My contents of LJ is here. Thank goodness!

How many of you have come over to Dreamwidth?

Thanks to Neil, Phil and Rich for add ins and granting me access to your journal. It is all abit weird.

I have been banging a lot abt NHS, TTIP and in general rant abt the coalition govt. In particular- George Osbourne (Mr. That is not my job to chase tax dodger), David Cameron (Mr I can do what I want and wtf are you going to do abt it?) and Mr Jeremy Hunt (Mr homeopathy vs modern medicine and Mr Bully- http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/17/jeremy-hunt-nhs-bully-in-chief-health-secretary-staff). Ok, so some of FB friends might be sick of my status, but my status etc.

Anyway, as this is my journal, to record my insignificant day to day stuff, I am keen to have my say here too, on any issues I feel strongly about.

NHS, yes, the institution that swallows huge amount of money. In business sense it is difficult to see how it should work- to predict X amount for beds for different ailments/service at point Y time for Z amount of cash/budget for that year. It is weird because illness and crisis doesn't come in scheduled timetable, it just happens and we need access to healthcare. But NHS is awesome. Sure the bad press and statistics (though many were misrepresented) for "failures" but then bigger proves that whilst Cameron gallantly promised he would not touch NHS at last elections, he has. STH (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals) THIS annual budget is expected to make £40 million cut, which is £10 million more than they were originally told. I see this as divide and conquer for full privatisation. An old colonialism trick to gain full control of a territory, only this is use in business sense rather than administrative sense. Break it, sells off a bit of it, break it further, sell it all, money in hand, job done. The thing that gets me frustrated is a proportion of our taxes goes into NHS. *Our* taxes. NHS does not belong to Tories to sell it off to line their coffers with money and private contracts benefits. Yet they "speak" for us. No, they don't speak for me. We spoke up saying we do not want privatisation, yet they ignore us. How can we have confidence in them? How can they ask for my vote shamelessly??

And sadly Labour whilst using NHS as its political centre stage is all abt saving NHS, reversal of gagging law, the bite in voting for them is that 1) THEY ARE PRO TTIP (which is odd since NHS is STILL in TTIP deal). 2) Labour thinks if you are against TTIP you are against CAPITALISM and ANTI AMERICANISM- REALLY THAT STUPID?!) They are pro fracking (with some safe guards). So tell me, how their pledges is going to work?

The problem of TTIP deal is that it is being negotiated through EU as a whole, so if we are against it, we are against EU. This is a conflict because EU has been good in some respect- human rights for one and equality. Not so good for agricultural, fishing and farming- in fact their regulations on this have increased our risk to lose local business and sustainability and put certain local delicacies and jobs connected to that in decline. I am not anti EU, but it needs to reform some of its policies and it is more abt gravy train than actual working out on crisis and progression. If I am worried abt this issues, apparently I should write to my MEP. You see the irony? In fact 38 degrees have shown videos of what happened when 38 degrees members question the MEPs abt TTIP, and the result was pretty shocking. I have to wonder, how much at stake is on the line- ie how much money the individual parties and states stand to gain if they push through TTIP. Or what these companies have to threaten these ppl that they are too afraid to stand up against it. TTIP is one of those "complicated" thing that plebs like you and me don't understand. The scary thing is, I don't many of the MPs, MEPs, politicians understand it either, its impact. To be put simply, under TTIP, American companies can sue the govt for putting up minimum wages (to reflect economic inflation/standard of living), undermines food and drug safety laws (American FDA still allows certain pesticides and dangerous substances in some of their foods and I do not need to tell you abt the pharmaceutical practices in their healthcare system), undermines current health and safety laws. TTIP in its current toxic form is harmful and irreversible. And our NHS is in the TTIP deal. Are you not afraid? Well, I am. I fear for our futures under this. I already think I am screwed since I have so unfortunately develop a penchant of cell division going mutant. Believe me, I keep asking myself, what have I done to deserve that? Now that I am screwed for further life policies and any health care private policies, perhaps I have a bigger vested interest in these issues?

But I am interested in your views on all these issues. Whilst I have strong feelings abt them, I am willing to open my mind to debates, and if perhaps I got it all wrong. What say you on these or any of the subjects? Do we need TTIP? The NHS? Fracking?

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I know my status is full of NHS, TTIP, elections topic/rant and it is probably a big turn off for a lot of people. However, we are standing on the brink of no return with NHS and privatisation. There is no guesses why I feel strongly on this subject despite a few ppl telling their stories on how NHS have sadly failed them (admin fail, treatment fail etc- should not happen, agreed) , I don't think a privatised healthcare is going to be *any* better- I am convinced it will be worse, biased and poor service. Sure, atm if you have a BUPA or whichever extra insurance on top of your NHS to get extra scans and get to see someone quicker, it may seem like no big deal, however, that supplement will not be adequate at all under privatisation for a complete care at that price.

Metal Bunny is here!

This is the first time we did not have a Reunion dinner at home. I was in hosp being ill after G.A.

But perhaps next year eh?

Hope Bunny Year is kinder and nicer to all my friends! xx

If you believe in the cause to protect all at risk children from abuse at home, please look at this and sign the petition and watch the wall of support grow. And it won't cost you anything except a wee bit of your time. Say no to abuse, say no to domestic violence. Pass it on to your other friends too!

Info: http://www.nspcc.org.uk/getinvolved/campaign/campaign2008_wda56593.html

Take part: //www.nspcccampaignwall.org.uk/

Thank you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! *squishes*

May you have many many lovely surprises and surrounded with much love!

(yes, it is caf_pow  I am talking about!) ;)

Those eggs I got have hatched into baby dragons and now thanks to octaneglow, they have matured to adult dragons! Yay! :)

Look!! Pretty!










http://dragcave.net/user/ju_bear

I was slightly at odds today, am feeling quite tired and not with it, so I decided to stay home and make a nice Turkish dinner of grilled sea bream with some mini mezes (mezes all done) and find inspiration for belly dancing.

Soooooo... I stumbled upon this:




Yup, it is the Boomshanka girls with Cis! :D Fabulous!

It is X'mas eve, we had been at the dim sum again with friends and now back home warming up with a cuppa tea. It is terribly wet outside!

I have no artistic talents to make a swanky e-card on my own and then to upload here, but here is something for ya all:

                                                                               

Swiped from cyberkitty 

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
ju_bear goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Black Widow.
bez_loves_pie tricks you! You get a block of wood.
bonedancer gives you 11 teal cinnamon-flavoured jawbreakers.
caf_pow gives you 11 light green lime-flavoured nuggets.
clarestar gives you 3 brown root beer-flavoured gummy worms.
cyberkitty tricks you! You get a broken balloon.
glitterybint tricks you! You lose 5 pieces of candy!
gwengothelf tricks you! You get a used tissue.
keitel tricks you! You get a toothbrush.
kerida_eira gives you 2 red-orange raspberry-flavoured pieces of taffy.
kinggoose gives you 2 red coffee-flavoured jawbreakers.
ju_bear ends up with 24 pieces of candy, a block of wood, a broken balloon, a used tissue, and a toothbrush.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
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