Mother’s Memorable Read

My mother, an avid reader since her childhood days, most memorable read is the book of the title “ 19 is too young to die.”

The book is the story of a young Japanese girl with leukemia. As a child growing up during the wars she was exposed to radiation during the bombing of Hiroshima. When she found out she had cancer, she decided that she will not waste one day of her remaining life. She started to live her life one day at a time and do good everyday although she was in pain.

As a teenager, my mother was going through a difficult period. After reading the book, she realised that life was very precious and that she had only one chance to be young and that she must live her life meaningfully. She started to see her parents and siblings differently and learned to appreciate them. She was then determined to study hard to attain good grades in her O’levels exams so that she can further her studies. When she was studying in England and later in Singapore, she always missed her family in Seychelles. She then remembers the Japanese girl’s determination and that kept her going. These days she still appreciates what life has to offer and attributed her outlook on life to this book.

News of The Week

There was a recent article that discussed child abuse by maids.
The so called victims were forced to steal money from their parents to give to the maid, they have come home from school on time even if the parents allowed them to come late and they have to help with the housework. If they do not do any of the above they will get scolded by the maid.

It is a rather strange thing that readers of The Straits Times actually side with the maid and blame the parents for allowing these things to happen. I, too believe that it is not only the maid's fault but the entire family.

This is because if the parents were at home more often or the children were more brave to tell their parents none of this would have ever happened. Well, I, for one believe that prevention of child abuse is everyone's responsibility.

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.
[Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000]

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
[Ben Stein]

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
[Brendan Gill]

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
[Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)]

The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
[Dick Werthimer]

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
[Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)]

News Today

S'pore gets more spam
MORE unwanted mail makes it to Singapore than the global average.
About 85 out of every 100 e-mail messages sent to companies and individuals here were spam mails - the kind that advertise copies of watches, fake drugs or implements that can enhance various body parts.

I believe that Singapore maybe a very advanced country but some of its people take advantage of this to promote unauthorised things through the viberite internet.
I have a very strong feeling that this arose due to the company the sender has and his moral value. If he had the right friends and environment, he would not have done such a thing. If he had moral values, he would have not made friends with ill mannered people.

So let's act from and don't mix with the wrong company.
As they say: "You can make a difference".