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Poem of the week
Dear Editor,
Life is an opportunity, benefit it.
Life is a beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is costly, care for it.
Life is wealth, keep it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is mystery, know it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
- Mother Teresa -
sent in by Mrs. Guddi Sethi
Thailand twiddles boxing judges
Editor:
After watching last night’s Bantamweight World Title match between African
champion Nana Konadu and Thai challenger Daorung Chor Siriwat, I feel that
Thailand boxing bouts of the international class have been reduced to not
much better than American Professional Wrestling.
After a year of watching Thai promoters bring in third rate fighters, mainly
from Mexico and the Philippines, to be savaged by superior Thai boxers to
satisfy Thai ego, finally a man with good credentials appeared in Thailand.
The great African WBA World Bantamweight champion, fighting for the Don King
empire out of Las Vegas, but hailing from Ghana, Africa.
After being hit by the Thai fighter only several times (almost all punches
being caught on gloves and arms of the champion Konadu), there was a
collision of heads. Three severe cuts to Daorung, and one to Konadu caused
the doctor to stop the fight. The title was given to Daorung, who was easily
out pointed by Konadu. Its about time Thailand stopped twiddling the judges
and playing the game straight, or class boxers will avoid Thailand
altogether.
Sincerely,
Don Morrison
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Debating
Dr. Bharat
To Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala, alias Mr. Self Esteem;
I read your article about CTBT. Do you forget that countries from the
“self-esteem” group get their improvement only through countries from
“dependence”? So, I am very glad that the “dependence” countries bring up
the CTBT. Also, your article is a quite good mirror of the xenophobia
against people from developing countries.
Signed, People from a Dependence Country.
In defence of an
interesting writer and active restaurateur
Sirs,
Having dutifully ploughed through John D. Blythe’s maundering about his pet
obsession, (when not writing about the wonderful Pattaya song teaw drivers),
I barely made it to a little throwaway line at the end of his lengthy
dissertation. Whilst, like Voltaire, I disapprove of what you say Mr.
Blythe, unlike that luminary I will not go so far as to defend to the death
your right to say it.
I must, however, contest your conclusion. I and several of my
acquaintances–not all whom have met Dolf– read his column avidly every week.
I would have preferred it, (as I then would have had no need to write to
Mailbag), if you had said something to the effect that “Dolf Riks runs a
fine restaurant, but I have little patience when reading any writing other
than my own”–which would, perhaps, be more reflective of your true
sentiments.
In conclusion, it is wrong to use the past tense when referring to Dolf Riks
as a restaurateur, he runs a very fine little Indonesian restaurant on
Naklua Road. Not as plush as the last, but twice as homey, and cheaper!
Called? What else, Dolf Riks.
Chuck Pringle
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The Real You
Everybody you meet gives you the chance to ‘perform’ or
be true to yourself.
Everybody you meet gives you the chance and the choice of reacting in
defence or responding in love.
So often we lose touch and fail to recognise which is the ‘performer’ and
which is the ‘real person’.
Little by little, with a commitment to honesty and the preparedness to
listen, we have the chance of discovering who we really are.
All communication from
the heart contains love.
Unfortunately the vast majority of our communication comes from our heads.
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