myzephyr's Diaryland Diary

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Job-seeking has been so mundane, degrading and outcomes are no good so far. That's all I have to say :-(

Last night I watched a moving documentary on the lives of those very few who went back to Kampung Lampuuk, the place closest to the epicentre of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami.

I was heartbroken to find that after milions of pounds of money given, absolutely nothing has been done there. 7 months on, the people are still living in tents. I cried when the boy Hendri, who's about 11-12 came on. He had lost everything and everyone. No one seems to take care of him, he wanders on his own or with his mates all day. He said he's not scared of anything now and he wants to be a doctor like his father, but I have a feeling that he won't go back to school and become a bum in his adult years, possibly stealing for a living. All because no help has been given fast enough to rebuild his and the others lives. It really makes me want to go there to help but what they need are bricks and tractors so they could build homes and get rid of the rubbish which is miles long and 2 meters deep and their government do not seem to want to do it.

Bad news aside, I have caught the theatre bug :-) I went to see one of the best plays I've seen last weekend, 39 Steps I'm not good at reviewing but I've found a good review of it.

And this weekend we will see Rookery Nook. We've been going to the matinee shows on Saturdays and it's nicer to watch a play in the afternoon, come home and talk about it over tea instead of going straight to bed.

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