Saturday, 11th February 2006
How many times have you stopped yourself, looked up from whatever you were doing, and wonder what you're doing with your life?
I know I've touched upon this subject not long ago but I didn't go too much into it. Now I really really want to clarify on this thing.
I want to be a scientist when I grow up, and find a cure for cancer. I want to find a cure for extremely fatal cancers such as pancreatic cancer, and I don't want it for the money. I definitely don't want it for the fame either, as some of you might know that I sort of shy away from the limelight.
I want to save lives. I want to help people.
I want to go to Cambodia or any other Third World country and help the poverty-stricken, starving kids out there who are dying from diseases like cholera that we get vaccinated for, and isn't even a threat to us.
Maybe I can invent more vaccines that needn't be refridgerated nor costly and ship them over to some country short of them, like Ethopia.
There's this sort-of Adventure Team thing in RGS, and you're only eligible to apply for it if you're Sec 4. Last year's team went to India to help the poor and they showed us a video they made, during assembly. I almost cried.
Because while we complain about trivial things like why didn't Sly win Singapore Idol, there are children, kids like us who can't even get one meal a day. Of course, the Team had visited a less poor site in India; they didn't go into the heart of India to find the villages where people are dying off the streets, homeless.
And the Red Cross in our school is asking us to ask our parents to donate blood for children who have blood diseases and need blood transfusions. I haven't asked my parents, but I know what'll they say. 'No time'. They haven't got 30 minutes to spare in their busy schedule? And other children have no more time in their lives, because they need the blood to clean out their contaminated systems urgently, or they'll die.
And why do the Palestinian Hamas still bomb Israel? Why do they do that, when they just want peace for their own country? Can they really blame Israel for not wanting to cooperate with them?
And now the Hamas have become the new government of the Palestinians, the notorious terrorist group. I know they ultimately just want peace for their own people, but I wish they would just stop the bombs. They say they're working towards peace with Israel, and I really hope they find it.
Meanwhile, what do we do with our lives?
I'm not eligible for blood donation nor the Adventure Team thing. And I don't think I'll want to join the team. I think if I go abroad to a Third World Country at the age of Sec 4, I don't think I'll be ready. I know that when I come home, I'll never be able to recover.
Well. I guess we just have to live it, don't we?