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OhLaila |
Monday, 29 July 2013
Your role models do not have to be big shots. In fact, they probably should not. Why adore people that are brightly spotlighted by the media so much, when there are so many of them that are so much more inspirational but kept in the dark? I was watching documentary videos about Jalan Kukoh because the studio where I'm interning in was looking to do an outreach program and we concluded that Jalan Kukoh neighbourhood has a lot of opportunities waiting to be explored. And so I came upon a Youtube channel called Growing Up With Less (http://www.youtube.com/user/GrowingUpwithLess), where a group of people are shedding light and providing voices for the people who are with lower-income, troubled but nevertheless really, really good at hearts. Man, I have never felt this motivated or touched in such a long time. (I guess their projects somehow work on me) This is where I realise that to be able to be successful, to be able to push yourself against the pressure the world is imposing upon you, you need a certain set of qualities. I mean, the people that they interviewed were superbly motivational to me. They struggle with menial jobs and low income, yet they are determined to improve the quality of life of their whole families. In fact, some of them do not just stop there. They even reach out their help to their fellow struggling neighbours. This fact really puts me into so much shame. These people can barely feed their families, yet they are willing to help others in need, despite risking their own well-beings. Yet some of us, who are much better off in the society, are simply ungrateful and to put it worse, we don't give a shit for that. We still feel that whatever we have, is not enough, no matter how much more we have, no matter how good our life already is. Yes, this is myself included. I try, I do. I try my best to feel grateful and appreciate the things I acquire and already have in my life. But sometimes, I do have to remind myself again and again that I should not waste my most precious possessions in life that I take for granted at times. Those are:
Anyway, I believe I was saying something about a certain set of qualities we should have to be successful.
No matter what you desire to be, or to achieve, I believe these are what we need to be successful morally:
Perseverance, Moral Values, Desperation
If we only have the first two: the perseverance is meaningless. There is nothing backing it up.
If we only have the last two: giving up is at the end of the road.
If we only have the first and last: you'll turn criminal.
This, I believe so.
But this is in my humble opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if others have their own.
I feel that those people who are documented in the Youtube channel all possess the qualities I mentioned. At least I see the attributes in all of them.
I'll be going there to do site visits with all of the fellow interns tomorrow. From what I've been reading, watching, and hearing, that's one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Singapore (it can even be considered "slum") with troubled individuals (poor, loan sharks, drug abusers, gang members) are, or at least used to be, abundant.
I still can't believe that Singapore still has a large slum. I guess some parties would rather hide the fact that they exist so as not to ruin the portrayal of Singapore as a first-world country.
Probably.
I'm slightly afraid, yet motivated too.
Hope to get a fruitful visit tomorrow.
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