unreasonable auntie and meaningless stereotypes / Wednesday, August 23, 2006
have nothing interesting 2 write abt.. everyday go sch n all that lor. but then not that i wanna grumble or wat but that i really find that i m somehow v unlucky? ok mayb i think too much i cant help but find that i unwittingly get myself into unfavourable situations. n i cant do anything 2 change it! today i went with my frenz to my former hall canteen to eat. we were planning 2 order frm the western food stall. we waited at the stall for some time n the assistants inside didn attend to us. i tot they didn see us so i press the bell 2 alert. no response whatsoever. the auntie inside continue doing her work.after waiting for abt 3min, my frenz say mayb she nv hear ask me press bell again. i did, the next moment i know, the auntie started scolding us that cant we see she is busy with orders? how would we know?? the canteen is nearly empty lor.. cant be that many orders right? then she can at least tell us to wait when i press the bell the 1st time! she is really rude. we nv get 2 order frm that stall coz 1 of my frenz later saw her picking a fillet from the floor n continue preparing food with tat fillet. nway tat'z just 1 incident out of a few. ahh nvm... yea as some ppl said, just take it heaven is putting me through tests and i m destined for greater things! hahahahaha!
btw, something that has been bothering me, i find that when i told ppl i m from EEE they would go like," gosh do u really take tat? it'z boring." or " So, do u know how 2 repair the lights?" i have seen ppl literally shake their heads in disgust lor.. generally the reactions r like making fun. i mean, come on, there are more to this course than dealing with light bulb and electricity. in fact, dealing with power all that is my weakest area in the course. it'z actually beginning 2 get on my nerve when i had to deal with the stereotypes that come with saying i am frm EEE. but it'z ok if ppl r just curious abt how i cope with my studies, being in a male-dominated arena. well, i have to say that going into EEE is not something that i have always dreamt abt but as i get into studying it, it sort of grows on me though i still struggle with it. yea it'z not exactly an 'in' course for girls to take but i tot it'z the 21st century? n i heard ppl saying engineering gals r nerdy and all tat. bleh.. ridiculous. there'z this social pressure that gals r not suppose to like engineering stuff, unless u r into biological or chemical? i like to believe that i take pride in whatever i study although i may not b passionate abt it. i will prefer others to respect what i study too coz it'z part of what i am. hmm hmm just think all these stereotypes r meaningless and sometimes destructive. i am against stereotypes n discrimination of any form. then again, it'z in the human nature. try as i might, i still do it without realising. dun we all?
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