I just got rejected from The Ridge. They say my article too abstract. SO decided to publish it anyways HERE!!! Muahahhahaahahah. Eh the topic is dey choose wan.
Apathy Dragging my feet from day to day, trying my best to survive from dawn to dusk, after which I would go home to prop my feet in front of the TV. A slave to routine, my life seems meaningless. Searching for meaning, I punctuate each week by going out with friends to chew some fat or to paint the town red. Weeks and then years past, my futile effort to find myself brings me to a point of melancholy where life fills me with ennui and languor.
Isn't this a dreadful picture? Wouldn't you want to steer clear of such a life? However, this is the life that everyone in Singapore is living, especially most Graduates. We'd work day to day in a job that would grant us no satisfaction just because we are able to pay the bills. Right now, we would say that this is untrue and we'd be disgusted at such a suggestion, but if we don't do something, this would be our reality.
Singaporeans have been commented on being apathetic. Do we truly don't care about issues or is there a deeper problem? I see apathy as the lack of emotions, not just the “bochap-ness” of issues. Apathy is a real problem that would fill us with languidness and blight our very being. We would all lose the passion to change our situation and then we'd be all caught up in a vicious cycle of dread.
Why has this poison been so effective? In our meritocratic society, where second chance is as rare as diamonds, people are afraid of failure. We do not dare to step out of our comfort circle to risk it all. We fear anything that is uncertain and as such we do not dare to care for others. Our self-centered nature forces us to close up. As such, we are unable to grow. The critical nature of society also discourages us as we do not live up to the standard of the world. We constantly try to keep up with the standards that others place upon us that we neglect ourselves. The venom is fast-acting and acts as to cripple us. We become terrified and fear to do the right things. Afraid to be touched and also to touch others, we lose ourselves.
We are not without hope, there is a panacea available for such malaise. However, we must be brave enough to take it. Only by learning to break this cycle can we truly be vaccinated. We must learn to experience joy and in abundance. We do not get joy by being the same as everyone. It is only derived from being ourselves. Learn to take that step of risk. Learn to touch others around you. Do not let the world make you another victim of apathy.
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School(92-97)
Presbyterian High School (98-2001)
Pioneer Junior College (2002-2003)
2 yrs lost in time
Nus Fass(2006-
D.O.B 15031985
