Thoughts of the day every day in 2013

[Anthea]

5 August

Nobody was awake yesterday

Today 63,400 - a few days ago I scored 63,960 - still not able to beat my top score of 64,140

I wish to reach 65,000 then I will relax and stop playing so often

65,000 here I come

Problem is that my game playing is fuelled by:

[Anthea]

6 August

Another lovely summer day

I have 2 choices - work it town or work in countryside - let me think

A seat on the board - my own office - a male secretary to do my every bidding - when I put it that way it does sound rather tempting

or

Be my own boss answerable to absolutely nobody

[Piling]

Country is good. What kind of work ? Farming ?

[Anthea]

Country is good. What kind of work ? Farming ?

My eventual aim is to have a farm - sit, write and relax - watch all the handsome, muscular. half naked, suntanned young farm workers hard at work

I could work on fund raising and marketing from a cottage in the country - I want to help my friend open up some canals - we need to move bridges and it is going to cost mega amounts

I enjoy living in rural areas - remember the pictures of my home town

What is the area you live in like - is it very close to the centre of Paris

[Anthea]

7 August

Another lovely summer day

I often post articles on internet security - I wonder how many people do actually take any notice

I do so wish that other people would share their security tips on this forum

I am still thinking about what to do AND if I help my friend to open up a canal - I will buy myself a narrowboat and sail along the English canales



A lovely modern one

[Piling]

I love that. I did twice on French canals (I have even my license). Wonderful holidays.

[Anthea]

It has always struck me as rather sad that Kurds know so little about our lifestyles - they generally live in run-down high immigrant inner-city areas - often on violent drug-ridden social housing estates - my Kurdish friends are always amazed by the countryside were I live

[Anthea]

8 August

The weather was lovely - went to the beach

I am working HONEST I AM

[Anthea]

9 August

I resisted the temptation to sit on the beach in the lovely warm sunshine and actually WORKED today

I have decided that work is a very overrated experience - perhaps I will write an app - make zillions - buy myself a narrow-boat and enjoy life

[Feyli_kord]

It has always struck me as rather sad that Kurds know so little about our lifestyles - they generally live in run-down high immigrant inner-city areas - often on violent drug-ridden social housing estates - my Kurdish friends are always amazed by the countryside were I live

Which is why they should end their friendship with you and try to return to kurdistan when they have the opportunity. I've never understood what most kurds and middle-easterners find attractive about the west. That above is what awaits most of them. Living in segregated,multicultural hell in shitty housing and going to shitty schools, and working shitty jobs. I hope one day, the majority of us will return to a kurdistan and the middle-east. Europe/North-america is not our place. We're simply not meant to live outside of our own homelands, because we become like second class citizens. I've seen alot of middle-easterners and kurds, sink to the absolute bottom, because they live in countries that see them as menace/enemies or simply a burden. They're lost generation in a social and mental depravity of the west, becoming nothing more than deadbeats.We have more dignity and worth than that.

[Anthea]

It has always struck me as rather sad that Kurds know so little about our lifestyles - they generally live in run-down high immigrant inner-city areas - often on violent drug-ridden social housing estates - my Kurdish friends are always amazed by the countryside were I live

Which is why they should end their friendship with you and try to return to kurdistan when they have the opportunity. I've never understood what most kurds and middle-easterners find attractive about the west. That above is what awaits most of them. Living in segregated,multicultural hell in shitty housing and going to shitty schools, and working shitty jobs. I hope one day, the majority of us will return to a kurdistan and the middle-east. Europe/North-america is not our place. We're simply not meant to live outside of our own homelands, because we become like second class citizens. I've seen alot of middle-easterners and kurds, sink to the absolute bottom, because they live in countries that see them as menace/enemies or simply a burden. They're lost generation in a social and mental depravity of the west, becoming nothing more than deadbeats.We have more dignity and worth than that.

I am afraid that you are partly right

Problems I see:

The young men from North Kurdistan who come here marry before they even learn English - have no time for education after they are married - have to work in cafes and kebab shops - there appears to be pressure to produce the first child within the first year of marriage - many of the Kurdish wives do not understand English and after having a baby they have to wait several years before they have any chance of attending classes

Men from North Kurdistan and the most poorly educated - men from other parts of Kurdistan normally put education first before marriage - they often manage to get good jobs - many of my students from Kurdistan went on to university

I have often tried to encourage them to move away from London and other built up areas - the reason they give for not wanting to leave is that neither they nor their families know enough English to survive away from other Kurds

Recently one of my ex students came to see me - I was shocked at how bad his English had become - he admitted that he NEVER speaks English unless he is talking to me - his wife never learnt any English - he wants to return home to teach English and asked for my help - I told him the best thing to do was to move outside London and make himself speak English - he will not move

Another young Kurd wants to open a business - not giving details - I told him the ideal area for his business - he will not move away from London because he says his future staff would not leave London due to lack of English - I said it is his money and his loss - if the people want decent jobs with decent wages they NEED to speak English

Some of the estates where Kurds live are so bad that I would not dare to go there - many of the wives are afraid to go out - they seldom make friends with neighbours - there is also a sharp increase in racism on those estates

When my oldest and dearest friend came to England from a tiny mud hut in a very tiny Kurdish village - he did not speak any English - there were no benefits - he had to wash dishes by hand in the back of a hotel - he never went to school - he taught himself English - he has never claimed a penny from the government - sadly there are very few people who work as hard as he did - I am proud that this man is my friend

[Anthea]

10 August

Let me tell you about my baby - he is not my baby - he is a Kurdish man from NK who I LOVE as though he were my own son

I LOVE my baby - I LOVE his wife she is the sweetest Kurdish lady I know - I LOVE his children

Before he was married he bought cafe in a country village - I stayed down there to help him because he could not find enough people willing to leave London to work for him - me surrounded by food for months - when he was not looking I would put a tray of pepperoni sliced through the oven and make them all lovely and crunchy - I think that I might have gained a little weight he had to give up on a money making business through lack of staff - even though on top of good wages he offered plenty of food and free accommodation

[Anthea]

11 August

I saw him dyaoko was HERE

[Anthea]

12 August

We still have summer in England - days by the river - days on the beach - BLISS

I am home hunting - but the idea of living on a narrow boat is so very appealing - every time I look at the pictures I want to run away to the rivers and canals

[Anthea]

13 August

Lovely weather again - sun was shining most of the day - I sat on the beach working on my freckles

Believe it or not - I have actually been working (ish)

I am also looking at ways of making money

I will let you all know when I have become rich