This afternoon as usual I was channel-surfing and I chanced upon a show in History Channel - 'Hippies'. Oh I thought this channel is quite interesting. I watched one of their show about finding the ark of the covenant, and another show about cain and abel. Ok anyway. sorry for being so not into the world, I thought hippies are just those who do hip-hop, who like to wear baggy clothes, who have long hairs, walking around saying 'yo yo!'. Ha. They form a culture, that make such a big impact to America.

Hippies started from a group of young people, I think in the 60s if I am not wrong, who want to find their so call 'freedom'. You know back then, people are so conservative. But they are the opposite - liberal. They liberised sex, introduced the drugs, were quite violent. And they are also those who prefer the nature, who want to live a simple life. They want a healthy lifestyle too, most are vegetarian or prefer to eat organic food.

They changed the music culture too. The hippie ethos influenced The Beatles and many more famous artists. And ya we learn that the consume of drugs and the lifestyle thay had, killed many of the good artists.

At first I thought that this is bad. They are the one who change the culture and maybe the world. People are getting more daring, more liberal in the wrong way. But I do admit that I like some of their music, like The Beatles. And their healthy eating started the idea of providing organic food. And they do influence science too, I wasnt paying attention about this part though. They influence IT too. The hippies are the people who think differently from the people back then. They are creative I can say. They introduced Apple. The internet was also created by their influence. Great ya?

Then I was thinking, ithere is no hippie, what will happen to america, the world now? I think at that time, if there is no hippies, there will be another groups wanting to do the same thing. Maybe it is just part of the growth of a nation. It could also be the consequences of what happened, eg the Vietnam war, etc.

Ya, today I learnt something new, about music, about the hippies, etc. The hippies only comprises a very small percentage of america population and yet they made such a great impact.
Hmm I dunno how to end. Was just encouraged that we Christians can influence our countries, the world too. But ya, provided we doing the right thing, give good influence.

We are the salt of the world, a change agent of the world!

Oh sorry if I gave wrong information. I didnt turn up the volume when I watched the channel. Was looking at the chinese subtitles throughout the show. Ha.