thinking...

okay, so this is only my second commonplace post, and it's, like, thirty minutes before it's due, but i'm gonna put more on later...
in singer's solution, he shows how dora makes the "right choice" by taking the boy back after she finds out he's going to be killed, but bob makes the "wrong choice" by killing the kid instead of destroying his car...
so, i've been wondering from the very first time i read that essay, what is behind our choices? and why do we choose what we choose? do we do it because it's the "right" thing to do? do we do it because it's the easy way out? do we do it because that's what everyone else wants us to do?

i've been thinking aboug all my decisions a lot lately...and i found out a lot of my choices are decisions i've made because other people wanted me to...or because it seemed like the easy way out. they are very few big decisions i've made in my life because i want to.

i've decided to really think about the reason behind all my upcoming decisions, because it can make a huge difference going the way you want, the way everyone else wants, and the easy way out...

excuses, excuses

okay, so this is my first post out of three that we were supposed to do this weekend, and it's monday night...the night before the homework is due...an the reason is my keyboard was broken...and it truly was, you know? but then, this brought up a question for me...why do people make up excuses? do they do it so that their "crime" is just? or do they do for people to feel sorry for them? and, why do we feel sorry for people when they make up excuses...even though sometimes we know perfectly well they're making up excuses...? em...<3

water buffalo

the water buffalo movie was very moving. i felt that it was extremely giving and sincere for that man to actually go out and buy a water buffalo for a family in need. the family's tory was a rough one, and it amazed me how the family reacted, the grandmother not believeing this was possible at first. she didn't think they were ever going to get something that could help the, that much in her life.


there are a lot of similarities between the water buffalo movie and singer's solution. they were both about how to help needy people in this world. they both gave examples of what you could do to help a needy family, and they both seemed like a good-hearted thing to do.

what i liked about the water buffalo movie was that it actually showed these people going through the process of finding a water buffalo, finding a family, and giving it to them in person. singer's solution didn't give any examples of people doing this, it only showed situations in the beginning which made me feel bad for needy people.

i liked the water buffalo movie so much better because of that. i liked seeing how the family reacted more than seeing what happened when someone didn't save a child. it hits me much harder when i see how the person being helped reacts because it shows how much you can really touch a person you don't even know if you want to.

singer's solution to world poverty response

so, singer's solution to world poverty is very relevent and sweet, because it is a big issue in this world, only it's ALWAYS going to be a big issue in this world, because there is no way to completely get rid of it, is there?

when you look at all the people hurting from poverty, you can realize that the fact is they're not as well endowed as punahou studets are. they aren't all homeless and living in the streets...some of them have stuff.

so, the truth is, poverty is going to follow us no matter how hard we try because the people suffering from poverty are just the poorest ones in the world. so, they may have huge mansions on the island of kaua`i and twenty-seven beautiful cars, but if the rest of the world has their own private islands and, let's say, twenty-eight cars, the people with mansions are going to still suffer from poverty.

it's true that we should all give something, and it doesn't even need to be money. it can be old or used clothes, toys, dishes, anything. the thing is, it doesn't even have to be new, and the person you're sending it to will probably love it more than you ever could.

so, singer's point is quite relevent, because everyone should make an effort to donate somethings at least once a year. but, for him to think this is the solution to world poverty is absurd. it just doesn't make sense, seeing that thre will always be poverty in this world. it's something that keeps the world spinning.

FiRST BLOG

okay...so this is my first blog, and i'm trying out this "webdings" font, and i have no clue what it looks like...so i hope it looks nice...well, i don't really know what else to do, so i'll just post this now. okie dokie. bye bye.
...<3 em