"清明时节雨纷纷
路上行人遇断魂
借问酒家何处有
牧童摇指杏花春"
yup it's qingming again.
nah i wont be blogging on how i offered prayings to my late uncle and paternal grandma. but there was one incident that irked me very much. it happened at this corner of the temple where me and my cousins went to rest (and escape from the smoky environment). we were having a heart-to-heart conversation until suddenly both my cousins jumped and went behind me. my elder cousin pointed her finger towards the ground and there i saw a toad around the area.
"well just a toad," i thought. after all, i have seen more horrifying stuffs back in NS.
then i saw a bunch of kids crowding around the toad and they seemed pretty fascinated by it. the next moment, the toad started to hop around the area and the kids screamed (in horror i guess?).. and one of them suddenly picked up a pointed branch on the floor and went to poke and hit the toad furiously. of course, the toad tried to escape from the boy's clutches but the boy just didnt give up.
enough was enough i thought. so i stepped out and told the boy to stop abusing the toad (with a fierce look of course). after that the boy stopped "bullying" the toad and the crowd left.
there are a few issues pertaining to this incident. firstly, i was quite disturbed on why the boy had to whack the frog when the frog did not cause any trouble to him. come on.. it's living on it's own world and you are living on your own. why do u have to do this to it? at least give it some respect right?
secondly, when i asked the boy on his cruelty towards the frog, he gave a swift reply.
"i was scared, so i hit it."
what's the meaning of this? omg.. what happened to the classic "人之初,性本善" phrase? it seems to be "人之初,性本恶" instead.
the above-mentioned 2 points werent so bad as compared to the next one. what happened to all the adults that were around? they either stopped and looked at all the hoohaa without having any reaction to it, or they looked and left, leaving to a teenager to give those kids a lesson. this is what that pissed me off totally.. this is what you call social apathy man.
-shakes head-
booking in in 2.5 hrs time... next week is so gonna be long man. live firing followed by navigation package. luckily my LPS post will be handed over to somebody else. otherwise things wont look good next week -gulps-