It's been forever since I've updated this thing and it's mostly because of the hectic work load/schedule. I was recently at Brian and Kym's wedding and met some new people. Of course, one of the first thing you ask a stranger to get to know them better is "what do you do for a living?" There were variety of answers as to what type of jobs they had but what struck me is the consistent answer when it came to how much everyone worked. Nearly everyone was working 50-60 hours a week. My own work load was around 50-60 hours since Summer until about couple weeks ago as well.
Honestly, I really can't answer this question for myself other than that I'm much more relaxed these days. Can you answer why you work so hard?
"Korean Americans do not need to apologize for what happened Monday.
All of us, as fellow Americans, feel tremendous sorrow and grief at the
carnage. Our community, as it should, has expressed solidarity with and
sent condolences to the victims, and as Americans, Koreans certainly
should take part in the healing process."
"But the actions of Cho
Seung Hui are no more the fault of Korean Americans than the actions of
the Washington area snipers were the fault of African Americans. Just
as those crimes were committed by deranged individuals acting on their
own initiative, and not because of any ethnic grievance or agenda,
these were isolated acts by an individual, not a reflection of a
community."
I'm going to get flamed for this but I have to get this off my chest because it's so irritating. The thing that I find irritating about the VaTech media reporting is how the press is reporting the shooter in VaTech incident as "South Korean" named "Cho". First, he is as about as much a "South Korean" as Arnold Schwarchenegger is an "Austrian". The nation of South Korea is on the edge on this but they shouldn't have to be; it's not their concern. Second, "Cho" is not his name. Even the two roomates whom "Seung" had limited interaction with knew that his name is "Seung" in the interview with CNN's 360 program. While it's understandable that "Seung" and "Cho" are uncommon American names and people may not know, but you would think they would have figured it out by now from his family's name being "Cho". Ugh.
My 2 cents on this incident is that he was a deeply troubled and isolated emo kid who could not cope with emotional pains. Eventually, he acted out violently in the end. What can we learn from this? Well, what have we learned from Columbine? Yeah, exactly... Nothing. As long as there are frustrated kids with easy access to guns and a will to harm, this won't be the last time we'll be mourning over loss of innocent lives. Of course, instead of finding ways to reach out and heal these frustrated kids, we'll continue to form "special task forces" to further isolate them for "safety" reasons. Instead of making lethal-devices less ubiquitous, we'll continue to carry on an outdated concept for the sake of tradition. Instead of blaming the shooter himself for the terrible deed, we'll continue to blame hollywood movies, music, and videogames. In any case, this event is over and all anyone can do now is grieve and pray for the dearly departed.
