I have been fairly quiet recently, writing very little on my blog. There are two simple reasons for that.
First, I was stunned by the results of the electoral change (STV) referendum last May. Although, I respect the will of the people, I still think British Columbians were wrong. I sometime feel that people are waiting for a simple solution that will fix everything. In the meantime, we let go of good compromise that improve some things. The proverb says, “loose the battle, but don’t loose the lesson”. I have yet to learn an positive lesson from that experience.
The second, more positive and more important reason regarding my recent silence is that I am busy with studies that I started in May 2009. I am attempting to complete a Certificate in Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University (http://www.sfu.ca/cscd/). These studies keep me quite busy and focused so I think I have to apologized if I have not written on my blog recently. But silence is not always negative. In this case, silence comes from pursuing other activities. So I guess it is true then, Silence is Golden and I hope you can stand the overwhelming sound of silence.
Frédéric Van Caenegem
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