Ranting

Its been eons since i last type and entry on this cob-web filled blog page of mine. I guess blogging ain't something as interesting as it was.

When the going gets tough what do you do? Who do you go to? It didn't sound like a biggie when he told me his life would suck without me this morning. Right now, I couldn't have agree with him more. Baby, my life would suck like hell without you as well.

So much happened within this short period of time. The pass 3 years felt like a dream to me, especially after I met him. Graduating isn't as happy as I picture it to be. Graduating seems to mean waking up from my dreams. I woke up with a ton of emotions and obstacles ahead of me. There are so much inside which I cant seem to handle right now. Perhaps I ain't as strong as I thought.

Why do people embrace religion? I never thought i needed one. But now I think I do. Yet I'm so stubborn its hard to embrace one. There's so much up there, nothing seems to be going right, I'm getting so tight and lethargic. Oh well...

Perhaps

Have you ever felt lonely or bored or empty inside? Life has been really busy with all the tight datelines and hectic schedules. Although the arrival of long holidays is worth a celebration bang, it brought out the emptiness in me. Yes we all complain of hectic schedules and not getting enough breaks. Perhaps a couple of us have been so used to the hectic schedule that long holidays bore the day lights out of us. Time no long fly by as quick as before, and I didnt know I'll feel so bored to the extent of being lonely. Gosh.

Don't regret.

Fathers' Day!! Mothers' Day!! Booming business for restaurants and florists.

Who's the most important person in your life? Daddy? Mummy? Siblings? Friends? Lover? As we grow and matures, along the way we met different people and experience different things. Change is perhaps the only constant and the only thing that is perpetual. Who we met and how we're brought up mould us into who we are. How often do you actually stop and tell those who are really important to you that you love them? Well you may not be comfortable confessing verbally, but little gestures in your everyday life makes a big difference. Everyone likes to be told they are loved and cherished, don't you?

Its really shameful if you cant even remember your loved ones' birthdays, Fathers' or Mothers' Day. Perhaps you should ask yourself have you been too busy lately that you neglected them. While filial piety and gestures of love should not be limited to such commercially designed events, it gives the busy bees and those who don't know how to express themselves a chance to show that they care.

You don't have much time to show your love to those around you. And if you choose to give yourself a chance to regret, I wont wipe away your tears of regrets and grieve next time. Doesn't matter whether you've been given the life of Bill Gates, average Tom or Lilliputian. That should not be a reason not to love them. Perhaps you're not family oriented, I don't know and I don't want to know. But I'll say this again, don't give yourself a chance to regret next time. They gave what they could.

Loves Love. :)

Fine Balance

You're walking on a fine wire with a balancing rod. Its hard to strike a balance and walk across safely isn't it? Why, those performers did it with so much ease and grace. Yet in reality, its hard to strike a balance in life. A rod with added weights make striking a balance even harder.

One moment

Straddled in high heels, head held high, she looked ahead with confidence and to the little kids ranks below her. This gal is never easy to please in the eyes or her counterparts and admirers, and surely she is not someone to mess with.

The day she met someone stronger and someone so charming, she's determined to charm. She finally realise the little wrongs in life. He's so charming that she lost herself. Happily and blindly in love, nothing else mattered.

The waves and the tides of a beautiful story are bound to set in. When all's over, the calm sea took her into a world of self realisation and reflection. Who is she? Which and where have she gone? Gone for good and for the better? She look upon and struggle to find herself in the midst of this blinding charm and love.

All for love. She smiled.

Lost??

Here's a couple of quotes to help those lost sheeps out there. :)

Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right. - Aldous Huxley

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up some place else. - Yogi Berra

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've chose to advice those few of you through these quotes rather than going into a lengthy post. Guide yourself. :)

Education now is all about economic survival in the future.

A child in Singapore undergoes at least 10 years of general education which comprises of at least 6 years of compulsory primary school education and 4 years of secondary school education today. The main motive for such a regulation by the Ministry of Education was to ensure that all Singaporeans are equip with basic fundamentals which will allow them to secure a job. When Singapore gain independence in 1965, there was a need for economic and social development on top of racial and religion harmony. MM Lee saw the need and subsequently made the call to make education compulsory and accessible for all children of schooling age. Over the years, Singapore gained the title of a 'World Class Education Hub' which undeniably contributed tremendously to our economy on top of all the right economic calls made by the government.

Today's India is similar to Singapore then, besides the fact that they have much more manpower and resources to tap into. While all eyes are cast at the world's second largest and uprising economy, there are many road blocks which can potentially cripple the country's dream.

With a population where 40% are under the age of 18, India faces the challenge to educate its young to fuel its economy. Nearly half of the poorest 20% of the population illiterate and barely 2% graduated from high school. However, out of the country's richest 20%, only 2% are illiterate and nearly half are high school graduates.

While the country is enjoying tremendous economic growth and development, the challenge here is to ensure even the poorest of the poor benefits from it. India faces the need to churn out skilled labours to fuel its economy, and the need to quench the population's growing thirst for education as more realise that the only way to jump on this economic bandwagon is through education. On top of all that, a rock solid system to ensure that education is accessible to all particularly those at the bottom.

Will India be able to break out of its legacy of weak schooling for its young? Never mind about those top notch world class public university which is not as significant an issue as providing proper basic education for the population, in particular for the poor. However hopeful, I'm still skeptical with regards to India's ability to break out of this legacy. First and foremost, forget all those money pumped in to build more schools and provide better schooling facilities. Without a strong, dedicated, passionate teachers and corrupt free officials, no matter how much money is being pumped in, nothing will come out of it. Take for example, while the government pledge an increase in country's spending in education, exactly how much have reached and truly benefit at a ground level? Not much. Bribes demanded by village heads, corrupted and zero-dedication teachers are not helping at all.

At the rate which the economy is progressing, will the nation be able to educate its people fast enough to fuel itself? What happens if India fails to educate its poor and help bring them onto the bandwagon in time? What happens if its efforts to provide enough skilled labours falls short? No doubt the country will continue to develop and progress, but closing the income and literacy gap will be a big hindrance. Without a need to spell it out explicitly, you would have guessed it, social instability will kick in.

When the fundamentals of a nation to fuel its economy and develop itself is not strong, it's hard for sustainable economic progress to take place. Take Singapore as a good example where the fundamentals of providing the population with good basic education is met, strong economic progress will follow. All eyes are on the world's oldest Democratic country, will they emerge as strong as we expect?

Education now is all about economic survival in the future. The nation has come to realise this, but will they be able to build a foundation strong enough for their future generations to survive and rely upon? I wonder.