My Thoughts My Hopes My Aspirations 2015

[Anthea]

A new year

I had to check my website

Still up and running

Still no sign of my friend

OK I know he is dead

But part of me keeps hoping that one day

His body was never found

I miss my friend

The willy nilly bombing has to STOP

The killing has to STOP

The flow of weapons into Iraq and Syria has to STOP

[Londoner]

Perhaps you - or someone else - would be kind enough to translate this for us

You see in this link a reasonable translation to English with some minor meaning changes. For example on the first line the translator used 'Kurd' instead of 'Kurd speaking nation':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ey_Req%C3%AEb

[RomaMater]

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.



Invictus
By William Ernest Henley

[Piling]

@Anthea : careful, now I have only to beat you at Mah-Jong

[Anthea]

@Anthea : careful, now I have only to beat you at Mah-Jong

I have not played Mah-Jong in weeks ever since that person came on here cheating

Dyaoko annoyed me by not removing that person when previously he had taken action against those who cheated

I have probably forgotten how to play after all this time

You might have noticed that I have lost some of my enthusiasm

In fact I lost a lot more enthusiasm when dyaoko did not even bother enough about this forum to wish people Happy New Year

[Anthea]

@Anthea : careful, now I have only to beat you at Mah-Jong

CONGRATULATIONS

on winning back your Zulu Gems cup

But you should not have had to play against such an obvious cheat

[Anthea]

Fortunately with all the man-made horrors in this world there is still great natural beauty

phpBB [video]

[Anthea]

[Anthea]

Has ISIS hacked into America's Central Command twitter account

[Anthea]

Single Kurdish men

There are some Kurdish men in UK who are unable to find wives

These are men who have been involved in the fighting and/or are victims of torture and are now refugees in UK because of their psychical and mental conditions

Because they are falling to bits both emotionally and psychically they are unable to earn enough money to support a wife

Sadly many cannot cook - passing thought

It is sad that genuine refugees suffer while there are vast numbers of fake refugees in the UK

[Piling]

The problem is that for Kurds marriage = money. That's an economical thing, as in Jane Austen's world, but reversed : the guy should bring the money.

In France many Kurdish women are working and they seem happy to do that : having a social life beside of husband-children's need.

[Anthea]

The problem is that for Kurds marriage = money. That's an economical thing, as in Jane Austen's world, but reversed : the guy should bring the money.

In France many Kurdish women are working and they seem happy to do that : having a social life beside of husband-children's need.

Not just that but the husband had to prove he has enough money to support his future wife before he is allowed to bring her here

Also the future wife has to understand basic English

It is always the innocent who suffer

[Piling]

Traditionnal marriages are always trade of youth for the profit of elders. There is a dowjones of 'girls good to have as a bride' among mothers in law.

[Anthea]

Traditionnal marriages are always trade of youth for the profit of elders. There is a dowjones of 'girls good to have as a bride' among mothers in law.

I was thinking of finding myself a toyboy

The freezing cold mornings we have been having I need someone to take the dos out

[Anthea]

The last wallpaper on my desktop was this:



But now it is so cold outside I use this video:



This video make me feel much warmer than my central heating does