Up in smoke

Well, well, 4 weeks have passed since I've started school. Can't really remember the things that have happened over the month, I think I also forgot 50% of the lecture. I'm like virtually taking blank stares at the tutorial questions and trying to remember if I ever learnt it like 2-3 days ago. On the other hand, I really thank God that He has sustained me through this month, can't really tell when I'll fall sick with all the early mornings and late nights, thank Him for preserving my health up till now, for He is the giver of breath. Imagine if you don't take in your next breath, I guess you might not live till the next minute.

Reading the papers about Singapore becoming a gracious society, something I saw today got me really thinking if all these talks were just rubbish. I saw a mother with two kids boarding her car after a coffee break at Coffee Bean abt 20 metres away, she was holding a ice-blended coffee cup. After tucking her two kids into the car, she got into the driver's seat. Then, the most unreal thing happened. She placed her empty cup on the pavement, closed the door, buckled up and drove off!! I was like flabbergasted!! The nearest dustbin was like only less than 10 metres from the car!! Now I am wondering what kind of a mother is that, doing such a 'uncivilised' act in front of her own kids, what kind of moral values will she be teaching her kids? Are we a gracious society because our government says so? Or are we a gracious society because as human beings, it's our responsibility to keep places clean, treat everyone as how everyone ought to treat us, learn about empathy. This issue really bothers me, I often think about the moral values that my parents and primary school teachers used to teach me, have they really, in this age of rapid economic developement and globalisation, GONE UP IN SMOKE??