I would like to talk about two things that happened today. One is that I talked to a guy from Nigara and the other is a update of my intership. Let's talk about the guy from Nigara first.

The part of how I start talking to him is not important as I'm sure there are many people like him in London. He told me he came from Nigara a year ago, wanting to study in the UK after he graduated in Nigara but unable to find a job. I tried very hard and spent a long time earning enough money and get a student Visa to come to UK. He applied to one of the University and got accepted however he don't have enough money to pay the fee. So he had to take a year out to earn enough money so that he can study. He is working 17 hours a day and only get 3 hours of sleep. And the worse thing is his parents think he is in a "Paradise", and many people in Nigara really wants to come here. But they don't know that he is working so hard just to survive. He also told me that this is already nothing to him as he had to work a lot harder in Nigara. And that the government is so rich but don't care about their people. I can really see suffering in his eye but he is managing well, he knows he have to be strong.

I have always know that there are many people like him around me, but it means a lot more when I see one in front of my eye. I suddenly just feel so lucky which I start to forget when everything is going well. I really hope he can find what he wants in life, afterall working and earning big money is not the aim of life! for me anyway. It's so difficult to be human and so hope all of us can treasure this life and make the best out of it. Do whatever we can now to help others and ourselves and don't regret when it's too late. We never know what will happen tomorrow (Impermanence)!

Namo Amituofo 

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