Tree Planting/种树记

Everyday is a hectic day for me.
I can't remember when was the last time I sit down quietly and enjoy books that I've bought using the RM200 book voucher. They are now remain new and shiny with the price tag on, queuing up for my sensational touch of every page. Well, I hope to, but I left them abundant for quite a long time. Feeling of guilt arises whenever I look at the row of books in front my study table. ><

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Last Sunday was entirely a one day outing which I called it an exhausted day.
Having slept for only 2 hours, I joined Bernard Eng and Yu Kin Len for a tree planting session at Kota Kemuning, meanwhile having fun in writing placards and taking photos with the volunteers. The taman tasik itself is a beautiful garden, well planned and there are many people jog around, stroll, picnic and gather together. That morning we broke the silence of the garden, planted some baby trees into the ready-dug holes, filled the root parts with soil and compost and watered them. I wish I could plant trees at mangrove or swamp areas, could it be possible?

Then, a nice lady was very kind to send me to TBS at Bandar Tasik Selatan on her way back to Cheras. I jumped into the express train which sent me to Putrajaya for the Millions of Youth Gathering in conjunction to the National Youth Day. Whoah! It's definitely a scene of 'people mountain people sea' (A Chinese proverbs), cars moved very slowly, and the Presint 2 was occupied with many booths, children and adults, boys and girls, many activities and on and on. It took me about 1 hour to find MyCorps booth, as I have already lost the direction of KBS. By the time I arrived, it's nearly 2 something. MyCorps is Malaysian Youth Volunteer, an organisation consists of young elite volunteer leaders in humanitarian works. The moment of meeting the old friends was very joyful. Looking at these young people, they were  exhausted too. For three weeks of restless night and day, they still performed themselves professionally and managed the volunteers neat and tight. They have done a great job!

The moment I reached home was about 10pm, tired and sleepy, and I went to bed at 11pm, which was the earliest sleeping time in my record this month. haha. 

上个星期日去了一趟种树活动，由bernard办了小小的‘the future we want' 的造势活动，并邀请当天的年轻人写上他们对想要的未来的想法。参与的人不多不少，至于他们是否了解这个活动的目的我就不是很清楚，但整体来看也挺不错的，这些学院生充满冲劲，周日还跑来种树对大自然作出贡献，真是有心。

过后过去国家青年大集会，哇，万人后巷，但不及428大集会般壮观。那里有好多booth， 好一个盛大的嘉年华会，人们买到比市价便宜的东西，商家也乘机大赚钞票，各有所得。可是呢，我看到的是资源的浪费，虽然那里有好多垃圾桶，但是人民丢垃圾的意识不高，街上角落还是有垃圾，瓶瓶罐罐纸袋等。食物一盘又一盘上座，但是卖不完的食物到哪里去呢？我发现那里的用电量蛮高的，风扇，灯，舞台器具，音响等占不少数。

如果这个活动能够节源省碳，减少浪费就好了。不知道参与的青年们你们来到嘉年华会学习到了什么？欢迎分享。