collapsed of things

lot of things have their existence ended recently. with the cessation of them, comes the end of an era. I've probably live quite a long time on this earth. I've seen the collapsed of capitalism economies, several times, collapsed of a political system (communism) the collapsed of humanity (the many wars that I've witnessed), collapsed of great oppressors (dictators), collapsed or disintegration of countries, collapsed of governments, collapsed of societies, collapsed of giant corporations, disintegration of empire, end of great leaders, and the hell of other things that have fallen.

I've probably live quite a long time on this earth.

definite changes

this week is going to end. next week i'm going to change the way of i'm doing things. and then, next week also, will be a change in how the people of this country are doing their things. those changes will definitely happen, regardless you're around or not. this world doesn't revolve around you; it revolves around the one in high place. no one will remember you after next week events. none.

The Greek and the Cyprus and the kings

today the Cypriots are facing an axe from the big brothers. again the commoners are denied of their right. in the name of a 'country', they said. sacrifice those laymen to save the nation which they, the commoners, are making up most of the population. true enough sometimes kings were slayed in the name of the country. but, more often than not, they were replaced by another tyranny. those tyrannies kept on replacing each other. they essentially the same. it was always the commoners who have absolutely nothing to do with the ruling class are the ultimate victims. always.

no matter what system do you have, commoners are ever depressed. communism, democracy, kingship, fighter-led nations, every each of it ended with tragedy to the common people. every time. people with power shall never look at those lowly people. but their words are different. not that the commoners believe in those uttered speech. they not even bothered. and as usual they'll suffered.

Soviet Union anthem

An unbreakable union of free republics,
Great Rus' joined together forever.
Long live the creation of the will of the peoples,
The united, the mighty Soviet Union!


above is the first part of the Soviet national anthem. forget the rest but the third line. I wonder why the inspiration in
such beautiful crafted sentence never make it into the real world. in what ever system that we have today, all the
dreams will remain the dreams. ordinary people will always short-lived.

diary of a father XVIII - tin ore

I brought my family to see this monster last week. this is actually a tin ore dredging floating machine. the length is about 100m, width is more than 10m and depth is about 4m. this particular machine is 73 years old. once, this kind of machine was used by the colonial to steal our wealth. then it was handed over to the locals. and I really don't sure whether the locals were better than the colonials in term of sharing the wealth.

my grandfather worked in this mining activity: as a worker. I told my kids to imagine how he worked in such condition so that he could raised his many kids plus some more of his nephews. while not working he would do a lot more of part time works.

so while the machine symbolised the colonials grip on the locals economy, but it also was the place where my family was raised. there is always two sides of a coin.

history II - world war I

it was said that world war I had entered the era of 'pages of history' from living memory. it is said that the last known serviceman has died in Australia in May this year.

that war ended with the world losing two empires: the Ottoman and the Austro-Hungarian. there were a lot of history truth hidden. 'when a person dies, it is like a whole library burnt down' - old saying.

history and politics III

well, here in our country, we may have the history to be tried in court. and the guy who is to tried was charged under the 'defamation' title. wait and see...

history and politics

it's very dangerous when history is politicized. a nation will lost its identity and even liberty if the history is manipulated for the few.

but, what the hell. if the history is only a perspective, then get your own version of history. the professor may speak his mind over the media. but you shouldn't change what ever you feel about your version of history. it's yours and nobody can change it. tell the version to your kids and friends.

diary of a father X - history

I always want to learn history so that I can teach my kids not to repeat the same mistakes our fathers had committed. but now I realised that history is... not what I knew before. I can surely understood by now what Winston Churchill meant by 'history is written by victors'. history is only a human perspective. and between my perspective and yours, there will be differences.

well, know I'm not teaching history to my kids but I'm teaching my perspective. good luck!

... about history

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.Voltaire


God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.
Ambrose Bierce


The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.
Henry Adams


The researches of many eminent antiquarians have already thrown much darkness on the subject; and it is possible, if they continue their labors, that we shall soon know nothing at all.
Artemus Ward


It should be known that history is a discipline that has a great number of approaches.Ibn Khalduin of Tunis


History is a myth that men agree to believe.Napoleon


History is the invention of historians.Attributed to Napoleon


History without politics descends to mere Literature.Sir John Robert Seely


He who has money, lives long: he who has authority, can do no wrong: he who has might, establishes right. Such is history! Ecce historia!
Gottfried Benn


The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.John Hope Franklin


Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. Everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence.
Goethe


There is no history, only fictions of varying degrees of plausibility.Voltaire

“History is written by the victors.”

Winston Churchill or so they have said ...