Not much
What have I been doing the last few days (apart from getting my fingers all nubbly from tap-tapping the keyboard and finishing the articles for work):
1. Bought fake Lego. The minifigs have smiling expressions on their faces and it’s strange.
2.Watched ‘The Tiger and the Snow.’ Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in Iraq during the beginning of the US war of agression. The only weapon of mass destruction found there was a red fly swatter.
3. Cleaned the house.
4. Watched tv.
5. Began ‘The Water Babies’ by Charles Kingsley. Horrid working conditions, child labor in the 1800s in England. The novel is supposed to be for kids,but heck, I’m reading it and I feel upset.
May First has always been an important day for me. At least since I learned what May First stood for (you know, International Labor Day, workers of the world, unite!), I’ve looked forward to it.
Last year I wasn’t able to attend the Labor Day rallies,though; and this year, I’ll be joining workers here in Hong Kong as they take to the streets with their red banners and streamers denouncing globalization and modern-day slavery.
Last year May 1 Kim and I had a small wedding reception (this means I’m going to be married a year on Monday!), so neither of us got to go to Liwasang Bonifacio. I felt a little upset missing May 1, but heck, a wedding party is a wedding party.
This year, for obvious reasons, I’ll be joining the OFWs and foreign domestic helpers from Indonesia, Malaysia and Nepal, as well as local Hong Kong workers and employees in the Labor Day celebrations. On D-day, OFWs and FDHs and Chinese workers will march from Victoria Park towards to HK governmet offices in Central.
That’s a pretty long walk. The route will be the same one protestors took during the opening day rally against the 6th WTO ministerial meet in December 2005.
