One Life..DO SOMETHING! =)

My best weekend in Pahang thus far. Normally my weekends in Pahang would be spent rotting in my room. But this weekend was special! One Life hits Kuantan! I was able to experience one of the best exhibitions ever. This was an exhibition like no other. While other exhibitions are normally filled with boards of pictures , this exhibition was truly different.

This ONE LIFE exhibition gives you the opportunity to take a walk in the shoes of HIV/AIDS patients. In the exhibit , you will feel , hear and see what it is like to be a HIV/AIDS victim. This exhibition is an effort by World Vision and other partners to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS victims throughout the world. They have already been to a few countries and are now here in Malaysia.

I have to admit that prior to this , HIV/AIDS was not something that I would have been worried about. Honestly, I thought that the numbers were small in Malaysia. Was I ever so wrong. There are over 70,000 people affected in Malaysia alone and those are just the reported cases. Sadly , this statistic includes children.

Moving on to the details of the exhibition , there were three different stories you could experience. Each one was different from the other. You have the option of walking in the shoes of Srey from Cambodia , Jothee from India or John from Malaysia. If I had the time I would have gone for all 3. Sadly I was in a rush so I could only go for 1.

Anyway , I got to experience the life of John from Malaysia. Apparently he is from Kuantan as well ( I study in Pahang for those who do not know). So I guess it made the whole thing that much more realistic. I could tell you the story , but it would be nothing compared to being there yourself. So why don’t you make a trip down to the One Life exhibition the next time it comes to your town.

This exhibition really has the ability to touch the hearts of many. Hopefully through this , people will learn to be more concerned and not fear HIV/AIDS victims. They are humans too , don’t isolate them out of our fear of HIV/AIDS. As the saying goes , we fear the unknown. If we know the disease , it is not all that scary. Look up the disease and do your part today. This exhibits makes us look at your own life and realise how lucky we are and yet we take it for granted. You have ONE LIFE, do something useful with it and help them lead a normal life =)

For my information , you can look up the ONE LIFE website at http://www.worldvision.com.my/onelife/