UNFORTUNATE TALES

Do you feel unfortunate?
what are the things that u hate?

lack of food?

lack of money?

lack of luxury?

You do? don't worry cos you are not alone

To me, "jealousy" is the word that is unavoidable no matter what

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A couple days ago, i had a chance to learned a new lesson

Along with some of my JCC and ENJUKU fellows, i visited an orphanage named "Sayap Ibu"

It was an annual visit of JCC, and i wasn't aware of what would welcome me

So there were children, taking their nap time, so we couldn't meet them in person

But we had a chance to see them from outside the window of their room

There was this boy, a 7 or 8 y.o boy, laying down on his bed

unable to do anything. eyes were closed

"some damages inside his brain", so the man from the orphanage said

"it takes 15 million every month for his treatment, and he won't live long either"

So there i was, stopped looking around and staring at him, seperated by a big glass

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Babies. Many of them. Some were crying. Some were sleeping.

And i couldn't take my eyes off of them

They were seriously sent from heaven

one of them was found under the bridge, inside a plastic bag, with only 2.5 pounds-weight

two of them were twin, Maria and Mario, left by their master-degree parents

and then this handsome baby boy who suffered hydrosephallus, a disease where there are waters inside his head which will cause his head getting bigger, bigger and bigger and die over it eventually.

I was smiling at him, waving my hand from outside the window, trying to tell him that he has to survive...and he was smiling...at me

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I still don't understand why parents would do such things

appearantly a "heart" is not included with the heart organ inside us

I was imagining many things inside my head. How would these babies grow and live their lives? What would they ask about their parents' absence?

They don't even know how hard their life would be

And here i am, whining louder than them

Y the rice is not hot, Y does he have more than me, Y does she happier than me,

Y this, Y that, Y and Y and more "Y" that i can't even reach the "Z"

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So they have given me the new Y

"Y can't i be grateful to myself?"

They are Maria and Mario, the twins that i told you about

And this was the baby that has hydrosephallus, you can see that his head is a bit big already. Crushes you when you see his face, doesn't it

  Lets direct our life to the fullest by not forgetting others

those who might not be as fortunate as we are

reach out a hand, smile, and give something

and when u get a smile back

that's when your life is a complete scene

and you are free to say 'CUT!'
so may i ask you again...

Do you feel unfortunate?

Until the next jabbering box ! ! !

~Ario Achda~