Hit-and-run in China

By this time, you guys have probably already watched the footage of this hit-and-run in China. What happened was really awful. A toddler, Yue Yue was roaming on the streets of Southern Guangdong province when she was ran over by a van. As people walked by and simply ignored her writhing in pain, another van ran her over. Then, a good Samaritan who was a garbage collector, saw the helpless child and pulled her to the side of the road. And later, her mother arrived at the scene and brought her to the hospital. A minimum of 18 people passed by and seemingly acted indifferently towards the agonized toddler.

Many people blame this on China's pursuit of economic growth which has resulted in the country's poor ethics. They have tolerated with materialism far too long. Many commentators have also pointed to China's lack of legal protections, such as a "Good Samaritan" law that would protect people from lawsuits if they try to help others in distress. 

I was in distraught after watching this footage. I just couldn't understand how inhumane people have become. I applaud to Yue Yue's savior. Not all is lost. 

By the way, I was surprised NTV7 showed the full clip. It was quite gory too me. This one here, isn't.

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What's the difference between try and triumph?

A little umph!


Sorry people this is the only thing that I can come up with right now. Still I love this quote/joke from Modern Family xD 

What Did You Just Say?

I have finally been able to admit to myself this year, that I have had a short-attention-span my  whole life.I'm not being over dramatic. All this years I've been denying it but it was stark obvious to me this year. Sure, sometimes it's just carelessness. Sometimes it's just an 'I-can't-be-bothered' attitude. Sometimes it's a combination of all three. But lots of time it's just me unable to focus. Trust me, this trait has gotten me into trouble countless of times.

How about this? #1
My studies. Yup, get this; I barely ever concentrate in class. Not never but it's safe to say that I've probably been able to focus 25% during lessons my entire life. I'm not exaggerating.Don't believe me if you want but Allah is my witness. Honestly, it didn't affect my studies much during my PMR years. Well, that was because the flawed examination was all about memorizing. Ironically, I've been quite good with memorizing. So, not a really big deal. Whatever the teacher said in class, I always managed to comprehend them myself at home. See it's a stupidly redundant system!

It saddens me to say that the system didn't work out so well during Form Four because ouch, the subjects require a lot of understanding. Well the number of facts that we have to memorize have also increased. Double ouch. So this year, most people must have noticed that I've been slacking. Lots of homework undone.Oh why?

How about this? #2
Few years ago, my nickname was 'Blur'. It was also because of my facial expression which just screamed of 'I-don't-get-a-thing-you're-saying'. And also because of my inability to respond to questions at a normal rate. Before this, every time somebody talked to me, they required patience because I took long seconds to decipher simple questions. So my reply was always astonishingly slow. Thank God, I have improved massively in this area. I don't even know how my friends could stand me back then.

How about this? #3
My mom doesn't trust me. She's quite skeptical  of me wanting to take my driving licence right after I'm eligible to drive. Even when it comes to holding on to keys, Alia is given more trust. Offensive? Hey, you probably won't find me disagreeing.

I've read an article from Readers' Digest that tv is one of the factors that we can't focus in real life. Lots of  tv programmes have been created solely for entertainment. Nothing for potato couches to think too critically. Blargh, I don't watch tv that much. So it's probably from Facebook. And Blogger. And  movies that I watch on the pc.

Okay, so I can't think of many examples right now. But example #1 has affected my life so badly. I've searched for ways to overcome this problem. I googled it! Moving on, I have already come up for a solution next year. And trust me, I can't take much of that any longer. Ten years is enough.Form Four has been too much of irrelevant daydreams during classes. I remember when I was in Form One, my science teacher had personally come to my table to explain something very simple which I had trouble of understanding. As she explained, I was staring at her hijab and just imagined her buying it.Don't get me wrong, I'm not a shopper, it was just a random thought. And so when she finished explaining, she asked, 'Do you understand?'. And in my head I was screaming ' What did she just say?!!!'.