Now and Then

Ever wondered how long those people in the old days could live so damn long? How the people nowadays only live till like 80++ only?? People nowadays die earlier.
Or ever wondered why kids nowadays are born handicapped or disabled even though the mother did not smoke, did not take any kind of alcohol during pregnancy, married before the age of 30?
Or why do kids nowadays have so many problems, especially skin? Eczema is the most common one. Why huh? Why why why?

Could it be the irresponsible people working just for the profit or the money? Or could it be the people who are unaware of the crisis we are facing right now? For example, KK has been extremely hot for the past few months and it can be really unbearable. It wasn't that hot last year. It's like the heat is piercing right through your delicate skin. Imagine all the ultraviolet that got into your skin. That's why ladies now apply lotion or cream or mosturiser to make it less ugly and less dry because ultraviolet makes skin looks like a grandma's skin. But you know, we can stop all this. Stop open buring damn it!!! Why do all those old uncle(mostly guys) won't fucking listen?! -.-

Why is it that cancer is such a common thing now? Why do women have to check their breast every now and then? Like before and after menstruation and also during bath time. Even girls that just reach 16 years old ought to be taught to know how to do the checking of breast lumps.

I hate eating in my canteen. Sometimes, I don't feel like eating. The food looks okay, still fresh, still hot as steams can be seen emitted from the food but imagine all those hot stuffs being poured into this white thing-plastic container. The one used for 'da bau'. Well, not a container but whatever.. Imagine all the toxic produced when the heat combined with the plastic. And all these toxics are the ones causing the normal cells to evolve into cancerous cells. You felt nothing when you eat all those food, you could not care less, but you should have looked at your face when you found out that you had cancer. You just felt the effect, haven't you? Isn't it too late?

There's this one time in Labuan. I could not forget what happened that day. It was embarrasing yet I do not deny it. I thought of buying a newpaper so I went into this stationery shop. At the counter sat an old Malay woman. She saw me coming with a newspaper in my hand yet she ignored me when I was ready to pay. In my mind, I was thinking "rude much, hey, you have a customer here". Then after some time, she attended to me. I paid. Then, I did the most stupid thing in the world. Actually an act of selfishness. I remembered how newspapers can seriously dirty one's hand with its black ink so I opened my mouth and asked, " can I have a plasctic bag?"(they never give one when you buy newspaper but no harm done by asking right?)
Wow, I was astounded by the look she gave me the second I said that.

Old woman: I only earned 10 cents by selling newspapers and you want a plastic bag?
Me : Huh?
Old woman: Have you ever received an education? Your school never taught about the effects of using plastics? Don't you know plastics are polluting our world? Global warming? (with an insulting tone and a death stare)
Me : (scared by an old lady)
Old woman: Don't you know plastics are banned in other countries? They use shopping bags now! They are going to ban the use of plastics in Malaysia too, don't you know that? Girl, you don't need plastic la.
Me : (nod and walked away)
Old woman: (still yapping)

Holy, I was like O.O, so scared to walk into that place ever again. But I admitted my mistake. I was terribly stupid and am ashamed.

Anyways, please be thoughtful and don't do anything stupid.