The Battle at Kruger

I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to blog for so long!

I'm still really occupied with things to do so, here's just a video I watched at the Leadership Camp about a week ago. Never in my life have I watched a video this moving.

I'll tell you why, but just watch the video first, very carefully. Watch the whole video.

(Tune out the music - this was the only short video that I found unfortunately with a not-very-good malay song. The one I watched at camp, the music was.. sooo good)

If you watched the video closely, you would've seen the four lions crouching first, getting ready to get it's prey. Then after awhile, one lion goes for the baby buffalo and the other follow behind to help. The few other buffalo's that were with the baby buffalo ran away. So yes, now the lion's fallen into the river, and an alligator comes out and gets hold of the buffalo and the lion and the alligator start tugging on the buffalo, each trying to get something to eat.

But all that is besides the point I'm trying to make.
If you realised, after awhile, all of a sudden, hundreds and HUNDREDS, maybe thousands of buffalo's, I don't know, that huge herd of buffalo's came to save that ONE baby buffalo. I remember, while I was watching this at the camp, I started to tear(yeah I know, you might think "WHAT? she cried about buffalo's and lions ah?!" but seriously, this really moved me) I remember thinking, if animals, creatures without the power of CHOICE, without a consience, can come together just to save ONE baby buffalo, why can't WE, us humans, gifted with the power of CHOICE, with a consience, CANNOT come TOGETHER, UNITED, to help contribute to save our generation, to save the next, or to just help make this world that belongs to.. ALL of us a little bit better.

You know, I learnt this at camp too, about Ownership. Sometimes, we forget that, this world of ours, or the people living in it, it really belongs to every single one of us.

And yeah, everyone says "Yes yes, it's my Earth too, my world too" but if it really is something that BELONGS to us, don't you think that it isn't only the duty of a fraction of the world to make this place better to live in? Shouldn't it then be the duty of ALL of us? I mean, for instance, our room belongs to us, and we take care of it well, because well, it belongs to us, so yes, we want it to be nice and decent and pretty and comfortable, so it's the exact same thing with the world we live in.

Maybe you think that what you do now, has no effect on the betterment of the world. Maybe you think that there are enough people out there trying to make this world a better place to live in. One of the facillitators, Daniel, said "You might not be able to change the whole world but you can change the world of one". Isn't that already really good? Even in the video of the lions and the buffalo's, if you were watching closely, only a few of the buffalo's in the front row attacked the lions, and the rest of them were there, behind all of them, playing their parts, whether it be big or small, they were playing their parts. The impact that it made, when ALL of those buffalo's came together united, made all the difference in the world. We think sometimes that it's only the work of the government, the NGO's, or activists to be the ones upfront, okay well, that's who we SEE doing all the work, and we think that's enough and we always say "Leave it to them to do it", but it really does make all the difference in the world if everyone, and I mean, everyone, comes together, works together for something that really, we all want. The little things that we do to contribute really does make a difference, whether or not you are being noticed for it.

"Not everyone is prominent, but everyone is significant"

Yup.

I love gaining new insights.

leaving for Penang in 8 hours :)

I need a goooood break.

Movers of today.

Camp was amazing! I had theeeee best time :)

It was by far the most empowering and impactful camp&workshop I have ever been to.

MBPJ did an amazing job asking the Generasi Gemilang young adults/youth to facillitate the leadership camp(in line with helping to create a Child Friendly City of PJ)

yay so happy, and I actually miss everyone at camp!

I've got alot to say about what happened, and I'll post up some pictures too.

But as of now, I'm dead tired and in dire need of rest.

One day of rest, until Saturday, for the Open Mic Night! yay:)

plus, I'm counting down the days to Penang with the cousies d:

7days to go!

I'm actually excited for camp tomorrow :)

yay:)

Feels like home.

Things are getting busier by the day.

With the Open Mic Night, the leadership camp in Bukit Tinggi, and some youth activities and meetings in Pantai Dalam.

But.. I kinda like busy. I feel productive,proactive, and useful.

Now, that's how I want to spend my holidays. Doing things that I might not be able to do as much once school starts, something productive and meaningful.

I want to make the most out of the time I have.

But time's passing so quickly, that, I don't like.

But.. here's to a good December :)

Penang in 12 days with my favourite people. yay:)

Stand up for change ; An Open Mic Night

A few other youth and I are organising an Open Mic Night for sustainable development. Details on the event are stated in an invitation in the above. So, please take a look at it :) (Click to get a better view of the invite)

If you can't read the details above(Sorry, it's a little blurry. I don't know how to change a document into a picture,yeee ): ), here are the details :

Date : Saturday, 12th December '09

Time : 7.30 pm - 10.00 pm

Venue : DJROA Community Centre, Damansara Jaya

RSVP to me(or write in my cbox) or to this address : standup4change.youth@gmail.com

If you'd like to take part and perform for the Open Mic Night, please call me @ 012-3477049 and I will explain to you further details. You can sing a song, dance, read a monolog, act out a skit, read a poem, anything artistic will do. The only requirement is that it has to be about sustainable development, or about any social issue.

Or.. you can just come and watch others perform but also take part in the other segments of the evening :)

It's going to be an interesting night filled with insightful perspectives and artistic performances, with a nice full crowd (crossing fingers! :D) :)!

Please let me know latest by the 4th of December if you'd like to attend. Limited seats, so please hurry :)

See you there! Hopefully :)

It is 1.34 am now.

34 minutes after the Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha and for the first time in my 16 years of life, I feel so connected, more than before.

Today's programme was amazing.

I couldn't stop thinking about the dream I had when I was 9.

That little boy who saved me in my dream turned out to be You. That never fails to put a smile on my face.

I don't usually remember any of my dreams but this one, it stuck with me, and.. hopefully until the day I die :)

Our Angel

Yesterday : Jayattan's Memorial.

The slideshow of Uncle's entire life was being shown but the only thing I could hear or pay attention to was the grief and sorrow that my aunty, Jayanthi felt. She was crying, no, weeping with Sanjay in her arms ; he was crying too. That was the loudest and most devastating cries I have ever heard. I couldn't imagine how she was feeling. I still can't. I realised that I cry and weep sometimes for the littlest of things, I sometimes forget to appreciate my Mummy or my Papa, Shayna,Sunil or Sonia, and especially right now, my grandparents. I don't want to wait for their last breath before I feel guilty for the way I've treated them, I don't want to wait until they aren't alive for me to wish that I had treated them or anyone for that matter, better. Jayanthi experienced a terrible loss, and so did we but ofcourse, she was affected by it most.

Yesterday, I realised how wonderfully amazing my granduncle was. He was actually one of the youngest in the family, just a little over his 60's but he was always the one who stood out most amongst the 8 siblings. He was the one who first initiated our very first big family gathering with the thought of only wanting to bring the family in unity, for all of us to appreciate,love and be united. He always put family first.

Jayanthi said this last night, that when Jayattan was first diagnosed with cancer, the first thing he said was "Let's throw a party! Get everyone to come, the whole family, call everyone and let's have a party."

Really.. how many people do you know that would say that?

His joyous spirit was so immense and so great that eventhough I never really got the chance to know him well, he left a huge mark in my heart just by being the jovial, loving spirit of the family.

I do love my uncle although I never really knew him well and I know that he's okay now.