England in lockdown

For third time in row, England will come into Covid 19 national lockdown. Announced by PM Boris Johnson.

New Year, more lockdown. Third nationwide lockdown in England just like November 2020 & March/April 2020 lockdowns (first and second), I conclude after third lockdown, we in the UK (England) will be back to the crappy tiers system that didn’t work effectively & then lockdown again & the tiers system. It could mean we could go into the repeat routine until something has done successfully which none of two lockdown have done. Look at some countries like New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia & even China. They handled way better here in the UK and the US. I still hope 2021 will be better than 2020 but if it becomes so much of 2020, then I guess 2021 will be yet another difficult year (which I hope that will not be the case). From one day to now, Boris Johnson & the government have not handled the Covid situation well. They better get this right this around.

Look up at the news article from the Guardian about New Zealand’s zero Covid strategy which led the country to successfully deal with the coronavirus situation. That’s how Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister of New Zealand) won the election in NZ few months ago by landslide. I have to say that she is a better world leader than Boris Johnson (UK) and Donald Trump (USA). 

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Year of hope 2021

Happy New Year Everybody. 

Welcome to 2021. The year that I hope and pray that should become a good and better year than than the old year 2020 (now the previous year).

My first blog post of the year 2021. 

After the difficult & tough year 2020 (from Covid 19, police brutality, racism, etc) now that we are in 2021, all we need is hope and peace of mind. m.youtube.com

Uplifting song from the 1990s I chose this song as the the song of hope for the world. 

We can make 2021 a year of hope so that better days will come. A truly happy new year. 

Here is the lyrics of the song Lifted by Lighthouse Family. I know this song for very long time. It is good and wonderful song that is feel good & uplifting song. 

I’d really love to be alone without all the 
Ache and pain and the April showers 
But it ain’t long before I long for you, like a 
Ray of hope, coming through the blue moon 

When it all gets dark again 
The whole thing falls apart I guess 
It doesn’t really matter ‘bout the rain 
‘cause we’ll get through it anyway 
We’ll get up and start again 

‘cause we could be Lifted, Lifted, Lifted 
We could be Lifted 
From the shadows, lifted 
Oh we could be, lifted up today 
Lifted all the way, you and I forever 
Baby, lifted, lifted, lifted, hey 

It’s undisturbable the peace we found 

In a bright new space up above the clouds 
Everything is understandable 
You don’t have to say anything too loud 

When all our luck runs out again 
We’re brought back down to solid ground 
I wouldn’t say I’m mad about the rain 
But we’ll get through it anyway 
We’ll get back to the start again 

‘cause we could be lifted, lifted, lifted 
We could be lifted 
From the shadows, lifted 
Oh we could be, lifted up today 
Lifted all the way, you and I forever 
Baby, lifted, we could be lifted, we could be lifted, hey 

We could be lifted, we could be lifted, we could be lifted 
You and I forever 
We could be lifted, we could be lifted, yeah we could be lifted 
We could be lifted up to new horizons 

Lifted, lifted up today, lifted all the way, yeah we could be lifted 
We could be lifted, from the shadows, we could be lifted 
Lifted upto new horizons 
When it all gets dark again, it doesn’t really matter ‘bout the rain 
When it all gets dark again, it doesn’t really matter ‘bout the rain

All best wishes for 2021. 

Enjoy this year ahead everybody.

My New Year blog message

Season Greetings 

Hello Everybody. I hoped you had enjoyed your relaxing and wonderful Christmas during the Festive period.

Today, it is my final blog post of the year 2020. 

Final day of the year 2020 = New Year’s Eve. 

Whatever you do today (& tonight), please stay safe and do not go to parties or any gatherings as this year’s New Year Eve is not ordinary New Year’s Eve celebration. Celebrate the New Year peacefully at your own home. 

Now we can all get out of here (2020) & enter into the new year 2021 with things that shall become better than this difficult year. Given 2020 have been a difficult year for all of us. 

So Happy New Year in advance people & see you on the other side. I hope and pray 2021 will be better year for all of us in the year ahead. 

Take care and stay safe. 😀🙂

America will be free from Trump

It is now over a month since Donald Trump lost his chance to win his re-election bid for second term as the president of the United States of America. 

After 4 years of the presidency of chaos, lies, racism, discrimination and destroying America’s reputation in the world stage & mismanaging the Covid situation, the nightmare is over. The Trump presidency. 

