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#580 - Kechara Soup Kitchen

Thoughts 9:32 PM

Hey guys ! :)

So sorry for the lack of updates this past week. I just got my laptop back yesterday and now I'm ready to blog again !

Last Saturday night, I decided to go help out at the Kechara Soup Kitchen with my friends ! :) It is a charitable non-profit organization inspired by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche to help the needy and marginalized community. It's time to help make a difference in someone's life. Since we arrived early, we helped to pack the food !

All of us were first timers except for Xin Vee, so we went upstairs for the orientation first before starting the distribution of food. We heard many different stories about the homeless and the organization, as well as being briefed on the ways to approach the homeless. I would elaborate more on this, but I was so sleepy I kinda dozed off halfway through. My body clock isn't used to late nights. HAHAHAH.

After that, we were split into different groups and assigned different locations. And because we came in such a big group, we had two different locations. The group I was in was assigned Honda and Chow Kit, while the other group went to Dang Wangi. You could read the KSK report about it HERE.

KSK helps the urban poor and the homeless :) And at certain stops at our area, there were already people queing up, ready to take the food. Some of them said thanks, some took them without a word, some tried to line up again to take more food. But I believe behind their many different behavious, there is a story. You'll be surprised, you'll never know who is a homeless after a night of volunterring at KSK.

Group picture ! :) Eugene, Jona's dad and my mom were also there, but they're not in this picture. They're in the one below though, :P

Picture above was taken from the KSK Facebook page :)

If you're interested to help out, you can check out their facebook page, Kechara Soup Kitchen !! :) It's a real eye opener, and an amazing experience. You should try volunteering as well, who knows what you'll learn from it ? :)

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#564 - A Stranger's Advice.

Thoughts 10:51 AM

I met an old man on the bus on Thursday afternoon after tuition. He was similar to my grandfather in the way he dressed, and I could smell his cigarette breath, which I despise. It felt uncomfortable to sit next to someone who smells like cigarette smoke but when he attempted to chat with me, I politely listened. Who knew the words that came flowing out of his mouth could make me think so much about life ?

He was a former principal of a school, and it had Form 6 students as well. He asked questions and when he found out I was also a Form 6 student, he talked about how the art stream is better than the science stream, At that moment, I lost him. It's not that I wasn't interested, but I've heard similar things so many times in my life it just didn't seem possible to pay full attention on that topic. After that, he touched on many other things as well, including what kind of man I should marry.

When looking for a husband, search with two eyes. When you're married, close one eye. Hmmmmmm. I'll let you ponder about that. And while searching, think only about one thing. One word. And that word is dependability. He repeated this so many times and made fun of it to the point it became a memorable word. Heheh. Back to the word, dependability. Why ?

Depend on him for love.

Depend on him to raise a family.

Depend on him when I'm in trouble.

Depend on him when I'm sad.

And depend on him for so many more things that I'm just too lazy to list down here.

He was also talking about how most successful people are those that don't use their Degrees or Diplomas when they graduate. Sure, you earn money. But you're working for someone else. You have a JOB. And JOB stands for "Just Over Broke". Heh. Hearing his elaboration on this topic makes me feel like I'm going to be poor no matter how smart I become in the near future.

When I mentioned that I was in the science stream, he told me people won't marry me. LOL. Oh gosh. He went on to talk about working hours and how I would only have one afternoon free in an entire week. Is that enough to date ? HAHAH.

There's so much more that he talked about but this is as much as I can recall and put into words. I just felt like sharing this with you people :) Hopefully you DID read it. HAHAH.

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Thoughts 12:00 AM

It's not everyday I make a midnight post and here's some things about people that I dislike.

1. Making plans and then cancelling them because you don't feel like it.

Like what the hell ?? You build up people's expectation and then splash cold water all over them with a lousy excuse. If you can't even continue on with your plans, how do you expect people to go with you the next time ? If it were me I'd be like "Oh. Sure cancel again one later. No need to go lah."

2. Thinking you're oh-so-important.

"Hey guys! I can't make it, why don't you put it on this day so I can make it ?". Heard that line before ? I really dislike it. I always go for a majority vote, even if it's against what I want. But the world is still full of people who puts themselves before others. And people who don't know their priorities. Set them right please !!

3. Not making any effort.

I've seen people putting in so much effort in order to see the fruits of their hard work. And I've also seen people who are like parasites, or passengers. Is it that hard for you to feed yourself ? Do you expect everyone to play aeroplane with you and spoon feed you ? No. That's not going to happen. It's time to be more matured, nothing's going to happen if you don't put in effort.

4. Complaining 24/7.

Eh, you got nothing better to do ? I can just sit in one place and all I hear are complains. All I can do is nod my head and agree or laugh it off as a lame joke. But seriously, if you're just going to complain, it's beast if you just shut up. Try using that time to think optimistic or do some other work. Complaining wastes ALOT of time.

5. BOJIO.

Whether you're the person saying BOJIO, or you're the person who BOJIO other people, I don't care. The word has gotten too mainstream it's more annoying than Gangnam Style right now. I'd rather hear "Tak ajak" or "Never call!" instead of BOJIO. Even I have a patience limit.

I'll stop here for now. They say that midnight thoughts/ blog posts are best left unedited. So if I offended anyone in this blogpost, I don't think I'll be that sorry. After all, some of these qualities that I dislike, are probably parts of me that I want to change. And changing one's attitude after 18 is very hard. Very very hard.