Make a difference?

This afternoon was interesting with a chat with Reuben and his friend Wash. I felt like many very small things suddenly connect to each other, giving me some sense of realization. Realization of an (seemingly) obvious thing.

Wash told us about his application (/ tool) to find at which time a bus come to a bus stop, how people use it and find it useful. His application adds value to the society & the users. In return, he gets satisfaction & the feeling of contributing his talents to other people. "You know, we have skills to create something like that. Right? Those who don't know programming can never do it lah."

Reuben also talked about his business. He concluded "you find something that is not good enough, try to make it better and make money out of it". Isn't it sound familiar? Yeah, prof Ben once mentioned about this method of solving an existing problem in our first lecture. Suddenly I remembered his words, linked it with the motto "make a difference" of 3216, with the words Mr. Ong Peng Tsin's purpose, linked them with the work Wash has done. Wasn't what he did making a difference? I also tried to reason what Reuben thought when started his business.. I realized that problems are numerous out there. I realized that every times I felt a service  unfulfiling, there might lie a chance.

Honestly, my first thought after that was "Oh. Wow. Now I understand... Problems are numerous out there. Vietnam has so many problems."

Suddenly I thought about coming back to "fix" Vietnam. The first time.