The Little Village

I remembered the famous humanitarian child named Craig Kielburger. He was the beacon in the mass media while the media was so into negative stories and negative images. Craig Kielburger's parents were involved in civic duties and pulled him into the duties as well when he was growing up. Interesting was that when he went through the closets to get rid off clothes they didn't need. They didn't throw them in the donation bins, his parents and him brought clothes to shelters or missions to see people. Eventually, Craig helped children from all over the world and founded the international charity Free the Children and the social enterprise Me to We. He inspired me for a brief time until I returned to the harsh reality. His happy face printed in my memory until I started volunteering and socializing with social-conscious people, I grew to be social-conscious and continued to be. Despite of hardships that had thrown at me; I admitted that I had the attitude to screw up the world ...

The world is now knowing the dark secrets about Loblaw and Wal-Mart companies. They have sweatshops in the third-world countries.  Loblaw and Wal-Mart companies want to put their stores in Kensington Market. I have signed the petition against those companies. I go to the market many times and fall in love with it. Kensington Market is very community-oriented. I go there and feel welcomed. There are no judgements in the air as people go to their favourite small independent cafes that display local artists' artworks. The cafes serve delicious organic homemade desserts and fair-trade teas or coffees. There are a few thrifty stores that I can view at old or peculiar things at wildly cheaper prices. Also they sell vintage clothes and many of them are cool to wear! Many clothes I wear are used from my little sister. Not ashamed that I have bought vintage furnitures at various thrifty stores as I believe that I have a bit of interior design skills to decor my place homely and charmly. ...