Monday, July 03, 2006
LIfe is never a bed of sweet roses
Monday, 3rd July 2006
Started the day with checking of e-mails, was waiting for the school to inform us about our arrival and accommodation in Shanghai, ha , finally managed to get it from them. After which, I was told to get 8 passport sized photos, thus decided to grab my bike and head for Toa PaYou to get an instant shot. To my horrer/surprise, when I came back to retrieve my bike, it was gone, together with the lock. It took me quite sometime to recognise the fact that my bike was no longer there. It was attached to the railing and miraculously, it just disappeared. It is a bike that my father gave to us just 2 months back.I took less than half an hour to get my phtotos and buy some snacks for my grandma. After taking all precautions and this is what I am ended up with. I really don't understand why can people do such things and still get on with life. Don't they have a sense of shame? Don't they value integrity? Can't help but pity them, people with no moral values. ( I know that I sound extreme............but just hope to vent out my frustation)
I know that life is unfair, there are people who are rich and there are people who are poor. Some people lead lives "like a bed of roses" while some lead lives "filled of dust and dirt". However, this is a fact that no one can change. These situations are present to allow balance to take place or equlibrium to be established. Examples are Yin and Yang, Good and Bad,Day and Night....etc. When there is thief , there will be police. I can't expect the world to be free of baddies, but what we can do is to reduce the amount.
Some of you might argue that when one is poor or driven by desperation, they might do things against their moral values (against their own will), however, does this justify that it is right for them to around stealing and committing crimes? I beg to differ. No matter how hard the situation is for one person, they should never do things that are wrong. When pushed too hard, we will have negative thoughts, however, to think and to execute makes the difference. I do not the person who stole my bike,but would hope that he or she really needs it because they risk getting caught. I am looking on the bright side, taking my loss as a form of charity.
Anyway, think I am making a mountain out of a mole. But would seriously hope that people out there can think twicw before committing an act that is morally wrong. By committing a crime, you are depriving others of something that they earned. This is unfair! You can cry out loud that life is bad, and make excuses for yourself to go against the law, but always think of the people that you are taking from. They don't deserve to go through the emotional turmoil.
For the rest of my day, I spent it on packing my stuff . Hope that I will be ready for D day tomorrow!!!!!Peace to the World!!!!
Posted by agnesia at 3:36 AM