Keeping up with the pace
I thought of blogging tonite . Not exactly in the best of moods but I felt inspired . I felt like giving my point of view on how so many things have changed from the early years of my life til now . Yes , Raya was an 'ok' occasion for me . Not that I have a large family to begin with , so things were pretty laid back and low-keyed . Spent the first and second day in Kota Bharu , Kelantan . Weird weather . Either it rains heavily or its hot as hell . At night it gets very windy , you'll doze off in no time .
What surprises me is the rate of how all my little cousins have grown up . Last time we would all gather and play . Back then we just couldn't wait to meet up at Nek's house . Nowadays , it seems so different . Everybody's finished secondary school . Thanx to the invention of handphones , we spent most of our time texting and glued to the handphone , eventhough we sat side by side . We don't interact like we used to . The guys with their typical 'nak-jadi-macho-wannabe' egos telling all these samseng related stories and all .. the girls living in their own world of 'my-boyfriend-is-my-life' syndrom , you know , those who put their status on Friendster as 'Married' :P ...tsk tsk
Nevertheless , I can't really say I was better than them , coz I know I see some traits of them in me when I was young (except for the Friendster part of coz , please la ) . I said to myself "Hmm, these kids have so much to learn .. still a long way to go .." . The elder ones haven't changed one bit . Still the same . Maybe coz in their era , we don't have that many things to occupy ourselves , thus explains why they stuck together and their closeness is very evident til now . Last time we don't have MP3 players , handphones , laptops , PS2 etc... I still remember back in the days when me and my family would hold a checkers league to see who was the best . Sister was always playing very defensively while Mom's cautious play sometimes bore us to death . Sister was always the best , only second-ed by Dad .
I also remember last time me and my Dad would play a game called 'Atlas' . We'd take the Atlas Map and mention a name of a place and the other person has to locate it under a certain time period . Whoever loses gets a tickle . Yep , those were the days .
Duit Raya 'rates' have signifcantly increased among little kids nowadays . Last time 50 cents would get us a bunch of sweets or a Ding Dang or Tora . Nowadays , give the kids RM2 and they'll give you a weird look .
I fear this change . I fear that respect and love will be lost gradually as we advance further in the future . Instead , it'll be replaced by financial pursuits and material gains . Everything will revolve around that . I personally wouldn't want such things to happen . I mean yes you need to be stable financially to live , but you also need to have family and a life to balance it off . What's the point of working like a dog when you're not happy ?
I think raising a kid now is much much tougher compared to back then . Kids mature faster nowadays . Its hard to drill those good values in them coz they tend to have a mind of their own at such a young age . I'm just trying to keep up with the pace life is throwing at me right now . I know theres still that little kid inside of me that would wish things be just like it was back then .
I know this might sound lame , but let the people you care about , your parents especially , that you appreciate them . You never know what you got til its gone . Love . Love them .
I think I've gotten soft nowadays rite ? tsk tsk ... trying trying ... still getting used to it .. I know I wasn't like this before hehe ...
Hope everyone had a good raya and those who missed raya don't be so down aight ...
I thought of blogging tonite . Not exactly in the best of moods but I felt inspired . I felt like giving my point of view on how so many things have changed from the early years of my life til now . Yes , Raya was an 'ok' occasion for me . Not that I have a large family to begin with , so things were pretty laid back and low-keyed . Spent the first and second day in Kota Bharu , Kelantan . Weird weather . Either it rains heavily or its hot as hell . At night it gets very windy , you'll doze off in no time .
What surprises me is the rate of how all my little cousins have grown up . Last time we would all gather and play . Back then we just couldn't wait to meet up at Nek's house . Nowadays , it seems so different . Everybody's finished secondary school . Thanx to the invention of handphones , we spent most of our time texting and glued to the handphone , eventhough we sat side by side . We don't interact like we used to . The guys with their typical 'nak-jadi-macho-wannabe' egos telling all these samseng related stories and all .. the girls living in their own world of 'my-boyfriend-is-my-life' syndrom , you know , those who put their status on Friendster as 'Married' :P ...tsk tsk
Nevertheless , I can't really say I was better than them , coz I know I see some traits of them in me when I was young (except for the Friendster part of coz , please la ) . I said to myself "Hmm, these kids have so much to learn .. still a long way to go .." . The elder ones haven't changed one bit . Still the same . Maybe coz in their era , we don't have that many things to occupy ourselves , thus explains why they stuck together and their closeness is very evident til now . Last time we don't have MP3 players , handphones , laptops , PS2 etc... I still remember back in the days when me and my family would hold a checkers league to see who was the best . Sister was always playing very defensively while Mom's cautious play sometimes bore us to death . Sister was always the best , only second-ed by Dad .
I also remember last time me and my Dad would play a game called 'Atlas' . We'd take the Atlas Map and mention a name of a place and the other person has to locate it under a certain time period . Whoever loses gets a tickle . Yep , those were the days .
Duit Raya 'rates' have signifcantly increased among little kids nowadays . Last time 50 cents would get us a bunch of sweets or a Ding Dang or Tora . Nowadays , give the kids RM2 and they'll give you a weird look .
I fear this change . I fear that respect and love will be lost gradually as we advance further in the future . Instead , it'll be replaced by financial pursuits and material gains . Everything will revolve around that . I personally wouldn't want such things to happen . I mean yes you need to be stable financially to live , but you also need to have family and a life to balance it off . What's the point of working like a dog when you're not happy ?
I think raising a kid now is much much tougher compared to back then . Kids mature faster nowadays . Its hard to drill those good values in them coz they tend to have a mind of their own at such a young age . I'm just trying to keep up with the pace life is throwing at me right now . I know theres still that little kid inside of me that would wish things be just like it was back then .
I know this might sound lame , but let the people you care about , your parents especially , that you appreciate them . You never know what you got til its gone . Love . Love them .
I think I've gotten soft nowadays rite ? tsk tsk ... trying trying ... still getting used to it .. I know I wasn't like this before hehe ...
Hope everyone had a good raya and those who missed raya don't be so down aight ...
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