May
13
A one-year-plus toddler was being slaughtered at the outside of her house on an early Tuesday morning when the residents were busy getting to work.
Or that was my initial thought after hearing the screaming of the little girl. “WUAAAAAAAaaa… MUMMMMYYYyyyyyy…!!!”
I was in my room, rushing out to be 15 minutes earlier to work than usual due to the extra 30-minutes-working-hour-policy.
Disappointed that a web page failed to load even after I paused the downloading of something (that should not be mentioned in public, just in case) which surprisingly had a high-download-speed that morning; I quickly shut off my laptop as it deserved to rest while I was at work.
As I walked out of the room, I grabbed a pair of black socks as I have subconsciously decided that today I must treat my feet & weak knee better. No heels/wedges for today but a pair of ugly but comfy shoes.
And the screaming was still looming in the neighborhood as I opened my shoes rack and for one split moment, I was tempted to wear the pointy brown heels. But as my hand reached forward to grab them, a voice in my head boomed : It’s a shoes day! And so I took out the shoes that I haven’t worn for months and slipped into the comfortable territory.
And ahh.. the poor little girl who even look cute when she was covered with tears was standing by the gate, crying for her mom whom, I believed had just stepped out to work.
It was a heart-wrenching cry, screaming at the top of her tiny lungs; flailing her tiny arms into the air while her grandmother and supposedly-father holding and consoling the distraught girl. Never under estimate the chaos someone so small could make!
Well, it wasn’t the first scene that I have seen especially after the way the twin little boys next door used to beat my alarm clock in waking me up. They were the cutest little things but you wouldn’t want to be with them in the situation where they were pining after their mother who had to leave for work.
But in our society today, we can safely assumed that most mothers do have to go to work to bring back the extra bacon or holiday. Even though they must feel guilty (or already immune) to leave their beloved screaming-kids in the hand of others.
How many moms do you know personally that have the capacity or pleasure (or otherwise) to be a full time mom? It is tough for one man to be the only sole provider to a family these days.
We are earning more than our parents did but somehow we have higher needs, wants & better quality of life compare to them as well. As well as hoping to be able to support the kids for their pricey-education in hope of a better future.
Saying them doesn’t mean that I would have done differently when my time comes; as I am pretty sure that I would have made the same option too. Many kids have to learn to live with it, like it or not.
After all, it is not really a choice for many of us, isn’t it?
And well, I do have my choice in certain things in life, don’t I?
Like deciding to treat my feet better and reach out for the comfortable shoes instead of the tempting-evil-heels (on certain days)! =)
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whn u said slaughter.. i was like.. HUH ?? not another abuse case guar.. manatau.. u are ranting bout ur daily life.. hehehe.. er i meant OUR daily routine life.. hahaha
I like this post of yours. Earning money nowadays isn’t like what it used to be.
life…need to walk thru it…or we never know wat the future is…
I agree with you. In addition, things don’t come cheap nowadays.