I think at a certain point, many of us don't bother to go out of our way for others anymore. I used to have this kind of thought where, let's say I was walking down Orchard Road. (I think this is especially so since I'm "serving the nation" now) And let's say there was a gunman who suddenly appeared, or maybe some other grave threat. Would I try to stop him, even if I had to risk my life? Or would I simply try to save my own. I think that to say the latter would happen is not, say, unreasonable, but I wish that if it ever came down to it I'd have the courage to save somebody. This may seem like something that is just idle thinking but I don't know, it just seems to affect me a bit.
Also, I noted an interesting change in my mindset the other day. I was at an MRT and saw an AWARE poster, which made me also remember about something that happened a few years back. I think it was in either Sec 4 or JC1, and AWARE made a protest about the "Purple Light" song having a line which said "rape my girlfriend". At the time, not having been in army yet, and also coming from NCC, I honestly didn't think their anger was founded. To me, I thought of it as "a bunch of feminists meddling in something that was none of their business". My logic was that it was a harmless joke, why would you get so angry over something so trivial? Over the last few years though, I do realise that they have a very legitimate point. That this is something that you shouldn't just spew out as a "joke". It's vitriolic, and insensitive and I think very unbecoming. To be fair though, the song does have a line which says "kill the man" which, if I'm being honest, I don't really care about. Kinda makes me wonder why I think some stuff is still okay and some stuff isn't, but I don't wanna delve into it.
Things have been looking rather up lately. Exercise Milo is over, and I've only got competitions and my Japan trip to look forward to for the next few weeks. Hope to keep up the good morale :)
Good Night
Sorry I ain't got no money I'm not tryin' to be funny
But I left it all at home today
