The Calling.

I met a friend recently and he said to me, "eh, wildlife pulak, you NGO people don't fly far from your flock huh? But isn't it a big world of difference? Humanity and wildlife?"

It's a mind boggling question in many aspects. The only one thing i clarify to people is that, i have this incessant need to make a difference in someone's life. Be it a human being, an animal or a plant.

Many people think that working with an NGO is an easy going lifestyle. You wake up whenever you want, go to work if you feel like it, and danggle your legs in honey while waiting for that monthly check. Well, here's one thing i can tell you for sure. While there are some allowance in terms of work hours, there's is nothing more stressful that being that odd number who's for a change the rest of the world ain't that keen on. There is nothing more stressful than anticipating failure and still striving for a ray of success and being surprised everytime an effort takes off in a positive light. There is nothing more stressful than the personal drive to work into wee hours without the motivation of overtime pay because your extra minutes determines how someone else's fate to live or die.

While my cause is now for the wildlife, I am far from surprised to where i ended up. It's not surprising that a hopeless animal lover like myself has ended up working for what i love and what i have always been passionate about. Humanitarian work was nurtured and embeeded into my soul. Wildlife? It's an instinct to me..