The (supposedly) Joy of Life

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” 
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In the selection above Chris Mc Candles poetically declares that although there are many people in the world in horrible situation, they do not anything to help themselves. They don't give it their all and more to get out of tough situations. The don't helve themselves because they are comfortable with the situation they are in and do not want to change and have to readjust to a whole new way of life. A whole new way of life makes you wonder about the future and the future is what will keep you going. It keeps you hoping for greatness, self accomplishment and human praise. Chris states that it is not good to have a set future otherwise you are nothing more than a senseless robot with no change to hope for the future. In a sense Chris Mc Candles is correct with his statements. Humans need some sort of hope that things in the future will be better or possibly worse. That possibility gives them the determination to strive.

Chris  had an unhappy life, he did his best to first accomplish his fate set by his parents but as soon as the chance came he escaped. He changed his fate and took it into his own hands. He stepped out of his comfort zone and went out to live his dreams by escaping into the wild as  a tramp. He did not know what to expect in the future and that got him thinking and hoping for the best. Out in the wild Chris did not know if he was going to die one day or the other. He grasped at his future blindly and anticipated the new adventures and experiences to come. He was not a puppet or a robot with a set future and nothing to expect. He took the future into his hands and anticipated it to the end.

My life has been conditioned to receive an ordinary education. It has made me laid back about security and feel that I am somewhat secured in all places but it also makes me think about the possibilities of my death or abduction! In terms of conformity  my beliefs are what I think is right and not what someone has told me, in the eye of other common humans some things are unusual or rejected into a social standing. In my standings though, they are mostly accepted as long as they somehow benefit me. In terms of conservation, I have stuck to my beliefs and mostly rejected the teachings brought onto me or changed them somehow. If I could meet Chris Mc Candles I think he would questions my happiness with my life. He would most likely encourage me to take things into my own hands at some points and live life looking ahead not forward.

Chris McCandles will Enjoy these...

Walk Your Own Path

Deep in the heart of the valley of life
Thats where you'll find the dreams you misplaced
Trapped between rocks but not beyond reach
Sparkling with future, waiting to be chased,
Deep in the heart of the valley of life.

The future is here, you've heard the call
Rise from the ashes that smoldered for so long
Claim your place and stand tall with pride
Do what you do, if it's right it's not wrong,
Take a walk deep in the heart
Reach right inside
And touch who you are
You're anyone you want to be
You're your own guiding star,
That's who you are. 

Mark Hopwood

The poem above relates to Chris McCandles in the sense of reason for travel. The poem explains that everyone has to get away at some point and do something they desire. To do something nobody tells them to do but themselves and this is what Chris does. He goes into the wild, to be free and have freewill.

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Liberated

Liberated, I'm free from you
Liberated, bondage is through
Liberated, I'll speak my view
Liberated, life to pursue

Oh come and hear the news
I am now free to choose
There is no more abuse
Gone are the loathsome blues

Because I'm
Liberated, I'm free from you
Liberated, bondage is through
Liberated, I'll speak my view
Liberated, life to pursue

An end to oppression
Freedom of expression
There'll be no concession
Gone is the depression

Because I'm
Liberated, I'm free of you
Liberated, bondage is through
Liberated, I'll speak my view
Liberated, life to pursue

© 2011
Udiah (Witness to Yah)

The poem means that you are free, liberated, you can make your own decisions. You have escaped from unhappiness to something you are now happy with. Chris McCandles escaped from his fate placed by his parents and went on towards his own destiny. He decided to get away for a few years and travel, he lived life to the fullest without anyone stopping him.

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Sources:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/walk-your-own-path/

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/liberated-4/

Macaque Territory

I had arrived at Yakushima, Japan  about three months ago. It has been really fun and cool to stay here. I faced a few problems here and there but not as bad as this one. Around me stood about 10 Japanese Macaque. The howled and screeched at the slightest movement I made. I stood still, body shaking in fear. I knew I shouldn't have gone this way, I just knew it but I was just curious. I walked into Japanese Macaque territory without knowing and was instantly surrounding.

