October 2004 Archives

I have never voted in my life.

the 10 years I spent in Burma, I was too young to vote and even if I had voted during that tragic 1988 election in Burma, my vote would still have been disregarded by the Military government who didn't care what the people wanted and did whatever they felt like doing. Millions of Burmese people were left feeling helpless, oppressed and they still do to this day.

The next 8 years I spent in Singapore, I was still too young to vote and wouldn't have mattered, I was not a citizen and was not allowed to vote. I was so traumatized by racism and classism in Singapore that I wouldn't have known what to vote anyway. I hear things are improving massively in Singapore and that things are not so iron ruled anymore. I'm glad to hear that.

And for the last almost 6 years I've spent in this country, the great United States of America, I also have not been able to vote due to my status as a "non resident alien". I didn't really care before. At first I didn't care because, like a lot of immigrants who are just dying to be in this "land of the free", I had the vision of the US of A as a just and fair land where freedom was treasured and everythign was equal.

So, imagine my chock and disappointment when Idiscovered that racism and all other kinds of unjustness thrived here as well. Then I got over it. Nowhere is perfect, you have to fight to be heard if you are a minority, no matter where you are.

Even after that rude awakening, I still didn't care about voting because I thought this country was moving in a relatively progressive direction. Moving the right way. I vaguely knew Republicans had some policies that I disagreed with and that there were more conservative. However, I, like most people, were not ready for BUSH and how he changed the world as we knew it.

Free Will Astrology told me this is what I should think of doing this week, the week of September 30th. it sounds good, especially since I've been sick lately. But I really don't like pears. Can I eat a juicy Mango instead?

Scorpio Horoscope for week of September 30, 2004

What's dying within you, Scorpio? Is it a passion that has expired? A dream that has gone to seed? A goal you neglected for so long that it can't be resuscitated? If it's time for that part of you to die, help it die. I mean create a ritual in which you formally complete your relationship with it, let go of it for good, and begin the grieving process. In honor of its passing, write a testimonial or draw a symbolic picture, then bury that remembrance in the earth near a tree you love. When you're done with the funeral, eat the freshest, juiciest pear you can find.