Tuesday, June 26, 2007
I think I have been too Australianised. I decided to just go out and walk about the mall today, also to get myself a couple of books so that I won't feel so bored. The moment I stepped out of the house, the blazing heat was enough to kill me. Then the bus stop was flooded with secondary school kids who had just ended school, which reminded me again why I didn't like to go out on weekdays. The school crowd. At the mall, I found solitude in Times book store, and got myself the couple books I wanted. Jeffrey Archer has a new book!! False Impression. My first favourite author. After Times, I walked around awhile, but I felt so...confined in the mall. Like thousands of people were being squeezed inside one building. So I decided I needed to get out. Plus I was starting to develop a headache. The interchange was terrible. The bus took awhile to come, and so I plugged in my Ipod, and had the music on relatively loud, but this bunch of boys behind just could not stop talking. Speaking in thir broken Singlish (I never thought I'd ever hear such language), and cursing in their various dialects.
The things our youth have become. This generation they curse and swear. What will the next generation become? We want to blame it on the media, we want to blame it on the schools, but are they really the ones who are at fault here? Well if they aren't, then it has to be religion, yes, let's blame religion. The cliche arguments would then surface. But why do we feel the need to blame? Does blaming solve anything? OK, so what if the mentioned parties above are indeed at fault. The problem is still not solved. Who am I talking about here? Parents of course. Hearing the language coming out of the mouth of those kids just got me really annoyed, not at the kids, but at their parents. Singapore society is so stereotypical.
How do you combat foul language?
Dan
6:12 pm
