Learning points...

wanted a change of environment, so went to canteen to mug in the morning, but it opened my eyes abit to certain things that i was not aware of. as u've guessed, i couldnt really study cos my fren came over and chatted. actually the four of us just sat together...

all happend when one of them had a phone call which sounded rather serious. his first response was "send to IMH" n i nearly burst out laughing... cos i tot he was joking. It turned out, to b a family problem of his friend, the mum going to the extremes to stop her daughter from choosing a religion of her own choice... n this person on the phone is qt worried for the mum actually. K this is all i can tok abt... hmmm but we were havin a discussion n it was really close to heart, for that was what happened between me and my mum, in fact, whole family (ie bro + dad) but my mum's the stubborn one... u get the drift... so we quarrelled, but eventually i gave in. Continued to learn more about Christ, prayed, read the Bible, only no church. :-P wonder when i'll finally get to go, but i know the day will come! n i have faith, God will melt all their hearts of stone, n convert them!

but i said something which shed abit of light on understanding my mum. If parent and child were of a different religion, the extreme reactions stem from the fact that each believe that he/she was believing in the "true" Way, which will mean the other is "false". In such a scenario, of course the parent will try to "save" the child n do wateva, at all costs, to bring the child back to something which parent thinks is true! This is the source of conflict and reason why sometimes it is so irreconcilable.

Also, most of us cannot accept changes... be it how open mind the younger generation seem to proclaim, for eg, in the study of science it's so ingrained that green plants form food by photosynthesis, but will we be ready to accept it when someone proposes that they get their food instead by parasitism? we'd b skeptical, let alone the older generation, whose beliefs are so unchallenged and ingrained. (guess we'd b liddat nxt time too... haiz y muz we grow old? darn senescence!!!) so it really takes time to convert ur parent or for him/her to accept new faiths, and not infuriate her by merely going against her and do things she doesnt like.

In fact, if u really love ur family, u'd want to bring them onto the path towards what u believe, right? how can one escape from this Herculean task and run away, tinking tt by going against ur parents u'd b right? It is only right to help ur parents get onto the right path too!!!

which is why, i haven ever given up... :-)

N tot i had heard enough shocking things, but the piece of information i learnt about another person gave me a shock too. even though, as usual, it didnt show on my face.

Realised how many things, many people are not within my expectations... I mean things that i learn about them really shocked me sometimes. Maybe i was overprotected? Too protected to commit wrongdoings on my own folly? Or truly it was due to my upbringing? Didnt occur to me so many unexpected things actually happens around me.

hmmm too late liaoz... shall talk abt it some day later... me mama jus knocked my head n hovered over my comp n tell me to slp hahahaha... 2 sides of the coin - caring... but independence???

i;m not slpy... how???