Be more compassionate!!!
It been ages since i wrote in the blog. was pretty busy with the coming exams of my students, looking for sample assessment for them, trying to get them ready.
2 thing happen that i guess i would like to reflect on.
one, last friday when i was giving a revision, hoping that it will benefit my student, but somehow, this boy, Billy was very rude. it almost broke my patience with him. here i was trying so hard to get sample questions scanned and helping the students to be ready for the exam and there he was playing computer games with alfred. So i told him to stop and listen, but he loudly says "shit you man!!". immediately i told him i will slap his mouth if he says that again, though i know i will not do it, instaed of apologising, he says, "slap my nose lah!" i was withholding myself from explodng. It is sad, when heer i'm trying to help, not seeking for appreciation, but at least their attention so that they will pass, but sadly, some think otherwise. God hep me to be patient!!!
the second thing was when i read the sunday new paper. one journalist wrote a story in the form of a letter to the mother of an illegal work found dead at teh foot of the HDB flat. it was so touching, as he expressed the apology to the mother of this unknown dead son. for thos who did not read the earlier report. this is the story. it was about an illegal worker from myannar, who felled to his death in a worksite. the employer, afraid that he will be persecuted, secretly move and dump the body at another location making it seem like he committed suicide. Thank God that he was caught for such a blantant act. How could he do such a thing, as the journalist wrote, the dead man mother will never see her son again, and worst not even knowing that he is dead aand will never returns and there the mother wating day after day, looking for his return. Here we in singapore, pide ourselves as first world country, civilised people, citizens with high paper qualifications, etc yet doing such a terribel thing, without a thought for the dead nam family.
I prayed that God will have mercy on us singaporean, that we will not grow up to be a nation without compassion, without feeling for our fellow human being.
It is a sad entry, but i feel i need to put it in words so that we could reflect and learn from things that happen around us.
God bless al who reads.
2 thing happen that i guess i would like to reflect on.
one, last friday when i was giving a revision, hoping that it will benefit my student, but somehow, this boy, Billy was very rude. it almost broke my patience with him. here i was trying so hard to get sample questions scanned and helping the students to be ready for the exam and there he was playing computer games with alfred. So i told him to stop and listen, but he loudly says "shit you man!!". immediately i told him i will slap his mouth if he says that again, though i know i will not do it, instaed of apologising, he says, "slap my nose lah!" i was withholding myself from explodng. It is sad, when heer i'm trying to help, not seeking for appreciation, but at least their attention so that they will pass, but sadly, some think otherwise. God hep me to be patient!!!
the second thing was when i read the sunday new paper. one journalist wrote a story in the form of a letter to the mother of an illegal work found dead at teh foot of the HDB flat. it was so touching, as he expressed the apology to the mother of this unknown dead son. for thos who did not read the earlier report. this is the story. it was about an illegal worker from myannar, who felled to his death in a worksite. the employer, afraid that he will be persecuted, secretly move and dump the body at another location making it seem like he committed suicide. Thank God that he was caught for such a blantant act. How could he do such a thing, as the journalist wrote, the dead man mother will never see her son again, and worst not even knowing that he is dead aand will never returns and there the mother wating day after day, looking for his return. Here we in singapore, pide ourselves as first world country, civilised people, citizens with high paper qualifications, etc yet doing such a terribel thing, without a thought for the dead nam family.
I prayed that God will have mercy on us singaporean, that we will not grow up to be a nation without compassion, without feeling for our fellow human being.
It is a sad entry, but i feel i need to put it in words so that we could reflect and learn from things that happen around us.
God bless al who reads.
posted by Sebastian Chu at 8:39 AM
