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That is Rodrick - my neighbour's son. Well, Rodrick loves to come over to my house and he loves to plunge right into my bed. He loves playing with my 'Stuby(s)'. Well initially I did like Rodrick and my neighbours alot but then right now, I am like starting to loathe Rodrick's dad's typical mentality. Well Rodrick's parents are from India and they are the typical Catholic-Christians so you can imagine how conservative they are. I mean things were good initially but this year I was involved in a talkshow on Vasantham and the discussion was on 'male chauvinism' in the contemporary Indian families in Singapore. I really despise male chauvinists and it is my contention that male chauvinism is still prevalent in our contemporary society - let alone the Indian families. So I did bear my thoughts out in that show. So my neighbour - Rodrick's dad watched the programme and he kept emphasising on how I had highlighted about "girls going out after 11pm". I mean I replied to one of the comments from the participant and asked him why was it wrong for a girl to go out after 11pm - I wanted to know his POV. But my neighbour apparently thinks he could have argued in favour of the seniors and would have increased the validity and depth of the argument.

So I went over to my neighbour's house one day and I was playing with Rodrick and chatting with his Mom when the Dad started the conversation and asked me why girls should go out after 11pm. So I replied that it's up to the respective individual to go out at whatever time they want to and we shouldn't even be segregating the respective sexes in this issue. I mean so what if a girl goes out after 11pm ? That's her own liberty - right ?. But my neighbour dismissed my argument and insisted that it's wrong for a girl to go out after 11pm and it's alright for a guy to go out after 11pm. I was like "uncle, sorry but you're displaying tinge of male chauvinism here" and he went like "no, no matter what guys are guys and girls are girls and only a guy can go out after 11pm. Anyways what is so productive about going out at 11pm ?". Honestly, at that juncture red hot hammers were working inside my head. I was ready to explode - with arguments peppered with alot of rage. But the wife stopped us from arguing any further and he went off to shower.

Ok honestly, when you go out, you either go out to study/work/invest or whatever and that is considered a productive mode of operation. Or you can go out for entertainment alone. I mean how can you see productivity in entertainment ?. I mean yes, happiness increases your endorphin level and all and we can reserve our argument about that at this moment but honestly, why is productivity the main concern here ?. We should enjoy as much as we slog, right ?. So what's his whole argument about ?. Like I know this may sound vulgar or crude but does he engages in sexual intercourse with his wife based on productivity alone ? If that is the case, then she should be giving birth every year. But c'mon - isn't that done for your own pleasure as well ?. So what is so productive about that ?. I swear such irritating Indian expatriate should just stick to their own country or if they choose to work in another country, I believe you should fucking understand our culture and norms.

So very recently he gave a sarcastic comment in the midst of a joke. He mentioned that my mom shouldn't have allowed me to partake in a talkshow on TV because I am a girl and he indirectly said that her upbringing needs some revision. I swear I was fucking pissed and I looked at my mom and she told me not to react with her non-verbal facial cues and I consented to her request with alot of bottled up rage. I mean firstly, who the FUCK do you think you are to give such comments. I mean it wouldn't take me a millisecond to respond back with even more sarcasm. Seriously, such fuckers don't deserve sympathy. I mean I don't want problems and so I tame my own irritation but please, I cannot sell my self-respect or my parent's respect in this issue. So he spoke so 'greatly' about my parent's upbringing - so what about the way they're currently bringing up Rodrick ?. He runs to people's houses just like that, goes to their rooms and messes up the whole house. He even broke a glass in my house, messed up the whole house by spilling the powder bottle, spilled water, broke the plug in my house and many more. The best part is, he is diagnosed with ADHD and the mom actually brings him to school and sits through his school (because he cannot be controlled) and he screams his lungs out from 9am all the way until about 11.30pm. I am not exaggerating here but I am serious. Like if he wants something and the parents don't give it to him - for instance, let's say he wants his dad's phone and the dad refuses to pass it to him and Rodrick would scream his lungs out until his parents pass the phone to him. Well at this juncture, the parents should and can discipline him but apparently, they love him too much to reprimand him. Like WTF ?. Your inability to discipline your child is showing in the way he behaves and trust me, it's AWFUL. Like for an instance, there was once he opened the refrigerator in their house and pulled out a bowl of some condiments and it spilled all over the house and the Mom had mopped the house that day and yet, they didn't chide or reprimand him for his misdeeds instead all they did was "Rodrick why are you doing this ?. I just mopped the house right ?" - in Tamil. Whatever.

I LOVE kids, I really do. It's like my friends always say that I'm a baby magnet because I can always end up playing with every babies/toddlers without any difficulties - I'm even known to have played with babies/toddlers who don't easily open up to people. But for the very first time in my life, I feel like slapping the bitch out of Rodrick. He is cute and I love him but I hate the way he screams his lungs out and is just growing up without any discipline. I swear I feel like giving him a tight slap across his face. But well, haiz. This is really sad because I will never ever get angry with kids but .... gosh.


Bottled Mucus


Actually I was looking around for a picture with mucus but I got disgusted as I chanced upon the Google images and I am certain that alot of you would easily lose your appetite if I had posted those pictures. Hahhaa, see - I'm being such a sweetheart here.

A team recently made some studies based on the interaction between the mucus produced by the intestines and the immune system and it is revealed that it can be used to calm the immune responses. The lead researcher Mr Cerutti mentioned that mucus has the ability to dampen the immune reaction in a specific type of immune cell which may activate the respective immune response. So isn't that cool ?. So right now, the researchers are looking to see if mucus can be used to treat bowel disorders, asthma and other forms of allergies, aggressive tumours eg, colon, ovarian and breast cancer as they produce mucus known as MUC2 and those mucus act as a counter responsive agent because the mucus produced by the malignant cells may prevent protective immune responses against the malignant cells itself. So right now, the researchers are working to see if they can artificially synthesise mucus or create a drug bearing the same effect and stimulate the same reaction in the human body. I mean mucus is readily produced by the body and there are no issues of "rejection" by the cells. Howsoever, this study is still in its infant stage and the researchers are working on it. So the studies pertaining to mucus is very limited and so, I believe it would take a decade or lesser for researchers to come up with a conclusion. So will this hypothesis come true ?. 

See I told you, never underestimate the power of knowledge and inquiry. With advanced knowledge, anything is almost possible. "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure" - one of my favourite phrase/quote from the 'Harry Potter' book. 

Vithiya 'Vitz'

11 Jan 1987

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Manchester United

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