irked.
was on facebook when i came across the topic of the use of a child leash. a friend had spotted a couple using it with their child.
and some smart alec who isn't someone i know commented that perhaps parents who use 'em have children with special needs.
another friend replied, saying that children with special needs can learn to be behave themselves, thus hinting that it is not an issue of whether or not a child has special needs.
i feel that both children with special needs as well as typically-developing children can have equally severe behavioural issues. so the deciding factor for the 'entitlement' for the use of a child leash should never be about whether or not a child has special needs.
i didn't post that up on facebook for fear of sounding as if i was going to kill the person instead of defending children with special needs. however, i have to say it here that i am upset that there are still people who think that "oh.. the misbehaving kids are those with special needs" (as shown through this incident). PLEASE. i think they have not been exposed enough to typically-developing children with challenging behaviour.
anyway, the smart alec whom i do not know defended her statement by saying that she feels for the parents and that parents would not feel good using it with their child so they must have their reasons (eg. safety). she then said she is not in favour of those who use the leash on "just any child" but for children with special needs, she doesn't know enough to comment though she wouldn't use it.
i just don't get it. what is with the special needs thing? why does she need to keep mentioning special needs like it is as though children with special needs aren't children? what separates "just any child" from children with special needs? and not commenting for children with special needs means that she does not entirely detest the action of using the leash on them (as opposed to being able to comment that she detests the use of the leash on just any child - i would guess that she had desperately wanted to add in the word 'normal') and does having a child with special needs mean that it is more acceptable for a parent to use the leash with her child? i certainly do not think so.
this is pure prejudice, in my opinion, and it's like saying if you're a typically-developing kid, you are most probably an angel, but those who need the leash are most likely those with special needs. of course i'm not saying that children with special needs are easy to manage, but there are difficulties with both typically-developing children as well as children with special needs and it hurts to know that people immediately link extreme measures (such as the leash) to children with special needs.
just my two cents worth of thoughts.
anyway, am also feeling sad for the victims of the hit and run accident by that notorious Audi driver who still remains at large.
and of course, i am dreading the assignments that i have to do before school reopens. it bugs me that i only have 3 more days to complete it, but i know that i would only be starting on them at the last hour. not too good a thing i know, but i really need to treasure the last few days of my precious last school vacation.
however, abby is always abby and abby is thrilled to receive two new rompers yesterday, and she loves them so :D
i can't wait to wear 'em :D:D:D will probably do so today!
bee at 1:33 AM
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bee at 11:58 AM
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the cravings actually come from mee. and doo is just my accomplice aka partner in crime cos he just wants to accompany me and help to finish up the 20 pieces of nuggets plus carbolicious fries. XD!
yumyum. i'm waiting for macs to arrive yet again. fries glorious fries! feed me carbo~
xoxoxo for nuggets too.
bee at 3:17 AM
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but i survived 3 months without doo, and when i am alone in the above mentioned situation.
how exactly did i do it?
i'd say the words "doo loves me" before i go to bed, with my head tucked into the pillow and practically sinking into it and of course i made sure i was in a position that would allow me to comfortably fall asleep asap. and if that wasn't enough i'd tell myself "and i love doo". but then, i wanted the last words in my head to be "doo loves me" before i went to bed, so if i did say the 2nd line, the 3rd would follow.
and that's how i 'tucked' myself into bed, and to sleep, when i am alone and afraid in the dark.
bee at 8:22 PM
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doo and i went down to carlton last evening to order zee logcake for the lunch :D white chocolate log cake with apricot and ginger, and infused with honey WOOHOO!~ (and no whipped cream). happy me. i love cake and i can't wait to eat that. when i saw the pic and description of the cake in the newspapers my mom knew i wanted it. i love white chocolate cos its sooooo sweet and honey too for the same reason PLUS.. ginger reminded me of the ginger cheesecake i had at wagamama in boston. it was absolutely fabulous i wished so much to bring back with me a whole cake back to singapore but i couldn't.
i don't know what else is planned for christmas.. but it doesn't matter since what's most is that we enjoy whatever we do on any day regardless of whether stuff was planned or not. i am, however, expecting an entire bunch of new clothes to be in by year end. so i'll prolly be sitting around opening up parcels and MORE parcels of stuff. heeheehee. those might not make it to school though, cos tubed and really short rompers tend to gather a lot of unnecessary attention.
