life as it is

25th Sept, KL - i visited a young man of 20. he's battling a relapse of leukemia. only 20 but the pain he's in daily, the uncertainy, the bleakness of life ....

25th Sept, UK - a friend told me her husband of eight years walked out of their marriage. not that it's his first time cheating on her but the horror of knowing someone you vowed to live forever with betraying you; the insensitivity of the act of cheating intentionally; the realization that someone you believed in isn't who he seems.
[and while we're on this subject, i totally despise such people. if you're uncommitted and if both parties are actually not pretending to be in a relationship, that's relatively understandable but to be in a committed relationship/marriage and then to cheat on the other party is just unacceptable! it's disgusting even to just go around sleeping with different people and then putting on a facade of normality and nonchalance. just downright despicable]

25th Sept, US - a friend spinning in clubs as usual. partying ... living the life, probably walking down 5th Avenue, going into starbucks for that plastic cup of verbally-challenging-order.

25th Sept, KL - another friend cheating on his fiancee. his justification is that he doesn't actually commit the act; just everything else leading to it.

25th Sept, China - two dear friends of mine working hard; sharing, bringing change.

25th Sept, KL - a primary school friend (my age) gave birth, to her second daughter! second!!

25th Sept, KL - me. going about life as usual.

as i think about my friends all around the world; UK. Ireland. Europe. SA. US. Asia. i can't help but be amazed at how 'life goes on'. here, i may be wondering what to do next, where to go, whom to see and at the exact minute, somewhere halfway across the world, my friend's life and heart lie in pieces. or maybe, i'm working in the office, oblivious to the world outside and right that minute, someone else is battling for his life.

i wonder at the inter-connectivity.
i wonder at how insignificant we are in the big picture of the world, or even the universe.
i wonder at life. what are we doing?? what do we leave behind? (that's if we do)
i wonder at how and why we sometimes let the unnecessaries of life consume what matters
and i wonder, at the awesome power of the one holding the threads of our lives