taming the shrew
it's phenomenal. the amount of work that has to be put in to keep a house spick and span.
but wat's even more astounding is the lack of participation and responsibility we entrust upon ourselves to the job.
it is illogical to generalize too extensively but the truth is, youths these days are less involved in menial household chores than ever. blame it on affluence, why don't u. but the more disturbing issue is the warped attitude of the parents themselves. they consciously exclude their precious kids from havin to do any housework due to many baffling reasons.
one of which would be the supposed more pressing task at hand : school work. because of some weird cosmic revelation, they believe that their wonderfully gifted kids are much too capable and are better suited to more 'important' duties like scoring stellar grades and pavin their brilliant futures by entering prestigious institutions.
wat sheer wisdom displayed. rearing a bunch of smartypants with onli dazzling pieces of papers as their life achievements, but never really knowing how to go bout doing the dishes or even cook instant noodles for themselves.
our priorities are grossly imbalanced. i'd hate to say this but we're prob gettin more useless as human beings by the day.
at a church camp i attended recently, i requested some sec 2 girls to wipe the tables, having even rinsed out the tableclothes for them.
but the snotty little thing turned up her pretty button nose and sniffed 'i'll only wipe the table if the cloth is clean.'
!!!
then they're supposed to clean the toilets as part of area-cleaning duties. once again they displayed the ultimate brattish behaviour by not even wanting to step into the toilet. as if the millions of germs on the wet floor will infest their dainty toes and make their way up to disintegrate their brains.
i'm not modern-day cinderella who has to do most of the chores at home. in fact, i depend on my mom for almost evrything. thru my bleary, sleep-filled eyes i saw my mom clearin up my magazines and other assorted stuff from my bedside table. despite having to work, she never fails to exercise immense initiative and diligence in maintaining the laudable cleanliness of my house.
puts me to shame sometimes, when i shirk my little responsibility of mopping the floor on weekends come evry exam period.
can i even blame her when she retorts 'this is not ur house of course u don't feel the need to keep it clean!'
well, she's right. the way i behave is as if the house doesn't belong to me. if u wanna own something, it is understood that u're to keep it in tiptop condition, innit?
wat i'm tryin to say is, if we don't train ourselves to be more active and useful around the house, then there's really no point in trying to attain supposed 'higher' and more 'noble' goals of becomin a successful banker or earnin nuff dosh to buy that brand new convertible. it doesn't mean anything if u can afford branded gear or gettin perfect scores for PSLE/Os/As when u can't even wash ur own clothes and tidy ur own booktable. hell, or even pouring a glass of water for urself without hollering for Maria to do it for u.
there isn't such a thing as tasks that are too simple. onli pple who are too overrated.
but wat's even more astounding is the lack of participation and responsibility we entrust upon ourselves to the job.
it is illogical to generalize too extensively but the truth is, youths these days are less involved in menial household chores than ever. blame it on affluence, why don't u. but the more disturbing issue is the warped attitude of the parents themselves. they consciously exclude their precious kids from havin to do any housework due to many baffling reasons.
one of which would be the supposed more pressing task at hand : school work. because of some weird cosmic revelation, they believe that their wonderfully gifted kids are much too capable and are better suited to more 'important' duties like scoring stellar grades and pavin their brilliant futures by entering prestigious institutions.
wat sheer wisdom displayed. rearing a bunch of smartypants with onli dazzling pieces of papers as their life achievements, but never really knowing how to go bout doing the dishes or even cook instant noodles for themselves.
our priorities are grossly imbalanced. i'd hate to say this but we're prob gettin more useless as human beings by the day.
at a church camp i attended recently, i requested some sec 2 girls to wipe the tables, having even rinsed out the tableclothes for them.
but the snotty little thing turned up her pretty button nose and sniffed 'i'll only wipe the table if the cloth is clean.'
!!!
then they're supposed to clean the toilets as part of area-cleaning duties. once again they displayed the ultimate brattish behaviour by not even wanting to step into the toilet. as if the millions of germs on the wet floor will infest their dainty toes and make their way up to disintegrate their brains.
i'm not modern-day cinderella who has to do most of the chores at home. in fact, i depend on my mom for almost evrything. thru my bleary, sleep-filled eyes i saw my mom clearin up my magazines and other assorted stuff from my bedside table. despite having to work, she never fails to exercise immense initiative and diligence in maintaining the laudable cleanliness of my house.
puts me to shame sometimes, when i shirk my little responsibility of mopping the floor on weekends come evry exam period.
can i even blame her when she retorts 'this is not ur house of course u don't feel the need to keep it clean!'
well, she's right. the way i behave is as if the house doesn't belong to me. if u wanna own something, it is understood that u're to keep it in tiptop condition, innit?
wat i'm tryin to say is, if we don't train ourselves to be more active and useful around the house, then there's really no point in trying to attain supposed 'higher' and more 'noble' goals of becomin a successful banker or earnin nuff dosh to buy that brand new convertible. it doesn't mean anything if u can afford branded gear or gettin perfect scores for PSLE/Os/As when u can't even wash ur own clothes and tidy ur own booktable. hell, or even pouring a glass of water for urself without hollering for Maria to do it for u.
there isn't such a thing as tasks that are too simple. onli pple who are too overrated.
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