Grow up!

SPM 2009 has just passed. That marks exactly 4 years since I myself was schooling.

I remember school. I remember the childishness in all of us. We were all such naive, cocky, proud and arrogant kids who thought we knew everything and can do anything. Sure, to a certain extent, we were right. We were young and the future was bright. The possibilities were endless.

4 years down the road, I look at myself, and all my friends. How we have changed.

Lots of us gained weight. Many girls, so much prettier. Guys, more hunky. That's external changes.

As for internal changes, I thought so many of us have turned out to be such pleasant people. All the assholes whom I thought would be assholes for life, are to my surprise, no longer assholes. All the "losers" who I thought had no hope, changed dramatically for the better.

So I made the assumption that as we grow older, we would all be more mature. More understanding, more compassionate, more polite and courteous. We would know more on how to behave as adults. Decent educated people in society. Most of us are now, after all, legally adults now and pursuing higher education.

Surely, we would know what we were like in school? If we were naughty or mischievous, proud and arrogant, nerdy and lifeless, quiet and timid, loud and brash. Surely, we would have by now, learnt to leash that side of us, and know, there is a place and time for everything?

I know for sure, my friends and I have. For your sake, I hope you have or will grow up soon.

I do not understand how at 21, anyone can still talk like a secondary school kid. At 21, you are no longer excused as naive. You are just plain ungrateful and ignorant with no basic manners.