references

The line: mrs, will ya make me tea? make love to me? put on the tell to the BBC comes from none other than my fav super hero’s soundtrack.

A blast from the past

I was googling ‘resignation letter’ in my gmail yesterday as I wanted to submit my resignation letter today. And look at what the search engine dredged up.  I kid you not.

29/07/2005

Private & Confidential (no longer)

Celadona
Singapore

To Fed-Ex
Hong Kong

Dear Sir,

Letter of Resignation

I would like to tender my resignation from the position of your
girlfriend with effect from 29/07/2005, citing the period from 1 Aug
2005 to 31 Dec 2005 as 22 weeks notice as required.

I would like to thank you making our relationship a pleasant one.

Yours sincerely with hugs and smoochies,

Celadona (sent via email)

 

Once of my friends sent an e-dear john this afternoon and I fwded her this email. She said she didn’t know if she should laugh or cry if she ever received such an email.

I recalled the fed-ex’s response: He laughed when he read it and he called to say that we should still give things a shot till the end of the year since there was nothing majorly wrong in our relationship. So I withdrew my resignation letter that day and a couple of weeks later, with still nothing majorly wrong, he msned to say that it was over.

Another lesson learnt that year. Never retract a resignation letter.

In the confession box

Slip your hand into mine and know that a smile will start unfurling.

I love holding hands.  I’m quite the handslut. Almost any hand can be that hand for the moment. Hands which belong to a friend or a lover or anyone in between.

But on my part, it’s getting harder over the years to have some hand-holding. It’s no longer a carefree meeting of palms. A couple of complexities arise as I outstrip my years. My girlfriends and I are too aged for some girlie hand-clasping. My fags are insistent on not having me spoil the market for them and I don’t hold hands with attached str8 men.

I’ve been getting away (& getting by) with hugs upon hullos & goodbyes and drape arms over shoulders, taps on hands and such.

But I am lucky. I have acquired a goddaughter recently. A world-wisely sweet nit of 8. And she can’t choose not to hold my hand when we stroll to the shops for drinks or ice-cream. (“,)

(Shit, I’m starting to sound like a pedophile.)

Tibetan Unrest

Mrs, will ya make me tea? Make love to me? Put on the telly to the BBC?

‘Eighty killed’ in Tibetan unrest

At least 80 people have been killed in unrest following protests by Tibetans against Chinese rule, the Tibetan government in exile says. Indian-based officials said the figure was confirmed by several sources, even though China put the death toll at 10.

The Dalai Lama called for an international inquiry into China’s crackdown, accusing it of a “rule of terror” and “cultural genocide”.

Chinese troops were out in force in Lhasa, Tibet’s main city, on Sunday.

Hong Kong Cable TV reported that about 200 military vehicles, each carrying 40 to 60 armed soldiers, had driven into the city.Loudspeakers broadcast messages, such as: “Discern between enemies and friends, maintain order.”

China tightly restricts Western journalists’ access to Tibet and it is sometimes extremely difficult to verify what is going on.

Bodies

The BBC has learned that troops in neighbouring Chengdu province have been recalled from leave and put on standby.

TIBET DIVIDE China says Tibet always part of its territory Tibet enjoyed long periods of autonomy before 20th century 1950: China launched a military assault Opposition to Chinese rule led to bloody uprising in 1959 Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled to India

A 23-year-old Canadian student in Lhasa told AP: “The entire city is basically closed down.”The Chinese crackdown followed rioting on Friday, that erupted after a week of mainly peaceful protests.

The Chinese official news agency Xinhua says 10 people died on Friday, including business people it said were “burnt to death”.

But the Tibetan government in exile later said at least 80 corpses had been counted, including those of 26 people killed on Saturday next to the Dratchi prison in Lhasa.

Other bodies were spotted near the Ramoche Buddhist temple, and near a Muslim mosque and a cathedral in Lhasa, said Tenzin Taklha, a senior aide to the Dalai Lama.

“These reports come from relatives, from our people inside and from contacts of our department of security. They have all been confirmed multiple times,” he said.

Deadline to surrender

The demonstrators, who on Friday set fire to Chinese-owed shops and hurled rocks at local police, have been penned into an area of the old town by government forces.

The authorities in Tibet have urged the protesters to hand themselves in by midnight on Monday, promising leniency to those who surrender.

Meanwhile, there were reports of protests by Tibetans in other parts of China.About 200 protesters threw petrol bombs and burned down a police station in Sichuan province, a police officer told Reuters.

There were reports that officers opened fire on the protesters.

In an interview with the BBC, the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, said he feared there would be more deaths unless Beijing changed its policies towards Tibet, which it has ruled since invading in 1950.

“It has become really very, very tense. Now today and yesterday, the Tibetan side is determined. The Chinese side also equally determined. So that means, the result: killing, more suffering,” he said.

“Ultimately, the Chinese government is clinging of policy, not looking at the reality. They simply feel they have gun – so they can control. Obviously they can control. But they cannot control human mind,” he warned.

The unrest erupted a fortnight before China’s Olympic celebrations kick off with the start of the torch relay, which is scheduled to pass through Tibet.

But the Dalai Lama emphasised that he still supported Beijing’s staging of the Olympic Games this summer, saying it was an opportunity for the Chinese to show their support for the principle of freedom.The International Olympic Committee said it hoped to see the Tibetan unrest resolved peacefully, but its president Jacques Rogge rejected any boycott, saying it “doesn’t solve anything”.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday urged China to “exercise restraint” in dealing with the protests.

She spoke as pro-Tibet demonstrations were held in Nepal, New York, Australia and several European cities.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7299212.stm

Published: 2008/03/16 11:11:16 GMT

© BBC MMVIII

bosom buddies

Eva: Hey, my breasts are getting bigger.

Blossom: Oh, what did you do?

Eva: Put on weight.