I attended a red cross regional conference a few weeks ago and the
mayor of Parramatta spoke saying how when he first moved into the
community, he had a bbq to get to know everyone and how he got to know
people and his street community comming together and I dont know how
things are in different areas but most places that I see..its the same
story, people live in houses, youth have over 300 contacts, most of
them how live about 15mins away from them yet hey havent met.

We find more and more youth being diagnosed with depression, feeling
isolated, with the world at their fingertips...we still feel more
colder then our parents would have.

A way to get youth together, a way to show them that 'hey u have
potential, great potiental'
You get this ALOT at leaderships conferences and other various things
but it is restrcited only to leaders. We go and get our skills fine
tuned, we are taught to stand firmer, to speak louder and aim higher
but what about those who simply dont know how to stand to begin with,
those who dont know how to speak at all and those who lack motivation
and belonging...
Scary thing is, these people and we are the future so something more
needs to be done...

I really dont know what I am trying to say but I dont know...a youth
led festival organised by youth and not so much by the council, just
when people feel like their decisions matter , they tend to take more
intiviative so yeah...
Something new, something differenent...not sure what...

I know, it has been such a long time since my last post.

Its Easter =]

I dont think I am the only one who feels just a little extra loved during Easter.
As a christian , easter somehow has more signifiance to me personally then Christmas.

Maybe its because it hasnt been comsumerised (sp?) yet or maybe its about the scarifice that one makes to save others.

savior on a hill, dying for my shame, deifes the world I see, yet this is what my heart has been longing for

I am not sure if I believe in the big scary "God" person but whichever way you look at it, Jesus was amazing.
Whether divine or not, to die for people who rejected him
To show the world a way of life
To teach the world love
and to believe it enough to well be cruificed....
that is why I call myself a Chrisitan.

Other things have been amazing as well.

This week, I found out that I am in the NSW youth parliment so I am very excited about that =]

More updates as they come =]

xx
rusty

Once again its that time of the year...the joy of family, the warmth of home, the feeling of love!

Merry Christmas everyone! and have a fanastic new year!

Finally breathing time!

The year is almost over. The school year, for me, ends tomrow and then the presentation of reports followed by a eight week break.
Seems like only yesterday when I first started at Rooty Hill and now my first year is over. Time flies.

Today we also had a party for STAND. We now have around 30 members which is fanastic since well..its Rooty Hill.

Kevin Rudd has won Labor Leadership. Woot woot!! It seems unfair on Kim Beazely for putting so much effort and commitment to the party and then having it all taken away....but such is life and well go labor!!

The sensationalism of the coup in Fiji is absoulty ridicious. Ask the average Fijian how they feel and they tell you that there is no difference. I am, personally, for the coup. The measures needed to be taken. Who is the bigger sinner, the one who commits the crime or the one who watches it being commited? Hopefully this coup will put an end to corruption and injustice. However, I think there could have been other ways to resolve it and not having a coup but you have to give the military commander some credit, he did everything he could. He talked. He negioated. He gave them time and well sometimes things need to be done. I dislike his method but his intentions were good.

Oh god I sound so bad saying that >.<

Once again, 4th time in less than 20 years, Fiji is in a state of Coup.

They have promised that this will be a bloodless coup…lets hope so.

There wasn’t any deaths in the 2000 coup…but the atrocities that occurred were just plain old stupid. Jobs were lost, the economy was going down, there was fear amongst everyone and most importantly people simply lost hope after the injustice that happened.

The military has taken over the country because they are unhappy with certain government bills and yes I am for that. Fiji has become a place where the poor keep sliding into deeper poverty. More and more farms and houses are being taken over by the native and the law just sits back. One of the bills which the military was against was making all freehold land turned to the native title.

I am not against the coup, I just hope that the results from this coup isn’t the same as the last one.