prelude
my dad is turning out to be some carbonated drinks freak. just two days ago he bought 3 pet bottles of pepsi. i think he finished 2 bottles on his own.
and today, he came home with 3 bottles of coke. whats next? sarsi? and when we're at hawker centres, he's the one ordering sarsi and i'd be the one screaming for teh tarik. abit terbalik isn't it?
i have misplaced my most favourite CD! i cant find SMOMA anywhere under my bed, in my closet, in the cupboard, behind the cpu, on the floor, on top of the computer table, in my bags. and that's almost everywhere. so.. im hoping i lent someone the cd and not recalling it. but i know naught.
stereotyping people is a natural in-born thing to do. even at a young tender age we stereotype. like, when our parents say the karang guni man is coming, we think of a very garang(this is fierce in malay k) person. and we run to one corner covering our faces so the karang guni man wont see our very beautiful faces and take us away for a golden and shiny $1 coin. i heard some of the naughty ones got taken away for 50c only. suay man, kena cheated.
but yes, i believe that we get stereotyped by others, whom we also stereotype; be it in verbal communication or just in our thoughts, all the time.
when you say a policeman, you think of someone who upholds the law and chase mats and bengs for their ic number so they can collect their stars. but actually, they are the same brothers we have who go for their NS and serve the nation proudly with daily $10 pocket money from their parents(eg, my brother).
when you say a junkie, you think of some mat who steals from their parents and doesnt have a job to support their newly found hobby. but now they actually are the same mat/beng you see peddling VCDs at the trainstation and fight as frequently as i have a soccer match. i call them the 3-in-1 heartland junkster. play with drugs, parallel import VCDs and parangs. the new breed. (eg, look out for people playing guitar at the void deck, usually thats where they start.)
then when you say teen, you think of yourself, your bestfriend, your bestfriend's boyfriend's other girlfriend's younger brother and your classmate. but unbeknownst to the average thinker (ie, you.) nowadays, teens are the very same people striving hard to improve the nation's very much publicised birth shortage. they are spreading love at a level almost on par with a 70's singaporean hippy.
but, like all teenagers worldwide (or so as depicted by countless TV shows and movies), our same teens who are spreading love, are.. well, making love to the wrong hole la. so our ministers have to tell the whole world that we, here in oh-so-very-small singapore, might be facing an AIDS epidemic in the near future. well, most probably, these same old men who suffer from thinning hair have yet to read the statistics in the survey by durex. We, in singapore have one of the least frequency of sex activities, and lose our virginity at a slightly later age then our counterparts in the west.
ahh, and like all normal teenagers, i have a mum who thinks her screaming, accompanied by my silence, makes her some strict disciplinarian in the household. oh, for those who are concerned, she is now still taking part in the strike, though on a part time basis. she cooks one day, then complains the next day that we dont eat her food. and irons the clothes one day, and complain that we dont appreciate her work by asking her to iron something else. but i love her so much, i dont want her to rot in front of the tv all day, not good. too old for that. people like me and you can.
as i was saying; like all normal teenagers, i have a mum who is right now currently in bed after telling me to sleep early on her way into her room. , that was 2 hours ago, and i shall obey.
and today, he came home with 3 bottles of coke. whats next? sarsi? and when we're at hawker centres, he's the one ordering sarsi and i'd be the one screaming for teh tarik. abit terbalik isn't it?
i have misplaced my most favourite CD! i cant find SMOMA anywhere under my bed, in my closet, in the cupboard, behind the cpu, on the floor, on top of the computer table, in my bags. and that's almost everywhere. so.. im hoping i lent someone the cd and not recalling it. but i know naught.
stereotyping people is a natural in-born thing to do. even at a young tender age we stereotype. like, when our parents say the karang guni man is coming, we think of a very garang(this is fierce in malay k) person. and we run to one corner covering our faces so the karang guni man wont see our very beautiful faces and take us away for a golden and shiny $1 coin. i heard some of the naughty ones got taken away for 50c only. suay man, kena cheated.
but yes, i believe that we get stereotyped by others, whom we also stereotype; be it in verbal communication or just in our thoughts, all the time.
when you say a policeman, you think of someone who upholds the law and chase mats and bengs for their ic number so they can collect their stars. but actually, they are the same brothers we have who go for their NS and serve the nation proudly with daily $10 pocket money from their parents(eg, my brother).
when you say a junkie, you think of some mat who steals from their parents and doesnt have a job to support their newly found hobby. but now they actually are the same mat/beng you see peddling VCDs at the trainstation and fight as frequently as i have a soccer match. i call them the 3-in-1 heartland junkster. play with drugs, parallel import VCDs and parangs. the new breed. (eg, look out for people playing guitar at the void deck, usually thats where they start.)
then when you say teen, you think of yourself, your bestfriend, your bestfriend's boyfriend's other girlfriend's younger brother and your classmate. but unbeknownst to the average thinker (ie, you.) nowadays, teens are the very same people striving hard to improve the nation's very much publicised birth shortage. they are spreading love at a level almost on par with a 70's singaporean hippy.
but, like all teenagers worldwide (or so as depicted by countless TV shows and movies), our same teens who are spreading love, are.. well, making love to the wrong hole la. so our ministers have to tell the whole world that we, here in oh-so-very-small singapore, might be facing an AIDS epidemic in the near future. well, most probably, these same old men who suffer from thinning hair have yet to read the statistics in the survey by durex. We, in singapore have one of the least frequency of sex activities, and lose our virginity at a slightly later age then our counterparts in the west.
ahh, and like all normal teenagers, i have a mum who thinks her screaming, accompanied by my silence, makes her some strict disciplinarian in the household. oh, for those who are concerned, she is now still taking part in the strike, though on a part time basis. she cooks one day, then complains the next day that we dont eat her food. and irons the clothes one day, and complain that we dont appreciate her work by asking her to iron something else. but i love her so much, i dont want her to rot in front of the tv all day, not good. too old for that. people like me and you can.
as i was saying; like all normal teenagers, i have a mum who is right now currently in bed after telling me to sleep early on her way into her room. , that was 2 hours ago, and i shall obey.
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