hotel rwanda

What a great, great movie.
I went to watch Hotel Rwanda today.. on pain of mr koh's "it isn't complusory but you better go" face. haha.

Hotel Rwanda is beyond excellent. It's a movie that tells about the Rwanda genocide.
It's a movie that calls deep into our hearts and forces us to see, really see what went on. Hatred, courage, love and dauntless hope slammed into my face scene after scene- the sheer energy ripped into me and wouldn't let go.

Close to a million africans died and the western countries refused to help.. not till it was too late. Close to a million! Murdered! Killed by human hands!
Stop being desentisized, people. think! Women from one tribe raped by hiv-infected men so that they would get the diease. Children killed so that the tribe's next generation would be wiped out!

It was so easy for the rest of the world to just sit back and eat dinner while watching the news.
Think, people, read and try to picture it! Why don't we ever care about the rest of humanity outside singapore?
It's still happening! Wars are still being fought, even if the media doesn't deem them important enough to be reported.
People are still killing and being killed.
What will it take before we wake up and feel their pain?
It's a real pain. It's NOT a movie. It isn't fiction!
People! Tragedy isn't doing badly at our exams or breaking up with our whoevers.
Tragedy is turning our faces away from the cries of help!
Try, try and imagine. Don't read this as a blog entry, take it one step further and go away from the safety and comfort of your homes. Go into the movie theatres and watch it if you have to!

I was so impacted. The Hutu man who despite being of the "superior race" [think germany], sheltered more than a thousand Tutis in a hotel, desperately using everything he had to hold out till the UN finally woke up and sent troops in. The fear he went through, the raw emotions truma and stress-

What will it take for us to respond?
There are people out there who need our help`

My point is this: After our academic obligations are completed, rush not into the highest paying job. Take the time to help others.

If you don't want to, go watch Hotel Rwanda and see what I mean.
Get out of your self-centered life and feel someone else's heart for two hours.
Not all can handle it.