The Macaques began howling louder and I ducked in fear. I heard a voice and I felt something touching my head.

"No!" I stood up ready to run, my feet tangled itself with its laces and tripped forward. I heard a chuckle behind me and turned my head. A woman stood, she had shoulder length black hair with a blue baseball cap, her eyes were dark and friendly, her complexion was slightly tan. She wore a tan Capri,  brown climbing boots, and a beige long sleeve thermo shirt. 

The lady spoke to me in Japanese but the only thing i actually understood was 'American' and 'anata (meaning you)'. I shook my head and held up my hands in defeat, I shook them back and forth in confusion. she imitated me with a confused expression.

"Wakarimasen, wakarimasen." I repeated. (this means 'I don't understand')

 Her face lit up, she smiled and laughed.

"Yamashita Kykyo," she pointed to herself and gave a slight bow.

"Sonya." I replied with my made up name that I always give to strangers and bowed lightly.

she motioned to the area around and said, "No, no. Bad..." 

I nodded and began apologizing  then i stopped midway and laughed. She can't understand me!

"M-map!" she exclaimed. I took out my map and handed it to Kykyo. She reached into her pocket and grabbed a pen, she started to cross out some parts of the map. My map was already marked up with places to obtain fresh fruit and where the main road is located.

She handed the map to me and pointed out some of the marked spots.

"No, no." Kykyo repeated.

I nodded and thanked her, "Arigato Yamashita-San!" 

Kykyo said something and then my name. She motioned for me to follow her and I did.

About an hour or two later, we arrived at a resort. She offered me some food, water and lunch. I took her offer, thanked her and left back to the woods. I had managed to draw a rough sketch of her, with her permission.

"Bye bye." Kykyo had told me, "Bye bye Sonya!" and that is the last I ever saw her. 

I learned that you can't get out of every situation on your own. Everyone needs some sort of help at some point of their life.

IT WAS A MURDER! (*enter girly scream)

Everyone either believes that Pipín killed Aubrey or that Aubrey death was an accident or even that she was sabotaged but not by Pipín. I believe none of these were true. Pipín couldn't have killed Aubrey, if he wanted to he would have done so a long time ago. His actions after her death suggest otherwise. "He couldn't eat. Twenty-two pound melted away. He couldn't sleep. He couldn't process the report from Kim McCoy..."

My prediction is that Pipín's old girlfriend, the "blond knockout Jazz singer".

Pipín's girlfriend had a chance to meet Aubrey before the first death.
"Maybe She could go just a little deeper. Ask him a question or two, make
her thesis shine. She watched from across the table as he sat beside his
girlfriend, the blond knockout, the jazz singer. What good fortune that
Pepe Fernandez, the chief of Pipín's safety divers, had gotten an eyeful
of Audrey in her bathing suit and invited her to tag along with the
crew for dinner and drinks."

The moment Aubrey had gotten together there was a death.
"Suddenly she was on his boat a day later,kissing him after a training
dive, when he bolted overboard-the safety diver Whom he’d just met
and hired, Massimo Berttoni, hadn't resurfaced after going down to
retrieve the sled. Suddenly she was staring at death, handling it with
more calm than anyone in his crew. Suddenly she was at the dead man’s
post, with Pipin's life in her hands: She was his new Safety diver at
197 feet."


The second death was Pepe Fernandez.
it was impossible for him to have killed Audrey or the previous diver because he is dead.
There could have been many scenarios in which Audrey could have died. She could have died by the hands of Pascal Bernabé but he was Audrey's dear friend, he couldn't have done it.
To me that leaves Pipín's old girlfriend, (whose name I did not find), she must have been filled with rage. She must have hated Aubrey and Pipín too. She hated Aubrey for taking her man. She hated Pipín for leaving her and choosing Aubrey instead and therefore she is the one who killed Aubrey and the other two safety divers.