Tuesdays with morrie

This is a really good book fr mitch albom. his other good book that i enjoyed reading very much is the five ppl u will meet in heaven. Both books are very inspirational books. I would say they are very idealistic books, and would remind us to be human. I tried sleeping after reading this book, but well i couldn't. my emotions and thoughts wouldn't stop flowing. and in case i forget it tmr, i have to pen it down now. in case this entry gets incoherent, it is because, well, my tots are really jumbled out now. Couldn't find the right words to express myself.

This book really made me cry, jus like the other one. not because it is a sad book, ok it some sense it was sad. but well i was really touched, and somehow depressed. depress that the situation is too idealistic, we would most likely not be able to achieve it.

In case u don't know wat this book is about. it is about morrie, mitch albom's lecturer is dying fr a disease. Morrie taught mitch life greatest lessons. Before morrie dies, he will once again remind mitch, of wat life really is all about. i know it sounds dull. but believe me it is really interesting and touching.

The book talk about many issues. one of them i personally feel strongly about is the issue on culture. I realised that we, the youngester these days are having more self culture. In other words, we r growing more selfish. I seriously feel this way. To me, selfishness is grouped into 3 category:

Category A: People who help others unconditionally.
Category B: People who offers a helping hand, expect help when needed in return, but will be grateful for help.
Category C: People who jus expect help, nv giving anything in return. They feel that it is ur obligation to help them. They are so involved in their own world, that they failed to realise this. (this is not targetted at anyone, if u happen to read this and think is amanda talking about me. It is most likely u fall into this category, and have a conscience for realising it. If you feel guilty, good! There is still hope! If you read this and think, "well this is jus me, i m selfish!" Well my advice to u is go rot in hell, u r hopeless forget it, jus enjoy life being selfish now and go rot in hell in the future. hahahha.. oh no.. suddenly so angry)

i think when i was younger and more naive i was in cat a, then when i started working and realised how realistic this world is, i moved to cat B. Maybe recently due to circumstances have fallen into cat c.. hahaha.. hope not!

An example for this would be when i worked at la, i kind of keep helpin this junior. but somehow she turned her backs on me and backstab me one day. i really cried hard. Didn't understand how cos someone en jia chou bao. but well fr that incident, moved fr a cat a person to become a cat b person. I think a cat b person is selfish in the sense that, she doesn't want to get hurt. So u will only repay kindness with kindness, when she feels kindness. And i suppose this is an art of self defence. i think most ppl fall in this cat ba..

Fortunately there r still cat A ppl around. i remember elin(in case it was some other person who tell me this i m sorry, but fr my impression it was elin telling me this) telling me. i think it is her dad would donate money to those auntie begging for money. then i was telling her that those ppl r conman. then she said, her dad feels that, if that old lady comes begging at such an old age, there must be a reason for her doin so. felt a bit enlighten, but not totally. bcos some of them r really cheats, the clementi blind man can c me still pretend to be blind. quite angry that he cheated my money. anyway, recently heard someone say the same thing. the will jus donate to those beggers. again i asked the same question, won't they be afraid to get cheated. This time i was truly enlightened. The answer was, if these beggers are cheat, they are responsible for their own actions, we cannot control them, jus have faith that we are doin good. U C!!! kind ppl do exist, at first i tot they were silly ppl, but i feel enlighten now.. hahaha...

I think that we have became less humane, when we start living in the "adult world" we get really practical. and sometimes forget the little act of kindness. someone once siad don't be too naive, to live in the adult world u have to play by the rules of the game. well, it is ok to play by the rules, but we can't lose ourselves in this game completely. The book really serve as a wakeup call to people who stand by these rules.