"Skill comes from diligence."
Exactly.

Finally, I've got something to say when people say I'm tyco ;D

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What exactly is one of the toughest job in Singapore?

As a sixteen year old, I believe there are so much more I need to discover.

In this society, there are many kinds of people. If I were to name what I know, I bet it's gna be a long post (because I will run out of vocab =X)... There was once, an uncle came up to me while I was working, and asked, "What exactly are you here for?" I answered him, "to help my mum? To work?" He told me, "No. You're here to experience what's life outside (and he began laughing)." Then he walked away.

Many teens feel that they only work for the sake of working - because they want to earn money, so that they can spend it themselves. That reminds me of an auntie who told me in Hokkien, "Wah good right, work for your mum, can earn money... My daughter is also working now. And the money she earn is also not enough for her own spendings, haha!" I smiled at her, and told her, "Oh I don't take any money from her", and grinned. I guess she was quite embarrassed then, as she stopped laughing and walked away.

Sometimes I feel that it's a little pointless to work this way (after all, what a teen wants most is the ability to get what they want with their own means isn't it. The ability to have something that truly belongs to them). However, when I start thinking how that can help to lighten my Mum's burden, I hold no prejudice...

Oh and there was once, when we finally clear the crowd, a Grandma came up to me and said, "You must study and work hard, don't spend your next life working in this line... Go out there and earn big bucks. This job is very tough and tiring..." I was almost at the verge of relieving the tears welled up in my heavy eyebags. What have I achieved so far?

But sometimes, I wonder whether I've said or done the right thing for her... On some Thursdays, I'll 'take my time off' and join the girls in their trainings (because I missed it), then help my Mum in the afternoon. But then, I'll feel guilty because no one is there to lend her a helping hand, to lend her a listening ear, and to talk to her...

Who wants to lead this kind of life? Having to work out there without the help of her 'ill' husband, paying for every bills, paying for her husband's debts, giving little of her hard-earned money to her jobless daughter, worrying for her sons, and leaving no money to herself?

Onlookers may not realize how tiring and tough the job is, but beholders do.
And I believe, what she's doing is one of the toughest job.
And I believe, my Mum is one of the most gung ho (tough) woman in this world.
However, even the most gung ho person on Earth will break down one day...


I'm so glad, God have sent her a sensible daughter, who will be there to look after her.

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