perhaps I should take a lesson from them. And with that thought in mind I carried on my journey to the office, stepped in a received a mail that invites me to give a lecture to a group of students in the next semester. How nice it is to start the day and start the week with bright skies and bright news like this against all the gloomy headlines about recession and the haemorrhage in the financial markets.
Talking about haemorrhage, I also had an sms that tells me that someone I am close to is suffering from severe pneumonia and was in critical condition. Then I thought about pill popping and asked did the person take vitamins over these years? If so, then the researchers could be right about their discovery. But I told myself I should not let this hanker my thoughts..and I said a silent prayer for the sick. Alas I have some solace and went on my day's activities.
Talking about haemorrhage, I also had an sms that tells me that someone I am close to is suffering from severe pneumonia and was in critical condition. Then I thought about pill popping and asked did the person take vitamins over these years? If so, then the researchers could be right about their discovery. But I told myself I should not let this hanker my thoughts..and I said a silent prayer for the sick. Alas I have some solace and went on my day's activities.
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