So it's settled. We are going Thailand mid-Dec. Urgh. Why did they not tell me earlier about this arrangement? Earlier means before I packed to come home from Sg. This is crazy. I left so many nice clothes in the cupboard! Some more, it's a kinda-religious place so I can't possible run around with shorts! And my shorts are SHORT! So my biggest fret now is WHERE TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE CLOTHES?!
Forget about the clothes first. I went surfing around one hour ago, trying to find nice places to walk around in Thailand. Not so bad, well Bangkok is definitely in the list, even without a round of surfing, and Ayutthaya, ChiangMai and Chatuchak are the later additions to it.
At first I thought shopping is my priority when I go Thailand. Now I realize it's not the case. I saw many pictures of different 'wats' which interested me alot. Just those small carvings on the wall radiated something which gives Thailand its unique character. And precisely because of these carvings, I feel the attraction to visit these 'wats' more than shopping.
Of course, this doesn't mean the shopaholic in me is caged.
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Let's talk about the case where two parents who tried committing suicide after poisoning their three children which happened a few days ago. I guess this piece of news became the hot topic over dinner tables shortly after that. The news has it that the father, due to inability to clear his debts with the loansharks, decided to seek death as the only way out. Both he and his wife, because they could not bear to imagine the lives of their children after they are dead, decided to 'bring the kids along'. They poisoned the kids, three of them, all boys, with Bleaching water and then tried to kill themselves after that. Perhaps it was the work of God, both the parents were saved, but the kids died. This narrated the latest tragedy everybody has been talking about.
I guess when the couple decided to poison their kids, it was a tough decision. Which parent in his sane mind will choose to end the lives of their very own bone and flesh, which he has cared and loved for near to ten years? Every parent's biggest dream is to see their kids grow up and be a contributing member to the society. But it is precisely this love of a father and of a mother towards the kids that led to this tragedy happening. They know it's impossible to clear the debts, and they also know very well what would happen if they drag on any longer. They could not take the pressure from all directions anymore, and see death as the best solution. But the love for their children made them hesitate. Who will take care of their children once they're dead? How will their children's lives be without them? And of course the most pressing concern: will the loansharks ever leave their children alone? Being forced to the max, they made the hardest decision - take the kids with them. At least, to them, the kids will not suffer from having to face the loansharks.
At least, to them, the kids will always be with them.
But who will be able to forsee such misfortune to happen?
We can't put the blame totally on the parents for killing their kids. This doesn't equate to saying that the parents is not at fault. But look closely. Who are the main reason for this tragedy to happen? Who are the people who forced the couple to a dead end?
The loansharks.
I do not know how they can continue living their lives on top of others' deaths due to your disputable ways of 'doing business'. Is this even a business at all? No. This is blackmail; this is robbery, or worse, this is MURDER. I believe this is not the first family tragedy that happened because of their merciless ways of forcing people to dead ends.
Have they ever seen their victims in their sleep? Have they ever woken up at night upon dreaming about their cruelty? Do they hear their cries at night? I don't believe they haven't to all questions above.
You loansharks are despicable. You people are rubbish ought to be thrown away from the society. You have wrecked many families apart because of your highly unreasonable interest rates that profit only yourselves.
May you one day pay for what you have done.
