juz came back from church and relly...i've lived a life tt is too self-centered and too selfish...everything in life i've juz taken for granted...from mi existence in this world, to mi birthright in singapore, to mi family tt i'm born into, to the education tt i'm blessed with...

Anywae this post is about mi reflections, so if u disagree wif anything or wad, or dun feel aligned with mi tynking, it's ok, u're not any lesser than mi or i'm not any greater than u.

All along in mi life, i tot education, from pri sch to jc, was a total waste of time. It's something tt i have nv put much effort into and i've not treasured it much. But todae, mi opinion changed. I juz watched a video, filmed by a fellow singaporean and a fellow christian who juz visited the slums in some countries in asia, namely the philipines, thailand, cambodia, vietnam etc...And it is relly heart-wrenching to see the pple living in the slums.

Look at philipines, thousands of pple living in poverty lived in a slum called Smoky Mountain 2. Basically, they're living by the rubbish dump. The scale and size of tt dumping ground is so huge and massive man..all the rubbish from the city juz fills the place. As the name suggests, the place is so smoky due to the toxic wastes from the decomposing garbage and food and leftovers...and relly...thousands comb the area daily for food...and for things tt they could sell to earn tt bit of money tt is so little tt it might not be even 1/100th of our allowances..tt's the situation...

In case u tot tt only kids live in these places..u're so wrong...boys and gers tt are as young as 6 or 7 have already begun combing the area for survival..Searching for leftovers. Can u imagine eating someone's leftovers? yea some of us might find it disgusting already...take it 1 step further...food tt are leftovers and decomposing and stinky...guess how tt tastes like? Pple over there haf those for meals.

Young gers are being sold and forced into the flesh trade in order to survive..Where they'll never ever be able to redeem themselves. These boys and gers would probably never ever learn alphabets...much less to spell their names and to write...They'll probably not be able to read a single book in their lives...

Mi written description will never be able to express wad i saw on the film ever...it's too powerful...the scene..And here i am, squandering away mi youth...being self-centered...Spending unneccesary money on unneccesary stuff..Worst still..i'm wasting mi education away...I'm blessed wif education, yet i dun treasure it, yet i still feel as if i'm forced to study..

Give those kids a chance, i'm sure all of them will embrace education wif joy...It's hard to say, but u'll nv knoe wad a privilege it is until u've a fate like theirs. Where their future lies in the dumps, most certainly forever.

We always see on television charity shows tt ask us to donate to these poor singaporeans. In singapore, wad we define as poor are pple hu are earning a few hundred dollars a month...in these slums...these pple earn a few cents a day...If we can so generously call and donate to these charities, y can't we save a little everyday, be it money or clothes or some neccessities and give it to the pple hu need it the most. Take note, i'm not saying tt those singaporeans are not needy, but rather less needy.

We spend so much money on food, on the inflated meals of fast food, on inflated prices for presents and gifts. Why can't we save a little everyday and donate to these pple? They need it more than us.

I'm not trying to be a hero, drawing attention to miself. I dun wanna be a hero. I juz wanna highlight tt we are a million times more privileged than the poor in this world. Even if you dun intend to donate, at least pls make it a point to not spend unneccessarily and to avoid wastage.

After reading this, some of u might feel tt wad i say is crap. Or tynk tt wad i say is too ideal, where we are in no position to help, where we are in no position to eliminate poverty in the world. I'm not trying to eliminate poverty, but rather give as much as i can, and help as much as i can. Although i'm too small to make a huge impact, but i'm large enough to make a difference in pples' lives.

You are blessed wif an affluent life. Do not squander it. 1 day, i will go out to the mission fields. Tt's mi dream and mi life. I dun wanna be a hero. Pls do not post comments to praise mi.

"The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few."