And the results of the online voting...

Remember I posted a poll on the side of this blog, and 16 of you voted. Anyway, here are the results of the votes!

Getting good results	16 (100%)
Owning lots of games	6 (37%)
Having lots of friends	10 (62%)
Getting a boyfriend / a girlfriend	5 (31%)
Having lots of money	5 (31%)
Being doted by parents/siblings	10 (62%)
Being an obedient and filial child	12 (75%)
Performing well in sports	12 (75%)
Performing well in music and dance	9 (56%)
Having a healthy body	11 (68%)
Grow taller	10 (62%)
Be slim	12 (75%)
To look good	12 (75%)

Votes so far: 16 

So the results are such... When I looked at these votes, I was really glad, yet at the same time alarmed... Why so?

I am glad because all of you see the importance for good results... Yet I am alarmed that not all of you see the importance to be obedient and filial to your parents... I am shocked that nearly one third of you think that having lots of money, games and even boyfriend and girlfriend are important to you at this point of time.

What has happened to the moral education here for our children? I am asking if I am failing here to bring some important messages across to my dear children here. Life is more than just having fun, eat, drink and be merry. It's about making purposeful choices to live a life to love people whom we treasure...

Parents are doing their best to raise us up by working so hard. Yes, there are times we can never understand why they would scold us, nag at us, yell at us and even punish us... When they did these things to us, we would be angry with them, mad at them and even upset...

However, when we grow up would we realise that all along, our parents are doing their part to make sure we do not make grievous mistakes in our lives that we will regret...

They nag at us and force us to study some may think, but hey, at the end of the day when you all grow up, how much you earn depends on how good your studies are, in Singapore and anywhere in the world...

Parents punish us and scold us when we fight, or do the wrong things, so that we know what is right to do, and what would be wrong to do. They teach us the way to know what is morally right, and what is morally wrong, and we won't grow up doing the wrong things in life.

They nag at us to shower and to bath when we are drenched in the rain, so that we will not fall ill and suffer. So, whatever they have done to us, and for us, are all for our good will, and well being. So, why are we not doing our best to love our parents, to obey our parents?

I hope you all will learn from what I have commented here.

Next, a lot of you are seeing money, games and boyfriends/girlfriends as important here.... My comment - WAKE UP PLEASE!

You are barely 11! Don't waste your time on pursuing these meaningless things and waste away your time, energy and emotions. No matter what a boy or a girl may say at this age of 11, they will never last. They never will. Comes secondary school days, and I can guarantee you, a break up is bound to come.

Then along the way, there are so many break ups and heart brokenness which one would have to go through. Is it not time wasting?

Boys are not mature at this point of time to know what is commitment, to stay truthful and loyal, and needless to say, about lasting forever.

Girls are not sure of what kind of partners they are looking for in their lives, and in fact are just looking for someone to pamper them, to give them attention... They may always seek someone more good looking, and someone better....

So, why waste your time, on these things, when you are not mature enough to handle all these yet? I know all of you are growing up, but we need to learn to handle our feelings and affections well. These are crushes, or what we call infatuation. Puppy love will rarely last long...

If this is distracting you from your studies, then sad to say, all your goals of wanting to share A* and As can never be achieved...

Likewise for games... If you spend more time on them than on your family, friends and studies, then, sad to say, you are addicted to games. In a way, you have become a slave to games... The game is your master, and you are serving him by playing with him everyday...

When you spend more time on games, you are spending less time on studies, and on family and friends... So, how do we get good results? Who can we blame?

Dear children, I hope you can understand why I am saying all these. See for yourselves, if I am wrong to tell you all these... CA 1 would have been a wake-up call to many of you... and I hope you learn from your mistakes, don't repeat them.

It is alright to make mistakes, but never alright to repeat them!