We are coming off a string of riots that paralyzed Uganda late last week. More than 20 lives were lost including a 14 year old shot while he hid in a kiosk on his way from school. Yen’s philosophy challenges my mind to ask why certain things happen the way they do.

I spent most of the day trapped indoors at our office. All i kept asking myself was why i had to go without lunch. Calm has been currently restored but i believe it is only temporal. Now the rain has come with some sort of veangance on hapless Ugandans. You should see it come down when it does.

Yen has started asking some tough questions about life. Why good people suffer and why people live or die, etc. Yen is thinking big thoughts lately.  But for me what is most important is the air i breath, the food i eat and the environment i live in.

Yen comes from a beautiful part of central Vietnam in Hanoi where the landscape is green and rains fall in time. There are plenty of fruits and food from the fertile hills she grew up climbing. And ever so once in a while she catches a glimpse of strange looking African immigrants who have come to Vietnam to cherish the wealth of this beautiful country. She is thousands of miles from the nearest desert or sites of natural habitat destruction. And yet Yen is wondering why people live or die. Why her good friend or relative suffers so often from debilitating illnesses.

Yen needs to find excitement in life by stepping out of her comfort zone and seeing the world a little bit just like Buddha did. She needs to appreciate the fact that we as human beings do not have much time to leave our foot marks on the sands of time. I envy Yen because she is going to experience the thrill of her lifetime. Good luck Yen! Good luck.