i generally don't read blogs that don't belong to friends or people i know, but shu min's has been blown out of proportion. apparently, her views are representative of all teenagers who think they're elitist, but why people are making such a big deal out of it is because her father is an MP, and we all know kids of important people should behave better than the rest of us.

if you take away the unnecessary emotion and adjectives, i tend to agree with her basic premise for argument- that success comes to those who work for it. i think it would be great if once in a while daimonds fall from heaven, or we get the easy breaks which we don't truly deserve, but everybody knows that shortcuts are few and far between. if you want something, you should put in the effort; and if you can't bring yourself to, then stop whining.

i think our big problem is that we are a society which complains too much. we enjoy making a fuss out of small things, the reasons for which i can only see as: 1. we have too little drama in our lives, and 2. we like the sound of our own voice. as for me, i certainly belong to the latter group, which is why i upload my words onto this little outpost for my ego which we call a blog. nobody asks you to read it, but if you'd like to you're welcome to go ahead. you're also welcome to be offended by what i say, but remember that this is my opinion and i will not apologise if you think otherwise. go have your own say; it's not like i could care less. likewise, i think that if that derek wee guy sees fit to publicly announce and bemoan his state of affairs, then he should be prepared to take whatever comes back his way. this is the real world man, don't let your own shots fly and then expect others to treat you with kit-gloves.

but anyway, the thing that struck me most about her post wasn't the strength of her opinion, but rather, the immaturity of her writing. people are right to say that she comes off as elitist and bratty, and i'm embarrassed to have her associated with rj. her private thoughts might be shared by many a student from the so-called 'top' schools, but fewer of these are dumb enough to to make these known to the public, and even fewer can afford the frivolity of actually constructing what makes for a decent argument and then peppering it with phrases like 'get out of my uncaring elistist face' which betray the typical juvenile behind the words.

i understand that not everyone is as smart or well-off as she is, but the point is that intelligence an wealth are also relative quantities, so what's the sense in hating those who 'complement' you? if the minimum wage became $1000 per month, lots of people would be making more money, but they wouldn't necessarily be getting any richer in comparison to their peers. we can't all be geniuses and drive big cars, because what fun would there be in that? life is a competition in which you sometimes come out on top, while other times you are only a spectator to the glory of others. but i also believe that things have a way of evening themselves out, and we will all get what we deserve eventually. i don't understand why people can't just sit back and count their blessings, instead of despising those who have less.

so we are not all as insensitive and unmindful, us 'elitist' kids.