♥ Queen of all Grumpy Old Farts ♥

About the GrumpyQueen

A.K.A Gatekeeper

I love food, don't deprive me of it.

I'm not Princess, I'm Queen

I can be quite grumpy and when I am, I hide here, my dungeon for reflections, ramblings and ranting.

Whatever I write are opinions, and may not be the whole truth. Do not read it like the Gospel.

I hate as vehemently as I love
I already know I'm crazy, be my friend, it's safer

Different is not bad, just not the same as the rest

If you don't like me, it's probably mutual
But I'm nice, really :p

Blog started 21st June 2007, shifted from www.thegatekeeperstory.blogspot.com

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I'm artistic!

Do you know how many things I can fold using origami paper now? For the past week, I've been doing tons of colouring, drawing, card making and don't know what else. Maybe if my art teachers did things like these in their classes more often, I'd love art a little more and would have been a great artist by now.

Did you know that art was my worst subject at nursery? I sucked at it then, I still suck at it now. I was terrible at colouring and matching colours. I couldn't colour in the lines. :p

But somehow, the patients brought out the artist in me. When I looked at my masterpieces, I thought they were my best in years. I still can't draw properly but never mind, I'm an origami master now!

Mental illness is a very lonely illness. Couldn't agree more. They need lots of support from society and family. Ironically, they're being shunned by society, thrown out by their families. To be fair, there are also families that provide support for the ill member. Sometimes, a bit too much it becomes stifling. Sometimes, the wrong type of support is given. They're mentally ill, NOT USELESS beings. They over protect the ill member, denying them the opportunity to work or study. Yea, society may shun them but if you're going to hide them under your beds or in your closets and not let them out, how are they going to prove that they're still useful members of the society? You're just reinforcing the stereotype--that they're ill and should not work. Rehabilitate them and let them lead a proper life. It'll be a long process, but at least we don't stay in the same spot for decades and remain contented. A small step is still considered progress.

I remember hearing this in a sociology lecture, "we see more of those who're handicapped these days, does it mean that there are more accidents these days? It could be because society is opening up more, there are more facilities for the handicapped now, so they can go out shopping like any other person."

What's so frightening about mental illness really? The lack of knowledge? The misconceptions? Stop imagining that they chop people up and all. Normal, sane people murder people too.

3.3.07 3:34 PM

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