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I was just thinking about some issues that is a argument between ethics and death. Put forward an example, imagine yourself dying of a kidney failure. Do you ever seen the waiting list for a kidney in this world? It’s so long that people die waiting for a new kidney. That prompted greedy people to take advantage on desperate and dying people. In the Gurgaon kidney scandal, people in India were tricked into selling their organs and send to richer countries like the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Most people know that it is illegal and cruel to do such a thing but when someone is dying and very desperate or let’s say someone we love is, we would just do anything to save our life. Isn’t it ridiculous, how death and greed can manipulate someone’s conscious?
I mean, how can live up to what we preach to others? How can we always play according to the rules? We can do anything by the law. What happens when everything you know and have is threaten against you. What happens then?
Sometimes I do ask myself, how can I proof my love to someone or something? How can I proof how much I love my country? Wave flags during merdeka or defending our country if an invasion would to happen. How can I proof how much I love my family? Saying “i love you” or save them from a fire. How can I proof how much I love my future imaginary wife? Sending her flowers or save her from being shot. Yeah, you can tell your girlfriend, fiance or wife you loved her but when a desperate and dangerous moment comes, you’ll know how much you actually do.
What I try to say is, sometimes people just don’t practice what they preach, right? My father has a friend that used to them their bunch of friends about being a good and faithful man, bla bla bla but end up, he stole some company money, just to pay up his high expenses extra-marital affair and is currently on the loose from the police. Last anyone heard from him, he’s in Thailand. My father is a very serious family man and he doesn’t show any signs of emotion or feelings but somehow I feel he felt something. Imagine someone so close to you, your god-brother, turns his back at you and ran away, to be never heard again. That must have hurt but I guess life goes on.
I just wish I can be a sincere, faithful, trustworthy and honest friend, son, brother, future partner to those people out there. Truthfully, I cannot say that I am a good person cause I don’t know what can change in the future. Like Aaron said, people change over time. I’ll try my best definitely. I just hope I can keep my side of the deal.
post-script : Chuck vs. Jane. iPod vs Ipoh. 1912 vs. 1930. Structural damage vs. mental illness. Chelsea vs. Man Utd. I think man utd will menang lah, shit!
The typical looney,
Chuck
Hello my friends, I have landed in Adelaide. Things look pretty good so far and I am loving the weather, the people I’ve met and the internet speed. Here are a few pictures. Maybe I just put a few. Anyway, since there are difference in time and I don’t online much here. Please do add me in facebook. Well, I started facebook so I can keep in touch with Akil. There are no other way to contact him. I will update stuff on my facebook notes. Do add me at tacticalmistake@hotmail.com. Awesome.
Semaphore World War I memorial tower
Yours sincerely,
Tan Han Jun
