Babies are born everyday. Mothers who deliver these babies endure a very painful process. The pain, it's a burden to the mother of the child. If the mother fails to go through the process unscathed, she dies. The death serves as a burden to the newborn child.
Then, the children grow up. They go to school, they eat, and they play. Not to mention the tuition, music and art classes, not all parents can afford these expenses. So, in this case, the children are the burdens to their parents. Day by day, they grow up. They want almost every nice clothes, shoes, watches, gaming devices, cellphones, computers, leisure outings and many other ridiculous, absurd and ostentatious demands.
One day, this particular teenager got robbed by some Mat Rempits. So, he borrowed some cash from his friends. From then on, he became a burden to his friends. Then he realised the cash can't last until the end of the month, so he asked some money from his parents. Again, he's a burden to his parents. After a horrible month, he was looking for money from every possible alternative. The debts must be returned. Therefore, debts are burdens. Pathetic little boy.
After many triumphs and torments during high school, he planned to pursue his music studies in university. But then, he never knew what was happening to his family at home. The family was about to declare bankruptcy. As a result, he never made it to the music school. Instead, he had to resort for a government study loan for his academic studies. He was very disappointed to found out that he was such a heavy burden to his family in the past. A talent wasted, a burden added. His current predicament, is full of burdens.
Into the years of university, the textbooks and school fees were funded by the government loan. Back then, the economic crisis was looming. So, the financial help which government handed to the students became a burden. There were little to none which the government can do to react to the apparent petulance.
When the parents of these children grow old, and when they have their grandchildren and so on, these happenings will become the heaviest burden to their grown up - turned parents - children. At the later stage of life, people dies. This will become a real heavy burden, because a funeral might costs 10 times the amount which we can ever imagine. Below are the precise details:
Hospital bills - RM 50,000 , coffin - RM 15,000 , transportation services - RM 3,000 , burial land - RM 100,000 , cemetery paint job - RM 3,000 , funeral band - RM 5,000 , flowers - RM 100 ..... the sum amounts to RM 176,100. This amount is subjected to double because there will be 2 funerals for the parents, which will balloon to an unprecedented amount of RM 352,200.
Do you see this titanic sum now? It's a Volkswagen Golf GTi. We can't get anything back for what we paid. Instead, we pay to lose our loved ones. Life is so unfair, unjust, and it's another burden.
In a nutshell, family is a burden. Sometimes, friends are burden to each other too. A single helping hand can become a burden to both parties. So, people, think twice before getting married. Marriage causes many burdens. Humanity causes burdens. Neither I'm condoning human extinction nor discouraging marriage and raising a family. I'm advocating a sound family financial planning and a healthy environment to bring up the next generation. The message is clear, if we screw up financially, a child can be a burden to parents; and parents can be a burden to the child. When a child is brought to this world, we'll indirectly make him or her to pay a Volkswagen or a BMW in the form of our funeral. It's mad money for the poor, it's a mind boggling sum for the uncapables, and most of all, it's a burden to the child.
Then, the children grow up. They go to school, they eat, and they play. Not to mention the tuition, music and art classes, not all parents can afford these expenses. So, in this case, the children are the burdens to their parents. Day by day, they grow up. They want almost every nice clothes, shoes, watches, gaming devices, cellphones, computers, leisure outings and many other ridiculous, absurd and ostentatious demands.
One day, this particular teenager got robbed by some Mat Rempits. So, he borrowed some cash from his friends. From then on, he became a burden to his friends. Then he realised the cash can't last until the end of the month, so he asked some money from his parents. Again, he's a burden to his parents. After a horrible month, he was looking for money from every possible alternative. The debts must be returned. Therefore, debts are burdens. Pathetic little boy.
After many triumphs and torments during high school, he planned to pursue his music studies in university. But then, he never knew what was happening to his family at home. The family was about to declare bankruptcy. As a result, he never made it to the music school. Instead, he had to resort for a government study loan for his academic studies. He was very disappointed to found out that he was such a heavy burden to his family in the past. A talent wasted, a burden added. His current predicament, is full of burdens.
Into the years of university, the textbooks and school fees were funded by the government loan. Back then, the economic crisis was looming. So, the financial help which government handed to the students became a burden. There were little to none which the government can do to react to the apparent petulance.
When the parents of these children grow old, and when they have their grandchildren and so on, these happenings will become the heaviest burden to their grown up - turned parents - children. At the later stage of life, people dies. This will become a real heavy burden, because a funeral might costs 10 times the amount which we can ever imagine. Below are the precise details:
Hospital bills - RM 50,000 , coffin - RM 15,000 , transportation services - RM 3,000 , burial land - RM 100,000 , cemetery paint job - RM 3,000 , funeral band - RM 5,000 , flowers - RM 100 ..... the sum amounts to RM 176,100. This amount is subjected to double because there will be 2 funerals for the parents, which will balloon to an unprecedented amount of RM 352,200.
Do you see this titanic sum now? It's a Volkswagen Golf GTi. We can't get anything back for what we paid. Instead, we pay to lose our loved ones. Life is so unfair, unjust, and it's another burden.
In a nutshell, family is a burden. Sometimes, friends are burden to each other too. A single helping hand can become a burden to both parties. So, people, think twice before getting married. Marriage causes many burdens. Humanity causes burdens. Neither I'm condoning human extinction nor discouraging marriage and raising a family. I'm advocating a sound family financial planning and a healthy environment to bring up the next generation. The message is clear, if we screw up financially, a child can be a burden to parents; and parents can be a burden to the child. When a child is brought to this world, we'll indirectly make him or her to pay a Volkswagen or a BMW in the form of our funeral. It's mad money for the poor, it's a mind boggling sum for the uncapables, and most of all, it's a burden to the child.
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