Full moon

Warm sunshine today

It's already midweek and January 2019 is almost over. The weather has warmed up a little ... 14 degrees at noon. Winter is over and Spring has come. The Lunar New Year is in 2 weeks' time. Time is flying real fast.

Much as I wanted to rest, there were errands to run, This morning I had to go to the stationary's to get lots of stuff for the 2 libraries. Then it was the usual meeting with lawyers and banks for simple payments of books and magazines. Then a quick rush back home for class, missing lunch. I only had lunch after class at 3.30pm. Then it was checking on the work of the librarians before correcting homework. Am feeling utterly overworked and tired. Everyone I meet say I look haggard and exhausted. I am. I need a break.

Full moon

Last night I saw the full moon over Damascus Gate. It was an amazing sight ... but being winter, the moon rises a lot higher than at summer, I could only take a photo of it from a long way off in order to capture the Gate as well.

On the surface, life goes on and all seems to be calm. But up north tensions have reached a climax when today Russia lost patience with Israel's bombing of Syria and warned Israel to stop ... otherwise ...... That is a pretty scary threat. Down south at Gaza, Israel has withheld Qatari financial aid because a Gazan sniper had shot an Israeli soldier yesterday. This will lead to more tensions and violence.

Meantime racism is still alive here. A local hospital bus will not allow arabs and jews to sit in the same bus to this hospital. Before arriving, arabs are required to leave the bus and only jews will be driven in. Arabs are also not allowed to enter the same entrance of the hospital with jews. This is appalling.