Life and Old Age.

Yesterday's discussion on Redfm on whether people should expect their children to take care of them financially when they're old got me thinking.

Most people now do not expect their children to look after them in their old-age. People are more aware of financial planning for their retirement. I know in my heart that my father's generation do expect their children to take care of them. He even said so to my mother a few times. While my mother had said otherwise, i would say she feels the same too.

Nostalgia...again

I was putting together some songs for a new-found online friend and came across this song. Singer, song-writer and guitarist Nik Kershaw was one of the finest to come from the 80's. His most well-known song until now has been the mid-80's hits, 'Wouldn't It Be Good', 'I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me' (not the Elton John and George Michael version) and 'The Riddle'. His work after the first two albums, Human Racing and The Riddle, has been largely ignored by the masses even though they're accomplished works and had received good reviews from the critics.

The Unforgettable Fire

Libby Cudmore's (blog: Mix Tape Blues) recent writings which touches a little on u2's song 'A Sort of Homecoming' makes me want to give my two-cents worth on the album which the song is taken from-The Unforgettable Fire. Such a fine title of which was taken from an exhibition in Japan on the horrors of the Second World War.

Love your wife with all your heart.

My wife often like to ask me if she's beautiful. Of course she is, but I don't tell her often enough. If I did, maybe she won't ask me that question so often.

People these days are so influenced by what they see as romantic love. Even i'm guilty of it sometimes. The notion of romantic love is that love will fade away once the romance is gone. I think romantic love as a concept has its roots in Hollywood movies. The world has been so influenced by the West and nowhere is this more true than in the concept of love. Love and the concept of it, at least in Hollywood movies has been all about romantic love. You get the fiery, passionate love when two people first met. There's all the romantic stuff like candlelit dinner, flowers and candy. All this just so that viewers will get hooked and go dewy-eyed and weak-knees and say "Oh, how sweet?". And viewers do keep coming back for more, especially the err, ladies? What if the romance dies as time goes by? Does the love that comes with it also dies? Which comes to the question...