Community Organizer

I am reading a new book called Build or Perish - People Power Democracy Liberating America's First Empire. I suggest it if you have no idea about the political history of the Philippines. It is easy to read and very factual. I have not yet finished it, but just wanted to share with the world so maybe we can maybe have a book club. I am so fascinated by the whole idea of People Power in the Philippines. I am in complete admiration of the individuals who were committed towards this change for a new government. The woman behind this movement was Cory Aquino, the wife of Ninoy Aquino, Jr. They were against the Marcos government and wanted him to step down.. but he didn't. The sad part about all this is that Ninoy Aquino was exiled for I think 7 years before coming back to Philippines, where he was immediately killed while stepping out of the airplane. What I want to stress importantly about People Power is that it was a nonviolent movement. There was absolutely no bloodshed on the part of this movement, only the Marcos followers used weapons.
I am thinking if I can just gather a group of people, we can start our own people power here in United States. I think business people need to stay out of the political arena. Our country is being controlled by business people!! If people just followed their passions and stayed in their own area of expertise, then everything would just flow smoothly. That is just my opinion.

So I am trying not to associate people with the color of their skin and it is very difficult to describe a person without associating them with a certain color.
Life is hard right now. I am not talking about school, but what life really is. Life is not about school! And I feel that myself, along with my peers, are all on this boat... this boat that will not leave us until 30. Is 30 the deadline to stop going to school? The next age group to go back to school is like what... 40? 50? I don't know. I say life isn't about school and here I am rambling about how it is.
I am trying this new way of thinking after reading a book by Thich Nhat Hanh called Creating True Peace. Another awesome book!
Back to life! It is all very confusing and I feel that life is about learning. We are never going to stop learning, NEVER!
I was doing some research and I am possibly thinking of being a Community Organizer. I got the idea from a speech Obama made to the National Campus Progress Conference - I went this past year and Edwards is not too charismatic and genuine! I talked to my mentor and she suggested that I do grassroots organizing. Oh more of the reasons why I love College, especially community college... it all about the activism. And I already talked about college activism! I really love it.

So this is my life plan:
1. Graduate Manoa
2. Teach English overseas for 6 months
3. Go traveling around Europe or Southeast Asia for the following 6 months
4. Stay home in Southern California for a couple months to have some family time
5. Possibly do Teach for America (I got the idea from Krizia!! It's brilliant) for 2 years
6. Possibly Law School
7. Possibly be a Community Organizer
8. Between 45-55, I want to teach High School/College students and do that until I retire at the age of 65

Between 6 -7 I wanna squeeze in a marriage and kids!

I don't want to work over 65.. it's sad seeing old people be janitors. They should be spending time with their family or whatever makes them happy.. and i suppose if cleaning up after people brings happiness, let it be. But it is not right! I'm sure they don't want to clean after people. Does this make sense? I keep contradicting myself, i suck!

My counselor told me not to set exact plan, but to have an idea of my career/life goals.. so there it goes! I want to do so much more, but those are the main thangs. My Tentative life plan... haha! I hate how teachers say syllabus are tentative. I think teachers should stop wasting paper. And if they are not sure then don't put it down on paper yet. I liked it when teachers would write on the board what was due for the week or any big projects.

After typing that all out, I'm excited for life. I know just a couple paragraphs ago I was overwhelmed, but I am starting to get a better picture. Shoots, writing it out does help unload some stress/anxiety. I love it!

I am going to try to go sleep, it's almost 3am.. that's not normal for me!
Oh and I lied. Im not gonna be home in 2 weeks, ha that more like when school will be completely over. I'll be back on the mainland in 3.5 weeks! woohoo!!