Liping's reflection

A throwback to yesterday. We went to visit the death railway museum, the cemetery, the temple and the death railway bridge. It was quite amazed that the prisoners who built the bridge within one year.In the museum we got to know more about the death railway and the lives of the prisoners. The prisoners lived in a very bad conditioned environment and treated very inhuman by the Japanese officers. The prisoners suffered tortures and illnesses, many of them died from these tortures and illnesses. The prisoners were so thin and were a bag of bones. During that period of time, the prisoners had no stationaries or poke cards to write or play. They used what they had to write something to keep them feel alive. Power is a very powerful weapon which can destroy someone yet it can also benefit someone. It was very sad that the Japanese officers used their superior power to torture the prisoners but they did not realise that they were normal people the prisoners were normal people too. Perhaps some of them did not willing to do this but were forced to do so. I learnt that as a leader, sometimes it is hard to make a decision which people will satisfy with. However sometimes you have to make a decision which you strongly feel that it is a right thing to do even though no one supports you. It is just like when my friends asking me to hang out with them but I choose to stay at home as I have a lot of homework to do. Even though my friends may not happy with me but I have to do as I think finishing my homework is my first priority. If not I may stay up late just to finish my homework.