it has been quite an eventful 1st half of the year.. so far, i've received 9 wedding invitations throughout the year.. attended a funeral.. a beautiful baby is born to the two friends whom i became a cupid for.. recently watched the documentary "11th hour".. narrated by leonardo dicaprio.. understanding more about the issues raised.. the fact that global warming is Very happening and a dude in there said there are 2 ways of looking at it.. 1. we could be complaining about having a lot to do just to make sure the earth is ok.. or 2. we are the ones, the lucky ones, who are still alive as all these natural disasters happen, because we, could be the ones to make the change.. and he's glad that he's looking at it positively.. i will, too.. i don't suppose i can do much to Save The World.. all i've been doing is saying "no plastic bags, thank you" at cash register counters.. and separating my rubbish.. not big of an impact, but i really do not know what else to do.. well, like poosy suggested, maybe i can start bringing my own pair of chopsticks so when i eat out at stalls; there's no need to use those bamboo chopsticks provided.. what else can i do? any suggestions? (i can hear poosy saying "car pool is cool" right now).. i feel a pain thrust on my whole being upon learning about the cyclone in myanmar and earthquake in sichuan.. maybe i should begin to chant.. or practise any other form of spiritual prayers.. *eyes closed.. in deep thought & silence..* =/
other news would be having kitty in & out of the country in every 1-2 months.. finding out that a few people got their money conned.. a total of above RM400k !! and actually knowing who the culprit is.. (would love to slap him if i see him, for always boasting last time.. hmph! may he has lots of pimples grow on his bum..!).. (..for ever..!!) out with old housemates, in with new housemates.. having joined a weekly badminton thingy.. finished the tesol assignments Finally.. learning a lot of life's quirkiness in the quirkiest ways..
garf, garoupa & aristo*clink wine glass* here's to a dear friend, garoupa, congratulations.. *clink wine glass again* here's to our good times spent together - all the late night majong sessions, being annoying pests together at friday's, and just plain hanging out with the gang.. *clink clink* as nicole extended her wedding invitation few months back, i wondered, how we would know if a certain someone "had us at hello" or "he/she's the one".. so i asked her,"why him? how do u know?"..
.. she replied,"because i can live with him"..
now, to u people who have met your other half, or imaginary other half, tell me, "why him/her? and how do u know?"
dear garf,
i enjoyed reading ur post and i just wanna say this - u should give urself a pat on the back for doing things like saying no to plastic bags, carpooling etc. dont feel like ur contribution to combating global warming is small because ur not too sure what else u can do.
the reality is that as an individual the best thing u can do is to rub off ur awareness on other people around u - friends, colleagues, family.. for example, i invited u to the documentary screening and u got alot of information out of it. u can now tell ppl about the documentary and what u got from it. i think in a place like malaysia whereby so many young people are so self-absorbed, the biggest challenge is to 'mentally unblock' them when it comes to things like this. so like what u wrote in the blog, tell them its produced and narrated by leo and maybe they'd be more interested. tell them its a global warming documentary they probably think 'oh another one of those'.
i was in PD recently with a huge bunch of 'tiesto partygoers' and when we left the apartment, out of something like maybe 12 people, no one made any effort to switch off the lights and air-conditioning. in fact, i think they went out of their way to not turn them off, because when i mentioned turning them off i was told, 'why? just leave it on.' i muttered 'its wasteful and haven't u guys heard of global warming'. everyone pretended not to hear...
its a tough battle getting young people to take it seriously in malaysia and i dont know why. they're not exactly farmers and uneducated. i guess its just not a priority for them and maybe their parents nvr tell them not to waste! u can educate ur niece and nephew because i am sure the education system isnt doing their best.
Kitty said...
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