Mind Blogger

I was out getting groceries with mum one day and we were just briefly talking about my boyfriend. The question of why my mom married my dad popped up. I just casually asked "Mum, why did you marry dad when at that point of time you had a whole life ahead of you?" I asked that because my mom once told me about her glory old days. She was part of the Girl Guide and had her own troop. Very well reputable and was representing for a lot occasions. She told me she got an offer to go over to London for training and to further venture into Girl Guiding. But because she married dad, dad wrote her letter to decline the offer as well as to quit the association. Potentially, she could have been someone great but she chose my dad. Now let me give you a brief introduction of my father. He grew up as a barber's son. The youngest but also the most challenged child in the family because he had many hobbies that my grandfather did not approve of like art and music. Now, my grandfather ...

Growing up just simply means you age.  People tell you to act your age. Erm, sorry what does it mean?  How do you act your age?  People have expectations on others when it comes to being capable on certain things. Like every milestone we achieve is like a label stuck unto us. So somehow if you are of a certain age and you can't perform as you should, suddenly there's something wrong with you? I find that stupid and abhorrently ignorant.  We like to relate age to intellect but things don't work that way all the time. I am sorry, just because you have a good memory and you do well in exams does not make you intelligent. It just means you have good memory thats all. Your grades does not reflect your intelligence.  I grew up not having the best grades. It was asian parent approved but my mother always expected more of me. I was not the smartest kid in class, but I was not stereotypically stupid either. But growing up, my dad will always comfort me by ...

Today the sixth person told me to venture into stand up comedy. I laughed over it because I found it amusing simply because all my jokes revolve around harsh criticism. But here's the thing, criticism always revolve around facts. Facts come from simple observation. We laugh about it because it is true and everything points right at the clown in the room. It becomes funny because everyone agrees to the fact simply being pointed out. There are also people who get offended by it because the truth pill is also very often quite hard to swallow. I mean, lets be real. Knowing that you are fat and being called fat makes a lot of difference because at the end the day, we are our own biggest critique. We are the 'Anton Ego' in our life. (Yes, I just quoted a Pixar movie.) But, hearing it from a third person somehow justifies the criticism of yourself. You realize that people also agree with your criticism. That is when you feel hurt because that is not something you like about your...