Different Types of Suffering People (Photographs and Hope Included)

When we say "I want to help those who are suffering" we usually seem to mean certain types of people.

War victims

Darfur refugees

The homeless

Homeless family

Those living in slums and other extreme poverty situations

Slums of India

Dense population of Indian slums

Those with life-long illnesses such as cancer or other horrible incurable diseases

Either the pictures were too disturbing to put here or I couldn't find a good one. So, I'll post this. Apparently it's a banner for a facebook page that may or may not exist yet.
Credits for the banner goes to the people who made it on this site CLICK

Those born with bodily deformities that prevent them from doing simple tasks (such as children born with hardly a face in rural villages in third-world countries)

Julianna Wetmore, Age 8 (left), and her sister in 2011. Julianna is known as the girl born without a face. You can find her documentary on YouTube. I'll have to admit her deformities were shocking in the beginning but she is truly a brave and remarkable little girl :)

Here she is in 2015, July 2. To come to this point, she's had over 45 surgeries apparently. 

Orphans

Street children of the Philippeans.
Credit of the photo goes to this blog. CLICK for more photos on iRetouch.

Extreme drug addicts

Credit goes to this deviantart user.

Those with suicidal thoughts or who believe there is no point in living anymore

Don't go to this link. You may get depressed. But I still need to credit the pic.

Extremely obese people who wish to lose weight but can't

I remember this guy. I saw him on a documentary on Youtube. If I have the wrong guy, sorry in advance. But he does look like this extremely obese guy who could not commit to losing wait and eventually died from it. Oh if only he could have seen that life is worth living.
Pinterest is so mean.
Look at the tags! Fat humor funny and LOL? Are you kidding me?! So mean.

People with eating disorders who want to get better but find it hard to do

Those who have fallen into the wrong crowd of the deadly world of gangs, guns, and drugs and cannot leave

theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/03 Gangs in Rio favela

Am I missing anyone?

I don't think so.

And then, there are the other levels of suffering. Say, people who are addicted to something like shopping and go into extreme debt, people who have a traumatic time in their life such as childhood abuse by a parent, people who hoard, people who gamble and go into extreme debt, people who have anger issues or depression, people who have a job in a bad business that doesn't pay well. Or even just your average person can be a sufferer such as when we get sick or get hurt badly or even just a heartbreak.

Anything that is uncomfortable or hurts or causes emotional pain is a suffering.

Surely I'm not saying that all the things above are "just suffering what do we care". I'm saying that yes there are people who's suffering is more higher on the suffering scale then some other people. Say, even day to day stress can be a form of suffering.

When you think about it, just living on this earth is suffering. Whoa, hey, I'm not one of those people who believe dying and going to heaven is better. I'm just stating the facts. In the "Star Trek" series, with Captain Picard (spelling?) apparently no one suffers any more. There is no poverty and all diseases have been cured. But people still suffer on the trips and missions. Suffering can never be eliminated.

Now that I've made you guys all extremely depressed about life, here's some hope.

Even though we may not be able to completely eliminate ALL suffering, we can certainly seek out more effective ways to deal with each suffering situation no matter the level.

On a slightly lighter note, I purpose some medical genius hurry and find the cure for the common cold. That's one less suffering there :P

And yes, though the Internet is pretty convienient, sometimes it's a cause of suffering when you want to look for something specific but can't find it because there is TOO MUCH information on the web. Perhaps Google Search can be a little more...sorted out? Idk, anyway.

To send you guys off with a happy feeling, let me tell you a little something.

I once read this Japanese comic of a bullied girl who one day finds her way into an alternative world where there are only children and they are all fighting against some kind of enemy. She asks one of the girls, "Why do you keep fighting? Why do you keep suffering? Why?" The girl answers,
"To see the sun rise the next day. When I see it, I feel alive and I can push forward again no matter what happens."

I thought that was a really good reason to try to survive through suffering.

