Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Just watched a report(not sure if this is the right word for it) on Channel U. The topic today was on S'poreans leaving their parents alone to fend for themselves. I was so pissed at the end of the whole report. I mean just what is our society becoming of? Affluent citizens with so much money to burn that they can afford pedicure for their pet dogs but here we have a human being who is living alone. Lonely, suffering in a small one room flat with hygience so bad that you might think that this was S'pore in the 60s. Not 2005. Is the society moving so fast that we had forgotten about those who can't catch up with us? What had they done to deserve this? Definitely not because they chose to bring up their children who I deem as bastards in my eyes.
Part of the reason I am so piss is also with myself. I had a grandma who is staying at an old folks home which ironically was featured in the report. The main reason why she is there is because I have a Dad whose favourite past-time is gambling and womanizing. I am angry with myself for not having the ability to bring her home. I am more annoyed with my Dad(not sure if I should still call him that) for gambling away all her savings. See, my family used to be rich in the past. I know this might seems a bit far fetched but that guy lost away 2 stalls which my grandparents own, their life savings and not to say my mum lifetime savings. I think he should be the one in the old folks home. It is just not the way I wanted grandma to live the rest of her life. The is a thing we call dignity. I think my dad and I are stopping her from having any sort of dignity for the remainder of her life. I just can't see myself bringing her back home in the near future. I just don't have the financial mean. I am so afraid that she might just leave me suddenly. Alone, lonely and wondering just what she had done wrong in her life.
See, the only thing that she had done wrong was to pamper her child. She should have use the rod on my dad when he was young. Not to give in to his demands. I feel sad for both the child and the parents whenever he or she get her way with just a little bit of crying. Are we sowing the seeds for our future downfall? I think this will be the case when these future emperors and emperess grow up. They will be so self centred that they might just forget that without their parents, they will be nothing. Absolutely nothing. Fillial Piety to me is one very important value. I really hope those people who saw the report and can afford it, bring their parents back. They should let them spend the remainder of their life with the dignity and respect they deserve.
I really hope that more can be done for the elderly. All of us will grow old. It is the law of nature. Do you want to be like the lonely old man who is forced to stay alone and scrap on leftovers for food? I think the goverment should do more to stop the widening income gap. More relief must be provided for them. How can one live on $250 per month? With the raise on bus fare, don't they think it is the right time to give out more on relief? Are the shareholders of the transport companies in such bad condition that they have to worry about their next meal? If they are not, why not use a second and reflect if they can do more for those poor lonely souls.
You can take a picture of something you see. In the future where will I be?
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