Recent
events have got me really angry. My normal grumpiness has become rampant and I
have an urge to rant at everything I see on the news.
2016 has been, so far, a year I totally want to forget – and it’s not
even over yet! I haven’t spoken to Mrs PM’s parents since Brexit because I know
that I will say something to them that I regret, upsetting them, Mrs PM and even myself in the process. Mrs PM and her mum have
already exchanged tense words resulting in Mrs PM slamming the phone down on
her own mother.
My anger is building up so much that I am turning into Mr Angry, the person I
mocked so mercilessly just a month or two ago. As soon as I hear the news I start ranting. I
have given up reading newspapers because they make me angry.
Grumpiness is one thing – rage is another and I am full of rage.
And I hate myself for it because this is not me – this is not the
laid back guy I have known all my life.
I need a
holiday and, thank goodness, I am off tomorrow to Nice, a beautiful city in the
south of France.
And for
that, I need to calm down before I set foot on French soil.
So to help
me, I have been looking through some of my old photos to raise my spirits and
try to forget names like David Cameron, Nigel Farage, Michael Gove, the
Conservative Party, Donald Trump, Brexit and, yes, bloody England – the country
that I love but the country that has pissed me off more in the past few months
than it has at any time in my life – even more so than when Margaret Thatcher’s
reign of terror was at its peak.
With that in
mind, I thought I would share a couple of those photos with you, dear reader.
I hope you
like them.
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| Hong Kong at Night |
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| Tokyo - Barrels of Sake |
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| Budapest - Hungarian Parliament Building |
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| Rio de Janeiro - A Famous Statue |
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| Rome - The Spanish Steps |
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| A Temple in Kyoto |
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| Kyoto - Lots of Torii |
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| Santorini |
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| Prague - Performing in front of an Old Church |
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| A Big Cathedral in Barcelona |
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| The Great Wall of China |
I am making a promise to myself here and now - I will not watch the news between now and 6am tomorrow when I have to be at the airport.
I'll leave with you with a tune that reflects my new found calmness and coincidentally is by my favourite band from France.
Au revoir et à bientôt, mes amis.
10 comments:
That's a lovely calming song...
Thank you. I hope your rage diminishes while you are away.
Hi Grace,
It's one of many by Air. They are a great band.
:o)
Cheers
PM
Hi EC,
I'm ready to fly - so I'm really calm now.
:o)
Cheers
PM
I was expecting that video to be a song...
I really like that shot of Rome; all the photos are calm to look at, so you're breathing evenly now and no longer puce coloured I hope?
Enjoy your holiday. Ummm, have a "Nice" time :D
Hi River,
I'm there now ("Nice" pun :o) ). Also very calm now.
:o)
Cheers
PM
I am so jealous. All these wonderful places and the most exotic place I've ever been to is Nottingham.
Considering the dipsticks we've just re-elected, I expect to be clinically insane in six months.
Hi Big D,
Nottingham's not bad.
:o)
Cheers
PM
Hi JT,
Even while I was away, I felt like I was in a bad dream, watching the news.
And fate conspired to hurl even more insanity my way while I was away.
:o(
Cheers
PM
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