Hear Us Out -A Global Issues Conference

The motto of this conference was 'By Youth, For Youth'. I would think that if 'Of Youth" was added, it would be more meaningful.

What I learned from this conference was that we live for a cause. A cause that defines our life, a cause that defines our direction in the future. We live for a cause.

Also, opinions are important. We ought to express our opinions to fight for our cause. A cause for the future.

Writing is part of the learning. By speaking, writing, listening and reading, we can live a fruitful life. Also, writing is most of the time not to impress but to inform.

We also need to listen (yes, I mean listen), act and make a change. These three essential elements should go together.

And also a few famous quotes:

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing" Albert Einstein

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe" Anatole France

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela

"The earth we abuse and the living things we kill, in the end, take their revenge; For in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future" Marya Mannes

"The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this time the war is with ourselves. We are the enemy, just as we have only ourselves as allies" Al Gore

The few quotes here reflect the dire global issues that we are facing now. And much more in the challenging 21st century.

Unknown Struggle with the Mind

I've a bad habit. Maybe it's not a habit, but a periodical struggle to recall the events, things or people I have come across. This is weird and clouding my mind for a long time before I come to realise that I have actually been wasting time to remember back the past.

For example, I was having my dinner at a restaurant and I saw newspaper spread across the tables. And I spotted The Star. So I picked it up and proceeded reading. But quickly I lost focus and my mind wondered empty. I made a mental note to read it much later but I managed never to read it. On my way back to my house, I felt a "lost" feeling. I felt that I'd miss out an important thing and my mind kept wondering back to the shop and imagined myself reading the paper and finished it.

This is just weird. I am very bothered with it till today. My solution I hope to get rid of it once and for all is that I have to treasure every moment in life so that I experience it with heart and without regret. Really, does it work that way? What if I am yet again tangled with the thought again?

This Monday is my English presentation. I am to present about my novel I have read for about a month's time. The prospect of presentation is very disturbing as speaking in front of people is generally challenging. I have just to be brave and confident.

This is my first time blogging this year. This blog is my piece I write without prior plan and thinking. So, it will look untidy and clumsy in thought. But as the Chinese proverb goes, "The hardest part of everything is the beginning."