Author Archives: montecyril

Life is not a comfortable and smug bed of roses  It is the joys of wisdom if one sublimely chooses  That one is meant to have only what one is meant to  One cannot change one’s destined course no matter what you do  Those that in avarice wholly live and money voraciously seek  have theirContinue reading “Money: A poem “

How often do we fail indeed to be explicitly courteous  Kind acts bless others and, in turn, grant blessings to us  That there is a mighty benefit from setting off noble deeds  For glory is in mitigating the grief and sorrow of those in need  When trust in altruism should be the pre-eminent order ofContinue reading “Kind words and deeds: A poem “

A Chinese diplomat in Washington has confuted US assessment that China is stepping up plans to invade Taiwan.   “I don’t think there’s any so-called timeline over the Taiwan issue,” Jing Quan, a minister at China’s embassy in Washington, said in a discussion with Susan Thornton, a former senior US State Department official, organised byContinue reading “US antagonism of China will further put Taiwan’s independence at risk”

There has always been war and always been hate in time  Human history is replete with the failure to be sublime  We are seized with the need to secure complete domination  over our neighbours; that is the dishonorable pursuit of nations  How are we to manifest comeuppance when the wicked hold sway?  Are we toContinue reading “Love and peace in times of hate and war: A poem “

Have we ever wondered where do we go, once we pass away? What indeed is in store for us once our lifetime comes to an end? Christianity has it that there is eternal rest for the good and morally perspicacious, and eternal damnation for the wicked and evil. God’s judgement is not as simple asContinue reading “Of the 12 dimensions, nine belong to God “

How do we seek justice and fairness in a world  that with corruption and immorality is verily blurred?  Where those who are virtuous have to cop torment  And pay a price and suffer without lament  Where those that accept graft are blessed with reward  And those that pursue money make evil their God  When thoseContinue reading “Oh! to roll paradise’s dice: A poem “

President Xi Jinping has cemented his rule over China for at least another term. On Sunday, 23 October 2022, he was appointed as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party for a third term since he was named leader in 2012. This is a departure from all his predecessors, who resigned after two terms. He isContinue reading “Xi Jinping consolidates grip on power, but will he take heed of his failures? “

Too many cooks spoil the broth, they say, just as too many hands mess up what one’s got. But how does one ever imagine what’s up with the bureaucratic lot. There are many that have scalded at the top of the bureaucratic pot.  For, the first axiom of bureaucracy is: wallow in the irrelevant.  Here’sContinue reading “Just for laughs: Bureaucrats love to wallow in the irrelevant “

It is easy not to struggle and to swim downstream  For downstream is the fulfilment of material dreams  Life, though, is about living a little and dying a little  But in living must be certain that integrity is not whittled  There is no harm in acquisitions, but happiness is in keeping  the charm of innocenceContinue reading “God’s tabernacle is at the pinnacle: A poem “

Communist Party spokesman Sun Yeli, on Saturday, 15 October 2022, reaffirmed China’s stance on Taiwan, stating that the reunification of China and Taiwan meets the interests of all, including Taiwan compatriots.  Sun said Beijing will do all it takes to bring Taiwan under its control peacefully. But he said China would not tolerate what heContinue reading “What will Xi do next against Taiwan? A blockade or an all-out war? “