Looking for a light

Its been a while since I last wrote, but not much has happened lar, except the following....

After 3 years the drum set has finally been sold, and I now have 200 bucks to spare, though its prob gonna go to covernig the fees for SMU. Talking bout the fees, Im realli pissed at the freakin pay hike, which is def uncalled for. I mean they talk about SMU offering something more and all, not dat i doubt it, but well, just hope the 6 Gs we're spending will somehow be repaid. Plus thers the 300 bucks we have to pay for oreintation, sheesh, this shit is beginning to look damn expensive, I pray and hope somehow I can find the money. I think Im gonna take up an extra tuition job, so hope to make it work from there. Btw my bro was damn cock, din reaslli help in the sale and transportation of the drum, yet when I asked him to move one cymbal CAREFULLY, he broke it. Sigh. Luckily my buyer was a damn nice guy! His house was a little messy but he made me some damn good Milo. Its all good.

Last Friday was Hari Raya Haji, and I went to the bedok reservoir mosque nearby to perform prayers. I think all was ok, the sun was bloody hot, but it was all good. However one thing struck me before i left, and that was the sight of children beggin for money. As you can see from the pics i will attach later, a woman, together with about 6-7 children in tow, lined up in a line to ask for alms, some of the children were realli young, about 3-4 years old only. And the worse thing was dat they were made to line up and stand in the hot sun, with plastic bags in their hands, expecting to get money from a charitable stranger.

Most of the people walked away from them, since most of us have already donated to the donation tins and official personnel in the vicinity of the mosque. I was feeling rather angry at the woman, for draggin the kids to the mosque so early in the morn. Yet the kids themselves looked contented, playing amongst themselves as they waited for the cash which never realli came. Oh well, its at times like this that I feel ppl treat children like some kind of asset/cash cow, to gain more sympathy from people. Of cos its not as bad as in Indonesia and Thailand, where children are intentionally maimed/handicapped to work some "begging syndicate" . Nonetheless, children are not given the respect they deserve in instances like this. Fucked up.

Thaipusam Ops this year was smooth flowing, and I enjoyed the sights and sounds, though of cos I couldnt help at times but cringe in pain when the devotees passed, especially those who had the spikes thru the tongue and all. Some of the Kavadis also looked super heavy, towards the end I actually saw one which was as high as the 2nd floor shophouse window. Ouch. But the whole event was colourful, and boy do Indians love their drums! Some of the beats were damn solid, and I seriously think at times that what keeps the devotees going was the beat of the drums. Hypnotic honestly. At times, the buggers even started dancing around! Ouch man.

I also stepped into Mustafa Centre for the first time in my life! Din know it was 24hrs, there were hell of a lot of thigns aronud, almost anything and everything under one roof. Now I know where to rush to if I need something urgently in the middle of the night.

So here I am, one month out of the last six has passed, and Im on leave for the whole of June. dat leaves about 4 months to ORD. I cant wait. This coming Feb is gonna be a short one I hope, culminating with the X-country at the end of the month. Lately Ive been thinkin about life after NS, man I realli hope I dont spend my money till I have none.

Why is everything about money?