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Once again I greet you all to yet another issue of ORU PAPER. I have come up with yet another article for all you teens. I noticed that my last article created a bit of a tsunami however I am not to blame for people’s immediate reaction. I was fully aware that it would happen as it was a problem or issue that everyone tries to pretend which doesn’t exist. However let’s leave that behind and start a fresh new article.

I was thinking about my future when I couldn’t stop wondering what I was personally good at. I know many teenagers have many different talents such as, singing, dancing, directing, creating music, and many are very talented in their field of studies. What came to my mind is that, what would happen if all of these talents get together back home in our home land Eelam and start their lives. Don’t you think it would be just amassing. I mean after the war, if we ever go back then we not only have to face problems such as poverty and homeless people but we would have to also face the facts that economically our land would be week. After all this fighting and loss, it will be a big struggle to get our country up and running again and that’s where our talented people come in.

What I believe and what I think everyone should believe is that nothing is impossible. This article isn’t to advise you to say don’t fall in love with this country don’t adapt. No this is to tell you to dream, dream and achieve your goals. Keep it up what ever you do. But also think about what you can personally do for your country when the time comes. In what way can you help back home no just with money but by using your brain, by using the skills you’ve learnt. That’s what this article is about. How many of you have actually though to yourselves, ‘after I finish studies or after I finish this course, I can help my country by doing this’.

I already know that you might all be wondering ‘why is she talking about the far future when we haven’t even won the war yet’ but to you it might be far but to me it’s near. If we ever do achieve that lifelong goal of getting the Eelam we always wanted then I don’t want to sit and waste time thinking about what to do next do you? So what I say to all of you is that, keep studying and keep improving and when the time comes to go to our country we must be prepared to do so. Yes I believe it’s hard, in fact it’s very hard for our teenagers nowadays to even imagine about living in a country that is suffering technologically. Just think, we have MP3’s, play stations, internet, facebook and many more things that’s got to do with technology itself and to go to a country without all these new developments it’s unthinkable. Well, that’s what I though until I went to srilanka, Jaffna. But to tell you the truth it was peaceful, and lovely. The breath of fresh air and the love of all my families made me change. Yes there was frogs, and bats, and many more insects ( not to mention snakes) but if others can live there so can we, after all that is where we would have been if there was no war, so why be afraid.

September has been the toughest month for me so far. I guess all of you teens will agree that after all the fun and relaxation during the holidays it is hard to get back on track and start working again, especially for me as I had three whole months to enjoy. But then again a few of you have been counting the days till you go back to college or university for that matter. What ever happens, enjoy and be happy but don’t forget our home land and what we can do for our people and our land!