2015

At this time of the year I usually reflect on what I have done, achievement etc. Personal achievement mostly.

But 2014 is different. Having all these tragedy happening in a year should have some kind of impact to us (Malaysians). And I believe all Malaysian are feeling the same thing when they first heard about the missing plane MH370 and MH17 (which was shot down). The floods was also extremely devastating, but our respond this year made me realize, I haven't done much for the country, even in society to be honest. There were few suggestions here and there mostly on social media, talking about casually with people, but the fact of the matter is, it does not have any effect on what is happening. 

It's quite hard to comprehend social media posts these days. You can never be sure who is it intended to and the intention behind it.

We worry about ourselves, those who are close and we hold dearly to. We make it the utmost priority to make their lives better. That was always what we strive for. When tragedy happens to innocent people whom we never met but have our country as the common denominator (palestinians too), we do our best to show and share our grief. We even reflect these feeling through voluntary actions to make things better.

Human compassion is a feature that all human beings have.We probably just don't show it and exercise it much. Deep down, it's there and with all the things that happened in 2014, compassion take centre stage, it shows and it made a difference. The thing that set me back a bit is the way : No 1) it is politicized; and No 2) people actually influenced by it. Don't we have an opinion on all of this. An actual original opinion which aren't biased, genuinely seeking for a solution. IMHO, we are always the singer, but never the song writer.

I'm guilty of that too. Every end of the year I made resolutions which i kept to myself. They are mostly small bits of things that accumulate to the things that i want to achieve in life not just in any particular year. They are mostly selfish of course (finishing Ironman,getting a masters degree, career stuff etc.) and has evolved outside myself (getting married, ensuring the kids have a kick ass life etc). But maybe I think, it should be more than that. Some of them are pretty obvious and in the most weird way, some are discovered through tragedies.