Gosh I feel so odd...these days I don't even realise how time flies by...there just don't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish everything on my "To do Today" list! Hell but I'm not complaining..I'd rather be busy than twiddling my thumbs and wondering how to pass time...not for me the existance of a bored individual...I'd be suicidal if I had to live like that for long! Last week flew by, in getting adjusted to the old routine again...now I'm truly settled back in...and its fun to be doing that stuff again. I do miss Tasu on the bus journeys back home from AF, and get a bit bored, but then that time alone gives me time to think and generally 'be with myself' and sort things out in my head that I can't be bothered with during the day!
This week there were 2 articles on France in the papers...the first was about their new law concerning wearing anything that displays your religious affinities - I was very surprised to see it in the paper, because I had discussed this with Patricia when I was in Bordeaux. I personally think that the law shold be scrapped coz every person has a right to follow his religion and you can't impose rules on how he follows it...but then you wonder where one can draw a line? Yet banning the wearing of turbans/scarves etc to school is outrageous...next they will say that one shouldn't wear a 'salwar kurta' because that shows the community you are affiliated to and sets you apart as 'different' - is it so wrong to be different? And how can one live in such an exclusive culture today when boundaries are getting vague and people are spilling over borders into different cultures?
The other article did nothing to my blood pressure, luckily!!! It was just a travelogue concerning 2 cities in France one must visit - Paris and Bordeaux. Again it caught my attention because of my recent link wth both cities...what pleased me was that I'd seen all the places they mentioned in the article...and more!!! Unluckily I can't find that on the internet, so only those who see my Bordeaux album will see the article, for it is pasted on the last page of my album!!!
Speaking of french, I think I'll probably talk of this kind of movement to 'exclude' other cultures for my expose in Niv 3. Serious enought topic and I feel quite strongly about it....
Have some others things I wanna voice my opinion on, but that shall have to wait for later...SIMPLY MUST get up now and be 'productive!!!'
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