Vel' D' Hiv

 Recently the books i read introduced to various events of massacre and lynching which spooked me inside out. One was with regards to Vel' D' Hiv', which happened after WWII in Paris and the victims were all Jews. To summarize, it was an operation planned and set up by the Nazis. The roundup was named 'Operation Spring Break' which sound like a very nice place to be but hell no, over thousands of Jews were captured and forced to seek refuge in the Vélodrome d'Hiver; where there were limited supplies of food and water and even healthcare. They had no lavatories: of the 10 available, five were sealed because their windows offered a way out and the others were blocked.

The arrested Jews were kept there with only water and food brought by Quakers, the Red Cross and a few doctors and nurses allowed to enter. There was only one water tap. Those who tried to escape were shot on the spot. Some took their own lives. Others who tried to escape were shot dead. There were no proper health care at all, only one or two nurses were allowed to handle the people who vomited, whom caught fever, or those who fainted because of the lack of water and food given..

 It had been a stuffy, stinky and unbearable camp and they were captured without knowing what they had done wrong, or rather, for not doing anything wrong. It was because of their religion that they were given such bad and immoral treatment. At the end of day, the French tried to say that the main people they wanted was Foreigner Jews, then why were the local Jews arrested as well? What's disturbing is the fact that the French police force consented and worked together with the Germans to carry out such an operation and discriminate against their own fellow citizens. They should have said that " Yes, at that time we were a corrupt force We had to work with Germans to kill the Jews in order to feel superior" ...

 It bothers me a lot, or should i say i'm very much affected by such an act emotionally. The thought of people living in the same country/state killing one another just because they want to be the superior. just because of a race. a religion. It freaks me out knowing that the African Americans could just be lynched for not doing anything against the law at all and by lynching them, the Whites had not committed a crime.In other words, It was legal. Lynching was a legal act, just to seize territories, to boost owns' self esteem, to feel superior. These disgusts me. ):

To some point that i could feel the vengeance of these victims, how upset and angry they were when they couldn't do anything to help their families, they were so helpless, resourceless and they were full of hatred.  It's like what the Japanese did to our ancestors. They rape, they shot, they had beaten our ancestors, they hung, and they seized every single thing our ancestors possessed. All these nerve-wrecking massacre killings, they had an enormous impact on me. I wished there were world peace, i wish there's peace in the whole word and for people to learn how to love one another; treat each other with utmost's respect, like buddies who would fall on each other's back. Like the simple common phrase "i scratch your back, you scratch mine"  How nice would it be if the world we're living in is like that.

 Many things had happened lately which got me totally tensed up, i have so many comments to make, i have so many things i would like to say.... Like i found my internship company, which is great news but i'm afraid of my internship because I've heard too many emotionally unsettling stories of friends whom entered the industry attached but left single. I know it's gonna be hard for Wennhan hubby and I when the time comes but i think there's nothing i can do except to treasure him triple as much now and prepare for this nightmare to befall.

I've seen my best friend transformed into a total stranger. That sort of attitude, the kind of treatment i would never had expected from her. I've seen us grew close from classmates, i've seen us work things out together and now i'm seeing our distance drift apart. It's upset knowing that you've just lost someone whom you can always confide in, someone you've faith in that will be with you forever. And it's no longer this way anymore.

I've been busy caught up with work on another side because the deadline for ISP research proposal is next week hence Dennis and I are really madly indulging in our miserable project lives. Albeit the heavy workload, i would say it's actually pretty cool working with him for a real client-based project. His command of English is amazing, for instance, he could just dump the word "significant" for "imperative" . I've always admired his strong command of English at times when i got really sick of my simple English. But i guess we're all born with different fortes, just like how my forte is cooking. When it comes to cooking, i'm confident that my standard definitely surpass the rest. :D

Anyway, i'm  pretty excited because it's gonna be a day of fun tomorrow with the old gang which i've missed ): Bye for now, do wiki if you're interested in the lynching and Nazi occupation :)