I guess I have been mostly disturbed by the news last week of a six year old boy who got his eyes gouged out by a stranger while playing. This indeed is a horrific thought. We all take our sight, and other bodily functions for granted somehow. Yet this basic necessity can be taken from all of us, violently for some with no reason. Although there is no clear background as to what really happened, was this from a crazy mental patient, someone who did this for organ trafficking, or as a revenge of an event that happened between adults (knowing that the child's aunt committed suicide by jumping into a well during the investigation). Strangely enough, the child's sister also died from jumping into a well six years earlier. This is turning out like plot from a horror drama. I can only focus on my life and my surrounding. Shit happens. I guess he could have been hurt by some other ways, though this is really quite malicious.
Otherwise, plenty of news on the political scene. It makes me being a researcher quite interesting. I am kept in the loop of what is happening at the highest levels of a country/companies by doing what I do. The characters involved and their rise and fall.. I wonder how much an individual really has control over his or her life. Most of the time, you're already born into a circumstance, and your path is somewhat predetermined, from your projected path of your country, family, and the group of people you follow and depend on. And that, is out of your control. You can be chosen, but then how much do you really choose? I guess the most one could do is be as prepared as one possibly can. Then one is chosen. By the company interviewers, for promotions. If those above you get in trouble, no matter how high you climb, you can still be in trouble. This is society, the same in China as anywhere else, though the ending can be a lot more dramatic for Chinese leaders than American leaders. One cannot really be left alone. One is promoted, or put into house arrest, or accused of affairs and corruptions and whatever else.
