Heal The World

Hmm though the memory has slightly faded now, the scences I experienced were pretty incredible and evoking. Hotel Rwanda was our first stop. (After yesterday's ill-fated, some say "justin-luck" imposed cinema scare. We were all ready for our orange 241 discount when after twenty min of screen time ... smoke! The fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate. We were pretty much dissapointed and deflated after that ... but hey its all settled now!) Don Cheadle stars as Paul, the Hotel Manager of the Hotel Des Milles Collines in Rwanda (its a real life story by the way). He manages to safeguard the lives of over 800 tutsies from the slaughter of the hutu militia. What really struck the emotional cord was the cavalier attitude of the French, Italians, Americans and British (pretty much everyone) in the face of the slaughter; the only one who cared was a Belgian journalist and the Colonel of the UN force who was pretty much impotent. Their main priority was the evacuation of their own civilians and whilst the slaughter was going on there was this debate aired on the radio concerning the statistical definition of a genoicide. It really made you want to bloody those politicians in their noses! But I am not very much different I must admit. The journalist in the story made the comment that people will watch the atrocities on TV, gasp a little and finally continue as if nothing had happened ... and its true we have been desensitized to such horrors to a certain extent. But now I have decided to make some contribution no matter how small. I remember when I was in school and sometimes you'd get these letters asking you to adopt a kid in Africa. Well before the letters always went into the bin ... well I'l like to make a difference now to the kids in Africa so if any of you guys would like to pool our resources to adopt a kid or smth ... just tell me! Being a Christian is not only about walking in right path and spreading the word (though that is important too) but also about helping our fellow human beings even when we do not expect anything in return. Most of the time it is better to give than to receive.
At CU's meeting today, the talk coincidentally centered around the beleagured Christians (and non-Christians too of course) in North Korea. Stories and descriptions from escapees are truly horrifying. In Africa the UN can (now) intervene to a certain extent, over the continent stopping the worst attrocities BUT in North Korea which is a sovereign nation ... nothing can be done but pray for the people and the brave missionaries and liberals seeking to help people escape and topple the regime. It really questions the depth of your faith as well ... I wonder if I would have the strength to keep from renouncing Christ (in public at least) if I was threatened with a pot of molten iron right above my head. Very disturbing in the least.
On a lighter note, the Korean pastor's (Pastor Paul I think) wife made these wonderful sushi like things apparently called Kim Bab - hee we da paoed a packet each since there were a LOT of packets! Better yet, we dished out tom yam (still one of my favourite foods/ soups) and paratha at vet's place. The paratha although frozen was really pretty remarkeable!
The guys are planning a trip to Mt Kinabalu this June ... hope I can make it cos I haven't been with them on a trip for a long time. Plus it'll be nice to take a little trip just around (our now neighbourly) Malaysia after all my European toruing these last six months.

Michael Jackson - Heal the World (excerpt)

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Dun really like the fellow but hey this is an approprate song!

Things do not always go right. Yet one should just always apologize, try to make the situation better and move on. Sometimes it doesn't help and sometimes it doesn't make things better but it comes from the heart. Smiling in the face of problems does not mean one isn't true. It is simply a different way of coping. Huh where did that come from? Must have just popped into my head!