Have you guys woken up really early to see the sun rise? I used to when I was little. I'd wake up at 6am and see the sun rising...of course, it depends on the season. It could have been autumn or so. But when you see the sun rising, it makes you feel very fresh and hopeful and ready to go :)

Random Sunrise Wallpaper

Sunrise posted in National Geographic

Dubai Sunrise posted in National Geographic

Sunrise from National Geographic

Taken by Blogger Jessie
Click for more lovely photos by Jessie :)
Lovely picture, Jessie :)

Well, see ya later, alligators! :D

10 Topic Ideas for Undergrad and Graduate School Research

AMAZING FANTASY WALLPAPER UP THERE *squirms around with happiness*

So I just found this random fantasy wallpaper on the internet...yeah, too bad I can't make cool stuff like this...

Anyway, here's a list of interesting stuff that might be worth researching.

1. Wikipedia's English side and Japanese side. I was just looking up about the textbook controversy of Japan for class (yes N. J. is still a student) and found differences in the English page and Japanese page which I think is very interesting. Wikipedia is like the only place (almost, because I could be wrong) that allows those differences to happen. It might be an interesting research to compare the two on different topics. Say, even chose your own country, why not? I heard the China Wikipedia is pretty interesting...

2. The start and evolution of Photoshop in *insert country here*. So obviously photo-editing or photo-manipulation has been around for a long time but Photoshop has become this recent normal and controversial thing. Photoshop is obviously something that some people made but now it's gotten so huge it's even a verb. "Did you get that pic photoshopped?" "Did you photoshop that cat into that pic there?" Well, you know what I mean. But at some point it became so popular it became the norm. I think even if this didn't turn out to be a serious study, it might be good for like, an undergrad paper.

3. How much religion plays a role in books and/or movies. Think of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials". Think of "Under the Dome". Those great potential book-to-movie adaptations taken out of the movie world just because they were "religious" or "anti-religious" in some sort of way. Perhaps if you research on a topic like this, you could choose two or three books that almost became popular movies but didn't because suddenly people noticed that they were depicting religion in a certain way. I mean, why the heck do people even care so much about religion in a movie? Can't they just sit back and relax and enjoy a good movie? Can't they just appreciate all the efforts it takes to make a movie? Anyway, that was my rant sort of at the end there. You don't have to take little old me so seriously.

4. How Japan solved it's pollution problem back in its industrial age and how China is trying (or not trying, or could be trying) to solve its own pollution problem. Yep, the old comparison topic. Japan's industrial age was so bad and there was so much smog that children had to go to school with masks on. Kinda like some places in China today. I saw on the news in mid October that there are rivers in China that are completely red or yellow or blue because of the chemicals in the water. Sometimes the sky is red and people walk around with special masks to keep themselves safe. If you search YouTube, you might be able to find a clip about that. There are probably documentaries, too. I would stick to National Geographic and BBC for trustworthy documentaries.

5. Ethics concerning pet shops and zoos. Like, are they really different? Some pet shops seem to be more for show than for sell especially if they have these really little puppies and kittens that look like they had just been placed there a few months after they were born.

6. And how about something big and large and wow. Like say, comparing World War One and World War Two in some aspect or other. Obviously they were different, yeah, sure, everyone knows that. But are there any similarities? This might be quite a big project but I think it'll be interesting.

7. The Greek people's view on Greek Mythology compared to the Americans' and the Japanese and/or Chinese and/or Koreans' and/or *insert your nationality here*'s view on Greek Mythology. Personally I'm quite interested in Greek Mythology. There's lots of crazy stuff happening and gods are giving birth to more gods and mortals get punished and become stars in the sky and all sorts of wacko stuff. But then, someone obvious wrote this so many thousands of years ago so it might not have been wacko then. I wonder what the Greek think of Greek Mythology? Do they see it as crazy but interesting or do they not care about it at all. This might be an interesting undergrad paper. Of course I haven't worded it right but if you reword the topic you might have something quite unique there.

