It is 2013, and it is the date which spells romance for a lot of people in the world, but here I am, writing a blog post.
It has been some years after I graduated from Form 5 now, and I just had my classmates' gathering cum Chinese New Year visit yesterday. Initially I wanted to write about it yesterday night, but after a whole day on the road and consuming raw energy, I was totally exhausted and just 'crashed' on bed after a good shower.
Seeing everyone enjoying themselves as they gather in each other's houses, I was just so happy myself. It was a good atmosphere. Really joyful, filled with laughters. I didn't talk much, but just enjoy listening to every single stories of my friends' lives. Time really flies (cliche cliche), and today a couple from my classmates is registered as husband and wife, another got a medical doctor status, and a lot others have gained experiences from working. I wonder, how long will we be close as such? Then, I realised, it is how long will I be putting in effort to remain in touch and still sincerely care for them.
Of course, being a single myself, I have absolutely no authority whatsoever to write about relationships. But, slowly I realised, relationship is about two-way communication. Sometimes the other party may not initiate, but I can. If the other party did not 'return' your initiation, you can try again, and again, until you decide it is time to move on, and try some other time; it depends on how you understand why did the other party did not 'return' your initiation. It's hard when you keep on trying and the other party just keeps silence. That's the worst situation for me, as I have no idea on what went wrong if no communication is happening.
That's my 5-cent's worth on relationships. Now back to CNY visit. Listening to the offshore work experience really put my respect for offshore platform workers up another level. It is not only dangerous, but psychologically taxing to work in a confined environment with nothing in the distance for such a long time! On the other hand, it somehow did not surprise me when Kuala Lumpur is deemed as one of the places with the highest crime rate in Semenanjung Malaysia. Crimes often go unsolved, victims left by themselves, with no support from the society, the judiciary and the police. People fend for themselves, and thus the society grows colder. The thought of such crime-ridden society upsets my stomach, turns my heart inside out. How can one continue to live in such society?
Problems will continue to be unresolved if left by themselves. Actions need to be taken. But, the question is who will take the action?
