Dare to Dream: February 2007

Dare to Dream

Star light. Star bright. First star I see tonight. I wish I may. I wish I might. Have the wish I wish for tonight.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The day Fahmy was hospitalised

I reported for work as usual and as soon as I stepped into the office, daddy informed me that Fahmy was hospitalised. Ironically, while he was trying to explain the details of the incident, the only pieces of info that came out of his mouth was how hot the doctor who treated Fahmy looked and the fact that Fahmy was on medication for high blood pressure. I gotta slap my head real hard for that! Thankfully there was Didi who, like a doctor, dissected the scenario scene by scene for my digestion. I listened hard to what happened and Na-ker was quick to jump at a conclusion. Fahmy should not have drank that can of soft drink!!!

Whatever the cause of his dizzy spell that caused Fahmy to collapse at work and turned white, the lesson was simply to take care of one's health. For me, I've been trying to eat vegetables. I'm taking small baby steps by starting to munch on cherry tomatoes. It is already a good progress by my standard. While having supper with Baq and Qat, I even showed them that I do eat my vegetables now by munching on my broccolis.

To Fahmy, take good care dude! We'll see you when you're back from your MC!

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Monday, February 19, 2007

Miracle on a rainy day

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "My most beloved brother is he who (makes me aware of) my faults".

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 74, p. 282(05122006).

My dear lil brother,

I felt that our unplanned conversation which we had while waiting for the bus yesterday was perhaps one of the best conversations I've ever had with you. I never thought that we both could ever engage in a conversation that is so open but you were so cool when I asked you about the things that are happening in your life. And I'm glad you did. I do admit that often I may be hard on you because I fear you may end up like the other kids that I see and to me, that is one of my biggest fear in life.

Thank you for sharing a part of your life with me. It was enough to shed some light on the blurred vision that I had of you. I still have questions which I'm dying to ask you but never mind. I shall wait. Perhaps on another rainy day while we both sat by the bank waiting for the bus. A miracle may just happen. Yet again.

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Blood Diamond

I patiently waited for the first 10 days of Muharram to pass and deep in my heart, I hoped that the movie will still be screened once Muharram's over. Till today, the movie is still screened in cinemas but the shows are limited. And yesterday, I managed to purchase tickets to watch Blood Diamond with Erin. I was elated and very much on cloud nine!

This was one movie that got me surfing at 2 am to read more on conflict diamonds and child soldiers.

"They caught us near the camp and we have been with them for 2 months. Training was very hard. They show you how to fight. How to kill. During the war, we went as far as the Stockton bridge but had to retreat. I saw plenty people killed. Even young children. It was terrible."
-- George H, 16 years old.

"We were all taken from here, at least 50 boys on that day. The youngest boy fighter was probably fifteen, younger ones were taken but only used for labour. We were taken to Bomi and trained in how to fire, how to take positions during fighting. How to take cover and to dodge bullets. There were probably 100 boys who did the training. The others came from neighbouring camps. The training lasted about 2 weeks and right afterwards, I was on the front lines".
-- Isaac T, 16 years old. Spent 6 months fighting.

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