She said she felt bad.. expecting her old mother who has impaired hearing to live for maybe another 7 years, she wasn't for the idea of getting her mother a more comfortable pair of hearing aid. Why? Cos its gonna cost alot more. its not going o be worthwhile. Then if I didnt hear wrongly, her mother wanted to go for some medical treatment in order to hear properly, her sister-in-law agreed to bring the mother there (including paying the medical fees). But last min, no one was able to go with the poor old lady and she was called to take leave to accompany her mother. She was furious. She thought these other siblings who were for that medical treatment and were their own bosses should take leave to accompany the mother but they didnt, pushing the responsibility to her who is just a staff. And of cos if she were to bring her there, she got to pay, $1600 in total. She was reluctant but in the end she paid while her brother was called up by her father to bring the poor old mother to the doctor. The siblings went uncontactable when asked if they would like to split the medical fee and asked for the mother's condition after the treatment. She said her parents had 11 children..

Why do you have to pay when in the 1st place u were not for that idea?
Sometimes the elderly can be quite a burden hur...
- these coming from her colleague, my supervisor.

i was distressed to hear this heartless and senseless account in the office from people who are older, married, with children, someone with status, someone whom you look up to. Can you imagine if YOUR own children think and give you the same treatment? The very thought of thinking that her mother might just live for another few years and hence does not deserve the few thousand dollars hearing aid is by itself a scary thought. what a 'filial' child she was hur.. she was one of those who was reluctant just that she was 'forced' into a situation where she has to do what her siblings refuse to, still.. what makes her different from her siblings man..

Money issues... they really bring out the very evilness in all man, yet we can still stand upright and proclaim how noble we are, how kind we are, how righteous we are.. People usually look at the achievements and outward expressions to determine a person's worth and 'niceness', how wrong are we...

It reminds me of what God says about man after the fall... his precious creation suffering the effects of sin...
"Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." Romans 1:28-32

Its an irony how quickly and firmly people (that includes adults whom most think are mature) hold on to falsehood and dwell in the things that are blantantly wrong. They continue to do what is wrong or sometimes may not be right to achieve wealth, status, for the sake of pleasure and to escape certain consequences which they think would not benefit them; even when they know their conscious has been pricking them hard.

Then again, after all talks, these people will ignore and justifiy their way by saying its my life anyway. Yeah.. its your choice, just that when you choose the wrong way, be prepared to face your deserving consequences.