urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hypnos28 hypnos28 hypnos28 hypnos28 2015-11-23T18:59:53Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hypnos28:1115 Heart breaking, Tear jerking 2011-12-03T13:56:40Z 2015-11-23T18:59:53Z Rent - Seasons of Love I haven&#39;t cried like this in such a long time.<br />I live in a country where 45% of the people live under the poverty line. I live in a place where politics is ruled by money, power and occasionally violence. I&#39;m used to it now, I don&#39;t let it get it to me. My only goal is to somehow help the poor in my own way in the future, and definitely not get involved in politics.<br />However, after reading this article which contains some heart breaking pictures<br /><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/rickshawpuller-killed-in-manipur-blast-1322713629-slideshow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/rickshawpuller-killed-in-manipur-blast-1322713629-slideshow/</a><br />I can&#39;t help but get angry and so sad.<br />Just days before the Prime Minister comes to visit the city, it&#39;s bombed by unknown terrorists.<br />A rickshaw puller is payed a measly Rs.20 - $0.51 to ferry the fateful package. Before succumbing to his injuries, he told the police that he was given the package by a member of an opposing political party. In the end, he was their only victim.<br />What did he do to deserve that? Using suicide bombers is bad enough, but these terrorists actually gave it to an innocent man, a daily wage laborer who had nothing to do with their &quot;politics&quot;. Why must they involve others? What good will come out of all that violence?<br />Will there ever be an end to these meaningless means of &#39;making a mark&#39;?<br /><br />This is not the first time I read about bombs, but this really touched my heart. Like I said, I haven&#39;t cried like this in a long long time. I surprised myself, since I&#39;m usually a really apathetic person when it comes to things like this.<br />Plus, I was listening to Seasons of Love from the Broadway musical, so I guess that all came on me at the same time... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hypnos28:986 Writer's Block: Father figure 2011-06-19T09:45:22Z 2011-06-19T09:45:22Z Ikimono Gakari - Uruwashiki Hito There has been many occasions where my dad has given me the most wonderful advice, but the one that came up to my mind first was this:<br />&quot;If you reach for the sky, you can at least touch the tree top.&quot; <br />This piece of advice was given to me when I&nbsp;was feeling very down, not confident in my abilities and confused about my future. With this, my dad was telling me to give my best and choose whatever I wanted to do with my life. <br />I'll never forget this. Thanks, dad.