Simple Life Simple Mind


As I grow up, I get more sensitive to my surroundings (okay, sadly, it is more towards strangers). I am very curious about life in the third world country (a.k.a. undeveloped country). I am just a very normal girl but with endless of wishes and hopes for everything around me. I am always in my thoughts (erm. Yes. It can be at anywhere and anytime.). To some, I am just another typical Singaporean who wants everything to be fast (Actually, I am very particular about deadline. But, as I saw and worked with many others, I slowly accept that it is just different for everyone. IF you cannot accept that they cannot finish their task on time then do it for them.) and the best of the world.

I started to notice a show on Channel U at 8pm on every Friday. Every week, they would invite a Singaporean to a third world country to stay for a couple of days to experience the life there.

Okay. Today I was being evil to make a comment. Well, I seriously hope to get to a chance to experience the life in a third world country. (Okay. Perhaps I am weird. I am just weird but I just know that city life is not my cup of tea. I hardly enjoy what I am doing and what I own.) I asked my sis, “Hey. How come they didn’t choose me to go?” My sis said, “Don’t you notice that they always choose pretty girls for their show?” Ha. Guess what? When I saw that host for today’s show, I immediately made a comment without thinking. I sulked and said, “Hey. Look. She is not pretty at all.” = p Well, that comment did make my mum and sis laugh at me. o.o

I am deeply impressed by the life they lead, the house they live in, the things they own and the kind of food they eat.

We always complain when we are being underpaid for a job we do. They do not even have a choice. A lady only earns S$2 for 8 solid hours of hard work under the hot sun and she has to feed a family of 5 with that. Her kids are so mature. They do not complain. The eldest manages the family and does all the house chores. By the way, the lady is a widow. The BEST is; the kids there enjoy attending lesson! Perhaps, it is just the background I came from, so it resulted to me not having a very good impression of attending most lessons. I feel that I must and should do that. Seriously, I have never seen any of my classes reading a passage so excitedly like…they are reading their favourite story or the best thing to do in the world is to read a passage. Never! But, they do it. To me, it was an amazing yet touching scene.

Anyway, I was very touched by what the host did for the school over there and for the family she lived in. She actually bought a lot of stationery such as pencil and exercise books for the school. Do you know that exercise books are very precious to them? She brought badminton rackets for the family. No one in the village had never seen that for the whole of their life and how often do we see them? I was very excited about playing badminton when I was very much younger and even strived to master it. Ha.

When she left, that family actually cried wholeheartedly like someone has just kicked the bucket. I think the host is one of the very few thoughtful people I have ever encountered with. She said, the best gift she could offer for the people was to not bid goodbye to them with tears but with a happy smile. The village treated her like she was a special guest by arranging and having special performances when she arrived and left.


I really learnt hell lot about not comparing your life with others because not only will this make you feel worse than ever, but also, it will strain your relationship with the party you are comparing with. Comparing with them, I am nothing. I know I do take things for granted at times so I often question myself for doing this. Do you?