Today we had a dialogue with the principal, Dr Hon about the topic of bullying. We've heard many interesting yet disturbing accounts of bullies and victims. One disturbing account is from Philman(sorry if i got his name wrong), about the on-going "war" between him an his classmates. Yes, it can be said that we are sadists to laugh at something as grave as bullying, but the way the people put it... we can't help but laugh. We also heard one idiot using Dr Hon's name to cite an example. He even called Dr Hon a 肥人!!! As Hwa Chong gentlemen, I feel that we should respect our elders, especially Dr Hon, example or no example. We also heard one confession made by the chairman of the dialogue about him being an "unintentional bully."
Well, I too have a confession to make, although this is not bullying, its just the "victim" being too sensitive. Let me tell you what really happened...

There was this guy in my class who sucks up to my teachers alot. In front of the teachers, he is the perfect student, behind the teachers, he is the perfect demon. In front of the teachers, he calls himself "nerd", in front of us, he calls himself "emo". All og us hate him and he is a cast out...a "lone ranger". But I think he is downright gay. He feigns colour-blindness just to gain sympathy and cries whenever he gets into trouble.(This is just the tip of the iceberg!!)
So one day, when his Mont Blanc pen goes missing, he blindly accused ME of stealing it! ME!!!
All I did was call him "nerd" (trust me, there are lots more words I wish to call him) and he went crying to his mother!!
Now, you tell me...is this bullying...?
(up till now he still blames me)
1:53 AM By Eugene

1.Irony in the Story

Throughout the story, the taxi man keeps lamenting on how the youth nowadays are behaving. He gives many examples, one of which concerns his daughter, Lay Choo. With this, the taxi man is trying to impress upon us that he does not like the teenagers nowadays and neither should we. BUT, towards the end of the story, he refers to the teenagers as a good source of money, and that they are a good thing. In the last sentence, he even goes to where the teenagers usually hang out to pick them up and earn money. I feel that this is the irony in the story.

2.The Themes raised in the story
This question has many contridicting points. Firstly, a NORMAL person would not tell anyone about his presonal life, let alone to a complete stranger you meet on your taxi. However, the story depicts the average Sinagporean-vulgar, money-minded and sometimes poorly educated.(no malice intended) So, I will sit on the fence for this question.

Q4. What do you think of the taximan? Do you feel sympathy for him?/Q6. What about the other characters in the story? Do you feel sympathy for them?

I actually feel sorry for the taxi man. Like any other parent, he only wants the best for his children, more so for Lay Choo, his brightest and smartest daughter. So, he is working extra hard to get her to university, but there she is, flirting with the European tourists when she is supposed to"stay back in school to study". I feel for the taxi man, as no parent wants their child to go astray.

5.Do you agree with his lamenting?
I agree with his lementing as teenagers nowadays are REALLY doing such acts. I feel that they should be concentrating on their studies as schools in Singapore are more and more competitive. They can also proper utilise their time by spending more time with their family and bond with them more.
1:31 AM By Eugene

deer diary,
i has been very puzled 2day. i god a leter sayin tat i has been chosn 2 b a test subjet. wad dos it meen. the leter tell me go 2 hospitil where is tat. after i go tere(i had 2 find my way tere a long time) i show a nures tha leter n she say folow me so i folo her. we go into a room with lot of picturs. i say what we do here n she say wait 4 tha dorcter so i waited
den tha dorcter came n show me cards. he said this is a raw schorch test tell me wad u see in tha pictur. i told him wad pictur thers only balck spots on tha cards n he said u hav 2 imagine tha picturs out. but tats lying i say thers only black spots n teacher say cannot say lies. den he got angy and shouted y did he shout i just told him tha plain truth.
after that i went back home n watch tha tv. thers some people dancing n i tryed 2 folow dem. i nockd down lots stuff n i put dem back. den i feel sleepy n i went 2 sleep but i forgot 2 off tha tv so i couldnt sleep.i went to off the tv so i can sleep agin.
goodnite,diary
charlie
10:17 PM By Eugene

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