what would you choose?

i read the newspaper at rick's today. i also watched the news. it upsets me. remember Knut? he's attracting about 30000 people to Zoo Berlin everyday now. but in a sad twist, Yan Yan, the 22 year old female giant panda at the zoo has died. some reckon she got freaked out by the crowds drawn to the zoo. but the zoo, of course, denies it. but she's old-ish. could've been anything. poor Bao Bao [her mate] is 27, and as of today, all alone.

on a lighter note. some chinese gangster dude sent a video to the news, threatening to kill some other chinese dude. he sent it to the NEWS - no mask, no hi-tech voice disguising thing. just a video.
very smart oh.
read for yourself. i dont want to write anything that might induce a video threat of my own XD.

another thing i read in the paper that made me really sad was an article about kids in Romania whose parents work in other countries. see, these parents think their working abroad is ultimately for the good of the children, but they don't see that the kids would rather be poor and have mum and dad at home, than have a mobile [seriously] and eat aunt's cooking everyday.

the saddest part is that these kids kill themselves. they're 9, 11, and they're committing suicide cause they'd rather die than live without mum and dad.

this little guy's parents work in italy. he and his brother are model students but they're quiet. in fact, the only time they light up is when they talk about their parents.

there is seriously something wrong with us when we can't see that life is more than anything else you can find in the world. it's an argument we've heard many times, and one you're going to hear again.

yeah, you need to work to eat. people who think love and happiness transcends all are idiots because no matter how much you love him, you're still gonna die if you don't eat. then your love is wasted anyway so yes, money is important; but only to a certain extent.

the reverse side of that is that money can't buy love or happiness. and when you die you can't take money with you, but you will always have the intrinsic value of having lived and loved.

it's not like these people aren't earning anything in romania. it's just not a lot. but in going away to make more money to give their kids a better life, the strive for money is sucking any chance for life at all away.

it's money vs life.

i know what i'd choose.