you were meant for me

baby i dont know what love is, maybe im a fool

i just know what im feeling, and its all because of you.

theres one more day left of trials, it feels like spm has already ended, when in reality this is only the beginning of a grueling month ahead. but seriously i dont think many of us are really bothered that much about it anymore, see this is what happens when you force a bunch of form five'ers through an entire month of trials. we get bored. :)

i find watching Oprah extremely and thrice inspiring. i had this crazy notion to write a book entitled "Why I Think Everyone Should Watch Oprah". i still could. hm.

but the gist of it is, i was watching Oprah this afternoon, and she was talking about this little 6 year old african boy called Mark, who was sold by his parents to fishermen to become a child slave. Statistics show that every one in four children in Ghana are sold as slaves when they are only about 4-7 years old :(

camera's travel over 7000 miles to capture the lives of these child slaves. they're bodies are so overdevoloped for their young age, and they are beaten on a constant basis. they're "masters" only allow them food once a day. at 4.30am they rise from their beds on the floor and head out into the pitch black and row themselves out into the freezing cold lake.

these child slaves are putting their lives at stake when they dive under freezing temperatures, and there is the fear that they will be caught in the fishing nets. can you just imagine? a little four old boy clad only in a small t-shirt diving under the lake waters; even when they're sick they have to work.

these are the lives lived by children all throughout Ghana and South Africa. my heart was close to literally shattering as I was so touched by these children; i was driven to tears watching such inhumane actions being carried out on a child.

it was that moment i was reminded of Nurin Jazlin who was brutally raped and murdered in the most cruelest unimaginable way possible. bear in mind she was also just a child. what has happened to the world? everybody has gone barking mad. how could anyone possibly even contemplate hurting a child.




if theres one thing ive learned from all this, is that one person can truly make a difference. you really can. dont be afraid to reach out and help someone, because every life you touch is so precious. dont be hesitant to go the extra mile, go out on a limb for a random act of kindness. everyday we are given chance to create a miracle.






im that star up in the sky, im that mountain peak up high.