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Monday, June 13, 2005
The Sun Said, The Moon Said
Hello, the sun greeted with a big smile.
Hmmmph, the moon turned with a sigh.
Good day, the sun said.
Good night, the moon said.
Just once, the sun said.
Never, the moon said.
I give you light, the sun said.
I like the darkness, the moon said.
You look celestial, the sun said.
Thank you, the moon said.
The stars are your friends, the sun said.
You look stellar, the moon said.
We form a cycle, the sun said.
Come blow your solar wind, the moon said.
I'm there, the sun said.
When, the moon said.
Near, the sun said.
Not near enough, the moon said.
Far, the sun said
Here, the moon said.
I'm happy, the sun said.
Ecstatic, the moon said.
You're lunar, the sun said.
You're fire, the moon said.
Let's, the sun said.
Yes, the moon said.
Now, the sun said.
Uh, the moon said.
Grace, the sun said.
Cheers, the moon said.
Life, the sun said.
Sleep, the moon said.
Good day, the sun said.
Good night, the moon said.
Posted at 12:21 pm by starsi
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electric blanket and aroma
The nights get colder, and finally I succumbed to turning on the electric blanket this morning. The place smells so nice, reminds me of the first day I arrived. Papers, papers...
Posted at 12:21 pm by starsi
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
The heavens opened for farmers today, as the skies poured water on a parched land. Rains measured up till 30 centimetres.
Now its chillier. So far I've been able to resist turning on the electric blanket since the cold started to really get felt. Once in a while, my feet freeze while typing entries in this blog. But it's not all bad though, as sometimes I savour the chilly caress of the surroundings. Grrr...
Posted at 04:33 pm by starsi
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Around 1AM:Just finished with the dinner with fellow MA's in a Spanish restaurant. Indonesian and Filo to my sides, Spanish, Aust-Am and Nepalese in front of me. I had fun (an obvious understatement). Then had some drinks in one of the hotel bars. Aww, head's aching.
Posted at 02:35 am by starsi
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Friday, June 10, 2005
I forgot what's it called, and I'm sure not a firm believer of hidden purpose, but I was doing an assignment that was due today. I then submitted it at the last minute, and there in the department I met a fellow Filipino. Now I've been trying to find other Filos in my own campus because of the youth org thing, and I've been to UTS, and they told me about people from USyd, and the funny coincidence happens when I turn in my assignment at the last moment. So got contact number and email add, and promised to call or email probably during sembreak.
Posted at 02:28 am by starsi
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
This is a rather vain post, because I need the impulse in the next few days, with all my papers and exams. After checking my papers, teacher said "you're a natural at this," pertaining to my writing, in front of people. Now this is a news producer for The Australian, the only Aust national newspaper (and owned by the second biggest media monopolist Rupert Murdoch), di pipitsugin. I know, I know, as anyone who follows this blog would probably agree to, that's hardly the case. Anyway, might take up on that internship offer.
Posted at 02:42 am by starsi
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In Venezuela, there is an ongoing experiment in human solidarity and social justice. One of its manifestations is located in workplaces. Several factories that failed were bought by the state, and unions have demanded that workers themselves be put in the management boards. This is a long way away from capitalist enterprises, where it's only the owners and their managers that are involved in the decision-making process. Now workers are involved in planning. Additionally, they've put in representatives from communities. I'd recommend consumer groups in the boards as well, but so far that has not been thought of.
Now this is far yet from socialism, because these factories are not well-coordinated. But they're much different from the corporatist schemes in Europe before where workers were just coopted to become owners. This time, Venezuelans are conscious about how this is going to serve social needs and not just their own worker interests.
We also have to look at certain problems, for example innovation in such systems. Now contrary to myths that state-funded systems are not innovative, the beginnings of computers and the Internet prove otherwise. These innovations and others were developed in state-subsidized laboratories and would never have developed in the market. But the thing is, it is precisely because of capitalism's expansive thrust globally and the profit motive that enabled the dissemination of such wonders to the world.
But I guess, people in alternative societies can come up with ways to solve problems in production and distribution. Right now, we don't have enough experience and the alternative/s has/have not been fully explored. But maybe new systems and technologies are already here to facilitate that occurence. I'd prefer that as soon as possible in the future.
Posted at 02:27 am by starsi
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
state-corporate system and democratization of the economy
What we have right now is of course a state-corporate system, far removed from pure capitalism and the 'free market.' I think it was Engels who elaborated on how the economy moved from individual enterprises to greater integrations, and now we have the state and corporations integrating operations on a worldwide scale.
While we now recognize that the trajectory of the economy has been towards increasing integration (though not smoothly, and this is of course open to theoretical debate), the task for progressives at present is to come up with ways on democratizing the running of the economy and equitably distributing its fruits. This will help in solving many of the world's problems.
Posted at 02:11 am by starsi
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005
In Bolivia, hundreds of thousands of protesters are maintaining demonstrations, blocking major cities and paralyzing the economy to demand the nationalization of energy companies. The Bolivian president Mesa has already offered his resignation several times. Mesa ran on a progressive platform, but the neoliberal policies that the country is tied to have made it hard for Bolivia to improve its economy, leading to the mass disillusion. Bolivians are sick and tired of the neoliberal policies imposed by the IMF on their country.
Posted at 02:05 am by starsi
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Monday, June 06, 2005
Here's a profile of a great mind...
2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Albert Einstein and the centennial of the publication of five of his major scientific papers that transformed the study of physics. Einstein’s insights were so revolutionary that they challenged not only established doctrine in the natural sciences, but even altered the way ordinary people saw their world.
Read more...
Posted at 01:02 am by starsi
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