smart kids...

....usually spend their time playin nonsense games, worst watching anime/playing computers (get out of ur freakin house and go make friends+social skills kid!)...but not this kid...he took the definition of being a kid to another level...
fella's freakin smart...to me, he's one of the many miracles that happen around us...i honestly think mankind have done nothing but destroy and cause misery....as much as i wanna believe god is within us all, i think the devil is prevailing most of the time....simply cos to do good in this world, only good,...
(please dont argue whats good or bad, cos many ppl have got diff definitions of good, eg-->to some pleasure in a sexual way is good, some other ppl are against pre-marital sex or any form of self pleasure-- good meaning real good shit god would feel threatened himself)
...one has to be a saint....normal human beings are oh so far from it...we're probably one of the many servants of devil....think about it, how often have u envied someone? how often have u said/done something so you can 'be the best'?(often at others' expense)....how often have u said/done something our of so called self-defense?how often have u had bad thoughts?
i admit, i am one of them...i have my own hate list (obviously i know so many out there thinks i'm a bitch too)...i think i'm pretty (stop vomitting!) and it takes a lot from me to admit some other girl is beautiful...i dont mind ppl getting higher marks than me, but i wish i was the one having the best all the time (its called kiasu-ism)....i can be vicious when threatened...but i never once told anyone i'm perfect (obviously i tell myself i am perfect, and sometimes act as if i know everything.....ok make that all the time i act like a perfect bitch!)
but this story really made me stop, and think...there r so much of stuff happening around the world....n i usually care about the smaller details in life....like raji always tells me...success is measured by attitude and perserverance....not how smart one is..or how much materialistic stuff he have...now can someone tell me how the hell this fella can think so like this wan?! yea i asked him...he's like oh well...most of my thinking is done when i'm taking my poo....
*smacks head*
anyway here's my inspiring story, or at least i think it is...(taken off a forwarded mail)....
PROUDLY INDIAN
Years ago, footage emerged from a remote village in India. The video shows a young girl receiving surgery to separate her fingers, which were badly burned and fused together. Why did this operation make headlines around the world? The surgery was performed by a 7-year-old boy named Akrit Jaswal.
Now 13 years old, Akrit has an IQ of 146 and is considered thesmartest person his age in India-a country of more than a billionpeople. Before Akrit could even speak, his parents say they knew he was special. "He learned very fast," says Raksha, Akrit's mother. "Afterlearning the alphabet, we started to teach him joining of words, and he started writing as well. He was two." At an age when most children are learning their ABCs, Akrit was reading Shakespeare and assembling a library of medical textbooks. When he was 5 years old, he enrolled in school. One year later, Akrit was teaching English and math classes. Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an earlyage. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by what he saw, Akrit read everything he could on the topic. When an impoverished family heard about his amazing abilities, they asked if he would operate on their daughter for free. Her surgery was a success. After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius inIndia.Neighbors and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment. At age 11, Akrit was admitted to Punjab University. He's the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research. Akrit says he has millions of medical ideas, but he's currentlyfocused on developing a cure for cancer. "I've developed a conceptcalled oral gene therapy on the basis of my research and my theories," he says. "I'm quite dedicated towards working on this mechanism." Growing up, Akrit says he used to see cancer patients lying onthe side of the road because they couldn't afford treatment or hospitals had no space for them. Now, he wants to use his intellect to ease their suffering.
"[I've been] going to hospitals since the age of 6, so I haveseen firsthand people suffering from pain," he says. "I get verysad, and so that's the main motive of my passion about medicine, my passion about cancer." Currently, Akrit is working toward a bachelor's degrees inzoology, botany and chemistry. Someday, he hopes to continue his studies at Harvard University.
have a beautiful day ahead u guys! :)
04-04-2007 at 06:50 AM