a few weeks ago (last UFC fight)  i was at a dinner party where I met 3 high school teachers , 2 of them teaching in the brampton region. they were sharing how brown is the new black in brampton and that a lot of their students are opting to get a job to buy fancy jeans rather than studying. the youths are buying into the thug life/bling bling culture in rap song.


fast forward to yestrday, mass shooting at a US military base. we find out that it's a brown guy who shot people up and islamic groups are coming to denounce any associations between the sohoting an islam.
i remember (i think it was ) chappelle had a joke about how when there's a headline in the news about a violent crime, black people everywhere cross their fingers and pray it's not a black guy.  it looks like the tables have turned ever since 911, and brown people are the targets in america. i wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of shooting spree in america, american muslims would keep their fingers crossed that it's not a brown guy (muslim or not).



"An imam from a mosque Hasan regularly attended said Hasan, a lifelong Muslim, was a committed soldier, gave no sign of extremist beliefs and regularly wore his uniform at prayers.

Soldiers who witnessed the rampage reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" – an Arabic phrase for "God is great!'' – before opening fire, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander. He said officials had not yet confirmed that Hasan made the comment before the shooting spree."

just like how if there's a beheading , asians everywhere pray that it won't be an asian male.

We discussed about struggling with God vs hanging onto God in Sunday school today, (genesis 32: jacob's wrestle match with God) and i thought maybe this perspective is very fitting for my my failed romantic endeavors. they are like the limp that jacob walks with, a constant reminder of one's limits.

what if that scar is too much for someone? but i guess that would go against the paradigm of god not imposing tests that are beyond what the individual can handle.

hmm

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there's a new magic bullet product out. the magic bullet express. it looks pretty insane in terms of what it can do.

i'm torn about the usage of this word because it's so popular in rap culture, and the kids (black or white) at squads say it sometimes. but here's the thing: we tell them not to say it, even though they don't mean it as an offensive word.

The whole pop culture has dis-empowered the word from its racial hostility, and turned it into a term of endearment.

case in point



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10 bucks says the boy uses the n word all day errday.


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another thing i don't get
non religious people who want a church wedding, with a pastor and all.