I was very happy on Saturday 7th November 2020 that Joe Biden had won the election. Although Republicans & Trump had played dirty & behaved undemocratic that they won’t accept & acknowledge Joe Biden’s election victory. At least now some of Republican politicians in the Congress & the Senate had acknowledged that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States by 20th January 2021 at 12pm EST (5pm UK GMT). Even the electors of the Electoral College had casted a vote for Biden few weeks ago. 

I cannot believe it, it’s a miarcle. 🇺🇸😀🙂 I made my prayer that USA shouldn’t elect Trump for another 4 years. I am very very happy now that will be over when Joe Biden swears in as the new US president on Inaguraution Day by Wednesday 20th January in the New Year. Next year, Donald Trump won’t be in the Oval Office at the White House. 

In my opinion, we have enough of nonsense, lies and racism from Trump. American people had finally done the right thing by voting against the politics of fear, politics of hate and isolation. Now with Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, the US can begin healing the division that have caused by Donald Trump presidency. Donald Trump have never behaved presidential with presidential language, manners, altitude and behaviour. Joe Biden is the winner of US election 2020 & that yet he won\"t accept the fact that he lost the election? At least America & the world will not have to hear anymore rubbish (trash) from Trump when he is out of the White House on Joe Biden’s inauguration because he (Trump) knows that he is the loser as he is not the winner. 

At least I made my personal decision not to travel to the US while Trump is in the WH as the POTUS after 2016 upset election victory by Donald Trump unexpectedly 4 years ago. With Trump not won the election, my interests of wanting to visit the US has been restored (& that I can visit there. Only when the Covid pandemic is declared over & that in the past I visited America two times in my life in 2012 & 2013).

So who is laughing now? Donald Trump will experience challenges after leaving the White House & I hope & pray that he does not think of running for the president again in 2024. Only time will tell. 

So yeah. Good riddance. By the 20th of January in next few weeks now it will less than 20 days left, America & the world will see the back of the Donald who has undermine America’s role & reputation in the global stage. Hope, soul and normality will be restored now that Trump will be out of the picture.

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Hello everybody 

I hope you had a good and wonderful Christmas. Happy New Year in advance. 

I have announcement that I want to tell you. 

Yesterday marked a month since I first wrote my blog post on this blog that I had created. https://mrlimitless95.blogspot.com/2020/11/greetings-welcome-to-my-blog.html 

In addition, I created 12 blog posts (4 posts in November and 8 posts in December) this year so far (now that 2020 is ending tomorrow). So in next couple of days and weeks, as well into the New Year 2021, I will add my Google/Blogger account to Google AdSense. That means I will be able to add advertisement on my blog via linking my account to AdSense.

This is about you my readers. When I created a blog last month, I created a blog for a reason because I want everybody including you guys (regardless whether you do read blog post or not & whether the person is blogger, vlogger, content creator or not) to read my blog posts as much as I can. 

The more people do read my blog, the more that I can get many views on my blog as whole. Not just all blog posts. That can give me an opportunity to earn money while writing a blog mainly just for a hobby. It can even turn into a job. That is why I want my blog to lead the way and that it can even lead me to having a job in the future. 

Writing my blog is my own work at my own terms as I can do whatever I want with my blog Mr Limitless 95 blog. 

Here is the Google AdSense link below.

https://www.google.com/adsense/start/ 

So that is my plan to turn my blog into money making blog. I am not just a blogger. I am content creator. It is quite similar what Youtubers does in order to have incomes and revenues. 

You my readers are not just my readers, you are my audience. 

So look out for adverts on my blog very soon. 

Have a good day everybody. 

Breakdancing in the Olympics

Breakdancing: From Street dancing to Olympic sport

This is interesting topic that I want to talk you my dear readers. Breakdancing. 

Break dance was invented in New York, USA in early 70s by street dancers with African American and Puerto Rican backgrounds. It became popular in the late 70s & early 80s. It was a big thing in the 80s when it was all over. Around the world: the United States, United Kingdom, European countries, etc. Even Soviet Union. 

Breaking was born out of street dance & that it has been featured in Hop Hop scene & music (Hip Hop music) given it is a Hip Hop dance. 

Breakdancing is a street dance. Athletic style of street dance that mainly consists of four kind of movement: Toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes. 

To start with break dance, it needs drum breaks especially in hip hop, funk, soul and breakbeat. Mainly Hip Hop & other music genres & also, it needs certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns for break dancers (b-boy, b-girl or breaker) to bust a move. 

Breakdancing has other names: b-boying/b-girling. 

It is not only being featured in music scenes. Particularly on music videos but also on the competitions. Breakdancing competitions where the participants can bust a move to show who is really good of being a breakdancer in the contest. 

