The Reader
Regina. Can't wait to step into the real society. Hates life to be in an orderly manner. Adores human interaction. 21 going on 22 this year. Third year in "ANUS minus A" - "KoM-Pu-Tin".
Adores
Reading chick literati books, watching dramas whichever and whatever and wherever the source is from, singing and listening to every genre of music, satisfying my stomach with good food, catching good movies, working out every cell available in her body.
Things I'd Like
Good grades
Healthy life
Money
Peace and harmony
Thursday, April 14, 2005
how bad are u to elders?
I was on the bus when I saw this little girl about 10 years old with her mom and grandma. She was unwilling to go to her family gathering at somebody's house after her tuition at some place in Orchard Road and defied with her explanations that she could find her way home and feed herself with a meal from Burger King.
Her grandma looked like she's didn't know the standard price of a burger, and gave $2 to her. The kid said "Aiyo, this amount of money eat what sai."
Seriously I am pretty pissed upon watching this scenario that this girl of age 10 can do. And her Grandma huh, was so kind and tried her best to persuade her to go. If I'm her mom, I will just say " Aiyah u go n find money for ur own food, u dun cum ur business lah u starve to death lor! " I was rather appalled by her attitude.
When we were little, we always wanted to fly out of our own nest, hoping to see the bigger and better horizons that we always admired from far. Now at my age, though I'm not too old to comment, all I wanted is to fly back to my own nest and have my loved ones pamper me like never before in the past.
I missed the good ol' days when my cousins and I were fooling around when we were little. As we reached secondary school ages, all of us seem to grow distant, we only met during chinese new year and the only word we could muster was " Happy Chinese New Year". It's rather sad to see this happening to my own family life which was a lot more blissful and happier in the past. Of course, such matters were not triggered by age, it was caused by misunderstandings between my grandma and my aunt.
How much time are we left with by living, and how stubborn can human nature get?
I am ashamed to say I used to behave like that girl in the past (
not as worse as her ok), but as my age catches up with me, I guess I've started to change since I was 15 or 16 lah. To repay for my guilt, I am constantly giving in to the older generation and giving them help as much as I can in the household.
My conscience is clear.
12:56 PM