The world is increasingly becoming so materialistic, this is I suppose the effects of being in a developing country, one hand is reaching for the 'stars' while the other is touched home on the ground. Actually, I didn't face such a problem when I lived overseas, life was life anyway you looked at it, poor or rich. But the younger generation in a developing country is becoming increasingly aware of the 'need' to be excessively wealthy against the backdrop of TV shows like 'My Super Sweet 16', I feel quite lost here actually in Brunei I wonder why, is it because of Brunei's late development that is becoming quite apparent and because of the need for increasing industrialization I suppose that almost everyone is jumping into the bandwagon of secularism and materialism. Its not like living in Perth where every Friday the Hare Krishnas would walk around the city handing out leaflets of their all vegetarian restaurant which I regretfully should have went it could have been good for my health. Or the people passing flyers for the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Church of Scientology, then there are the Buddhists, or young handsome priests walking around looking for converts and unabashedly wanting to engage in intellectual debates. That is life, where the industrialization is already moving, life has become very exposed, humans there it seems have evolved the passage of materialism but ironically it is the root of materialism itself. It seems God has placed the two extremes side by side next to each other. Some people have become increasingly aware for the need of spirituality, some like my mother and her family could easily separate religion and their lives and be comfortable about it. Some, like me are dogged daily about my decisions and my life and God and I feel that he is connected with me too much already.
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