Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Of mums, money and education

It’s amazing how aunties know everything. They know which schools you attended, wat grades you got and almost everything. My mum was amazed when lately, people had been asking her if her daughter had started working. Then they went on to ask about salary.

Auntie: Your daughter working already hor?
Ma: (shocked) Yeah….
Auntie: How much she earn ah?
Ma: She just interning, not really working. Very little. Just 2K.
Auntie: Wah so little meh. I thought your daughter uni grad.

Who decreed that uni grads must earn truckloads of money? Sadly, our society judged people on how much they earn. If you earn lots of money, it indicates you have acquired a certain aura. Sigh, uni grads earn so little how??? I did a rough calculation. On a 2K plus salary, you will take more than ten years to finish repaying house debt. How do people even support a car and lead an extravagant lifestyle on this miniscule pittance? That’s why there are more bankrupts nowadays who spend future money and cannot pay. That’s why people rather keep dogs than have kids. How to provide a good life for the kids? Nowadays, young people are so self-centered that they only care about themselves. Ask them do housework, they run away from home. Wah wat kind of warped thinking is that?

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