in the meantime, i'm still trying to recover from a stubborn cough - one that's equally stubborn as i am cos i refuse medicine more often than i actually take it. hopefully it goes off soon so i can sleep better and make less noise coughing HAHA.
btw.. complaints!! i have homework (preliminary assignments) that i have to complete before school starts. what a big BOO. i've decided to do the usual - procrastinate. so i'll prolly start on it in january itself. seriously. holidays aren't really holidays unless the homework is fully MIA. and educational institutions just don't seem to understand that.. perhaps simply because they're educational institutions.
well. merry xmas to everybodee :) may you have a fabulously enjoyable and absolutely happy time.
xoxo!!!
bee at 7:09 PM
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which got me thinking. love and marriage are two very separate things to me. i could love a man, but that may not mean i would be willing to commit to a marriage with him.
love to me, is wanting to stay with a person for my entire life. but one doesn't have to get married and get papers and all in order to do that.
marriage on the other hand, is tying myself down to a promise that i cannot trust another to keep. and when that's weighed with the happy feeling of wearing a pretty dress for a day and taking photos that will be professionally photoshopped, i can't help but feel it isn't a good deal after all. (think - one happy day vs many upsetting ones!)
when people say "i promise", do they realise promises can be broken and do they really know what promises they and their other halves are making and what those really mean? a promise to love a person may not necessarily mean a promise to be monogamous, neither does a promise to care for a person for life mean a promise to care for the person both emotionally and physically, and to treat him/her as the one and only.
see. marriage is tricky.
bee at 2:08 AM
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bee at 11:11 AM
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today marks the 8th day of my fever, which, at 38+ degrees is down from the 40.1 that i got last week for 3 days or so.
i want to eat durian and tons of other heaty stuff!
aniwae, just last sat i went for shufen's wedding. i was so touched at so many different points in time during the church wedding that i had to keep holding back my tears. i then thought to myself that i can't go for anymore weddings (i can't possibly force myself to CONTROL those tears all the time! it's torturous), but i realised that a ton of my friends aren't married yet :X so chances are i'll have many more to go for.
btw doo's back :)
xoxo
abby
bee at 7:53 PM
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and some smart alec who isn't someone i know commented that perhaps parents who use 'em have children with special needs.
another friend replied, saying that children with special needs can learn to be behave themselves, thus hinting that it is not an issue of whether or not a child has special needs.
i feel that both children with special needs as well as typically-developing children can have equally severe behavioural issues. so the deciding factor for the 'entitlement' for the use of a child leash should never be about whether or not a child has special needs.
i didn't post that up on facebook for fear of sounding as if i was going to kill the person instead of defending children with special needs. however, i have to say it here that i am upset that there are still people who think that "oh.. the misbehaving kids are those with special needs" (as shown through this incident). PLEASE. i think they have not been exposed enough to typically-developing children with challenging behaviour.
anyway, the smart alec whom i do not know defended her statement by saying that she feels for the parents and that parents would not feel good using it with their child so they must have their reasons (eg. safety). she then said she is not in favour of those who use the leash on "just any child" but for children with special needs, she doesn't know enough to comment though she wouldn't use it.
i just don't get it. what is with the special needs thing? why does she need to keep mentioning special needs like it is as though children with special needs aren't children? what separates "just any child" from children with special needs? and not commenting for children with special needs means that she does not entirely detest the action of using the leash on them (as opposed to being able to comment that she detests the use of the leash on just any child - i would guess that she had desperately wanted to add in the word 'normal') and does having a child with special needs mean that it is more acceptable for a parent to use the leash with her child? i certainly do not think so.
this is pure prejudice, in my opinion, and it's like saying if you're a typically-developing kid, you are most probably an angel, but those who need the leash are most likely those with special needs. of course i'm not saying that children with special needs are easy to manage, but there are difficulties with both typically-developing children as well as children with special needs and it hurts to know that people immediately link extreme measures (such as the leash) to children with special needs.
just my two cents worth of thoughts.
anyway, am also feeling sad for the victims of the hit and run accident by that notorious Audi driver who still remains at large.
and of course, i am dreading the assignments that i have to do before school reopens. it bugs me that i only have 3 more days to complete it, but i know that i would only be starting on them at the last hour. not too good a thing i know, but i really need to treasure the last few days of my precious last school vacation.
however, abby is always abby and abby is thrilled to receive two new rompers yesterday, and she loves them so :D
i can't wait to wear 'em :D:D:D will probably do so today!
