JUST A BIG HOOHAAA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KELVIN KING & MARSHALL ANG!
YAY! heh marshall no hard feelings for all my dissing ya! too mani ppl are asking wad is wrong wif us. But that is how we communicate wat. I will always rmb the times u jio me out for meal in sk.
HAPPY TIME!
p.s. trying very hard to earn my place in ur bdae bash. heh heh heh
Anyway im just very intrigued by the recent events lately. I have donated like.. i haf no idea how much also. to ex convicts selling stuff, sell tissue uncle, begging auntie, uncle tt eat our leftovers. Wow, bedok is a wonderful place. For me, im always willing to gif to the elderly, esp if they are willing to humble themselves to sell tissue just to make a living to eat and all. Esp the uncle who ate our leftovers, im so.. really impacted by the scene of how the living standards and the bad economy of Singapore has pushed some of the underprivileged to roam around the streets, eating leftovers. I have never imagine myself to see this again after seeing a mother trying to feed her infant by finding food in the rubbish bins in Shenzhen.
But there's a downside to everything. Alot of people actually make use of the public sympathy to earn a living, like forcing their elderly parents to sell tissue while they manage at the back scene. Heard about this story tt the son force his mum to sell tissues and could only return home after selling it. Where have the values of such people went to? No matter wad ur parents done to u, there is no way you could treat them like that, on one very record that they brought you to the world. It's very disheartening to hear that. Moreover my recent encounter with an ex convict trying to sell me a keychain for 10 bucks. I refused politely at first and den he wanted to sell me pens for 4 bucks. I actually do sympathise them but sometimes i do wish that they could be able to work wif wat they haf instead of using their past to earn a living. Moreover, i find most of them polite bt the one yst was really pushing himself on me. His antics of trying to sell me his stuff is just very pushy that i as a marketing student has seen thru very well. It really make me very reluctant to ever purchase any stuff from such people ever again.
I have said so much, but i know tt i know tt i know when i lend and give upon to the poor, i lending to the Lord. sometimes no matter wad people say about giving them money or purchasing their products, i always feel that as long as God sees it. It doesn't really matter whether they're out to cheat me or not. As long as my purpose is right, the fault will not be upon me. So sometimes, i just feel there's no need to make a big fuss abt things like that esp wif the ex convict incident.
I feel gd now~
2 comments:
god will definatly bless u tenfold as the scriptures says "give unto the lord and u will be given tenfold.."
i have encountered ex-convicts selling pens and keychains before and i have bought those things they sell also. i have met pushy ones like the one u mentioned when i refused to buy as i had just bought one from another ex convict before he approached me.. i just told him "i just bought one and i think that is enough for today. maybe next time if u are faster i will buy from you."
the ex-convict just smiled at me and said thank you sir then left.
there is a few point i want to state here...
1)today singaporeans are complaining so much about these ex-convicts selling pens and keychain with or without license i dont know.. but the thing is, these convicts are out there doing something without hurting anyone.. just imagine that fella selling that pen or keychain to you used to rob ppl for a living once upon a time but now he has decided to earn a living by doing this... isnt it better then him going around robbing and hurting people for a living. it could be our loved ones who becomes the next victim.
2) by complaining and giving them a negative label we are just encouraging them to go back to criminal ways. because of us (the public) they will feel cornered.. they will feel demoralised and discouraged to change their lives. eventually they will end up in prison again. its a human live we are talking about. if these people have started a living selling overpriced pens and keychains for a living well so be it.. the public has one less criminal to worry about.
3) if the overpriced pens and keychains are the issue, look around you. many things that we purchase from the shops are overpriced. we just dont know. for an example... a can of coke from the wholesaler cost only $0.30 but coffeeshops sell them for $1.50- $2.00.. in clubs they sell them for $5-$8... dont we still purchase it?? in bugis i bought a shirt for $40.. i saw the same shirt online for 3.50...
these people have taken a step to start afresh in live. and i believe it takes courage to tell people about being them being a ex-convict. they could have just stepped straight to their old lives they could have just slept at home and do nothing with their lives.. but there they are doing something which will keep them away from crime. i think we should all appreciate that from them and encourage them.. this might be their only source of income his family. i have a cousin who is a hardcore criminal.. going in and out of prison from the age of 13. now he is 32 and he is still in prison... i would be happy if i were to see him in the streets selling those stuff instead of going back to prison and wasting his life in there.. THERE IS MORE GOOD THAN BADIN WHAT WE SEE IN THIS ISSUE..
god will definatly bless u tenfold as the scriptures says "give unto the lord and u will be given tenfold.."
i have encountered ex-convicts selling pens and keychains before and i have bought those things they sell also. i have met pushy ones like the one u mentioned when i refused to buy as i had just bought one from another ex convict before he approached me.. i just told him "i just bought one and i think that is enough for today. maybe next time if u are faster i will buy from you."
the ex-convict just smiled at me and said thank you sir then left.
there is a few point i want to state here...
1)today singaporeans are complaining so much about these ex-convicts selling pens and keychain with or without license i dont know.. but the thing is, these convicts are out there doing something without hurting anyone.. just imagine that fella selling that pen or keychain to you used to rob ppl for a living once upon a time but now he has decided to earn a living by doing this... isnt it better then him going around robbing and hurting people for a living. it could be our loved ones who becomes the next victim.
2) by complaining and giving them a negative label we are just encouraging them to go back to criminal ways. because of us (the public) they will feel cornered.. they will feel demoralised and discouraged to change their lives. eventually they will end up in prison again. its a human live we are talking about. if these people have started a living selling overpriced pens and keychains for a living well so be it.. the public has one less criminal to worry about.
3) if the overpriced pens and keychains are the issue, look around you. many things that we purchase from the shops are overpriced. we just dont know. for an example... a can of coke from the wholesaler cost only $0.30 but coffeeshops sell them for $1.50- $2.00.. in clubs they sell them for $5-$8... dont we still purchase it?? in bugis i bought a shirt for $40.. i saw the same shirt online for 3.50...
these people have taken a step to start afresh in live. and i believe it takes courage to tell people about being them being a ex-convict. they could have just stepped straight to their old lives they could have just slept at home and do nothing with their lives.. but there they are doing something which will keep them away from crime. i think we should all appreciate that from them and encourage them.. this might be their only source of income his family. i have a cousin who is a hardcore criminal.. going in and out of prison from the age of 13. now he is 32 and he is still in prison... i would be happy if i were to see him in the streets selling those stuff instead of going back to prison and wasting his life in there.. THERE IS MORE GOOD THAN BADIN WHAT WE SEE IN THIS ISSUE..
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