tag:www.beckenham.id.au,2007://5/tag:scrambler.chopdesign.com,2005://5.170- 2007-11-27T00:06:21Z Comments for Being Greedy I was just another expat in Shanghai Movable Type 4.01 tag:scrambler.chopdesign.com,2005://5.170 2005-01-02T22:13:30Z 2007-11-02T07:23:52Z Being Greedy The ironic timing of my wanton act of greediness has just come to my realisation. While hundreds of thousands of people are suffering throughout south-east and southern Asia, I've gone and made myself an Amazon Wishlist. I kinda feel a... Tim http://www.beckenham.id.au The ironic timing of my wanton act of greediness has just come to my realisation. While hundreds of thousands of people are suffering throughout south-east and southern Asia, I've gone and made myself an Amazon Wishlist.

I kinda feel a little sick about it. I've thought about doing this for quite a while. What made me do this at this time I'm not sure - probably over-excitedness about my Shanghai move. I keep on thinking about those Western tourists in southern Thailand right now, the ones in Phuket that decided to carry on with their holiday in the very scene were thousands of human bodies remain unidentified and undiscovered. On the same beach where people still search for their friends and family. ugh. I'm a bad bad man.

I know this is western guilt, and as a sole person, relatively penniless, I can't do much there. It makes me wonder what type of person I would be in a situation like that. Would I be the person who runs into the ocean to save their family, the one that would break down and not function, or the one who would loot through the devastation?

I don't know - all I know is that I'm a little ashamed of not thinking about those who have lost everything just a little bit more than I should.

]]> tag:scrambler.chopdesign.com,2005://5.170-comment:49 Comment from Andy on 2005-01-07 Andy Tim, the great thing about you, is that not everybody thinks about other people the way you do. Don't feel bad about not being guilty enough! cheers maaaaate.]]> 2005-01-07T01:00:06Z