"Tonight I lack the strength to even move,
When you walked, now watch me die..."
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News of how the recent economic crisis is comparable, if not worse than the 1930s Great Depression is worrying, especially towards those who have faced such difficult times may find a dreadful sense of familarity multiplied by a few times over.
For us rookies earning at the minimum wage scale, it probably didn't matter as much. The root cause for this episode of turmoil is credit abuse, arguably the very same reason for the Great Depression some 7-8 decades back. I'm no economic guru, but it does occur to me that if we have failed to learn from back then, when will we ever learn? Or we did learn, but the transitions between the generations (save for the turbulent era marred by the world wars) have effectively diminished the need to learn from the lessons that we ought to have learned and preserved?
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"For I know this is harder for you,
For love has let you down..."
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Further news on the economy, a country went bankrupt, and governments around the world are announcing stimulant packages and bailout plans, injecting billions of dollars into the economy with the objective to 'stimulate' the economy and to save corporates from crashing down. This move is greeted with little enthusiasm, probably with as much enthusiasm of a cleaner looking forward to cleaning toilets, and with even less optimism. Nevertheless, private corporate entities saved by the government throughout the said means are now effectively state owned.
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"yeah C'mon
I am not alone..."
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Economic wise, I'm sure the world will change, for the better or worse.
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"The road ahead is lined with broken dreams,
So walk, yeah walk on by
And I failed to give you everything you need,
For the fears, behind your eyes..."
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Professional doomsayer has 'prophesised' that this world is doomed beyond salvation thanks to global warming. The time for us to act has passed and now we can only hope to mitigate the damage by taking drastic actions, and even that is not very hopeful. From the looks of things, chances are we will probably be doing more to help us save our pockets than to chop less trees and burn less fuel.
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"When I cant feel you,
I'm not alright, I'm not alright,
When I cant feel you,
I'm not alright, I'm not alright,
When I cant feel you ..."
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I think we're pretty much screwed, and damned our future generations to burn in this beautiful but soon to be dead home. I walk around in the mall and look at the newborn babies being brought about by their parents. They are such cute stuffs, innocent and beautiful. Yet at the back of my head I can't help but to think "oh you're so screwed 20 years down the road."
What's in store for us? For my family, my beloved and I?
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"Jesus as you throw me on the rocks,
For love I left your side
'cus I believed in love and beautys wiles,
Where heaven shone from your eyes..."
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Then I thought to myself how much I'm in love, the rest of the world didn't matter. The world can be non-existant as long as we're together. That's a premature way of saying things, and a very selfish one. Not that I'm not conscious as to what's going on with the rest of the world apart from the two of us. The truth is, I'm always aware; the truth is, the truth is far from what I had believed in.
I'm not willing to give up on my home, this country, this world. Despite my best intentions, and the fact that I have not yet thought of a viable course of action to help contribute to the cause of putting this world back on track, my only saving grace left, my hope of things will be alright is with her, and my family.
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"Chained to your tree
I wanted you to say
I wanted you to say
I wanted to believe
Chained to your tree
I wanted you to say
I wanted you to say..."
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If only things are easier said than done, or things are easier to save than to destroy, or to be pious is easier than to be corrupt.
If only malice is as restrained as kindness we have for each other...
This world we have, would've been a better place, no?
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"Tell me that it wasnt all for naught,
Its such a waste now, Its such a waste now cmon
I know your scared but baby dont you hide,
Its such a waste,
You'll stand alone now, you'll make it somehow "
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... my wager is risky, for I'm betting that at the end of the day, the devastation wouldn't consume me. My hope and faith is strong, strong as a well fortified fortress, I'm confident that it would weather whatever oncoming onslaught.
... but all that would be lost if I were to pull this through alone, even if I could make it somehow.
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*title of song: Alright,
by: Pilot Speed*
