welcome
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
-Winston Churchill
Thursday, October 05, 2006, 7:00 PM
Amazing how selfish people can be. I just saw this show and there was this kid, their house
destroyed by the storm, he's got 10 siblings and he works at the junk shop and he's only 11
years old. He was talking about this life, how now he only lives under the bridge and what they
eat and how his father is an alcoholic.
And then I thought about myself and my friends. How we talk about what cars we are getting
soon and how my friend whines that he's only got a limit of 2 million Philippine pesos
(Appx. 40,000 U.S. dollars) for his car. Then I think about how much 2 mil can help those
kids, you know? You should have seen the kid crying. It was heart wrenching.
The thing is, there's just not one of this little kid, there are millions of them. And some people don't
even know.
It's just really sad. And I don't even know who to blame. The government? The parents?
I really don't know.
Anyway, I heard there's this sport in Canada where they beat up seals till they're dead.
I haven't confirmed it, but they say it's for tourist attraction. If ever it's true, I can
never understand why people would want to beat up seals, they are endangered in the first place.
Why would you enjoy killing an animal that didn't even do anything to you?
Well, I've decided that I'd give part of my savings to a charity organization in the Philippines. Or just ask
someone to mail it to that particular show where they distribute the money equally to those who really
need it. I mean, I probably won't be much help but at the very least I'm actually doing something about it.
