Yangon Thu

We will go forward, until Peace is on the World's Agenda

The old church in Southampton, UK

I've been sick again so haven't thought about my blog or the other projects I have on hand. Since touching down on this humidity filled island, I've been doing nothing but seeing doctors, going for interviews and being stuffed into a little machine called an MRI machine. (But I did get to have sushi with Shane and X-wen, so that's a big hooray!)

But spammers decided to send me, like about 50 spam comments or so, and I decided to come out of my none blogging shell and blog a little. I really have no energy to write opinion pieces or anything of value, so I'm just going to tell you things I'm absolutely in love with right now.

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New Kicks by Le Tigre

1) First, off, don't you just love the song New Kicks by Le Tigre? (Hit play on the player above) The band is just so punk, so new wave, so now and so new, all at the same time. The song New Kicks just makes me want to have a revolution, right here, right now. Maybe we should use that as the campaign song for the next revolution in Burma. Here are the full lyrics of the song.

2)

The River of Lost footsteps: A History of Burma by Thant Myint-U (I'm curious, is his name U Thant Myint or U Myint Thant? the way he has put the "U" in the back has thrown me off.)
I don't know much about the History of Burma, except for what I learned in school when I was little and the other stories my family told me. So to actually read the histories as researched by a historian, was really enlightening to me. The book is an easy read as it is written very well. U Thant Myint, the grandson of former UN Secretary General U Thant , really has a knack for telling stories and the way he weaves in his own experiences is also quite charming to read as the stories become more personal. I recommend this book to any Burmese person who grew up outside of Burma, much like I did or perhaps even those who grew up in Burma but has only been told of the histories of Burma the way the current regime sees it. Or anyone interested in Burma, for that matter.

I mean, I had no idea the number of Portuguese, Armenian, and French soldiers who fought as part of the army of the Burmese Dynasties of long ago.
Also, growing up in a closed door Burma, I always thought we have always been cut off from the world before the British tried to "free us" by colonizing us. But is not true - the Burmese cities and ports used to be such cosmopolitan places, full of all different kinds of people who co-existed rather well, until certain Kings changed their minds. See, Burma can live or rather, thrive with different peoples and cultures; we all just need to be united and not bring each other down. Must not let "the man" get us down!
I haven't finished reading it, but seriously, read this book. It's well written and informative. A history book that doesn't make you want to sleep; what more can you ask for?

3)

STABILO point 88 Tintenfeinschreiber Fineliner
I bought these pens to use on my collages, etc., however, I love them so much that I've taken to using them to write. They are just so good to write with. Does anyone want to buy me a big box with assorted colors? (Jackie - they are like better than Sharpies! Lol, OK maybe not but they are really good.)

4) Water. Yeah, it's that simple. Water. It's hot here and so it just makes sense to drink a lot of water, not only to replenish what I lose daily but to also make sure all my medications are getting around and that the toxins are getting out.
Speaking of water, I used to drink a lot of water back when I was in Cali. I worked in an office with a free supply of Fiji Drinking water, which I thought was just the best thing there is. Then I read this article .
Excerpt: While Fiji's state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market today, more than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water.

Sad, yeah? So now, I just get the water out of the tap, filter it and put it in my water bottle and bring it everywhere. I'm trying to drink about 2.5L a day. Haha, trying, I said.

5)

Mozilla Sunbird- a cross platform Calendar application: It's practical, useful and easy to use. What's not to love?

OK. that's about all I'm loving right now. I don't have anything else I can think of. Oh yeah, I heart these letters from TPB. But I'm sure they are old news to people.

Posted by Yangon Thu at July 8, 2007 10:18 PM