Went out to Midvalley yesterday, planning to watch Ghost Rider with Izma. She asked me to pick her computer table from a Lowyat.net forumer at Taman Seputeh first. Settled the transaction at 9:45 am, then I headed to Midvalley. Entering and searching for parking spot was a breeze, I even got a parking spot right next to the door to the shopping mall. Guess not many KL people wake up early in the morning on holiday or because they had not come back from vacation. 10:15am, Midvalley was deserted. Shops were not yet opened, some of them were closed the whole day due to Chinese New Year holiday. Several of them were just starting their business, with staffs cleaning and sweeping the shops. Headed straight to GSC, also not many people around. I kinda like the scenario, where not many people around. Guess like after the whole week stressed up with work, my mind craved for peace and serenity.
Had my breakfast at the McD nearby, McValue Breakfast Meal no 4 to be exact. Sausage muffin with egg, hash brown and tea. Not worth the monetary value, but then I didn't have any other choice. Picked up my meal, grabbed a copy of MYC magazine on the way and headed upstairs to enjoy the food. A couple were having their breakfast also, I guessed they too wanted to watch movie afterwards. Everyone minded their own business, and me happily leafing through the magazine while eating my hash brown. It was peaceful, with only background noise that was not really noticeable.
Not long after, my peaceful breakfast was disturbed by 2 girls (just finished school I guess) next to me. Typical KL girl, with their fancy dressing, loud mouth and all. Being me who prefer to avoid the problem than to face it head on (if possible), I was just ready to pack my meal and sit elsewhere. But suddenly, I changed my mind. I know this blog is not updated regularly, so I thought heck, why not I just stay and listen to what these girls are gossiping about. It might give me some idea on what to blog, and boy was I true..
The conversation was quite boring at first, sharing stories about school subjects and grades bla..bla.. I'm too old and I left school quite a long time to find those stories interesting. Then the usual girl's topic, shopping+hand bag+branded shoes+make ups and what not. Then came the interesting topic, boys. One of them was blabbering about her colleague who were treated like rubbish at home. To summarize the story, the boy's family is rich. His father was an MD at one factory, and the boy is currently working at the factory as production staff. He goes to work everyday with his uncle who is also working there, and since the uncle is the manager of the factory so it's usual for him to come a bit late. Well obviously the boy also arrives late everyday, and due to the fact he is the son of the factory's MD no one dares to say a word about it. But then his father scolds him everyday for him being late to work, and to make matters worst it is the same story at home. He is scolded by his mom saying he is useless and all, but he never say a word about it and dutifully do his chores like washing the dishes etc. Oh additional, the boy is not allowed to go out once it is dark.
The girls were very upset and mad to the boy's family, treating him like that and all. Two arguments they said that made me think how different it is for someone who is just finished secondary school and doesn't have any working experience yet with someone who has stepped into 9-5 (9-6 in my case) world.
1. The boy goes to work with his uncle, and since his uncle goes to work late it is not the boy's fault that he also arrives late to work (his father tells him to go with his uncle).
2. The boy should just run away from home because he's treated like rubbish anyway although he does his house chores.
Listening to these girls, I couldn't help myself to smile how big the difference between them and me. How I would have also thought like them when I was at their age. Well I guess working life changes me a lot. It teaches me the concept of responsibility, which for me is the root cause of every action we take. For every action there must be reaction. These girls failed to realize that whether the boy is the MD's son, he is the company's staff. Like it or not, he has to adhere to the company's rules and regulations. It's not the company's problem that he arrives late due to his uncle is late everyday. Pity the boy who fails to take different actions to ensure he is not late everyday, but pity more to the girls who blame the wrong person in this case. As for me, the boy's father acts in a professional way as what the company requires, just like what Saidina Umar did when he discovered his son committed adultery. Professionalism plays a big thing once you're working, and if you can maintain your professionalism I'm sure you are going to be company's favorite.
On the second argument, I think the boy does the right thing. Why would he run away from home just because he is treated like rubbish? Well for me, it is not mistreatment at all. The family still gives him food and shelter. What the boy just need to do is act like nothing happen and play deaf. You run away and you don't have constant supply of food and shelter, but if you play deaf to all those nasty words you still have food and shelter. Heck, I'd choose option 2 any given day. Just play along with the tempo, save enough money and when your financial is stable then only you run away.
I don't know whether it is teenager's thinking or what. I guess after being introduced to working environment, I begin to accept the concept of professionalism and responsibility. Or is it just freaky me who thinks 3 steps ahead for every action I take, I don't know..
By the way, Ghost Rider gets a 5 out of 10 by me. Great CGI, but miserable story. For movie review, search the goddamn Internet. Google is created for a reason.
(blogging while listening to Whenever I May Roam by Metallica)
