i watched a vid on facebook and can't help crying. can't post the vid here but it's about poverty in Africa, kids mal-nutritioned and couldn't even sit up properly, just lying on the ground filled with dirt. they are only 7yr olds and yet they cant be like other kids playing happily, studying happily in classrooms or even eating happily. in the vid, the sister of the 2 mal-nutritioned kids walked miles just to get a SMALL pail of water to bathe her siblings. she's just an 8 yr old and she knows she her responsibility of taking care of their siblings.
the on-lookers then gave them some peanut crackers. A spoilt, selfish and self-centred Singaporean child will open the pack of crackers and start eating themself without sharing. BUT the 8 yr old child opened the pack of crackers and gave the crackers to her little sister and brother, then finally take one for herself.
seriously, looking at the vid makes me feel damn sad. here I am, being so fortunate and still thinking that my life sucks. looking at the people around me, people who are just so selfish and self-centered, putting themselves first to anyone else, people who are vying for power, people who are super lazy, honestly, i feel goddamn sad for them and for myself cos these kids know nothing but yet they know how to share, know how to take care of the younger ones, know their responsiblilities so well.
if anyone of u is reading this, think, compared to them, who are we to say that our life suck?
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