There’s this pretty enthralling Taiwanese program shown on Channel U on Saturdays 1.30pm where the hosts would be private investigators (PI) for the week and help callers who request them to spy on their friends/spouses etc. because of their abnormal behaviors.
Previous episodes have shown the typical problems such as infidelity and bad social influences.
This week’s episode was on spousal abuse, which was pretty tragic.
The aunt, who called the TV station, had noticed bruise marks on her niece’s body. On the outside, friends and family members have known them to be a loving couple. But this affectionate appearance hides the ugly secret of spousal abuse.
How like a woman, to be pathetically loyal to the author of her misery.
It has always puzzled me as to how a wife/girlfriend could tolerate an abusive partner. A man, who could be bad-tempered and abusive one moment, and lovey-dovey the next.
Is it because women are drawn to such men because of their need to be responsible for and nurture someone who has problems? And time after time the man promises to change and she clings to such hopes?
Or is it because they see themselves as dutiful wives, who should be nurturing, submissive to the man, (who’s the head of the household)?
But whatever the reason is, spousal abuse is certainly heart-rending and deplorable.
(at Sentosa Asian Village)
Probably the easiest money-making job which I have gotten this holidays. Helped out an events management company for $50 in conducting an amazing race competition on Sentosa and all I had to do was to station myself at Asian Village for 4 hours and wait for teams to come to me!
But the most interesting part was after reaching home, I found out from a friend that the abandoned Asian Village was supposedly haunted.
According to the Singapore Paranormal Investigators website, the story has it that when the Asian Village was still operating, the staff had heard eerie noises and the security guards complained about the Viking and the carosel moving by themselves at night. Other strange things happened as well but were kept hush because of it being a tourist attraction.
The management then engaged a few monks from Thailand who commented that there were many spirits in the bamboo forest beside the village. Hence, there is a statue of the heavenly kings holding a white rope to prevent the spirits from entering.
Hmmm. To think me and lilin were sitting inside the abandoned Asian village by ourselves playing bingo and entertaining ourselves with some song-and-dance routines the entire afternoon... haha.
Kennyster @
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The Unpretty
Kenny Loh
23
Formerly from Dunman High, VJC and formerly a proud member of the 2SIR 11th mono Alpha Company Apache warriors.
Currenly a 3rd year student at the Singapore Management University.
I'm into books, pool, soccer & conversation (by day), justice, honour & vengeance (by night).
Constantly on the lookout for crimelords, deformed megalomaniacs and women.
