loner's heaven

Papers don't rust. They only decay, Ken.

"So what if i got more certs, trophy of appreciation than other ppl, its still biodegradable afterall. One day it will still rust and termites will eat them."

I was going through Ken's blog when I spotted this interesting little point. haha.

But coming back to the real deal, I noticed this little section somewhere talking about the discrimination of the fat people in the Singaporean society.

I beg to differ.

As a firm believer of the line "Your fate is in your own hands", I have always fought for my own rights and has never subjected myself to any forms of discrimnation and neither do I further victimise myself by saying "Yes, what they say is true. I really cannot do it. I won't try anymore from now on. Let's give up."

I don't know why Ken is saying this, but I would like to recall one of the incidents where Kenneth and I were going to buy a shirt for his first clubbing experience.

We almost went around the whole Singapore to look for a freaking shirt for him, because there's no shirt size. At that point in time, I can finally understand how he feels.

"You will really feel the pain, when you're on the receiving side of the cane." was what he wrote there in his blog. How true.

But let me tell you one thing.

In the army, the people from the Dragon and Eagles company, (by the way, people in these two companies are obese people), cannot run, they can only walk or march, jumping, maybe yes, maybe no. From their company to the cookhouse, they have to march all the way in. By the time they reach the cookhouse, their shirts are normally wet with sweat.

However, people still respect them. Despite their size, knowing that they would never win when it comes to physical activities, they can still do what they are best at. They sing loudly when they are marching, they try to do things as quickly as possible, they don't walk on the parade square. (Even when they are allowed to) They always win in the BMTC games day. They are united. They look out for one another. They encourage one another.

These might seem to be the simplest task that can be easily done, but you don't normally see it happening in the other companies. I don't know why, but maybe it's because they suffer the same discrimination, so they understand each other better. They will always try to see things from another person's point of view.

My sergeants always use them as a point of reference to push us by saying, "Are you all sure you want to lose to these fat fucks?! Are you sure you want to humiliate yourself? Those fat fucks can sing louder than you all! Look at them! Even though they cannot do pull-ups, they still try! What about you?! Are you sure you want to give up?!"

From the way I see it, these so-called "Fat fucks" are mentally stronger than anyone of us here. Because they never give up in fighting the society's discrimination against them.

posted by yang @ 4:25 PM