What I’ve Learned in the batangas trip..
April 6, 2009What I learned in the batangas trip..
In April 3 and 4, the Lyceum Debate Society went to Kaname-chan’s place in Taysan, Batangas for a summer getaway which we readily called a “leadership training program”. Incidentally, I learned a lot of things, 1) I learned the essentials of loving myself, 2) I learned that there are other people who are way more miserable than me and 3)na guwapo pala ako if I was whiter, or if I had a more plain complexion— to hell with the 3rd one.
Insecurtity and low self-esteem are one of the most daunting problems young people face today, well, in particular, me (This is my blog.) In response to such problems, I was able to gain some insight as to how it happens and why, and the possible solutions to it. Acceptance is a vital part of anyone’s life, in certain cases, people really need it. I’m writing in terms of emotional acceptance, where people accept you for who you are and not for what you have, etc.
Without acceptance, there is the prevalence of low self-esteem, self-pity and eventually, if things don’t improve and depending on the environment the individual faces, apathy and selfishness may occur. However, the most important kind of acceptance is the acceptance of oneself, individually. The acceptance of oneself will eventually lead to the love of self and eventually to a more positive outlook in life.
Taepodongs.. Again.
North Korea’s defiance- Enough
It’s enough that North Korea can’t feed its own people, has arbitrarily (though allegedly) abducted journalists and people from Japan and other states and continues to shy away from the family of nations, but when it defies the stipulations of the six-party talks it’s entered into, I say, get the lead out people. There’s no way NoKor’s going to live up to its promises.
Let’s look at what happened April 5, 2009, 11:00 AM, despite the six-party talks it has entered into which orders that it (NoKor) would halt its nuclear development program, North Korea launches a rocket over Japan that falls somewhere in its nearby sea. North Korea says it’s just a space exploration program, well, everyone knows that’s not true. In fact, why would any country push for a space exploration program when it can’t even feed its own people? What’s it going to do? Go to the moon and plant space potatoes? Maybe Kim Jong Il just wants a piece of some space rock and build a home there, or maybe the rocket’s purpose is to glorify him more by making it rain food or candy from the sky when it blows up in the sky, thus turning him into some kind of candy god.
Under the maxim, pacta sunta servanta, all members of the family of nations must adhere to the treaties they have readily entered into. To not be able to serve it should spell dire consequences. Well, consequently, North Korea doesn’t want to be a member of the family of nations and the hell it cares about being sanctioned and what-not. North Korea has proven itself unworthy of trust and quite frankly, I think we should stop wasting time and drop the hammer of indiscriminate justice on it.
