Man

it was said "All the world's a stage;
and all men and women, merely players"
and if it were true, then every part of our
very meaningless lives are just filled
with bits and pieces of our different faces.

that then brings us to hypocrisy.
how many of us truly mean what we say?
Humans can never be the same,
we all change, to fit into the situation
that's survival instinct.
and should we accidently bump
into situations that actually require sacrifice,
most of the time, it isn't gonna be oneself
that will be put on the sacrificial alter.

we're going through, in my opinion,
phases, different acts and scenes hold different
details and characters.
and thus, we react differently.
but it never is truely what we want to say.
is it?

then, i was recently told
"you can never expect things to bend your way"
i took the liberty to behave as i always thought i should
i rebutted quite impulsively.
"then one day it will."

think about it, im non-conformist.
i never believed in rules that cannot bend.
of course i must admit, i have to pay the price.
when it comes down to the real deal,
there're too many people who just conform,
to me, weaklings, who don't like what they're in for
but will follow suit just to get past life.

is that what people are?
the only person who's true to himself/herself
is the person who set the rules.
i'm not going to set my life to meaningless
rules and regulations. no, not me.
and im urging people to join me in my ideals
to once again listen to themselves.
and do what they think is right.

if we keep sticking to orders,
we stick to routines. and yes.
the analogy of
"the van named routine"
it might be comfortable;
you're never going to be ahead.
think for yourself and decide.
if you're even on this blog,
then something has brought you here.

aim to succeed, not to survive.
for we only have this one life,
don't live in the shadows of others
and end up dying like you've never lived

Examinations

Well, recently, -or for a very long time-
i havent been updating. Because i was too busy.
this may sound like an excuse but i had much
more important things than to fill up space on this blog.

anyways, i got to go. well, to people who actually read
this blog, i promise to update once exams are over
and throughout the hols~! thank you~

BPC

In the Singapore Statutes,
Under "Children & Young Persons Act",
Chapter 38, Section 50,
power of parent or guardian to bring
child or young person before juvenille court
it states that,
[ (1) Where the parent or guardian of a child or young person proves to a Juvenile Court that he is unable to control the child or young person, the Court, if satisfied —
(a) that it is expedient so to deal with the child or young person; and
(b) that the parent or guardian understands the results which will follow from, and consents to, the making of the order,

may order the child or young person —
(i) to be placed on supervision under the supervision of an approved welfare officer or of some other person appointed for the purpose by the Court for a period not exceeding 3 years; or
(ii) to be sent to an approved home for a period of not less than 2 years and not more than 3 years.
[20/2001]

(2) The provisions of section 49 (5), (6) and (7) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in respect of an order made by the Juvenile Court under subsection (1) as they apply in respect of an order made by the Juvenile Court under section 49 (1).
[20/2001]

(3) The Juvenile Court may, on the application of the Director, a protector or the parent or guardian of any child or young person in respect of whom an order under subsection (1) has been made, vary or discharge the order if the Court is satisfied that it is in the best interests of the child or young person to do so. ]-http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/html/homepage.html

Now, this whole chunk of information,
may give you deeper understanding on
the subject of 'beyond parental control'

but, who's to decide whether the child
had intentions to go against his parents
or whether the child knew of what was
the consequences that he had to face
besides the common nagging, grounding, etc.

recently, an article was published,
on the 19th of march, 2008,
on the New Paper,
sensationalising the common use of
this particular law, albiet too common perhaps,
saying that the youngest victim of such
reckless use of the nation's legislation
was only 7 great years of age.

his crime; not liking school and refusing
to go to school. now, tell me, how many
of us like it on the first year of primary school?
look at the vast amounts of little faces tearing
on the first day of school and tell me that they
love the school to bits on their first entry to school.
if you can do that, perhaps you had better recieve
a slap on your face. think about your own experience.

if the judgement of him, being beyond control is
left to the decision of the mother, then can i just
say, that parents growing awareness of such
a law is leading to the abuse of the legislation.
there is no law that leaves the child a chance to speak,
even if the childrens' society tries to resolve
parent-child conflicts, the child may not know
how to react and end up appearing rebellious,
leading to settlement in the Juvenille Court.

this section of the Singapore Statutes, should be
repealled or maybe changed to remind parents
that perhaps, the best way to bring their children
up is to take responsibility.

nowadays, parent might lack time to communicate
with their kids, leading to misunderstandings,
and without trying to sound their child out,
they resort to taking refuge in Law,
are parents really making the right choice
by giving up chances to bond with their child
and shaping the child's character?
if a child can so easily become incorrigible in the
eyes of the parents, are the parents really placing
in enough efforts? or are they just seeking
an easier way out than to take sole onus of their
child's behaviour?

Is the government really helping family conditions
by allowing parents to use BPC as a threat or worse,
as a way to push the responsibilities of raising and
morally educating ther children to the government?

i stand for this vague and overused
legislation to be repealled or at least changed
to question the parents' own efforts in trying to
reach their kids instead of questioning the kids
in their ability to conform to orders of their parents
kids have picked up the individualistic mindset
of the current society and it is up to the parents,
not the government to find a way to get them
to listen to their parents.

Freedom

everybody wants freedom right?
but nobody truely values freedom
like they always say,
freedom is valued only when you
fight for it.

free of control, students become delinquents
free of financial woes, the rich never save
free of burden, the people get lazy

when will humans learn to stop enslaving
themselves by countless amount of fear?
to be truely free, we must free ourselves.

this freedom, can never be attained by force
we cannot fight for this.
unless of course, you describe it as fighting
against yourself.
many days in our lives, we find ourselves
not knowing what to do.
yet when given something to do, we will
complain about the workload,
we are never satisfied with freedom
nor were we satisfied with commitments

yet sometimes, people seem to look down
upon us when we try our best to fit in.
we conform to people's expectations of us
just to have friends
but then, we forget ourselves.

we are enslaved by the desire for company,
companionship. so what if we were alone?
if we can hold our heads high, we are free
from the social norm and lies that we
made ourselves to be, to conform is not exactly
a smart choice because one day, you'd fall,
fall into depression with both legs in the abyss
instead of the usual one leg in the abyss and
the other in dreams