watched "Get REA!" with my sister yesterday and i was shocked at what some girls do just so as to "assure" themselves that they are loved by others. i mean have numerous boyfriends is one thing, but having sex with 50+ different people in a span of 4 to 5 years!!? thats absurd and sheer madness man ... didn't the girl ever consider the risks that she's putting herself at throught these acts? its really sad how the younger generations are turning out ... i mean i can understand where she's coming from when she told the interviewer that initially, she logged onto chat rooms to get to know more people and hopefully to find a boyfriend; i used to know people who are like that. but engaging in sexual acts with a stranger so as to "test" whether he loves her?! what kind of rubbish theory is that??? whats going on with education system? are emphasis being placed on the correct type of education? what good is a person if he/she has all the head knowledge in the world but no morality and character? felt pretty disgusted by it all when i finished watching the program. true enough .. Man is sinful by nature and there is no denial.

read something from my friend's blog so i thought i'd add some comments regarding it. conservative parents; stick in the mud that won't budge or just can't seem to accept new ideas. the love-hate relationship that children whose parents fall into the above category go throught, i can fully understand, cause my mum's pretty much like that i guess. there are times when i really want to flare up and shout back; there are times when i really do shout back and i've regretted every single time that i did. we want them to understand us, but have we ever tried to understand them? being brought up in a conversative environment then, where holding hands might have been considered taboo and going out one on one with a person of the opposite sex is considered scandelous has mold them into the people that they are today. its not they're fault that they are resistant to changes or unable to accept new ideas; its still possible, but it'll take time and effort on our part, to slowly convince them. there is no denying the love that they have for us, but its just that they either don't know how to show it, or they're afraid to show it; afraid that they'll appear less authoritative or weak if they do. they sometimes refuse our requests or probe so much into out private lives simply because they care and they're afraid that we'd get hurt; no parents want to see their children get hurt and i guess they're willing to do anything to prevent that, even if it means being the "bad" guy. i may not understand why my mum scold or shout at me for doing some of the things i do, but i know that she does it with good intention, so i suppress myself and walk away. its difficult to do it, but when u think of how little time you might have with them left, you can't help but stop thinking so much about yourself and how you feel. it is then and there, that you realise: its not worth it. not worth arguing back and making both parties all so heated up. you won't know when they'll exit from your life; its similar to how Jesus said he'll come during the second coming and it'll be too late to regret by then. so treasure them and love them as much as you can, while you still can.