Why Are You Here?

This is a simple movie Nada Sou Sou but the ending is quite sad. No gimmicks, no special CGI , no sex, no action, no violence. Watching it make me sad. But you should watch it. Because show like these genre is seldom seen nowadays.The middle part might be a little boring though.
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I don't think I will be able to accept the loss of loved ones should one day they be gone, just like the entry I wrote a long time ago about growing old. I am very fearful of the day when my skin started to wrinkle and my head full of white hair...though it is already white. And I think all the issues abt ageing gracefully in singapore are just load of bullshits.

Yesterday I was accompanying my mother to the supermarket to buy daily essentials.There was this old man whom I saw around my estate before. Head full of white hair with limited mobility,I believed he is working as either a cleaner or road sweeper in my estate. He was at the chill meat section glancing at the meat available of the shelves. He stood there for quite some time, looking and selecting the meat and putting them back.

Looking at the scenario, I am not really sure but it could be that due to budget constraint he may not be able to afford the price of the meat. Perhaps I may be wrong. Perhaps the meat may not be fresh and therefore he placed them back. But if the first scenario is really true, then I am sad for him. It remind me of my grandparents generation when they have meat only for special occasions and right now the economy is booming and everyone trying to make big bucks but we have a old man over here who is still working at his age yet he is having a budget constraint to buy meat for his meals.

Should Singapore become a welfare state in future? I don't know though I still believe strongly that we should save up for rainy days and for our retirement. But in the case of the old man and many others in the same predicament as him, what can they do?

Why do human have to grow old and suffer at old age?

posted by Immortali @ 6:37 pm