What a day. I feel somewhat accomplished.

Yesterday , before i went to bed. I told myself.
It was gonna be one helluva day.

I had school (PE inclusive) till 5pm.
Followed by having to rush to jamming at 7.30pm
After which i had to rush back home for math tuition (thanks Y.H) at 10.30pm
Well , its now 12.40 am. I,m glad to say that i lived through today.
Its definitely been fruitful.


Yawn.
I have the power to make things right.

For the sake of my GP exam...
Do an essay on something which i read that left quite an impression on me.


While majority of the youths in asian countries suffer the social stigma of having to endure the harsh asian life of mindless studying, their counterparts, in the middle-east are predestined with a more relentless fate.

Born into a country driven by war, many youths in Afghanistan enlist into the Anti-Taliban North Alliance. The cause of this is the harsh life that the Afghan adolescents have to endure. With the abscence of proper education, most youths find it hard to make a living. Some would even go to the extent of following cows around with upturned palms to catch excrement to sell as fuel. The majority however, take the easy way out by enlisting into the army. By joining the army, one gets access to free food, clothing, water and cigarettes. This detour out of poverty has attracted many youths to enlist in the army at ridiculously young ages. However, in modern Afghanistan, scenes of 12-year olds skipping along with firearms slung over their shoulders seem almost normal. Such is the distorted image of youth in Afghanistan.

Major victims of the conflict in Afghanistan are the war orphans. Those are the ones who suffer most. Even for child soldiers, bloodlust runs deep. A large percentage of these war orphans have been traumatized by the loss of their parents to radicals. Without any true cause in life, these war orphans often enlist in the army with the desire to avenge their lost loved-ones. Whilst the youths whom enlist in the army get a taste of manhood and tainted "honor" , those who get kidnapped by the Taliban are put through excruciating pain and experiments. The ones that survive the torture undertake extreme measures of jihad schooling causing their young minds to be clouded by radical religious teachings. This constant involvement of children in an adults war would adversely affect the future of afghanistan.

Battle hardened from young, these warriors find it hard to change their mindset about war and the enemy. In a place where conflicts are solved as easily as a gunshot to the head, one can hope for peace. Yet, some Afghan traditions, might be impossible to break.

And i,m going to sleep.
I knew it. Its impossible to write a full essay under these conditions.
Goodnight.
Still , i hope the er short article i wrote would enlighten you a little more about whats going on in the middle east. Arent we glad to be safe in sunny singapore?
Yawn. I am going to sleep.