All this fuss about pure breds. It's extended to humans. I used to read hopelessly romantic novels where the heroines have pure bred dogs/horses/sheeps/cows/bats/birds/etc etc. And only the beautiful, the famous & the rich can afford such luxuries in those times.

Then there was the craze over dogs/cats/chihuahuas/fishes & what nots being pure bred not so long ago. I once witness an uncle asking the aquarium owner "Eh, this luo han pure anot?" Siao! As if the owner will know if that particular fish's parents are of the same species. I mean how do you even decipher which is which? How do you tell the Malay fish from the Chinese fish? Or the angmog dog from the indian dog? Or the Jap cat from the Persian cat? Fine. Maybe I can distinguish the Persian thing. But seriously, is purity so important?

Now you get people asking you "Oh so are you a pure ACSian/Rafflesian/HwaChongsian/Any-branded-school-sian?" Seriously, what's their problem? I really feel like digging my fingers right into their ears and clean their brains. Well...supposedly the ears connect to your brains...whateva. The point I'm driving at is the "sian" thing.

It must be the government's fault. Coz a diploma holder and a cert holder get different pay for the same job. Eg. a rubbish job of a teacher. The degree prick gets, say $1800. The diploma loser gets $1500. That's what this Government is telling us. They may drum up as much hoopla about people recongnising diplomas, they may propose that diploma holders get jobs easily.

BUT at the end of the publicity, their own departments see only your paper qualifications. The minister's very kind. "You got diploma you work office boy lor." "You got degree ar! Wah! Congrats you're part of the company staff!" Now, "Double Wah! You scholar ar! You Manager le la. No need slog la!" Where is the "we accept each individual"shit? The government's contradictiing themselves. All these paper shit. Its just a paper anyway. Just a useless paper.

& I'm contradicting myself. If its just a paper, why am I digging my insides out to turn in quality grade papers to pass a decent A-level?

No. I think its coz the government has taught me well.

Well. They want pure bred. I can TRY to be one.