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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Watching the Documentary

I have been working so much that I had not realized how soon I'll be leaving for Nepal until I came home from work today. As I got home I had all my family there playing cards and my mom reminded me that I had DVR-ed the documentary CNN did on the sex trafficking in Nepal. Watching the documentary truly made me realize how soon I would be leaving, and the reason I am going. After watching the documentary I wanted to start my blog. Since this is the first blog, I wanna take this opportunity to say that I am just writing how I feel as I feel it at the moment. Please disregard my horrible grammar and scattered thoughts. I don't wanna do much editing because I'm afraid that it might,1. Take away from my expressions and emotions as they come to mind 2. I don't know if I will have enough time in the Internet cafe in Nepal to do much editing? and 3. I'm lazy?
I think CNN did a fantastic job on focusing the important factors Nepal is facing with the sex trafficking issue. Though Ms. Koirala is giving her all in this battle, she can only do so much and be at so many places at once. Our time doesn't seem to have a Martin Luther King Jr or a Mother Theresa, but in my eyes Ms. Koirala has definitely been walking towards the direction to be an international hero. As I watch her I can only hope that I am able to one day follow her footsteps and at least make a positive impact on a few lives.
I'm 21 and though I may not have a game plan set on my life, I do know that right now I am very passionate about working with the victims of sex trafficking. I hope to one day open a psych center in Nepal for not only sex trafficked victims but also the mentally ill....but let's see where life takes me...
Ahhhh!!! I am still so awed by how strong the girls and women were shown on the documentary... Watching those girls make you think about your own life and re-evaluate it. Here I am complaining about a rude customer or getting angry at my parents for not getting me the latest phone when these victims have been forced into becoming sex slaves and have been brutally abused by the age of 16.
I'm sure being in Nepal on my own will be an eye opening experience, but before I go to live it and have it change my life, I wanna also take this time I have now being me, enjoying/ appreciating myself the way I am and the way I have been raised.