It is with great sadness that I write this post about the recent plane crash tragedy of MH17. I first got wind of this piece of news last night at about before midnight Malaysian Local Time. I had just gotten home from supper (for those whose cultures are different, supper here meaning anything eaten after dinner) with some friends at Nasmir and was looking forward to sleeping. However, I decided to check my facebook newsfeed and to my surprise, news about another MAS plane crashing started flooding my newsfeed. I’ve got to be completely honest with you; when I first saw the news, I didn’t even bother to read it. In my mind, I was telling myself, ‘Here we go again.’ There was not much empathy in me at that moment. I told my dad, who was about to retire for the night and he shook his head, feeling sad at such grave news. I did the same. It was a shame that so many lives were lost just like that. I then chucked that into a little dusty corner of my mind and went to bed. How many o...