was watching DS on getreal.

i think she has an enviable job. if i was to be on tv..i think i would like to be her having that programme..apart frm..errr.. being a host of NONA ? coz the nona girls all so glam and the stories they carry are no lightweights either. lol.

anyway, i was watching the last episode of GR on elderly care the other day..

when i was younger, in school and we had to visit the old folk's homes...we were always reminded to take care of our parents so that we wont be like the adults who put up their parents there..but now much older and i have learnt that things in this world are not as black and white..knowing that there's always the other side of the story, i watched GR and guess what the matron said was the most frustrating and common case she had to handle.which we were not told during our school visits.

there are irresponsible kids. but the most frustrating and saddest cases are those with tangled family histories of pettiness, resentments arising from old folks who were in their younger days, irresponsible parents. womanisers, gamblers, child abusers and neglectful. this also somehow also reminded me of sepet's mum in that movie. after years of abusive relationship with her husband, she had to take care of her wheelchairbound husband. but boy, did she abused him in return. lol..

that aside..it also made me think about what my mum had always told me..some things will really test you. some things are utterly unfair. for sepet's mum to burden herself with the man who had abused her and womanized..it would have been easier to pass him to the old folk's home, wouldnt it? why should she bother? as the matron said, that was the common line by the kids who pass their so called neglectful, abusive parents..

but my mum had a lot of times also said that even if you do not get a fair deal in this world, being patient and doing good has its rewards in another place. when i was younger, i thought that was really stupid..but now older, i find myself agreeing to that more often. giving in isnt always such a bad thing..tho i think it's just going to be a real test for oneself to endure it..and remain sane.


anyway, another food for thought from that episode. the matron's parting shot. sort of. parents of today have to take a good look at their family relationship. how many have simply passed the job to the maids..what can that possibly translate in the years to come?