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MM '08 Fiven: Day 3
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
This day was a really memorable day, but the first event was most memorable.
We went to a turtle sanctuary today and the heartwarming thing is to see how changes actually make a whole lot of difference. We saw an article about turtles getting extinct by 2003(this article was written in 1998) and we thought - this is ridiculous! It's 2008 and turtles are not yet extinct. But we thought even deeper and further - Why?
Because people change. People realize their mistake that they're killing turtles and they change. If the prediction was correct, we would not have seen the beauty of these turtles when they're extinct. Fortunately, the people out there has taken steps to change, because they know when they change it'll lead to progress!
Progress for who? Progress for the turtles - they won't be extinct; Progress for humans - they get to earn money from tours seeing turtles, they get to enjoy the beauty of these turtles...etc.
Obviously, our trip to the turtle sanctuary has not been a waste. We've learnt that we must make changes if we want to progress previously but now we've learnt that if we do not change, not only do we not make progress but we will go in the other direction.
Joseph
4:56 PM
We live in a changing world. Change and the absence of change are important features of both scientific and non-scientific processes. Change can occur in simple and predictable ways or more complicated and unpredictable ways.”
Change. What does this word mean to us? At the beginning of our Malaysian Montage trip, we knew very little about change. However, change is ever so apparent in our lives and this journey has provided us with the experience and the insights to view change in a different light and with different perspectives.
We had an experienced guide who explained to us many changes that happened in Malaysia. An example of that is the WWII when the Japanese came and invaded Malaysia. Now, we would classify this as a chaotic change because although it does not happen regularly, that event could be predicted. Malaysia definitely could not control the change that was happening although they tried their best but instead they were controlled by the changes that were happening so rapidly and we feel that with this point, it is better to control change than to be controlled by change. Now let us imagine a situation where Malaysia could control the changes that were happening, obviously, the change that Malaysia would be going through would be good ones. There wouldn’t be bloodshed or unnecessary loss of lives. If only they could control change… Now for our experiences in MM ‘08
This Malaysian Montage trip has taught us much about the nature of change. Enjoy our blog as we present to you our journeys through these blog entries.
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