Ever since entering polytechnic, I've come to distrust the relationships form between men. Backstabs, betrayals and even to use each relationship to one's utmost benefit are things that I've seen from people who enter and go in my life as a student. While here I am standing as a Year 3 student and about to leave the school, I think back and reflect where has gone wrong in my polytechnic life that I suffer so much from the effects of human usage, as I call it – where one only thinks of himself/herself and utilises all connections he/she has to gain what he/she wants.
While this is out in the society, a portion of the distrust, surprisingly, comes from home. Yes it may be shocking but seemingly the people in my family are measuring a value of a person in monetary terms. Both my parents are like that – supporting a child in education not because it is to the child's benefit but is so that when the child enters the working world, he/she can feed the parents' human greed for luxury. And when the child is unable to satisfy the ugly human craving, he/she will then be term as "useless", or worst, labelled as "unfilial", a word that can be easily spread amongst aunties, neighbours and even your own family.