December 2, 2012

• Report # 947

  Hey everyone, I hope that you’ve all been having an amazing weekend. I still haven’t gotten myself up early enough to go to the national migration place to find out exactly what I would need aside from the work letter, but I really do plan on doing that tomorrow. On Thursday I went for a run at Fundidora Park and walked to Super Salads in the afternoon; aside from those things it was a pretty boring day.

  On Friday I went to Cinépolis in the Las Galerias Mall to see Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. I had wanted to see this movie for a long time, but it hasn’t been in theatres here until Friday. It was a pretty good movie overall, though they kind of went a little too far with the gross humour again, though certainly not as far as a lot of other movies have gone. Afterwards I walked home though I returned to the mall at night time to eat at Wendy’s.

  It was a horrible day for healthy eating. I had a large popcorn, a large coke, a hot dog, two big chocolate chip cookies, two packs of M&M’s, french fries, and a double bacon burger from Wendy’s. I was so disappointed in myself that I made myself run for a very long time yesterday morning. I returned to Fundidora Park and did the route I always do, but this time I made myself run all the way back, so it was about double as long.

  I must have ran about 10 kilometers, though surprisingly I felt really good, so I might go again today.I thought it would be difficult, but I really had no problems, so it was a very nice run. I returned home and had a shower and walked to the Las Galerias Mall and had a club panini and some soup that was a little spicy. I picked up a frappuichino and a donut after and walked home and stayed in until Arturo invited me to go with him to a party.

  The party was out in Allende, which is almost an hour from Monterrey, but seeing as I hadn’t seen Arturo since I left his house over three weeks ago, I thought it would be good to accompany him. He picked me up from one of the metro stations and we headed off to pick up one of his friends. His friend didn’t want to go because he thought the highway would be too dangerous. Arturo seems to think that he exaggerates, but I can definitely see his point, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

  We just basically arrived and there were lots of people standing outside in front of a house on a quiet street. Unfortunately Arturo was pretty disappointed as it seemed that it was over 75 % guys. We just talked to some people for about an hour or so and then we headed off. Arturo was kind of sleepy on the drive back so he pulled over at an Oxxo to rest for about half an hour and then he drove me home.

  I went to bed after a bit and I didn’t get up until after 12:00 pm, so it was a good sleep. Today I just wanted to touch on the UN vote to recognize Palestine as a state in the UN. From what I have read 138 countries have voted yes, and just 8 countries have voted no…. including Canada and the United States. Looking at the numbers though, it is clear that almost the entire world was for this vote, and as with all votes, the outcome needs be be accepted.

  Personally I have felt that Israel and Palestine need to really put away the guns and the soldiers and just sit down and have a talk to work things out. Clearly both sides have failed to do this for so many years, so it’s hard to see them doing this now. I think the problem with the issue and how the world perceives it is that too many people are just willing to take sides. Some people will say how Israel is the bad guy always at fault for everything, and other people will side with Israel and believe everything about Israel is right and the Palestinians are just a bunch of terrorists.

  In my opinion both of these stances are not only extremely extreme and ridiculous, they are not helping anyone. I feel both countries have their points and their faults and there is really no reason to side with just one of them and create a huge fire in terms of what is said against the other side. I am sure the majority of Israeli and Palestinian people would just love to be able to live in peace, and the government’s on both sides have failed in giving them that peaceful coexistence for so many years.

  One can always dream, but I don’t know if true peace between those two groups is possible based on all of the things said and the actions taken over the years. However if Israel and Palestine can’t live in peace it’s clear to me that the Palestinian people deserve land to call their own as well, which would mean having a country as Palestine; it’s only fair. So for Canada, and the US and a very few other countries in the world to vote against the UN measure of giving state status to Palestine in the UN, they are just not being very fair with their thinking in my opinion.

  The world has spoken though and the vote turned out overwhelmingly in the support of Palestine, so I think that will send a strong message to the select few countries that didn’t vote in favour of Palestine. Now I’m no expert on the whole Israel-Palestine thing, that is definitely for sure. I could definitely do a lot more reading up on the whole history between those people’s and the true issues on the table, but I do believe in peace and equality, so I believe the decision reached by the UN was the right one.

  Israel is already saying things won’t change, and other countries are throwing their fits as well, and this is just being stupid. So like before the politicians are the true problems here, they will continue to say nasty things on each side and try and strike anger among their people, and while it may be seem as good politics, they are only hurting chances at world peace, and that is just a shame. For the next question:

  What are your thoughts on Israel and Palestine ? Do you agree with the UN vote, why or why not ?

  Today I’ll leave you all with some pictures from Guadalajara. Take care and I’ll talk to you all on Wednesday, bye for now.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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