Saturday, August 18, 2007



It pains me to see old ladies picking out trash from the dustbin.
It pains me to see the old and crippled asking for donations.
It pains me to see the disadvantaged selling tissues in an effort to make money.
It pains me to see blind people singing in order to live.

So how come no one else seems to care?

Raphael brought up a very interesting point in one of the Literature lessons. It might be something so casual, and yet begets so much thought.

'If 40 people died in Orchard Road, and 40,000 people died in Afghanistan, who would we care about more?'

Naturally, most people would say the Orchard Road incident. Anyone else who says differently is 99% of the time lying. Me? I would want to care more about the 40,000 lost lives, but my heart tells me that I would care more about the 40 lost lives.

There is a war going on in the world. People are losing their lives. Civil wars, internal strife, discrimination, slavery, wars.

And what do we do when we see that on the news?
We say:
Oh that's horrible.
And then we go back to eating our dinner.

The Hotel Rwanda movie really strikes and touches the soul so deeply.

Sometimes I hate the human race.

But today made me realize how much I love my friends and family.

Thank you Yang En.