Events in history

Wow. I can't believe I'd be here to jot down two things that just happened today. Not my kind, really. But I just can't help it.

When I get up in the morning, the first thing I do is to read CNN followed by Washington Post, New York Times and lastly, The Huffington Post. These are my daily reads. I've been following US news since the beginning of the presidential campaign last year. I wasn't at all rooting for Trump. But wasn't actually for Clinton. I was just curious on how it was going to be having someone in the Oval Office, like Trump, who had no experience whatsoever in politics. Well, since he got elected, he just proved to be inapt for the job.

And today, he just did another bloody stupid thing: declaring that Jerusalem is Israel's capital! What the hell? Didn't he know that Israel-Palestinian conflict/war has been about who gets what land and how it's controlled? I, as an ordinary citizen, my take on this is that the problem should be resolved through negotiations between the two nations. And despite warnings and oppositions from leaders around the world, Trump has gone ahead and done it anyway. Who does he think he is to decide that? Jeez, he just added more fuel to the fire! Stupid, really.

Then, the passing of France's best-known rock star Johnny Hallyday. I was never a fan of his. I found him rather 'passé'.  But I didn't actually realize he's this big! I mean, he's popular alright, but not as huge that television channels mobilize to pay tribute to him, clearing their regular programming. TF1 has been featuring him for almost a day now; from early this morning until... well one of his past concerts is actually on air right now. Seeing how people react;  grieving as if losing a member of their family, I start to realize how much he must have been an inspiration to them — it touched my heart and made me very emotional — I feel so much for his family, particularly his two young daughters, especially now that Christmas is just around the corner...