Summer of 2007 that I spent in New York inspired me for one good thing, and that is to put my journals online.

Although these journals are also updated in Hi5, it is here available for those who do not read them in my Hi5 Journal book ;).

Here is the list:

 

Summer in New York has been pretty COLD. Cold because things have frozen. Cold because life has been static. I am missing the fluidity of human life. (More....)

 

It was my first week in New York. For the whole week, I had been going around the city, appreciating its development, and wondering about the skyscrapers built on top of the ground, below which a vast network of subway train runs inside the womb of the city. New York is the city of people around the world, from diverse culture, religion, language and ethnic groups. People of various standards of living, various levels of education and knowledge, and various economic standings dwell in this crowded city of 12 million people. Being in New York is an opportunity to see the different facets of life at the same place. I had been passing my days looking at this wonderful place, and enjoying life. (More....)

  

It’s yet another gloomy day. Gloomy because the sun refused to show up, gloomy because the clouds hovered over the sky all day and gloomy because the people are not happy at heart. It might be the Independence Day in the United States that people are celebrating with fireworks. But unfortunately, not everyone is independent yet. People are enslaved still, in their own worlds, in their own mind and within their own heart, demoralized, discouraged and disheartened, low on their self-esteem, depressed and let down. They have their heart on ‘fire’ stopping them from the ‘work’. What good it is that you light your house when all the darkness looms over within the heart? (More....)