I will NEVER want a playboy because I love and respect myself, and I certainly deserve a worthy and faithful man.
 

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Social Work

I just read an article in the Straits Times (dated 6 Jul 2013), entitled The Price of Not Raising Social Workers' Pay. I like what the writer (Ms Ang Bee Lian) has written. Incidentally, the writer is the Chief Executive of the National Council of Social Service.

 

In the article, Ms Ang wrote about the 'personal risk many social workers undertake when they work in difficult situations where they intervene to protect vulnerable people...' This brought to my mind an incident that happened years ago when I visited a totally blind elderly client, who lived with a mentally ill son. During the visit, her son suddenly came out of the kitchen with a knife and aimed it at me. Fortunately, nothing happened. Another personal risk that social workers may face is the possibility of being raped. (I have heard about social workers being raped in Hong Kong.)

 

Besides personal risk, social workers may also face sexual harassment. Personally, I have experienced that on many occasions. :( It can be a mental torture. :(

 

I'd like to quote part of the last paragraph in the article:-

 

The question should not be whether we can afford to pay social workers a competitive wage, but whether we can afford not to, and leave social issues and social injustice to fester...

 

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最疼你的男人



~ 什么都分享，什么都不奇怪 （Elaine Tan 在她的脸书上分享了这句话）

我非常同意。。。最疼你的男人最会让你感动、最会保护你，也最不会让别人欺负你、最不会让你心痛。。。

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Hmmm

The day before yesterday, I met a dirty old man. Yesterday, I met another one. It seems that the older a man gets, the more 'sick' he becomes. :(

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简单的幸福

看着粉红色的玫瑰花，感觉好好。。。开心 :D。。。 粉红色是我非常喜欢的颜色 :D。。。

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