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we are, most of us live far from our families this is good for some people and bad for others. As my family will read this article, I must say I am extremely sad to be away from them (and I know that none of them will believe me, even my own mother). I always feel a bit depressed when I hang up the phone. Then I'm going to lie down on my bed and watch French television. Then I'm depressed again.
I'm pretty satisfied to feel that way, it meant I miss my country and my family. But yesterday I tried to analyze the exact reasons for this sad feeling and it was not because I lack something, it was because my country and my family make me depressed! Westerners are completely under the control of the media, television, radio and paper. Their entire lives are dictated by the media. From morning to night, they follow all this mess and the smartphone does not help either.
Can you imagine, my friends in Europe working 10 hours a day in a stressful office atmosphere and every three minutes, their smartphone vibrates to inform that there is an earthquake in the Timor is that Iran finally manage to have a bomb, that the crisis is much larger than expected, that Greece is on sale soon, we have to pay our debt for the next 200 generations, the planet will nuts, water will soon be all over Paris and Amsterdam (Amsterdam is first), my family and friends to read all of this good news and start working again, and five minutes later, another "injection of good news" the newspaper they just opened on the laptop instead of working, and here we go again ... Ten dead in a gold mine in Mongolia, a report says we'll all probably die from cancer, a plane crash in Siberia kills 120, a bomb in Afghanistan kills 20. Then they start working again.
By lunchtime, some of them are close to suicide attempt. But they still carry on, stopping to buy a newspaper and read again the same stories, but with more details dirty and dirtier images. Then, for lunch, they talk about all the news with their colleagues, "Oh, you see, this kid was killed by the neighboring" or "Look, the stock market crashed for the 6th consecutive day," or "My God, they expect that we will all lose our jobs five times during our lives. "etc, etc, etc! Then they come home and they spend immediately on their TV and watch the same sad news stupid. I'm not talking about my father or my mother or my friends, especially, millions of them follow this routine.
On the other side of the planet where we live, no one cares about all this news. At first I was a little shocked and thought it was not responsible. So I started to blame all my Indonesian friends to not be concerned about what was happening in this world. I still believed in part that we need to get information, but it is quite extreme in Western countries. The "negative energy injection" of the media is permanent and everywhere. I do not want to be hostage to the more organized this big mess so I do not read the newspaper and not watch the news for two weeks. What do you think happened to me? Only a positive feeling from morning to night! I focus on my work, my books, antiques, my films (those stupid Americans with the best stupid happy endings), my fishing trips, my time . wine with friends, my writing does it makes me ignorant and a jerk for failure: the crash of the euro, bombs, murders of some children, insecurity of European markets, the new born baby Carla and Nicolas Sarkozy, the crash of the Nasdaq? I do not think so. Honestly, no one will believe that I can help change this mess into something nicer law?
But we can all do something together. If you want to join my "new age", my cult, my philosophy "grumpy french man" and show your government that you do not want to be a part of this mess, if you want to feel free again, if you want to enjoy your life again, then 'Like' my page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Super-Gruuuuumpy / 302071299820668
ready to engage in a new spirit. I honestly feel like I'm one of those crazy gurus that ask you to join scientology and other sects crazy like this, but with me, it's really free.
So, you must be willing to commit for 30 days to have no contact with news from all media (except Jakarta expat ago) including:
- new TV
- Radio
- Newspaper
- Smart phone news alert
- All discussion related to the world or local news
- Nothing
and you must also commit to give 30 USD for thes 30 days to a charity.
And you must also commit to watching the documentary "Man on Wire" at least twice during these 30 days.
For those who manage for 30 days, then I will be very happy to read their comments, feelings, new behaviors, essentially what has changed in their lives.
In conclusion, I feel a little sorry for writing this article because it is not funny at all and all you ask me to be grumpy and funny! This time I'm really just grumpy. But I have a good feeling that I am on the right path to find a solution to this bloody world economic crisis. The French man Grumpy becomes "suuuper GRUMPY" and save the world from depression.
Sorry, next time there is a funny ...