Just sent my sister back to her hostel... it's funny being on the other end now, no longer the one going back to hall n facing the books... Now I finally taste what it is like to send someone away, to make time for her/him out of my busy schedule-- much like a parent.. There was an article about parents suing their children for not supplementing their retirement and to issues like this, I always wonder, "what happened to filial Piety?" Sure everyone for his own, it's one's responsibility to provide and fend for himself. But someone who is mature, and particularly someone who has experienced adulthood and parenthood will realize, how difficult it is to care for someone, to bring up him/her to maturity. If I were to be just responsible for myself, I certainly wouldn't demand so much of myself. But I want to not just give myself, but also my parents a better life, one that they have never been able to experience.
Work has been going along quite well but I certainly welcome more challenges, as long as they are not concerning overzealous perfection and insane meticulousness. The best thing that has come from work would be the triathlon team which I have recently become a part of. We got 6th in the corporate relay, I ran 5km, while the other two guys swim 750m and biked 20 km! wheee... here's some photos
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Hey babe!
The bond between sisters is very special and I'm glad your sis and u are so close! hee :)
Anyway, regarding parents suing their kids > If u read in depth into the cases, some were because when the kids were young, their parents gambled away all their savings, abused the kids and so forth. So you can't really blame the kids. Also, we have been more accustomed to the US system which plays an emphasis on individual development so much so u don't really need to provide for your parents. But that being said, kids have to be independent by college which is 18 years of age, something that is not integral in Asian culture. Yet...
Hey babe!
The bond between sisters is very special and I'm glad your sis and u are so close! hee :)
Anyway, regarding parents suing their kids > If u read in depth into the cases, some were because when the kids were young, their parents gambled away all their savings, abused the kids and so forth. So you can't really blame the kids. Also, we have been more accustomed to the US system which plays an emphasis on individual development so much so u don't really need to provide for your parents. But that being said, kids have to be independent by college which is 18 years of age, something that is not integral in Asian culture. Yet...
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