Anak Syurga

For those who don't understand Malay, "Anak Syurga" translates roughly to "Heaven Child".

I have never really referred to any of these kids as anak syurga, not even my son. But I do believe that God is great and just, and I don't even dare to meddle in the discussion whether or not these kids will go to heaven or to hell.

But this comment in one of the blogs owned by a parent, is really shallow and not well thought. My guess is that one of these kids had an encounter with Safuan's cat, and did something bad.

If Safuan had the time to watch a retarded (as he put it in his comment) kid tortured a kitten up to the effect of paralyzing it, why didn't Safuan (as an intelligent, non-retarded adult) take action and save the poor kitten? What makes Safuan think that the retarded kid knows what he or she is doing?

I don't know. I just think that Safuan should have just kept his smelly mouth shut, instead of making a fool out of himself.

In the end, anak syurga is just a term being used to refer to these kids, in a way to make the parents feel better about where their kids will end.

Some of these kids will never lead a normal life. They can't go to school, university, get work, get married, etc. so can't you just cut the parents some slack???

Talk about being selfish, huh?

- Abah