Monday, August 16, 2004

Stupid Person

Nin*com*poop - a fancy word for a silly stupid person. E.g. a bunch of nincompoop

Some people don't know what a ghostwriter means. When I told a classmate that I'm a ghostwriter, she thought that I write ghost stories.

The Olympics is on. It's the only time when the world comes together as one. Sometime I wonder if it is worthwhile for one to give his life to training everyday for a shot for a moment of glory. Glory is a transient thing. Time will erase the memory. Generations will forget you.

If I stop writing henceforth, the world wouldn't miss a heart-beat either.

Maybe, having a goal keeps a person alive, keeps a person going until he finds something better to do.

Recently a distant colleague of mine died in a car accident at a bright age of 26. Yesterday, another young man on the brink of a new life, died in a car accident. I don't assume tomorrow always come.

I'm just thankful for today and whatever life brings. I'm missing my daughter Marie dearly. It's Sarah who's keeping me alive. I feel helpless fighting against the system but I reminded myself that if God can raise Saddam Hussein, God can also destroy Saddam. I'll do whatever I can, and leave the rest to God.

The feeling of hatred, depression, and helplessness is very toxic to the system. I'm trying to shut down the emotional floodgate before the body is overwhelmed with the poison.

In Iraq, in a town of Bagdad, US-bombs were raining. The family ran out of their house and were fatally hit. One girl lost her legs. Got fixed with an articial set of limps and sent back to her hometown to face an uncertain future. Her family were wiped out by the Americans. Try explaining that to this child.

Everything has an expiry date - our lives, our moment of glories, our achievements. That's why I have no hesitation to stop what's I'm doing at any point of time. The mail will still come, long after you are gone. The world will still goes on...without you.

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