One Moment in Time (August 06, 2008)

As I live, I have been meeting people from all walks of life and I had been learning many things from them. Many years ago, an acquaintance of mine got sick without my knowledge. Thinking why he has not been in contact for many weeks, I was surprised to receive a telephone call from him. He was telling me how he had been busy but lately had been very sickly. I do not know his whereabouts so I asked. I am not familiar with the ins and outs of streets but I manage to find his place.

Up three floors, I knocked at the door and a faint voice answered that it was open. I was filled with sadness. The room is barely empty. It only has a folding foam mattress as bed and a few kitchen items for eating. He was lying on his bed with sad eyes and a pale face. I asked him who had been helping him throughout this ordeal. A kind neighbour knew of his condition but can just do little to help.

I went out to buy food, fruits and medicines. I was saddened by the fact that there was none of his supposedly closest friends to help. I was saddened by the fact that being alone poses problems unimaginable by people who have their family around them. I was like him. I was in his situation. I dread to experience the anguish of being left alone.

When he became strong and healthy, he gave me a call and thanked me for my graciousness. He is long gone, as he made a choice to go back to his hometown. I have no idea where he is now. But that moment in time when he was in dire need, I felt how it was to be sick, poor and alone.

For Arts Sake (August 03, 2008)

These are something I will always treasure, some of the works I have done when I was younger. Some were 26 years ago while there were some dating 19 years back. The quality of the paper has seen better days. Still I wanted to blog the pictures for future reference. Besides, this is my own digital diary.

Awakening (August 01, 2008)

"It's not what you gather, but what

you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived."

Very apt for the first day of August, a quotation I got from a sent e-mail many days ago. I always wonder whether I had been living a good life by doing my fair share in this world but I was wrong. It is not what I get from doing good but it is what I do to others that makes me a true person.