is ignorance bliss???

you know these days i am so so lazy to read?not just academic reading like textbooks but i am lazy even to read storybooks which i used to love to read.yes,my laziness is at such a high level that i refuse to read interesting storybooks,any err fashion or gossipy/celebrity article even from magazines which don't requires much understanding, or news which i don't really read anyways.i am thinking what had struck me until i am at this state.pushing away all sorts of reading.well,except blogs. "???" why is that? this is really bad,really. i am lost with the rest of the world since i don't read news. not news in my own country,not news in the country i am currently at now. while i am staying now at the farm, they usually talk about serious topics. at least i do consider them to be. about countries economics, population, religions, cultures,news(current or not)... and since i am from a different country and culture altogether, it is only natural they ask me about these. i realise how little i know, how ignorant and how little i care about all these stuffs when most of the time i would just turn and look at my friend and expect them to answer those questions for me. i am clueless. reading is definitely one great way to widen your knowledge in all aspects.

i have so many times ignored the magazines - reader's digest, NG. flipped them and closed and just put them back. i enjoy looking at pictures and just allow my brain to laze and not read. finally, today i picked up a national geographic magazine and forced myself to read it out of boredom during my break after a day of so-so hardwork. needless to say, it was a burst of refreshing information for my mind. i would usually go for animal related articles in the NG mag just because it is my interest and my sort of thing. besides reading about the king penguin, i also came across a very very interesting article on the current state of Somalia - not stable and not having a government ruling it( i think). violence is occurring everywhere while it's neighbour which broke off, Somaliland is rather peaceful. all these are happening right now and i am so ignorant to even to learn about it. perhaps at times i just choose not to know thinking i can escape from the fact that these are happening. avoiding and running away. it is pointless though because however you try to run away, the stuffs stills happens anyhow.

i should start reading more now. it is like my new resolution. i had once dreamed of becoming a journalist. perhaps now that i cannot pursue this dream of mine, i could at least read and learn more from others.

hmm.