bee at 1:33 AM
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bee at 11:58 AM
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countless macs cravings make us fat. especially since mee has the habit of sleeping immediately after eating.
the cravings actually come from mee. and doo is just my accomplice aka partner in crime cos he just wants to accompany me and help to finish up the 20 pieces of nuggets plus carbolicious fries. XD!
yumyum. i'm waiting for macs to arrive yet again. fries glorious fries! feed me carbo~
xoxoxo for nuggets too.
bee at 3:17 AM
(0) hushy lil babies!
but i survived 3 months without doo, and when i am alone in the above mentioned situation.
how exactly did i do it?
i'd say the words "doo loves me" before i go to bed, with my head tucked into the pillow and practically sinking into it and of course i made sure i was in a position that would allow me to comfortably fall asleep asap. and if that wasn't enough i'd tell myself "and i love doo". but then, i wanted the last words in my head to be "doo loves me" before i went to bed, so if i did say the 2nd line, the 3rd would follow.
and that's how i 'tucked' myself into bed, and to sleep, when i am alone and afraid in the dark.
bee at 8:22 PM
(0) hushy lil babies!
doo and i went down to carlton last evening to order zee logcake for the lunch :D white chocolate log cake with apricot and ginger, and infused with honey WOOHOO!~ (and no whipped cream). happy me. i love cake and i can't wait to eat that. when i saw the pic and description of the cake in the newspapers my mom knew i wanted it. i love white chocolate cos its sooooo sweet and honey too for the same reason PLUS.. ginger reminded me of the ginger cheesecake i had at wagamama in boston. it was absolutely fabulous i wished so much to bring back with me a whole cake back to singapore but i couldn't.
i don't know what else is planned for christmas.. but it doesn't matter since what's most is that we enjoy whatever we do on any day regardless of whether stuff was planned or not. i am, however, expecting an entire bunch of new clothes to be in by year end. so i'll prolly be sitting around opening up parcels and MORE parcels of stuff. heeheehee. those might not make it to school though, cos tubed and really short rompers tend to gather a lot of unnecessary attention.
in the meantime, i'm still trying to recover from a stubborn cough - one that's equally stubborn as i am cos i refuse medicine more often than i actually take it. hopefully it goes off soon so i can sleep better and make less noise coughing HAHA.
btw.. complaints!! i have homework (preliminary assignments) that i have to complete before school starts. what a big BOO. i've decided to do the usual - procrastinate. so i'll prolly start on it in january itself. seriously. holidays aren't really holidays unless the homework is fully MIA. and educational institutions just don't seem to understand that.. perhaps simply because they're educational institutions.
well. merry xmas to everybodee :) may you have a fabulously enjoyable and absolutely happy time.
xoxo!!!
bee at 7:09 PM
(0) hushy lil babies!
which got me thinking. love and marriage are two very separate things to me. i could love a man, but that may not mean i would be willing to commit to a marriage with him.
love to me, is wanting to stay with a person for my entire life. but one doesn't have to get married and get papers and all in order to do that.
marriage on the other hand, is tying myself down to a promise that i cannot trust another to keep. and when that's weighed with the happy feeling of wearing a pretty dress for a day and taking photos that will be professionally photoshopped, i can't help but feel it isn't a good deal after all. (think - one happy day vs many upsetting ones!)
when people say "i promise", do they realise promises can be broken and do they really know what promises they and their other halves are making and what those really mean? a promise to love a person may not necessarily mean a promise to be monogamous, neither does a promise to care for a person for life mean a promise to care for the person both emotionally and physically, and to treat him/her as the one and only.
see. marriage is tricky.
bee at 2:08 AM
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hurt and hurting all over again.
bee at 11:11 AM
(0) hushy lil babies!
today marks the 8th day of my fever, which, at 38+ degrees is down from the 40.1 that i got last week for 3 days or so.
i want to eat durian and tons of other heaty stuff!
aniwae, just last sat i went for shufen's wedding. i was so touched at so many different points in time during the church wedding that i had to keep holding back my tears. i then thought to myself that i can't go for anymore weddings (i can't possibly force myself to CONTROL those tears all the time! it's torturous), but i realised that a ton of my friends aren't married yet :X so chances are i'll have many more to go for.
btw doo's back :)
xoxo
abby
bee at 7:53 PM
(0) hushy lil babies!
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