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Sunday, June 19, 2005

[[Father's Day...and that SPG article]]

Happy Father's Day to all daddies in the world out there~!! On this day, it is important to recognise the importance and contributions of all fathers, especially when most people only remember Mother's Day and not Father's Day. Like some say, Father's Day is simply Mother's Day without any presents. Haha...very crude but well...I guess grown up men don't like to admit the fact that they do feel a need to be pampered by their children the way their wives are on Mother's Day.

Anyone read today's editon of The New Paper? About the report on the SPG's blog? Haha...I don't know why but I feel like laughing my head off over the column written about the SPG by none other than my course senior, Xiaxue (much as I hate to admit that she was my senior and my fac during my orientation). An interesting read, to say the least. I mean, it's not easy to comment on the opinions dished out by both women. But somehow, it goes to show how shallow some people here can get.

It's like...how SPG says she don't like dating local men, how the perception of expats are rich is usually wrong while at the same time admitting that more often than not they do have more cash to spare...

In the end, it's still about money, isn't it?

It's hard to dispute the fact that people need, and love, money. But it's really sad to base any relationship on money. Money is important, because it buys you the essential needs and satisfy certain wants in every lives. Without money, one would probably be unable to survive. But seeing how money has become an obsession in many societies degrades every single principle of being a human being.

Especially in a society so small like this sunny little island. From young, every child is thought that money gives you more power and standing in the society. Thus, every parent has in mind what kind of route their children should take: get into EM1, score 4 A* in PSLE, achieve distinctions in the O and A Levels, get into university and get a degree, become a doctor, engineer, lawyer...

Not that wanting the best for your children is the wrong thing, but the way that they go about it. That's why I'm glad and thankful for the amount of freedom my parents grant me since I was young. Like every kid, I was given pressure to excel, but my parents did not overdo it, probably the way they did to my brother. The lucky thing was my brother could handle all the pressure put on him.

I'm not sure I would be able to handle that kind of pressure if it was applied on me. Certainly, I would have become either really depressed, or much more rebellious than I was back in secondary school.

So, on this day, I would like to thank my parents for what they have done over the last 20-odd years for me. It's never easy to be a parent, and as I grow older, I appreciate much more what they had done for me.

So dad...can you please buy me a Subaru Impreza WRX STI? I'll really appreciate it~!!

Wahahaha...I'm only kidding~!!

Till the next time! Take care everyone! And Happy Father's Day!!

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