Flashes: Japan

Observe. Observe. Observe.
Arghh. Heck. Just do it.
You won't know how it works until you get into the action.
Balance. Balance. Oh-woohhh. Piak!
Get up now. Ahhhhh. Struggle.
My ankles are twisted. I'm flat on a slope.
I feel like a baby. I don't know how to get up.
Clumsy. I can't get up.
Use your abs now. Push yourself up.
Good. I'm finally up.
Balance. Balance. Piak!
Get up. I'm gonna conquer this.
Piak!
Got up.
Piak!
Grrrrrr. I'm gonna do this.
Piak!
Got up.
Piak! Ouch!!! That hurts!
Cool. Balance. I'm cruising down the slope.
Balance.
Piak!
Snowboarding.
Piak! Piak! Piak! Piak! Piak!

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It's heaven on earth. Or maybe, it's earth on heaven. Which is which. I can't decide.
Its beauty, indescribable.

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Feeling relaxed. Finally managed to flip the papers at the hostel. Massacre in Congo. Sad. Very sad. A son was killed in cold blood in front of his mother. The UN showed its incompetence again. A pang of guilt resided in me. By that stroke of luck, i didn't become one of them, constantly living in fear of what the next day might bring. I was enjoying myself in Japan. Mind started to wonder. Can i make a difference to their lives? We really can't wait for OTHERS (whoever is that?!?!) to help because help never seems to arrive. Can i make a difference, my short time on earth? How can we help? Help with their basic right to be alive. What gave the aggressors the right to kill? Your mother. His father. Her son. Their children.
Anger.
How can we help?

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Trips always make me think. Like what Avenue Q talked about, what's your purpose in life?
Some people's purpose is to be living examples of how life should not be lived. Others, to aspire people to live like them. Recently, the idea of helping people is popping into my mind more frequently. I need to rethink my life again. Music is a great part of my life. But is there something greater out there for me to achieve?
I wonder.

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