Alwi Shihab:

Tolerance does not always lead to true social peace and harmony. To tolerate something is to learn to live with it, even when you think it is wrong and downright evil. Often tolerance is a tolerance of indifference, which is at best a grudging willingness to put up with something or someone you hate and wish would go away. We must go, I believe, beyond tolerance if we are to achieve harmony in our world. We must move the adherents of different faiths from a position of strife and tension to one of harmony and understanding by promoting a multifaith and pluralistic society. We must strive for acceptance of the other based on understanding and respect. Nor should we stop even at mere acceptance of the other; rather, we must accept the other as one of us in humanity and, above all, in dignity.

Yup.

2 cows standing in a field, chewing cud. One cow says to the other, "You heard about that Mad Cow disease going around? Makes me glad I'm a penguin."

After such a resounding success for Sheih, I wonder if we put "Who gives a shit?" on the national ballot, how many would choose that? Maybe more people would bother to register, who knows...

Saddest thing I saw this week is a car parked at the bottom of a wheelchair ramp

The happiest thing I saw this week was the look on Yin's parents face.

I've given myself till the end of tomorrow to have this thing posted. Ass to the wind, what the hell. I can only assume it gets easier once I get started since right now I have what my cousin would term as verbal constipation. Performance anxiety you see, what if someone were to base an opinion on something I write? One born every minute... and somehow a majority end up holding office, go figure!

Why A Musing? You'll be reading my musings, one of many you'll read in a day I suppose. And since its only one.. do the maths. Its also amusing how I HAD to start this blog, since there's a picture of me somewhere along with a whole bunch of female bloggers from the first ever NAB meeting last week. Gotta represent now, surely?

Big question now... what's this blog about? Hell I don't have a clue. But as I told another female blogger (one of 3 people in the world who have expressed an interest in reading it) it's not going to be about my pet cat (don't have one), my shoes (too many) or my work (yawn). Let's leave this one unanswered and let the adventure begin.

I can only promise the next one will be better than this so go tell all your friends ha ha

Peace.