Elections, concerts and everything else...

Its been a while since I have posted and a lot has happened in the meantime.

Lets start from the US mid term elections. The American people have finally had enough of all the mess the Republicans have created, and have elected a new government. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to see this happen.

We attended the U2 concert a few weekends back and attended Pearl Jam's concert the next weekend. U2 were a class act, they played almost all of the classics including One, Desire, With or without you etc. The show was quite huge as the people of Australia had been waiting for this concert for a while. The stadium held about 70 thousand people so it was quite massive. I was happy to see Bono perform and also try to get a noble message across. It made me feel good that there are still some celebrities out there that try to make a difference with the power they have. My wife managed to get a good shot from the show and yes thats actually the huge backdrop.


Pearl Jam were a great experience in their own way. It was good to see them having the same energy they have had for a while. Although Eddie Vedder was quite drunk and was drinking
throughout the show, they pulled off a great show. Even though I had not listened to all of the songs they performed before, they still managed to play their own classics like Jeremy, Better man, Even flows etc. The only shots we managed in this show were from the screens, so apologies if they're a little blurry. Pearl Jam also demonstrated what U2 did, they made comments on what people should be doing to make sure that everyone has a fair go. That everyone is equal and deserves an equal amount of respect from others.

All in all both of the above experiences were good, even though both were quite different. U2 had everything, the massive stage, the amazing backdrops, lavish lighting etc. And Pearl Jam kept it simple, no real back drop, pretty ordinary lighting etc.

Besides the above excitement, I have been in the small country town of Leeton, NSW again for the past week and have to head out there the whole of next week, so its not been a fun time. It's really hard to leave one's loved ones behind all alone. Even though I am used to living alone as I have for a number of years away from family, it still is a hard thing to do.

Family is what makes one go ahead in life, but sometimes families are not very helpful in understanding that things change in life. Especially in our culture, I feel the old way of thinking that the son is obliged to do everything what their parents say is utterly absurd. As adults, people should realize that people do grow up and can make their own decisions. Old way thinking that the daughter is supposed to marry according to her parents wishes is unnatural in todays world. Even sometimes the son is supposed to marry according to his parents wishes. Granted that in our culture and religion, the parents have their special place and are supposed to get respect from young ones. But I feel that people have taken advantage of the above fact and have trampled all over their young ones time and time again.

I say respect should be both ways. Respect to others and expect respect in return. I do not think there is anything anywhere written that says only expect respect from others and don't do anything in return.