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Sunday, May 18, 2008 -{'11:33:00 AM

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Hi everyone.

*Red alert!* With the two disasters which occur in Myanmar and China, guess everyone very anxious how victims in these countries are doing. As I was flipping through the newspaper and seeing all the unsightly photographs which exactly depict the current states really send my heart trembling.
I'd remembered what my GP teacher had pointed out the other day. She said that we talk about dealth toll like something which is so deteched from us. I truely agree with that. And once, she asked if we are willing to go over to help out in countries which experience natural disasters and wars...It has dawned on me that I've never thought of such question as a priority in my life. What about you? Able to take up these noble courses are good, but what strikes me is that the cultures, environments, languages and political differnces are something which we have to consider rationally. You might beg me otherwise that a person who is willing to sacrifice himself for the benefits of others is able to overcome these barriers and accomplish such task which many of us avoid and even feel that it is beyond our ability to help or that our individual effort is too insignificant compared to the national effort. All these seems logical and practical 'excuses' right? Being in a country where we are so well protected from wars and natural disaster seriously did play a part to why we feel this way. Are we able to forgo the comfortable lives and wealth and embrace the many uncertainities ahead of us? I'm not trying to imply that we ought to experience them in order to understand and appreciate the current situation. Well, one way which we can start learning can be from our surrounding by doing voluntery jobs to serve our own needy citizens. Apart from rushing to donate money and food supplies to these country, at least for now we can reflect upon if we are doing enough everyday and not just during a critical period. If everyone has the common mission in life to make other's life better, isn't the world a better place to live in? But again, that's ideal. Reality is an imperfection in ideality.

"Heal The world"