Sabaydii,

	Here is my contribution to the gambling series.

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Brother, its not too late...

Hurt - yes, I know you are hurt
your beloved girlfriend betrayed you
left you for another man.

Angry - yes, I understand
you are in the unskilled workforce
low pay, low morale
low everything.  

Thats what I know from you
Thats what makes you an avid gambler
hoping to get rich fast
hoping to have a ticket
to a fabulous life.

10 years have passed 
you are getting no better.
On the contrary,
you waste your hard-earned money
you cheat your trusted friends
you steal your poor familys income.

Just think, brother!
How much misery you have caused us
How much suffering you have caused yourself. 
Is'nt time that you gather all your acts and just quit?
Forget about the easy way
Its not what makes a person a person.

Remember,
we used to be revolutionaries
we care for others more than ourselves.
Simplicity is what we are,
commitment to a cause is what our life is for
so dont let the gambling destroy the real you.
After all,  you are stronger than everything
Just let your sense come back to you
Just forget about the painful past
and just make your life useful
before it is too late!



Hak phaang,
Kongkeo Saycocie
http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/~saycocie/sjdnews.html
***   What is the use of life
      if you don't get up 
      and fight back?          ***