To Joannuh Wong :)

To the only person that does almost the same stuff I do, happy birthday Joanna Wong Kae Ling :D (I almost did this on the 13th :P)

After all those late night conversations since last year, you have been my number 1 ranting person! *gives trophy* (not like you don't have enough :D) I still remember our first time we talked in 2009. It was in CF Camp and I was checking out what was going on in the hall, and you asked me if I was from SKTM. Who expected that after you trained me you became my leader in worship haha.

Then came Nostalgia, where our interests met again (LOL). Don't push yourself too much, cause I'm still very scared when you jumped off the stage and your knee almost tore again @_@ Everybody around you is ready to give a hand, so take it :D

I'll give you your present after my exams k? :) I hope I never loose you as a friend cause you mean too much to me :D When you get your driving license you can drive JJKats around :) Don't forget me once you become a superwoman in the media/business/politics/food/maid industry, cause I know I won't forget you.

Love love, your junior and your msn buddy,

Jaysun wee :) Good big umbrella!

*hands barf bags around*

Potential

I am part of a lost generation

and I refuse to believe that

I can change the world

I realize this may be a shock but

“Happiness comes from within.”

is a lie, and

“Money will make me happy.”

So in 30 years I will tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

work is more important than family

I tell you this

Once upon a time

Families stayed together

but this will not be true in my era

This is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

In the future

Environmental destruction will be the norm

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this earth

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.

In 2007, Jonathan Reed posted a video poem that inspired the world. First thought to be the admittance of lost, ended up with 15 million touched viewers on Youtube. Many promised themselves, "I will be the change!” 3 years later, not much difference. Nobody can blame anyone.

Dear First Ladies of the world,

I could have filled this short message to you with statistics and figures that would make anybody cringe in their seat, but would probably go back with nothing much in mind. In 1992, Severn Suzuki made an impact on the world with her stunning speech at the UN Earth Summit in Brazil. Her speech was emphasized on changing your, world leaders' ways.

Deciding to do something and doing it are two very different things. If you were to walk away today saying "I'm going to make children leaders" and not doing anything, this whole summit would be useless, no?

Every child is born with potential. The question is, will he fulfil his or her potential before death? The current status quo as anyone would see it would be that people end up getting trapped in the rat race, ending up with a desk job and die never accomplishing their dream, and more importantly what they could become. I believe that everyone has a skill and a school is meant for a child to discover it.

This is obviously not happening today. Education is the key to success. Not just any parrot teaching, one-way education, but an education that taps the potential in every child. Can you put a price on education? The rich are becoming richer and the poor are becoming poorer as the rich have the right education.

There IS a generation of the next Leonardo Da Vinci’s, Albert Einstien’s and more importantly, the new generation of leaders of this world. We the children of the 21st century are not your regular bunch. Give us the medium of voice, we will give you with things we ourselves would never expect. Ideas that could change the world, revolutionize the marketplace, saving the environment, could all happen right here, right now.

What I am pleading to you today, grow the potential in us before we get caught in the rat race. Thousands of children wish to voice out on things happening around them, but are condemned for being rebelious. Ladies and gentlemen, these children have the potential to lead the world into a better place.

Don’t look further, start something today that will allow children to rise up. Something that will inspire marginalized children that there is hope, something to make children leaders today. Start improving the education in your own countries. Everybody has a right to be happy, give us the chance to do so. Start now, before it’s too late.