You know, kids can be really mean. I mean, just today I found out that my eight year old cousin is being bullied by this random-butt girl for the past two weeks. Not sure how much of this is true considering she's not the most reliable narrator, but this other little girl who is new to her school for some reason just happened to pick my baby cousin as her punching bag or whatever. She's been calling her stupid & other names which really shouldn't be uttered by any eight year old. And like most girls, she has her own clique who unsurprisingly follow in her footsteps in bullying my cousin. When I asked her why has the girl been bullying her, her response was:
"I don't know. I never did anything to her. I don't even know her because she's new & from a different class, but she always comes over to me & calls me names & make fun of me & call me ugly."
I mean, wow. How is this even a thing? Kids.
I feel really bad for my baby cousin though. Sure she's not the most proper or quiet little girl around, but I sincerely doubt she deserves this kind of treatment from some other basic floozy. Irregardless of their ages. Really is a shame.
Side note: FINALS ARE OVER!!!!!!!
*dances around merrily*
Ugh! The end of finals was literally the only thing I was looking forward to this week. And semester break. But hey, wouldn't you know it? Apparently, we're not going to have any semester break! Why? Who the heck knows! What we do know, is that this really sucks! And that's just sad. Semester break was the one thing the whole class was looking forward to. Then, *poof* No more. The level of freaking out by everybody was too dang high! Not to mention, pretty darn hilarious.
Hmm, well, I guess the only other thing to truly look forward to this month is our country's Independence Day. Although, to be quite honest, it feels as though it's going to be a really bittersweet celebration this year.
I mean, sure, 57 years!!! Woo! But with the tragedies that hit us this year, it just doesn't seem like a grand celebration is the way to go, you know? Just last week, we finally had the first 16 bodies from the MH17 tragedy flown in & buried on Malaysian soil. Gosh, let me tell you, just watching the live broadcast of the event was enough to bring me to tears, no joke. We had minute of silence on campus & you can feel how somber the mood was. The news coverage, newspaper articles & stream of tweets was overwhelming. Physically & emotionally. And tomorrow *or rather, today* we'll be getting the third stream of bodies. Ugh. Just typing that down feels so utterly wrong.
Regardless, it's finally nice for the family & friends of the victims to have some form of closure & being able to bury their bodies back home. It's truly unfortunate that that's the last & only way they'll be able to reach home. Truly is a terrible week/month/year of mourning for our country.
Our hearts & prayers go out to the families & friends of the victims of MH17, as well as to the souls of said victims. May they rest in peace. Al-fatihah.
Gosh, this post got depressing pretty fast. But yes, Independence Day. Am I looking forward to it? For some unfathomable reason, *though this is my default feeling when it comes to our country's independence* yes, yes I am. Do I feel right in wanting to celebrate it as much as I do? That remains to be seen. But if we can through everything that's been thrown at us so far, I'm pretty sure some form of celebration dedicated to our beloved country is a great way to boost unity & morale.
Malaysians for the win!
xoxo