It suddenly dawn on me that despite the woes of the Third World, of famine and over population and pollution, the world is indeed a very beautiful place, because we exist simultaneously in different time zones, right now, and such happens not just across different countries, but across different provinces.

Take India, or Thailand. Look at their pseuydo-Silicon Valley high techology vs. the villages. Or just cities and villages. It's so beautiful. No time travel machine is required. An hour bus ride from Bangkok to Ayuthaya and you have travelled 20 years into the past, where children did not bother about PS2, women are not anorexic, and you farm to earn a living.

And honestly, who can decide, who leads a better life? Do we feel sorry for the people we claim backdated? Because of their lack of technological advancements which, while makes our lives better, sometimes argubly necessary evil (as per General Paper in A levels).