Monday, June 08, 2009 9:01 PM
society should just change their perspective towards the elderly. they're just taking for granted all the benefits that they have. well i cant say that for all the elderly, but majority or minority i dont know too. either way, i cant stand this ridiculous stereotype anymore. "we must ALWAYS respect the elderly", "we must treat the elderly the best that we can". coming from a traditional family, i know im supposed to put my elders before anything else, i will continue to do that, but i will still rant about it. STOMP is one good example. so many pictures of those old aunties and uncles on mrts and buses, taking up so much space for themselves even though theres a crowd. and today, while in the mrt on the way to gensen's house, it was crowded. VERY crowded, not exaggerating mind you. this auntie boarded the train. and started saying, "siam lah, siam lah, siam lah" and squeezed her way all the way to the "special" seat reserved for the needy. there was this woman, sleeping, unknowing of the auntie's presence, but she just shaked her awake and said, "give me this seat leh" in chinese. having no choice, the woman gave her the seat. and the auntie, unsurprised at her victory, grinned to herself, but at the same time, shot a look of hate to the woman who just gave up her seat for her. this is utter disgrace, or rather, epic fail attitude. maybe i have a biased attitude towards this topic, but having seen no good prospect since treating MY OWN elderly with respect for 5 years. its no wonder i've developed this attitude. so please, people out there, the elderly are not ALWAYS correct. the government has been giving them too much space for their own so called "freedom of speech" already. numerous attitudes of them showing such behavior has already been spread across the net, or in the case of most people, seen it for your own eyes. but nevertheless, i still want to emphasize that treating the elderly with respect, is still of utmost importance.
the second topici want to rant about is PARENTS. this is another common stereotype, that parents will always do things for your good, that parents, no matter how much they mistreat you, that they actually care for you. once again, i want to repeat that what i will be saying will not be true for all parents, and that parents are STILL the most important people in our lives. the problem now is that, everyone is treating them as HOLY, or even GODLY. parents can make mistakes too you know. the latest incident of an indian family losing a son and his father through suicide is one example. the newspapers portrayed the whole incident as the son's folly by getting drunk and being angry at his mother's questions. take note: drunk people doesnt literally mean you're senseless. second point, mother's questions: dont we ALL seem to be very familiar with this topic? where have you been? why are you so late? why didnt you tell me where you were going? these questions, even when posted in usual daily life, can already be considered somewhat IRRITATING. let alone posting these questions to a drunk person. please, put the blame where it is supposed to be put. not, in this case, put the blame on a DEAD PERSON, saying that he was irresponsible and senseless for getting himself drunk and then angry over his mother's questions. so, this is an appeal to newspapers: please, FOR GOD'S SAKE, give JUSTICE to those who need it and give SHAME to those who doesnt DESERVE JUSTICE, or just leave them alone, get it? or rather, just dont write about that story. and just mind your fucking own business.
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nah, im not angry, in fact, im rather smiley right now just writing about those 2 stuff above =D
sounds sadistic sia, haha.
anyway, went for my NS Medical Checkup with clement today. met at gensen's house in the morning first for brunch, and slacked in his house before going down to CMPB. the rumours werent wrong, it was a total waste of 4 hours of my life lol. surprisingly, i ended up in pesA, and clement in pesD. hahaha, uncommon right. pesD is those whose health are unconfirmed because clement told the doc that he had a back problem and he had to get it checked again at alexandra hospital in september hahah.
just watched 百万大歌星! ahh, i admire all those with good voices, pure talent =) theres this cute girl, makiyo is it? her voice was STRONG, and instead of choosing all those later songs she chose those old songs and sung them very well x) admiraaable.
anyway, it was a BAD BAD BAD idea to share clement's bottled water, now im also sick with him. good luck have fun to both of us lol.
you are my superwoman.
