Roused

There are some things that are more complicated than they seem. I plead with you to look beyond the superficial layer. Look deep inside them, they need help.

It's more than just about providing them with adequate material needs. You're forgetting about the nuturing aspect.

Childhood socialisation is crucial, maybe not so in terms of developing them into future scientists, but moulding them into good people.

They are still young, they need to be taught the appropriate values. I don't want to see bright kids turning into monsters. Especially those from my family.


Another issue, I'm not being biased against PRC or anything. If you all have family members who go over to China, be it for a holiday or on a business trip and happen to buy dried groceries, beware. My grandma bought a hell load of sea cucumbers (Hai Shen) from China and they are definitely unsafe for consumption. (They might even be poisonous.) On the surface they look alright, but after cooking it, she decided to try it. Apparently, it caused tremendous discomfort to her throat and her face became slightly swollen. Prior to this, she already heard her friends complaining about the sea cucumbers causing some of them to have itchy throat and many of them had since gone to the doctor.

From speculation and hearsay, we suspect the seller added cement into the sea cucumber to "add weight" to it. But we have no proof or what so ever, it could jolly well be the case that all of them happened to have mishandled the sea cucumber. But just beware, when you buy such goods. Only buy from trustworthy sellers, and its not just for the case in PRC, but anywhere including Singapore.


And last but not least,

Happy Birthday Edgar!
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