8. Since when in *insert country here* did this common western style of t-shirt and pants/jeans become popular and why has it become such a universal trend? This is the not-so common fashion topic. Not many people seem to see the deeper side of fashion. In many countries it seems that a lot of people dress this common way. Call it the "common style" or something. T-shirts and pants/jeans. Doesn't matter the kind of pants/jeans but this style...I see it everywhere! Even in those small African communities that have been introduced with clothes wear these western-style clothes. It's like some common fashion or something. As long as you wear this, you are wearing the universal fashion, perhaps. Anyway, if you like clothes, this is the topic for you. Even if you don't, I still think it'll be interesting.

9. Compare the ideas on the gaming culture way back when and today in *insert country here*. My parents think playing app games everyday or just logging on to them everyday proves that I'm an addict. But today, everyone does it, right? The bar of "extreme" has shifted people! And, apparently what people thought of as heavy gaming back then and now are totally different. Yeah sure it's the old comparison paper but comparing things is interesting and you get to learn about both sides and it's good to learn to do that especially if you are an undergrad student.

10. Last one! Comparing views on ocean boundaries. Okay, so, when you think about it, you can't draw a line in the sea and claim which side is yours. Land boundaries are easy. Just draw a line in the dirt and say "This side is mine and that side is yours." Easy peasy. But the ocean is water (obviously *rolls eyes*) so you can't do that (obviously again *rolls eyes again*). I am pretty sure lots of scholars debated on this and just putting it all down in one paper would probably be very interesting. I for one think it's ridiculous to try to put boundaries on the sea. I mean, fish don't care and dolphins are mammals--which is beside the point--but they don't care either! Neither does the seaweed or the coral. So, why care?

Okay! That's all folks! (Cartoon reference)

See ya later, alligators!

My Dream Yesterday Night

My dream yesterday night
had a gas station in it
what I was doing there
I hardly remember
I'm trying to be poetic
and epically failing.


THE END!

Found this: I like this. It's cute. I wanna meet that little guy and take him home with me. You can have all the battery-thingies you want little guy.

I wrote a book: Random House is my dream

A lot of books I have...are published at Random House.

I love the name "Random House" because I love randomness. Great friends with upcoming YouTuber Galligator: Her Royal Randomness, btw. She's not here today cuz it's 2am in the morn.

Also, Random House is linked with Figment: Write Yourself In, a community writing site that I have been on since it's very faithful beginning.

So, here's an excerpt of my book.

Liaffon Book One: East Seekers

(I will report you if you...never mind.)

Never mind I won't even post it here.

Liaffon Book One: East Seekers @ Figment

Instead here's the link. I just don't trust people on the web not copy-paste-y my stuff. At least on Figment you can't select. That's a relief.

You can tell I did the cover myself...maybe you couldn't, anyway, I did the cover myself. It's the vision for Liaffon that I had...well, when it was only one book. I had no intentions of making Liaffon into a potential trilogy but, here we are.

It could also be a potential quadrilogy (four books...is that how you say it?) but I still don't know.

Anyway, the cover is of course, subject to change to something more appropriate to the first book.

Just a spoiler...that is also subject to change.

Book Two: Mayah

Book Three: idk...actually I do but just not the title

Book Four: idk

So here you are. Mayah is about a girl living in a world close to ours but slightly more advanced. Yet, rainy-day traffic never seems to go away in any age, darn it :P

The thing that's different about the first and second books is that the first book switches between two characters that are important in the story. The second book has one main character only...who has the darnest habit of muttering and mumbling. Cute or annoying? You decide :)

My idea is that the story starts four days before the characters in the first book arrive at the scene in the second book. Four days. I think I kept that idea. I could've changed that to five...wait, gotta check my days again...

Anyway, the days are important. They coincide with something very important to the whole plot in the second book...nope, not telling! :D  Why is it so fun to make people all excited but then not tell them? Why? :D

Random House! I love you guys, and splendid covers! :D OMG, the artists are awesome! I so wish I was a photoshop guru and then maybe I can stop using people's pics...and start using my own!

Oh, and I've been working on this book for...uhm...since I started Figment so...It says member since Dec 2010 on my page...which means...I'll have been a Figgy for five years this December...that is ridiculous.

Figment has apparently been around since 2008...but not fully fledged until 2010. Established 2008, okay, I see...

