Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Realised that I haven't been blogging for the past week. Well, part of the reason is that, a certain aspect of blogging irritated me. I have since accepted it with a sigh of resignation; it's not the 1st time. Sometimes, it's the matter of two sides of a coin.
Another reason is that, my life has been rather boring and there is really nothing much to blog abt nor update the readers on.
Just came back from Bandung for the long weekend. I have been reading abt the strike by the garbage disposers for the past few weeks in the papers, but it was a rude shock still to see firsthand the city that the Dutch called "Paris Van Java" (The Paris of Java) turning into a garbage land. Bandung has always been a pretty place as the name implied, clean and its air fresh compared to the cosmopolitan Jakarta. But this time round, rubbish piled on every street corners and there were banners saying that, "Currently Bandung is having problem disposing its garbage. Please do your part by reducing waste whenever you can." Think it just goes to show how everything in a society is interlinked and how actions by seemingly inconsequential section of the society like garbage collectors can turn political. I thought abt the road sweeper uncle whom I always hear sweeping the streets in the wee hours of the morning outside my grandparents' house in Singapore. Isn't it really insulting for parents to say to their children that, if they dun study, they'll end up as road sweepers?!?
One thing abt being a member of a traditional Chinese extended family is that, many a times, giving the appearance of having given something is oh-so-important. I may not be the most generous of givers, but I certainly dun see the need to show off whenever I do give. I oso dun see giving as necessarily a corporate thing in the family, nor a form of competition. In theory at least, the essence of giving shd be, "It's the thought that counts." In the reality of a Chinese family, sometimes things dun work out so beautifully. There r members of the family (not talking abt myself) who have been quietly giving in tangible or intagible forms all the while but never made a show of it, but they r just not appreciated becos what they do have been taken for granted and becos they dun make pomp and circumstance out of it. Just grumbling abt something that happened quite some time ago. Glad to release it out of my system.
Speaking of family, here's a late Mother's Day tribute to Mommy dearest. Din do anything special for her this year, just the normal stuff of helping her ease her load in the household chores area so that she can concentrate on the biz. Although I like to say that I have a love-hate relationship (as in "I love to hate her; she hates to love me" :p ) with her, overall I do appreciate her unconditional care and concern for me all these years. The thing abt any long-term relationship is that, it has to grow and evolve with time and I see that with my relationship with her. Here's wishing her health, beauty and happiness.
Been itching to try out go-karting for some time. Wanted to sign up for the SDU one but din have the time. Saw some over here, too, but erm... cannot play that sort of thing with your parents mah. Wanna try out white water rafting too. Anybody game to join me?
Another reason is that, my life has been rather boring and there is really nothing much to blog abt nor update the readers on.
Just came back from Bandung for the long weekend. I have been reading abt the strike by the garbage disposers for the past few weeks in the papers, but it was a rude shock still to see firsthand the city that the Dutch called "Paris Van Java" (The Paris of Java) turning into a garbage land. Bandung has always been a pretty place as the name implied, clean and its air fresh compared to the cosmopolitan Jakarta. But this time round, rubbish piled on every street corners and there were banners saying that, "Currently Bandung is having problem disposing its garbage. Please do your part by reducing waste whenever you can." Think it just goes to show how everything in a society is interlinked and how actions by seemingly inconsequential section of the society like garbage collectors can turn political. I thought abt the road sweeper uncle whom I always hear sweeping the streets in the wee hours of the morning outside my grandparents' house in Singapore. Isn't it really insulting for parents to say to their children that, if they dun study, they'll end up as road sweepers?!?
One thing abt being a member of a traditional Chinese extended family is that, many a times, giving the appearance of having given something is oh-so-important. I may not be the most generous of givers, but I certainly dun see the need to show off whenever I do give. I oso dun see giving as necessarily a corporate thing in the family, nor a form of competition. In theory at least, the essence of giving shd be, "It's the thought that counts." In the reality of a Chinese family, sometimes things dun work out so beautifully. There r members of the family (not talking abt myself) who have been quietly giving in tangible or intagible forms all the while but never made a show of it, but they r just not appreciated becos what they do have been taken for granted and becos they dun make pomp and circumstance out of it. Just grumbling abt something that happened quite some time ago. Glad to release it out of my system.
Speaking of family, here's a late Mother's Day tribute to Mommy dearest. Din do anything special for her this year, just the normal stuff of helping her ease her load in the household chores area so that she can concentrate on the biz. Although I like to say that I have a love-hate relationship (as in "I love to hate her; she hates to love me" :p ) with her, overall I do appreciate her unconditional care and concern for me all these years. The thing abt any long-term relationship is that, it has to grow and evolve with time and I see that with my relationship with her. Here's wishing her health, beauty and happiness.
Been itching to try out go-karting for some time. Wanted to sign up for the SDU one but din have the time. Saw some over here, too, but erm... cannot play that sort of thing with your parents mah. Wanna try out white water rafting too. Anybody game to join me?
// posted by Jenn @ 12:28 AM 
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