mm. just finished reading the book, the kite runner. a nice book. makes me realise once again how fortunate i am to be living in singapore, under a nice shelter, with food, clothing, education, computer, many sorts of entertainment, with peace and harmony around me (not the warring times). i'm thankful that i do not have to see dead bodies everywhere on the streets, damaged buildings, go through the pain of losing loved ones, live in fear and tolerate the hardship caused by the ongoing war.





this sort of makes me wonder what's gonna happen in the future...





oh wells. the future's not us to see now. so let's just sit back and relax, taking things one at a time as time progresses. (:







anyway, the protagonist lived a tough, sad, tormented life. he lived in a lie for 38 years. a beautiful lie his dear baba weaved to help protect his own pride, ego, reputation. and his baba had such great friends, who suffered all those years in that lie. i wonder if he was really deserving of those wonderful friends. by the time the truth was revealed, his half brother was dead. father was dead. and the world he used to lived in was dead too. perhaps it was a blessing in disguise, that he never had to face his father knowing the unfaithful and dirty things that he had done. maybe not. that lie made him do such mean things to his half brother. which eventually led to his death. and till his death, the half brother was still so loyal to him.




"for you a thousand times over."





ayee. some heart-wrenching snippets of the real world eh? i'm sure there are worse happenings in the world now. which makes my desire to fulfil my dream stronger- to help the poor. to save the victims.