Go read yesterday's Thestar the World section page 37.Read the story of 10 year-old Li Yi.Read the story of the doctor who tried to save lives.Read the story of the mother who lost her child.Read the story of those other children who lost their lives...
She held on for dear life while doctors amputated her smashed left leg from the rubble just to be freed.She wasn't given anaesthetics when the doctor chopped off her leg with an axe.
Doesn't this disturb you?
She told the doctor to amputate her leg.She didn't want it.She wanted to be free.
In another case,another kid wanted to be free from the rubble.He too had to amputate his limb.The doctor said,'' When I told the boy I was going to cut off his legs, he just said 'Go ahead, please save me, I don't need them."
"The words were like a knife through my heart," he said.
During the a surgery,deep inside there was another kid crying for help.He said,''Uncle,help me.Please save me.You just need to come inside and push the door.After that,I'll do everything else.''In reality,the kid was too deep inside and was already in bad condition.The doctor was forced to leave him there and slowly his voice faded away....Death had him in the end.
I cried when I read their stories.
May God bless their souls....
And now for something more enlightening^^
My PLBS shits =D!
KIASUISM
A VERY good morning to my beloved teacher Pn. Jothi and my fellow friends.First and foremost,I’d like to apologize for any flaws in my speech for I had done this last minute therefore this speech is ahem…rushed^^.On this fine day,I shall give out a speech titled ‘’KIASU-ISM’’
KIASUISM.You must be thinking,’’ What does this mean ??This word !What language is this? It sounds so barbaric!It’s definitely a foul word. Oh yes, it is .’’Well , ladies and gentlemen, not to worry. For your information, kiasu means ‘‘Afraid of ‘losing out’ to other people’’-UrbanDictionary.com. My definition of kiasu is people who are overly competitive and always aiming to get number 1.In fact, this speech of mine is an example of kiasuism.I had this big urge to do well in this this PLBS thing even though there wan’t even a need for my competitiveness in the first place.I had my ego so high that it’s starting to feel a little chilly up here.Sometimes,people get so competitive that they resort to backstabbing just to climb a little higher.But,this isn’t my main concern for today.
Kiasuism comes in many forms.From academics to getting a high post to popularity. In our country, Malaysia, kiasuism is at it’s worst in the academic sector.This is starting to become a worrisome issue.Our generation , the people of tomorrow are starting to become unhealthily kiasu over academic results. Sure, some competitiveness is always good to make us push ourselves the extra mile but kiasuism is starting to take its toll. At times ,we become so competitive that we may go say,an extra ten miles .When we go the extra ten miles,we tend to forget about everything else around us.
Students do anything in their power to be at the top of the pack, to be number 1.Some students even take SEVEN tuitions a week ,one for every day.As for worst cases,they take two tuitions a day.Each tuition is two maybe three hours. We literally get our faces buried in books for an average of 9 hours a day.That’s almost half a day gone!.Ladies and gentlemen, Where is the freedom?? 20 years ago ,you could see people our age frolicking around and basking in their youth. But now , what have we become?? Puppets of education??? People at our age currently have the mentality that education is everything. Okay,I have to admit ,education IS everything but not to the extent that all we do is eat ,sleep and study everyday.This kiasuism gets so much into our heads that all we do is aim for number 1…nothing else.
Fellow students,what’s even more alarming is the fact that a big portion of the blame goes to our parents!Parents.They’re the ones who brought life to us.They’re the one’s who have given us unconditional love,nurturing since young in hope that we can become useful beings when we grow up.But,with that they set THEIR own expectations for us.They’re the ones who set the bar for us.We,as the children have to meet their expectations or risk shame from facing those fustrated faces of theirs.Most of us don’t even have the freedom to choose our own future.In Malaysia,a successful career is normally the typical lawyer or doctor but how many of us actually want that??How many of us are competent for those only two so-called successful jobs?
You see my friends,we’re pressurized to become successful and unfortunately,most of us don’t think in the long-term therefore all we think about is being smart education wise.But,what we’ve never questioned ourselves before is ‘’how much will my straight A’s actually help me after ending my education life?Will I actually use my education on Moral when I get a job?’’ The issue now is the fact that students memorize and memorize all the moral values just to get a perfect 100%.Recently,I showed my mother my Moral paper.She was astonished to find it so hard!Back then,we didn’t need to remember moral value definitions word by word.Oh,how times have changed!This Moral subject of ours has became a ticket for those aiming for number 1.All they have to do is study a ‘mere’ 4 more hours.Piece of cake.
This has come with its negative impacts.In Malaysia, we’re so exam oriented that we’re never exposed to the outside world.What I mean by outside world is political life.If you take a bunch of students plagued by kiasuism in the business world.Can they survive?I think not.All they know is their books.Sad, isn’t it?Ladies and gentlemen,today,this is the purpose of my speech.To raise awareness of this issue in our motherland. The issue of kiasuism. How all we care about is getting number 1,book wise.Are you disturbed by this issue? Are you going to do anything about this?Think about it.It’s never to late to change yourself.
THANK YOU.
WARNING!IF YOU DARE COPY/ALTER OR DO ANY SHITS TO MY ESSAY,I SWEAR I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN.
This is my sweat and blood and it would upset me so if anybody were to copy it and use it for their own good.I worked on this for hours without any help or reference so I really hope you as a reader shall not use this to benefit yourself in any way.This essay may not be good or anything but I just really hope you will respect my wishes as the writer.
I just realized this is really contradicting from the way I study.But hey,guess what?I live in Malaysia.I study in a government school.We're all forced to become like that so beat it.
Oh yes,please give some feedback on my kiasu essay.Tell me if I can further improve it.Constructive criticism is good for the soul.Drop me a comment in the cbox ;D
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Oh yeah,my father got me to drink Brandy for the past two days.I actually like it.I hope I don't get addited to it but it tastes damn good.He's the father who's stopping me from talking to boys and all that lovestruck teenage shits kononnya.Education first,as if.
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