Civilian

It’s been nine days since Israel has started its air strike on Lebanon. No matter what reason hinds a war, I think the poorest victim is civilian. What choice can a civilian have, expect for awaiting his life being taken away?

Middle East has been a very unstable zone for decades. Israel’s aggressive stand towards other countries around has caused many conflicts albeit some sporadic truces in between. When can all of us learn how to live peacefully? Is this an omen of the end of our world? Or perhaps it’s really the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Feud can’t be eradicated if on one wants to forgive and move on. War can’t be stopped if the goal to pursue world peace and love never reaches a consensus. The very possible outcome is all of us kill each other and at the end Homo sapiens dies out.

I’m glad to see my parents today although we didn’t get to talk much. They came up to help my sister take care of my niece; then they will head back to Taidong by next Wednesday. My little niece is very excited about going down to Taidong to see the Aboriginal Festival. Wish I could go with them, but looks like I’ll have to wait until September.

I had some glutinous rice my mother made for us this afternoon. It’s so delicious and sort of quenched my nostalgia…