Recently, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) had announced that Breakdancing have been included for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as an sport. In other words, it will make a debut at the Olympics. There are some folks who doesn’t think that should be included. Well for me, Breakdancing is an activity, dance and art. It is a form of exercise. So for some media critics to object the inclusion of break dance in the Olympic Games, I bet that they have not breakdance in their lives or seen films, TV competitions, music videos or shows that featured breakdancing or see anyone busting a move (break dance) in the streets. 

I for one support the inclusion of Breakdancing in the Olympic Games. Why? Because it will gain a recognition. Bigger recognition in the Olympic scene that can appeal to younger viewers & those who are interested in break dance who could become an professional break dancers. 

It is part of music culture so I simply don’t understand why there is some objection to the inclusion of breakdancing in the Olympics. This will be an awesome moment when breakdancing becomes an new Olympic sport in 4 years from now.

Apart from that, it can be difficult to do a break dance but it is worth a try to do so. 

So yeah. Break dance: From street dance to the Olympics. 😀🙂🎵🎶🕺💃

Brexit Trade Deal

So finally the United Kingdom and the European Union have reached a trade deal. On Christmas Eve (24th December). 

I am relieved that the UK wouldn’t had to be on knife edge anymore for possible chaotic no deal Brexit.

Everyone will have mixed reactions about it but for me even the best deal is EU membership given UK - EU free trade deal won’t be better than when the UK was the EU member state, a deal is better than not having a deal at all.

Nobody wanted disruption, chaos and tariffs. If there were no trade deal agreed between the EU27 and the UK then no deal Brexit without EU trade deal (Hard Brexit) would had severely impacted the British economy. Tariffs would had been applied & there would had been food shortage in the UK supermarkets. Sound like protect fear? Definitely not, it’s project fact & Brexiteers & the govt knows that. They could had extended the transition period. Well they didn’t. If they had then everyone wouldn’t have to panic about possibility of no deal Brexit.

So I hope we can relax easily without anymore worries about no deal Brexit without EU trade deal.

But let me be clear, the trade deal like I said in previous paragraph is no better than the EU membership. 

I wrote in my previous blog post that I voted against Brexit in the 2016 in/out referendum. 

https://mrlimitless95.blogspot.com/2020/12/brexit-transition-period-deal-or-no-deal.html

Here are the comparison between Brexit trade deal and the EU membership. 

The infographic proves that the EU membership is much better than not having EU membership. 

While it is good that visa free travel to Europe (mainly EU countries) will continue. Up to 90 days (3 months) & no tariffs being imposed on imports coming from the largest trading partner: the European Union. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧

The rest aren’t impressive. Worse of all, the UK will not participate in Erasmus. Can you imagine? The UK not taking part in the scheme that brings opportunities for British students to study in universities in EU nations. 

Furthermore, non EU countries participate in Erasmus scheme: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Turkey, North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, etc. 

It is really a shame that the government decided to take the UK out of it despite in the past, they want the UK to continue taking part in Erasmus. It’s a huge blow to young people in the UK who do want to have an opportunity to go to university to study in the EU (& non EU). 

The details of the trade deal will be available so that we can read it for ourselves. MPs will have a chance to vote on 30th December next week and after that then in the New Year, the European Parliament will also have a chance to vote for the deal. 

So there are mixed feelings about the deal (FTA. The free trade agreement between the EU and the UK in my opinion will do a little to improve lives in the UK. Many businesses have moved out from the UK to Europe. Now there won’t be financial passporting anymore for the City of London. Now Eurosceptics like Nigel Farage wants the UK to become that kind of country that is tax haven & turn Britain into “Singapore on Thames” which I doubt that can happen. We all want what is best for the UK (In or out of the EU. Especially that is already been settled) But if it is to turn the UK backwards & not going forward especially with the nostalgia about Britain’s past (Empire & all that), then that would mean that we wouldn’t be able to get over it. So Brexit or not, Leavers cannot be obsessed with things like Churchill, empire. Anything pre-EU before the UK joined the EU in 1973 which was then called the EEC (European Economic Community). 

So this is something that we will have to live with for years and decades to come before there is anything about the possibility of the UK rejoining the EU in the distant future. Yes, Brexit matter is over but the legacy & the effects of it will be felt for us the British to embrace change good and bad. For most part, Brexit will be something that won’t benefit the ordinary people except those who are wealthy. 

We all hear before that the UK left the EU (supranational political & economic organisation & the Union) but not Europe (the continent). The UK is European & it will always be European. Geographically, culturally and historically. Even the EU & the UK go their own ways (which that Brexit brings separation & divisions). That is why I do not believe in isolation politically and economically. That is all I can say about it.