From the heart

 Good morning. Quick look at the clock, only just, it's almost 12 noon. The sun is shining and I have scoffed a cooked breakfast made mainly from leftovers from last nights dinner, with added mushrooms and an egg. 

It's nice to open a full fridge in the morning, after a dash to Aldi last night. I got there at 9pm, and had the place to myself. Two ladies wandered in and put a couple of items in a hand basket. I didn't quite make the three weeks since the last shopping trip, there were some things I needed. Nice to see familiar faces, the staff members don't all wear masks, which is fine by me. The lady on the checkout smiled and I smiled back. 

I watched a video last night after I had unpacked the shopping. It was getting late but I like to have a sit down for half an hour before I retire to bed. The video was made by someone who lived in China for 14 years, he has left now, because he couldn't stand to witness the control that the Government dish out to ordinary seemingly innocent people. 

It was shocking to see the brutality of the police attacking people, even women, dragging them to the ground and handcuffing them for the smallest of misdemeanours. There was a warning that there would be some distressing scenes, and I wondered whether to continue watching it at such a late hour. Would it give me nightmares. I stuck with it. 

I had previously seen another of his videos, he has made many, which showed the public toilets that the Chinese have to put up with. The sight and the stench from them would make me throw up. Even bathrooms, (toilets) at a shopping mall and a petrol station were just as bad. Behind all the shiny shop fronts a world of disease and germs lurk. 

Anyway, if you have the stomach for the violent cops video, it is an eye opener, here's the link. I won't post the full video. Watch if you are interested, pass it by if you are not. 

https://youtu.be/kAw3wswVZYA

I've been sorting out my magazines and came across this one from 2015. I like to keep them for reference. How appropriate is the sub title. 

I have been criticized in the past whenever I mention that freedom is important to me. I have seen the word, free dums, used in a derogatory fashion on other blogs. Poking fun at whoever values their freedom, is a sad reflection of the great divide that our Government has engineered.  

I was fortunate enough to be born into a country where a certain amount of freedom was the norm. Freedom to roam the streets with friends as kids. Go to youth club, and disco's. Freedom to choose a job, live where we liked, holiday wherever we liked, who to date, buy what we wanted, eat what we wanted. All through my life I have known I have choices.  

When will people catch on that our freedoms are being chipped away? How many stages do we have to go through, from being told we can't sit on a bench? That we can't meet friends and relatives, we can't leave our country to go abroad without a valid reason and a certificate of permission. 

We live with threats of future lockdowns. Don't think this is the end of it as we climb the ladder to a dictatorial one party world. Watch the video and see where we are heading. I feel very sad for the ordinary Chinese people, it is terrible to see them bullied. 

I will cling on to my freedoms for the last ten or so years of my life. I fear for the next two generations. They won't have the freedoms that I grew up with, but it can be stopped, if people think it is worth fighting for. 

Thanks for visiting my blog. My very best wishes.   ilona