The Walkabout

“We were brought here for a purpose, for a reason
All of us, each one of us was brought here for a reason
…It may be hard for the others to accept
But everything happens for a reason.”
- John Locke (LOST s05e07 – The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham)
Note:
All this week, posts on The Walkabout focus on [...]

“You’ve gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along.”
- Mama Cass Elliot
Inspiration from LOST
All this week, we are featuring posts that are inspired by the TV Show LOST. The final Season of LOST premieres on February 2nd.
Make Your Own Kind of Music
Today, [...]

“…can’t change the past. Can’t do it. Whatever happened, happened.
We’re the variables. People. We think. We reason. We make choices. We have free will. We can change our destiny.”
- Daniel Faraday (LOST s05ep14, The Variable)
LOST

I begin today’s post by proudly confessing that I’m a Lostie (an ardent fan of the TV Series LOST). In fact, [...]

Elie Wiesel
First off, the Perils of Indifference is a speech Elie Wiesel gave on 12 April 1999, in Washington, D.C.
Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust at Auschwitz. For this very reason, he is an undisputed authority on what humanity, or better still – the lack of it, really is. He experienced untold crimes against humanity first-hand [...]

The Years Gone By
Looking back in 2009, we all learnt a lot in life. Hopefully, we became better persons and are now looking forward to a richly rewarding year.
The walk into the future will not be without challenges and hiccups. There are new things to be done, new people to meet, new days to be [...]

“I’ll tell you something,
It’s not hard to die when you know you have lived, and I did.
Oh, how I lived.”
- Edie Britt (Desperate Housewives s05e19)

The Lessons We Must Learn
Only yesterday, I was watching season 5 of Desperate Housewives. The 100th episode (s05e13) is titled “The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened”. Here, residents of [...]