The Bloggler

I might have been having a bad day when I posted a rant about the National Day Calendar and the sillyness and pointlessness of 'special' days/weeks/months.  See - " Are you aware what day it is ?"  I may have been a little harsh in my criticisms and whilst some calendar events are annoying, others seem harmless enough on reflection. In any event, I can always - and usually do, ignore them. Most of them pass me by.   The other day, I accidentally clicked a wrong 'bookmark' on my laptop and the National Day Calendar website refreshed itself.  I was faced with April's calendar.  I couldn't help myself look through it and heck, what a month it is.  First up was .... Chinese Language Day, 20 April. Its purpose was to persuade people to learn the fascinating history of this old language and to learn to speak the language itself.  As you may be aware, it is the hardest language for westerners to learn and takes on average 8-10 years. Therefore it took me...

Last Tuesday was ‘National Reflection Day’.  It was chosen by the Marie Curie charity (who supports people with terminal illnesses and their families) as a day to reflect on the loss of a loved one and to remember those who've lost their lives. We were encouraged to join a minute’s silence at 12 noon and to shine a light at 8pm.  With no disrespect to this worthy organisation, I don’t see why I have to be told how and when to reflect on lives of our lost friends and relatives. I have many moments of reflection (thinking about their lives and their families). I say prayers, light a candle, visit a memorial tree etc. and not just on anniversaries and birthdays. So, forgive me if I don’t play along on a random day because a charity says I should.  Make us aware of what the charity's cause is and what it does by all means but don’t do this. Last week it was International Day of Happiness 2021.   Clive, in his blog ‘ Take it Easy ’ published a great  post on ...