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... is Blog Action Day!

On October 15th bloggers around the world will publish posts that discuss poverty in some way. That way, we aim to change the conversation that particular day, to raise awareness, start a global discussion and add momentum to an important cause. And hopefully from these discussions, positive steps will materialize.

Do you know...

*Every five seconds a child dies of hunger
*150 million children in developing countries are malnourished
*More than 110 million school-age children are not in school
*6,000 children die every day because of disease-infested drinking water

And because of poverty, families and communities suffer from malnutrition, illiteracy, violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS - Squidoo

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A couple of months back, my youngest boy was complaining about the boring food I prepared for him, it was fried nuggets and sausages and bits of long beans fried with eggs. He said that I don't make 'makanan sedap-sedap' for him like the ones shown on TV. He was probably referring to McD and KFC meals.

Now, when it comes to food, I get really pantang hearing people complaining so I told my son that there are many unfortunate people out there without proper food, some who would scavenge for food scraps in waste bins and in certain parts of Africa, there are tribes who had to hunt for food for days.

I guess I was in one of my lowly moods that day so I kinda nagged a bit at him. So, the next day, on the way to the shopping complex we saw this vagrant sleeping under the bridge near his school. He turned to me and asked if the old man was one of those people who had no food to eat and I said he could well be since he was sleeping under the bridge. I had no idea actually, for all I know he could be a grass cutter resting after a hard day's job!

My son was quiet along the way and my guess was that it really hit him badly. That night when I prepared his dinner which was basically the same as the night before, he didn't utter a word and just ate his dinner like it was the best gourmet meal in the world :)

So, when you feel like you have nothing, think of the people who really have nothing.