my thOts in mid april

Weekend - finally a time to rest.
We were so tired that we even skipped our Jap classes x2.
This was a really busy week.
We worked practically 20hrs everyday which includes having to carry out delivery tasks after work and stretching all the way till 7am on the worst day.

Can u imagine roaming the streets of Orchard Road, Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar in the wee hours of the day? The streets are so quiet but full of taxi waiting for their passengers. This is the time where stores start stocking up their goods for the next business day. While most of us are asleep, some are also partying away even on weekday nights. Boat Quay is such a "active" street and we even witness fights that broke out.

A lot of people are motivated by incentives. Especially monetary. When there is no monetary incentives involved, will people talk about relationships? 要找到能供享褔的人很多但當你遇到問題時這群人能和你供患難嗎？

I live in my world. A world which i thought is full of feelings and 人情味。Or so i thought. But is it?
I always thought, if you were to treat someone nice, he/she will reciprocate the goodwill. But is it?
Maybe the world has evolve and the morals in our society have changed a lot over the years.
I grew up in an era whereby teachers were allowed to punish the students when we failed to bring our homework, when we didnt get full marks for test which even includes spelling, or for students that misbehave in class.

I remembered my primary school days, Ms Heng - my form teacher in Peixin Pri from P1 to P3. I was in class 1/8, 2/8 and 3/8. Then, whenever we didnt get 10/10 for our spelling test we would have to be prepared to get canning on the hand from Ms Heng. I remember getting caned on my hands by her ruler every now and then.

In sec school days, i remember Mdm Ho (my chinese teacher) who once threw Shaun's chinese workbook out of the classroom on the 2nd level and landed straight on the garden on the ground floor.

Those were the days isnt it?

Does teachers dare to cane students or even raised their voices these days?
Are students still fearful of their teachers? Or even are they respectful?

I have a uni friend who quit her auditors job and joined the teaching career. She quitted on Day 1 and headed back for auditor's lifestyle. What does it says?

Maybe we are all getting so smart. We are constantly exposed to so many things that people didnt have 10 to 20 years ago. Perhaps the media is really changing the mindset and values of the people.

The society has really changed so much these days. I am so shocked to know that students can scold their teachers and children can sue their parents in such era. What exactly are we teaching our younger generations? It is definitely not the sole-doing of the younger generations these days. Their parents are at fault. 养不教，父之过。教不严，师之惰。

So sad. The world has changed and is constantly changing.