this is something for you to chew on.

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Just now, I was coming back home from church on bus 293. The bus is new, the aircon is "strong", and I'm leaning comfortably on a handrail playing worms '08.

Then, at this bus stop, everyone starts pouring into the bus, until its full of people. I did not really mind; after all, the 31s i take back home are even worse than this.

I continue playing worms.

In front of me, two rather middle-aged ladies are talking in some sort of dialect. I don't play attention to them; after all, I am not proficient in cantonese, teochew or whatever dialect they were speaking in.

I continue playing worms.

They start talking in Chinese. I stop playing worms and listen to what they say.

And guess what? They were talking about us, the youths of these days. In the words of one of them: "I saw a secondary school student 'fighting' for a seat with an old lady! What a shame!"

The other agreed.

The first lady continued,"What happened to the youths of these days? Don't they attend civic and moral education classes? The Singapore education system is such a failure!"

The other agreed again.

They start chattering in their dialect again, and I continue playing worms again, but this time it's different. I start to wonder: Education is supposed to mould our future, but what are we being moulded into? Someone with no compassion, someone who only cares about our MSG, our L1R5? Are we turning into a "cold" society?

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What do you think?

On a lighter note, have a look at the know the music banner(above). The person listening to the iPod is actually from an anime, but I won't tell you which one. =) Try to guess! (no prizes, however.)

PS to my sis: You MIGHT know the answer. XD

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