Cuba

 

I saw a piece on the BBC News today regarding Cuba. I have for a while now been captivated by the Idea of Cuba, from the fact that Ernest Hemmingway loved the country, to seeing (not first hand I may say, but one day maybe) the Organic farming methods used within Cuban communities to enable them to grow their own food, and of course to the relationship he/she has with The United States. It is this Cuba/US relationship that my initial interest, at least for the purpose of this post, is based upon.

In the said BBC report, it mentioned the 'dysfunctional relationship' that exists between the two countries. I wish to look deeper into this relationship. 

• I wonder why the US are still trying to impose so many sanctions on Cuba?
• What are these sanctions? 
• Is it the Cuban Communist regime that is in place, which the Cubans do not, it seems, deem to be an area for negotiation (and why should it be?), the fundamental problem that the United States has with Cuba?
• And is there something that is inherent to the Cuban regime that upsets the Americans from engaging with Cuba? Ie. That prevents the Americans, and forgive my terminology, from 'Globalizing' Cuba? I don't know... But I would like to find out!

All food for thought... I would welcome any comments :)

Work, Web Design (and Life) Continued...

Well, I've started my Yoga Teacher Training, just last weekend... I am excited! :)

Added to this, I was also shown on the same weekend a Web Design Package by a friend, and I was inspired!

As you may know from my previous post, I have been unhappy with my lot in the world-of-work for some time, so this is good news for me! :) I have an aptitude for IT, had been recently toying with HTML on the internet, have access to courses in Self Employment, Web Design and Marketing (from a contact that I was given last year), my adviser at my local Job Centre (been unemployed for a few weeks now) seems to be a good guy... And all this has happened rather quickly, for sure, it's been brewing for longer, but it seems The Universe is conspiring to help me! I LOOOOOVVVVEE IT!

It's all cool!

Why do I Love Yoga?

For me, Yoga is Simplicity...

A natural process that for me, can put you in tune with your own happiness... or even beatitude!

I am coming to the conclusion that patience is required, I get angry, frustrated, disheartened with Yoga...

But, I wonder at IT, Life can be so fruitful if you let it... Sometimes I am amazed!!


Good Night x

Work!

I suppose you could say my trade is Administration, and I've been doing Administration on and off for the last 15 years, I'm now 34.

I have a problem... The problem is that, I want to work, that if for sure! BUT, call me what you like, but, I REFUSE to do a boring, unfulfilling job, and that is what Administration has become to me, pretty much in all it's forms and variations I find it tedious. I'm talking about work that for me,  is about as nourishing as a 'Big Mac', a sort of  'Joe Versus The Volcano'esque position, where you watch the clock waiting for the day to end, and thus, wish your life away... (Have you seen Joe Versus The Volcano by the way? If not, you should, it's a hidden jem ;o) )

I was talking to a friend about work the other day... and through conversation, we realised that the last time I enjoyed work was 21 years ago... The job? It was my paper-round! But not just any paper-round, for a while I was THE Paperboy, I had an evening paper-round, I collected paper-money on Sunday's, but I also had two rounds in the morning. For a happy period it was the morning rounds that I enjoyed most, one standard size round and another, small but big on distance... It was actually quite magical, the two rounds combined, amalgamated into one large but not too large a round, and of course I got paid DOUBLE!!! This for me at the time was a massive coup! I'd be up at around 6.30 am, in the shop for 6.45am... Both rounds done and back home for 7.30am ready to watch Ulysses 31 (A cartoon on TV at the time).

The very fact that I can remember all this, for me shows my affection for the brief period in my life where I enjoyed work.

The problem, or should I say challenge, is that I'm 34 and have reached a point in my life where after a lot of soul searching, self-reflection, pain and boredom, I have come to a point where I have to find a job/line of work/career that will give me the same sense of fulfilment and accomplishment as when I was 13! I have reached a point-of-no-return, as now when I return to my old line of work, I actually start to feel quite ill! It is just so blaringly obvious that I'm not an Administrator any more, I'm not sure I ever was? But I'm certainly not one now!

To be continued...

Purge

Sitting here in my room, I see no hope in sight,

I can indeed be a happy soul, but alas though not tonight,

Abject boredom, depression and 'spair, the things that cling to me,

Help, come forth and manifest, all that I wish to be,

For many times I am brave as ONE, this strength I know is there,

But certain times, I think we must, emit a crying flare,

Why is it that we, can be reduced, to helpless piles of shit,

Only wanting, warm and caring place, a tightly fitting mitt,

But all is OK with the world, tonight it is just me,

For whence the morning comes again, my pain... it will be free.

A Brand New Start

Well, I'm moving out of my flat today, and looking forward to the future. I'm moving in with my parents for a while, should be interesting at 34! (Oh, today's my Birthday by the way) but needs must and I'm going to be able to save a little money for any adventures next year! :)

Anyway, just a small post to mark the end of an era in my current home, a flat, or apartment you might call it, that has served it's purpose and have given me four and a half happy years. I wish the new tenants all the best. I'm gonna give the flat a cleansing blast with some frankincense before I leave today to welcome them in, whoever they may be!

Bye for now x

It's Only a Blog!!!

Well I thought I'd better make a post on my blog, before I throw in the towel through fear of being judged on what I write... Anyway, I thought I'd take this opportunity to come clean! When I first created the template for this blog, eight months before my first post, my intention was to use it to share with the world (or the blogging world atleast) my thoughts and ideas on things, on life, on anything that interests me, but also on random things that could be useful to other people, there is a link I want to add on here after this post for people in the UK (nothing personal international friends :) ), it's a public transport website that I have found excellent to use, has it's glitches, but it's very useful!

Anyway, for the last few week I refrained from posting certain things on here, as I was trying to find the 'perfect' post that would make me look highly intellectual, feeling the need to live up to the potential readers preconceived expectation of me being an expert philosopher... a preconception may I add, that was all in my head! And all of this simply because I put 'philosophy' as one of my interests in the sub-text of this blog! Anyway, I digress, enough of the inner workings of my mind, for now at least! :)

So then, now that I've got that off my chest, (oh and by the way I'm pretty new to philosophy, well in the academic sense anyway!!! Will be reading Sophies' World after my current read 'The Tao of  Physics') and I don't need to live up to any preconceptions that probably didn't exist anyway! I will be posting some stuff on here that will hopefully be interesting to you the reader.

Bye for now :)