Pearlyn, go back to my old post where I talked about Half-Life 2's crappy ending. The one with the big blank.

The second day of the year, and it was great. We had an early celebration for my grandfather over here, and had everyone over while my parents busied in the kitchen.

We had a lot of food, and that was nice and all, but sometimes it's too much.

School life restarts for me, at the institute. I'll report back on any ambushes that might have been planned by the senior. I'll try to avoid all of them, if any, and then, brag about it and get hit by the final blow.

Here's something from Naruto.

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"Why do people risk their lives for others?"

"When one person dies... He disappears. Along with his past, current lifestyle, and his future. Many people die in missions and wars. They die easily and in surprisingly simple ways. Those who die have goals and dreams. But everyone has something as important as those. Parents, siblings, friends, lovers... People who are important to you. They trust and help each other. The bond between the people important to you since birth... And the string that binds them becomes thicker and stronger as time goes by. It's beyond reason. Those bound to you by that string would do that. Because it's important."

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To be honest about the tsunami disaster, I'm not affected by it. I'll be surprised every time the number of confirmed casualties go up, but I'm going to tell everyone how sad I am, because I'm not. I had fun during New Years' Eve. That's it. I'm not going to be sad and depressed about it, because the last thing you want now is the whole world to start mourning on their asses.

So organisations like the Red Cross are going out to get donations to help these affected people, and I'll be glad to help out. So if you are seriously in empathy toward the affected people, do something about it. Or you can start behaving positively so people can get on with their lives.

Catch you all tomorrow.