Yesterday was reading the newspaper when I come across a forum written by someone. In it he wrote something like this.

I had noticed that nowadays, old ladies are collecting empty aluminum can in the hawker center. At their twilight age, they should be not be suffering such an inhumane (my word) stage. Can something be done by the authority to help them?

His words was exactly what was in my heart all the while. To me, these old ladies had toiled and help built Singapore up to where we are now, but instead now they have to lice like that. It is saddening to see that nothing was done for them How I wished I am super rich and can built a lodging place for them, providing them with 3 simple meals and I believe that this is all that they ask for, just 3 simple meals and a roof over their heads, without worrying about the next meal. I am really at a lost on what can I do for them? Any idea anyone? My only hope is that, our youngster (the next generation) will not discard their parents to fend for themselves while they live a life of luxury themselves. Sad to say, nowadays youngster are so much into themselves. All they are concern for is me, me me! Too often our youngster had not seen the agony and the poverty of the poor.

To all my young reader, start treating your parents with lots of love. If you fail to do so now, then in days to come, your heart will be hardened and you may never get out of your harden heart to take good care of your parents when they are too old to provide for themselves. It takes time to cultivate a character, a good heart. Such things does not come over night. That is the reason why we are seeing so many old folks toiling in their twilight!!!

Hopefully, this short blog will awake the young people who are reading this!!! Anyone care to comment or to add to what is written here. I really welcome some blogging from all of you.

Bye! Mr Chu

Getting out of poverty circle and be an example!!!

Too busy or should I say too lazy to blog these few weeks. Anyway, here I am, finally writing. Had wanted to write so many things but now, suddenly my mind is blur!!!! What a terrible way to start blogging! Must slap myself awake! Joking lah!, where got so stupid, slapping yourself!

But seriously, I remembered reading an article a few weeks ago in the paper. If I remember correctly, it happens in china or was it hongkong? Whatever lah! The story was about a family, whose children was living alone as the parent was not with them, I think it was the father was in jail and the mother had left them. The amazing thing was that in their village, there were 2 boys who had been quietly helping them, going to their house to bath the 2 small kids and using their own pocket money to buy the kids meals. All this that they had done, was done without anyone noticing and they had never go around telling anyone. The villagers only come to know about it when one of the villagers accidentally visited that family.

This is what I called, a real caring and unselfish fellow human being, who seek not the applause or glory of others! Too often we had done things with ulterior motives or seeking recognition, and that includes me also! How I wished that I could be like them, always doing things without some other motives!

Things had been happening for the last few weeks. Students wanting to leave their course, students bullying one another,etc. I really wished that before anyone wishing to leave their course, will think twice before doing so. The money that seem so much to them now, should they start working, will never be sufficient for them in days to come when they have a family. That is the reason why I tell students, that if they ever want to break out of their present "poverty" situation, the only way is to study hard and progress on. Sadly, this is the situation in Singapore, without any paper qualification, it is almost impossible to get a good job and to live "comfortably".

I know what I am writing, as I was in that stage before, coming from a large family of 12, with my mother a hawker, pushing the cart all over the streets, just to make a living. I had been poor before, and thank God, as I learn to tell myself that I need to study so as to break this vicious "poverty" circle, and now I can provide enough for my family, without having to worry for the next meal.

So to all my beloved students! Please do study hard and don't, DON'T ever think of quitting, as this will be the beginning of your downfall!

I guess that's all I have to write.

Happy reading.