A priest made a funny comment last sunday in reference to the gospel reading about Jesus challenging the crowd that whoever has no sin may be the first to cast the stone on the adulterer. He remarked how it seems that Timorese youth must be really sinless since stone-throwing's been their modus operandi.
A friend who was depressed last week wanted to leave town...She remarked how according to UNPOL reports, Dili is 'calm' even though a person may have been killed the day before. And when people tell her, 'hey, there was violence in your neighbourhood last night huh?' she just shrugs her shoulders with indifference.I can totally understand because i try to compare Dili with afghanistan or iraq and tell myself that 'hey, we're ok' when really, one death is one too many. guess it's all about perspective.
many international journos and photogs have landed to chase the presidential campaign trail...as a former journo myself, i have to admit that deep inside each journo (and their editor) they must be waiting for something to 'blow' so their air tickets and expensive hotel stays are justified. hey, come on, it's the truth. no news is NOT good news for journos. hate to say it, but yeah, truth hurts.
little kids are being used to up the 'charm' appeal of presidential candidates. saw on newspaper and tv news how children were shouting slogans and then handed candies.ARggh! horrid.
some readers have asked if the logo i put up is bona fide and it is! go to this website to check www.mtrc.gov.tl and click onto the IDP return statistics and you will see in the PDF document that the new logo is being used now!
Hi bridge, you might wanna check out this, this, this, and this. no harm in trying!
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