Class of 2008 Fall PDC, Lost Valley, USAHello everyone!
Salaam to my wonderful sponsors and friends who have given me their blessings and support. I hope these times find you well. It is good to be back.
I had a glorious time in the US. Celebrated the triumph of Barack Obama on election night, met a lot of amazing people, saw wonderful places & lovely endeavors…felt very at home. It was hard to say goodbye... so I tried postponing it as long as possible. I extended my stay in the US for three weeks to do a short permaculture internship at Lost Valley. I had initially planned to extend it for a whole 2 months and do a longer internship, but a friendly trip to the visa enforcement agency set me back on a short but safe track home.
I got back on Nov 15, eager to start my Permaculture project… but it took me quite a while (2 months to be exact) to get my act together. Though my roots were not too deeply settled in KL, shifting back to my hometown in Batu Arang was not an easy move. A small town, at the end of a windy road… How was I going to make ends meet and do the things I wanted to do? Where was I going to start planting? … And mind you … I’m not only interested in planting trees and vegetables, I want to plant Permaculture seeds.
With the Mayan Calendar coming to an end in 2012, the climate going bezerk, and the economic collapse, a red light blinks incessantly over our heads screaming for attention. I wake up each morning with a slap of reality check on my face. We're seconds away from a global transformation that will most definately involve a lot of destruction as well as construction. Each and every one of us will not be able to escape from contributing to this transformation. Who is going to destroy? Who is going to build? What will be destroyed? What will be saved? I do not have the answers, but I do not feel helpless. Permaculture has given me a choice, a choice to create and not to destroy, and it has given me the tools to do so. I do not have control over what happens in the future ... but I can pass down my legacy, along with many others ... and hopefully, this legacy will be the ground on which our children walk on.
Salaam to my wonderful sponsors and friends who have given me their blessings and support. I hope these times find you well. It is good to be back.
I had a glorious time in the US. Celebrated the triumph of Barack Obama on election night, met a lot of amazing people, saw wonderful places & lovely endeavors…felt very at home. It was hard to say goodbye... so I tried postponing it as long as possible. I extended my stay in the US for three weeks to do a short permaculture internship at Lost Valley. I had initially planned to extend it for a whole 2 months and do a longer internship, but a friendly trip to the visa enforcement agency set me back on a short but safe track home.
I got back on Nov 15, eager to start my Permaculture project… but it took me quite a while (2 months to be exact) to get my act together. Though my roots were not too deeply settled in KL, shifting back to my hometown in Batu Arang was not an easy move. A small town, at the end of a windy road… How was I going to make ends meet and do the things I wanted to do? Where was I going to start planting? … And mind you … I’m not only interested in planting trees and vegetables, I want to plant Permaculture seeds.
With the Mayan Calendar coming to an end in 2012, the climate going bezerk, and the economic collapse, a red light blinks incessantly over our heads screaming for attention. I wake up each morning with a slap of reality check on my face. We're seconds away from a global transformation that will most definately involve a lot of destruction as well as construction. Each and every one of us will not be able to escape from contributing to this transformation. Who is going to destroy? Who is going to build? What will be destroyed? What will be saved? I do not have the answers, but I do not feel helpless. Permaculture has given me a choice, a choice to create and not to destroy, and it has given me the tools to do so. I do not have control over what happens in the future ... but I can pass down my legacy, along with many others ... and hopefully, this legacy will be the ground on which our children walk on.
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Now, we have to move fast, while there is light! I'll be back with some progress soon.
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Peace and Love,
Sabina Arokiam
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