brats...

been silently lurking in my s'porean nieces' blogs for a few months now... and the more i read their postings, the more i come to see them growing up to be the typical s'porean brats! no offense to singaporeans reading this and i do hate to tag them like that, but if you're m'sian, u'll understand what i'm talking about!

the younger niece, K, the more active blogger, is such a sweet kid in person. sure, she's beginning to put on some snobbish and pratronizing airs typical of singaporeans when they're talking to m'sians (or worse if you're a filipino or indonesian, even if you're a professional and not a maid!). but generally, she still speaks with some semblance of respect for her elders and is always one of the first to give me a hug when she sees me.

but her blog persona is a totally different person. apparently vulgarities are a norm, not to mention all those bickerings, bitch rants, blog wars, name callings etc that goes on between her classmates and her. and it seems that no one is spared. classmates, teachers, parents, siblings, maid... i don't recall me and my lot being so bitchy and so drama in our primary years... or maybe my memory is failing me? hehe...

on the other hand, C, the older niece, is on the brink of adolescence. even tho' just a periodic blogger, her posts are showing some disturbing early signs of a troubled teenager. tho' not very serious (yet!), but it definitely needs attention.

i wonder if their mom is reading all these posts. sometimes i feel compeled to point her to these insights into her daughters' lives. but then again, it could all be just online personas they put up for themselves in front of their friends. maybe it's cool to spew crude words left and right... maybe it's to draw the attention that they feel is so lacking in their lives...

oh, and all those love, romances, crushes, heartaches, breakups, etc... they sure start early nowadays (primary 3 for niece K???). gosh, do they actually STUDY in school?


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