书包太重

最近在追看着一出新加坡的连续剧–书包太重。

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这出戏反映着现今一些kiasu 父母的心态。被那些无知的父母逼得透不过气的小孩，除了上学，还得上无数的补习课，华语，数学，英文，科学等等。那还有时间玩啊？

现在的小孩上学的书包不但笨重，老师还要用一大堆作业簿，书本。还有在我国，如果孩子上华校的话，功课是多么的繁重。但还是好多人争着把孩子送去华校。 就连我们的异族同胞也争先要入读华校。然后又有什么精英班，实在是好大的压力啊！父母互相比较孩子的成绩，互相比较谁家孩子上最多补习班，受罪的还不是孩子吗？

希望那些父母都有看这出戏，别再逼得孩子喘不过气了。我们从前都不是这样过活，现在还不是活得好好的吗？

现在的小孩没有什么童年，整天不是补习，游泳，钢琴，小提琴，电脑，芭蕾舞等等，不像我们以前拥有那样多姿多彩的童年。现在的父母怕肮脏，怕危险，什么都不准孩子去做，过分保护，搞到孩子娇生惯养。老师打一下就要被告虐待，上头条。我们以前何尝不是被打大的呢？

醒醒吧！别再逼你们的孩子了，现在好多孩子离家出走，自杀，患上忧郁症，不想下一个轮到你们的孩子啊！多放些心思在他们的身上，跟他们一起复习，玩乐，还可以促进亲子关系呢！这个社会也会减少好多罪犯啊！

Trip to Hatyai, Thailand

In March this year, I visited Hatyai following a tour organised by my mum-in-law’s friend for 3 days. It was quite an interesting experience. We deliberately went for a no-frills, low budget approach. And that meant almost 2 days in a bus. But it was a cheery trip both ways, with the whole bus singing away at karaoke’s greatest hits.

For the life of me, I can’t remember the name of the hotel I stayed in, but it was quite new and near Lee Gardens Hotel. In any case, we didn’t spend much time in the hotel, basically just using it for quick pitstops and a place to bed down for the night.

As is the norm when travelling with a bunch of aunties, we visited *quite* a few temples.  These included the Guan Yin temple, the Four-faced Buddha temple and the Stainless Steel temple.  Of course, no trip to Thailand is ever complete without a massage.  I have to say that whilst the massage felt good, I could’ve gone for a better choice of venue as the place we went to had WEIRD smelling bath robes. Note to self: don’t skimp when going for a massage.

Hatyai’s day and night markets, whilst not very different from the ones we see in Malaysia are still different enough for you to realise that you’re not in Malaysia.  All the Aunties bought stainless steel pots and pans. I on the other hand only bought a few small steel cups (so my son won’t break them when he drops them) and a tiffany to pack food.

We also bought some pork and duck noodles at the shops just before border. It seems that it is one of the ‘must buy’ items when visiting Hatyai. The other things popular with Aunties is medicated oil.

Visit my Facebook album for some photos of the trip.