watching Yusof Islam's (otherwise formerly known as the rock star Cat Stevens) interview on 20/20 has made me realise something: a lot of us take things at face value and are too lazy to probe further into details because we're too afraid to make things more complicated than they already are. To live in a country where peace and freedom are sometimes taken for granted is, to a lot of people around the world, a Godsend. It never fails to shock me when i see images and reports of young adults like myself losing their lives over militant clashes, or stories of people who live to see their loved ones dying in front of their own eyes. It hurts that i could do nothing to make a difference. I just hope and pray that those people who have the power and the ability to make a difference in the lives of so many others, are willing to do just that.

I just wish that more could be done. I can't help feeling that it's unfair that i have a roof over my head and the freedom of choice, when others don't even know that they have that basic right.