Monday, June 2, 2008 •
& spongebob is cute 5:53 PM
May be you think, I am scared of bees and dentists. Now, I no longer am afraid of them. Now I am afraid of Human Terror.Last night, I dreamt of perhaps the worst dream I have ever dreamt of. It was silent reading time in the hall. Pretty normal scenario, huh? "Bang! Bang! Bang! We have got the building surrounded. You would not want to make a noise or move!"We all heard this really nasty voice. Sounded pretty much like my Japanese course teacher... That accent. A few of us were really scared. I too was. But I wasn't expressing it. I mean I am the girl in da class. I am not supposed to be scared.We look around and see Japanese. In their military suits. With riffles and bayonets! Why are they here? Screams. More gunshots. School is hijacked. Everyone is so scared. Then I realise I need to elope. I need to secure my life. Secretly, I manage to slip out unnoticed. At this point of time, I see another boy who also managed to slip out like me. But we chose different routes to get out of the second floor. He chose the stairs which leads to the canteen. I chose to take the stairs via the staffroom (the long passageway behind the flagpoles in the quadrangle). As soon as I cross the entrance to the staffroom (the door which Mrs Goh uses), I noticed a Japanese soldier stationed there. I decided to turn back. Too late! That chap notices me. I decided to play innocent. I pretended to just walk around. That guy eyes me. I am too scared. "Erm...Hi uncle! nice shirt!" these words came out of my mouth. I know it sounds nooby, but what will you do when you face death in the eye? "Bye little girl. Your shirt's nice. But only for now," he said coldly. He takes out a knife. Upon seeing that, I run with all my life! That guy runs behind me too. At this point of time, I wake up. I look at my watch. It is 3.45 am in the morning. There is a saying between the old folks that the dreams seen in the morning comes true. Will this...? I don't dare to think about it. It is a super scary dream! I don't ever want to dream about it! But people actually went through this during 1942 and 1945! How did they feel? I mean, I am just dreaming. I can snap out of it anytime. But those people couldn't just snap out. They had to live through it. I am only dreaming of these. People out there are living through this. They are experiencing nightmares every moment. All these happened during:The Japanese Occupation (1942-1945)World War II (1942-1945)World War ICivil WarsRegular wars between India and Pakistan over Kashmir eg. Kargil War 2001.When I have mentioned about the regular wars about India and Pakistan, let me go deeper into this. They have wars over Kashmir. Though Kashmir has been split in to 2 for them. They are not contented with half of Kashmir. They want the whole of Kashmir. Kashmir is supposed to be heaven on earth. The views are breath-taking. I heard it is a splendid place. But the 2 nations have turned this heaven into a battlefield. Blood everywhere.Wait there are side-effects! Kashmiris (people of Kashmir) have been influenced by the wars. Kashmiris are turning in to terrorists. I always wanted to see Kashmir. But my parents warn me. You never know when or where a bomb is blasted. Not only a natural beauty is being destroyed, but lives are being lost. Sigh....But why are humans being like that? They can contribute so much to the human race. People such as Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Lee Kuan Yew are model humans (nobody is perfect). But why are people like Saddam Hussain, Hitler, Osaman bin Laden are....like....that? What Influences them? Religion? Those people can be more vicious than the most deadliest snake (kills in less than 2 seconds). They make innocents suffer and suffer. Then they slow-poison those people and eventually kill them. So mean! To conclude, Human Terror is the worst Terror.
