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Still awake from yesterday, because something opened my eyes
16 years ago
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Sitting my plush bottom on the couch, I decided to turn on the television, to let the light film across my face in an otherwise darkened room. Becoming tired of comedy, or drama, I flicked across to a foreign documentary and film channel, SBS. It was there I encountered 7 Up Japan.
7 Up is a long founded series at was first made in england, cronicalling the lives of 60's generation 7 year olds, and reviewing how their lives went on a whole matter of subjects such a racial discrimination, social status, finanical status and where they were located. I loved the english series, which is still ongoing, but I felt extremely compelled with this new series in Japan, which is already up to their 21st birthdays.
One boy struck me the most out of all of them. His name is Yoshi, a 21 year old whoms family immigrated from China to Japan, living in a small apartment, in which he now still resides. His early years were happy, to a point, but one glance into his eyes and the things he commented on even as a young age compelled me tolisten to his segment much more intently than the others.
At 21 now, he is long and lean, with black, deep eyes that scream tiredness and misery. His whole time now is spent working, going to college, and then going home to sleep. Just enough money for him to pay for private university and to eat, and just one television set. He lives alone, after the previous segments show him with 20 other family members, eating sunday dinner together.
He comments to the screen that all his family members moved back to China. He looks up, one hand nestled in his dyed orange hair and almost sighs that he barely understands his original language, or culture, and questions what he'd do for his family if he went back with them.
He barely whispers "it wouldn't be practical". His eyes almost scream lonliness. I wish I could find a youtube link so you'd understand what I saw in his face.
It makes me question my own life, whether we are just made for this world nowadays to work and become drones to the social lifestyle that the world is slowly changing into. Whether being creative and feeling alive at times is important.
He doesn't even know me yet he reached out and touched the very softest, most fragile part of my soul. He's younger than me, but am I going to actually become him one day? And is he just a robot now?
The interviewer asked him what the favourite part of his days are now. He said it's the time he comes home late at night, and says to himself "Well done Yoshi, you made it through another day".
I hope he still does, in his own mind.
7 Up is a long founded series at was first made in england, cronicalling the lives of 60's generation 7 year olds, and reviewing how their lives went on a whole matter of subjects such a racial discrimination, social status, finanical status and where they were located. I loved the english series, which is still ongoing, but I felt extremely compelled with this new series in Japan, which is already up to their 21st birthdays.
One boy struck me the most out of all of them. His name is Yoshi, a 21 year old whoms family immigrated from China to Japan, living in a small apartment, in which he now still resides. His early years were happy, to a point, but one glance into his eyes and the things he commented on even as a young age compelled me tolisten to his segment much more intently than the others.
At 21 now, he is long and lean, with black, deep eyes that scream tiredness and misery. His whole time now is spent working, going to college, and then going home to sleep. Just enough money for him to pay for private university and to eat, and just one television set. He lives alone, after the previous segments show him with 20 other family members, eating sunday dinner together.
He comments to the screen that all his family members moved back to China. He looks up, one hand nestled in his dyed orange hair and almost sighs that he barely understands his original language, or culture, and questions what he'd do for his family if he went back with them.
He barely whispers "it wouldn't be practical". His eyes almost scream lonliness. I wish I could find a youtube link so you'd understand what I saw in his face.
It makes me question my own life, whether we are just made for this world nowadays to work and become drones to the social lifestyle that the world is slowly changing into. Whether being creative and feeling alive at times is important.
He doesn't even know me yet he reached out and touched the very softest, most fragile part of my soul. He's younger than me, but am I going to actually become him one day? And is he just a robot now?
The interviewer asked him what the favourite part of his days are now. He said it's the time he comes home late at night, and says to himself "Well done Yoshi, you made it through another day".
I hope he still does, in his own mind.