Oh, sorry guys, talkin to mahself there :D

So...I have not been on Fig from 2008 but I have been a member since it kicked off in 2010.

Crazy stuff...but hey, five years. Worked on Liaffon for five years. I'd like to say I had at least a year and a half when I didn't write anything in Liaffon at all. Not just because I had writersblockitis (serious disease for us writers, guys) but also because I wasn't so serious about finishing Liaffon or getting it ready for publishing or anything. Only in the last few years did I really "up" my game.

Oh, and uh Liaffon (lee-ah-fawn).

Got it? Good! :)

I probably edited Liaffon...five times. Then I wrote up a bullet-point summary of what happens in the story and found shocking results... nothing really happened in the book. So, with the story fully written down in my mind, I went into major rewrite mode.

This means, I opened up a completely blank new clean Word Document and began to write Liaffon all over again from scratch. By this time I had already started and "finished" writing Book Two and even started on the first chapter of Book Three thinking hey ho I'm on a roll now! which I wasn't just a fake one.

Anyway, I rewrote Liaffon and tried, with NaNoWriMo 50,000 words experience to get Liaffon to 50,000 words and make the story dense like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series. Just a few months ago I finished rewriting it and not only that it's currently got...60,902 words and growing.

Growing because I'm going back to clear up messes and plot holes and try to make a believable world. For great beautiful scenery, I'm going to actually study J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The first book. Because there is some good descriptive word magic going on and he's like the tops of all tops in fantasy books. Idk even why I'm telling you all this. I have no one to tell, really. I'm a lonely soul when it comes to writing.

My parents don't really get how grueling this can be. My Mom used to write and then I asked her one day why she wasn't continuing her stories. She said, "I've moved on past that phase in my life."

I could not believe my ears.

A PHASE??? Writing is just a frickin (sorry my language) PHASE for her????

That is insane. How can writing be a phase? I do not understand her sometimes.

Enough of the jabbering.

My point of this post *laughs to self in a ridiculous way* is to say I am ready Random House. I am ready to find an editor. All I need to do now is write up a pitch and finish editing my story. That will come soon, I'm telling you.

So, anyway, thanks guys for reading this long. Enjoy the rest of your day, night, afternoon and all the times in between depending on what part of the world you live in.

See ya later alligators! :D

Watching Grace Helbig Makes Me Wanna Blogger: Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands

It always does. It always seems to get me here again even if this is the middle of the night... 2am peeps!

Darn, I'm talking randomly again...

So... whatcha guys do'in now?

It's so frickin windy outside...sorry, I sweared.

But it's so frickin windy outside...currently I'm living on the 7th floor of a building (could be a pyramid *rolls eyes at self*) and I can FEEL IT SWAYING!

It's making me sick a little.

Do you want me to talk about controversial stuff? I've got TONS! No, I'm not racist. I accept all types of people....my leg itches...oh mah gawd it itches...as I was saying, I accept all types of people. As long as I can have a civil conversation with you I don't care what your race is, where you are from, your background, or what you believe in. Those things don't matter any more when, say, if we click cuz we both like cats.

Anyway, today in class we were talking about the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. I could care less. I think we should talk about global warming and ending wars and saving endangered species. Not some remote island out on sea that has oil that THEY SHOULD JUST SHARE!

My opinion, anyway.

I mean, c'mon! It's ridiculous! Just leave it, darn it. Little China and Little Japan are fighting over an Island Toy while the Mommy Rest-of-the-World could use a little help with all her aches and pains.

*SIGHING BIG TIME*

Sometimes I wish people would view the world simpler. I mean, what is important in living in this world? Not the little remote island. We don't really need it to live on Earth, do we? I'm part Japanese living in Japan and I'm mostly Japanese in my heart. Yet, even I think we've got better things to worry about.

Japanese politicians, I don't even know what they're doing anymore. It's so messed up now.

Darn, I should go to bed.

So long folks...

Oh, and the above is just my personal opinion so don't go calling me out on it. I don't wanna get a message from Google Blogger saying that I'm a threat to society.

Anyway,

see ya later alligators!