June 15, 2005

of kids & rehearsals.

the COS called:

"you have to attend the SAF day parade rehearsal on friday. book-in on thursday night."

argh.
what was meant to be a full week's worth of break has now been disrupted. not to mention the pointlessness of having to return to camp on a thursday night, and going back home again friday afternoon.
cue--have you ever wondered, why must we serve..?

lounging around at home hasn't been this good (or possible) for the longest time. I would do it more often, if not for the given fact that I am hopelessly sold to national service for two years. but I must reiterate that I am thankful that it is two years; no longer the 2.5 years of drudgery my fellow compatriots have undergone.

alas, staying in your own home may not be a good idea sometimes. my dear mother has been nagging strongly encouraging me to pack my study-room & bedroom. I intend to. but it really is too much of a struggle getting down to menial chores when already one spends so little time in the house.

I was briefly scanning the newspaper, and came upon this. it's such a testy subject. right now, I would think it better to adopt euthanasia for the poor kids, for in my own opinion I would want it that way if I were the kid. then again, I believe it is not so for the parents. afterall, it'd be difficult to give up your own child.

which leads to the point of what will happen several years down the road. is the concept of euthanasia in singapore too inconceivable? I should think not. in financial terms, the parents (considering the average income of a singaporean) will not be able to upkeep the expenses incurred by the kid surviving on a life support system. and when that happens, will they come to the crossroads of having to give up the child because they will be unable to support him/her any further? then, really it wouldn't be a matter of ethics, but rather cold hard calculations. I'm not sure if they will actually be forced to let the kid go just because of expenses.

and when it comes to that, it'll be even worse than when the child was first born.

sad.

ok, to lighter issues.

my mum just told me today her friend wants to introduce her daughter to me (?!) now that's really funny, because her friend saw my photograph as the wallpaper on my mum's phone, and promptly wishes "her secondary three daughter to know" me. which spurred a further joke. my mum said (to me of course, not the ill-conceived lady) that she told my dad,

"Haha. If her daughter looks like her, then definitely no!"

I sure hope she meant it as a joke.
didn't know aunties these days could be so over-the-top.

sigh. adults.
gid posted at 22:44