Mountains are amazing, and can be viewed with just a turn of the head from their home. The next day, after breakfast, we ventured to buy several necessities I failed to previously purchase: a watch, notebook, snacks, and more. They ordered pizza for our early supper, and after, Dean and Shawna (Jessica's parents) drove us to Denver to the Fillmore (the venue) for the 3Oh!3 and Cobra Starship concert. 'I Fight Dragons' and Gym Class Heroes' Travie McCoy opened, and impressed. Thanks to my friend Liz from Augie who gave me the cds for CS & 3Oh!3 so I appeared to be a well-versed fan at the concert. So, that was another late, yet eventful night.
Today is the 22nd of May, 2010. I woke up around 8:00 AM (not bad for two past late-nights just after a week of finals! haha) Jessica and I met one of her relatives for coffee, though I tried Rooibos tea with milk since I don't drink much caffeine. The caffeine-free tea was surprisingly good. Her relative's friend from a prominent Asian country joined us and talked to us about both his life and work, enlightening my perspectives on human rights and cultural differences between countries. Religious, moral, and political questions cultural differences are so vast between our two countries--I was in awe. I love reading, and learning by reading books about such differences. Never before, though, had I ever been so engaged and interested in such topics--even after extensively studying Global Human Rights in Discussion during my junior year of high school. Reading and Education can only do so much, according to this man. The government is not protecting their people--and they're not even trying. This is not an isolated incident. Such violations of human rights are worldwide. Most of all, your actions, your grit, and your choice to make a difference are the weapons of change to be yielded for future positive change.
Hopefully this blog will well serve the purpose I intend--to inform my friends and family and to have a reflective record of my experiences.
