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Sunday, April 17, 2005 / 10:32 PM

Well yesterday was a wonderful day till I chanced upon the channel U news at 11pm, more specifically, the feature on how people are getting increasingly prone to abnormal behaviour when under stress. The above, seems like a no-brainer, and you say, "Anybody under stress will display an anomaly in their behaviour! Do we still need you to tell us, LHC? Go back and sleep! Shoo!" However, as their (the channel U news<-- which actually belongs to the whole big monopoly of news network body known as channel news asia) case study features, more people, adults and teenagers alike are unable to handle relationship problems and are resorting to violent acts towards others and themselves. To put it simply, people experiencing relationship problems (henceforth referred as PERPs<-- People Experiencing Relationship Problems) are either trying to kill others or trying to kill themselves.

I am most definitely not saying that ALL PERPs are psychotic killers and have the violent seed in them, only those under stress and unable to handle them properly and channel their anger/angst/unhappiness/unfairness/vengefulness/self-pity and other negative feelings into correct channels. PERPs are common. People get into relationship problems all the time. However, those that are not able deal with such strong feelings should seek immediate PROFESSIONAL HELP before they turn into menaces of society as shown on the news feature.

For the benefit of those who did not catch the 11pm news as I did, here is a brief breakdown.

Case Study of Hong Kong citizens (I feel that this actually applies to all industrialized cities, rather than HK only): Recent reports show that HK citizens are unable to deal with increasing stress, most of which comes from relationship problems, specifically break-ups, and are turning towards violent social behaviour, i.e. throwing of belongings off high-rise buildings thus posing danger to those innocent passers-by [in chinese, gao1 lou2 pao1 wu4] and suicide. For the case of dangerous litter, the camera zoomed in on debris on the ground, which happens to include a CHOPPER. Nope, not chopper as in helicopter chopper, but as in those cleaver chopper. That is absolutely insane! If you want to die, by all means go ahead and kill yourself. Do not throw stuff like a cleaver down which may actually hit a bright student with an illustrious future; that is murder, even though it may be unintentional. Such debris took 7 huge dustbins to clear. The camera then showed this guy in action, whose face was pixellated, throwing his mattress (at least a double) down and jumping down two or three floors himself despite the fire fighting force shooting great jets of water at him to prevent him from jumping. He landed on an inflated air mattress (the irony) and was wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher.

We have to come to terms with the fact that no relationship is smooth sailing and hitches and quarrels are most common between couples. The more you care about each other, the more you tend to disagree with your counterpart's opinions and behaviour. It is done with the loving notion that you hope your partner will change for the better. Hence let the games begin.

Let us all examine how much of your life your love relationship takes up. After deducting the area taken by your survival instincts, your religion (if it applies), your family, your studies (if it applies), your work (if it applies), your friends, your leisure, what is left is not really significant. Ok. Wait, you say. I have not experienced it so I do not understand. Fair enough. I'll try again. No matter how great/consuming your love life is, it will never be equal to your entire life. Never. Large part of, yes, maybe, (none for some even), but NEVER your whole life. NEVER. nevernevernevernervernever. It is only part of your social life, especially true for those engaged in courtship rituals.

Fine. I'm boring you. Yes I got it. Next time there will be more interesting topics. And Yes. Try not to rant. Yeah, Ok. I love you all too. Till next time then.


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