walk your talk
i think election time is a time where the biggest bunch of
liars come out and show how little they actually do for
the people who vote for them. i mean propose what you
will sir, but if u would do the same even when you are not
in power wouldnt it show greater sincerity? or would you
then blame being 'obstructed', lack of funding or the lack
of the peoples mandate.
but please do keep your carrots dangling we just love to
know that slugfests results in treats for us.
notice
serving my extras on the 12th and 14 of may
and please book a date with me on the 26 or 27th
if you guys wanna go and watch restless 3
singapore as it is
alright the critic in me is up again and i got some words
for some of you. get an education! and no i'm talking about
everyone. from the highly qualified, highly intelligent
uni grad to the dude who only has a psle certificate.
well, i think that these days we are all very intelligent and
very literate and of course very qualified. but we lack in
social graces, civilised mentality and self control. the worst
thing being that the very institutions that were supposed
to 'educate' us are the ones in which i would place the blame on
for churning out intelligent low class folk.
oh well thats it for now its more up to you to look inside
its a $200,000 question
I finally figured out why i'm not rich and making it big.
no i didnt and have never read rich dad poor dad.
I dont have a i need to have money and lots of it complex.
(well i think that is part of the problem since nobody tries
hard to get things that they dont need right?) but i just
came across an article in time magazine. the one about
turning sixteen and being famous and a celebrity. It
was about the show my super sweet sixteen. in short
the article was about how teens made the coming of age
more memorable with some cool amounts of money.
so i asked myself when i saw the statement of this super
rich dad saying it was all worth it. i mean ok, so u love your
little princess and all even with all the crazy things she
did with your hard earned money to be a little more
recognised and have some flight time in the clouds.
does she know what was the cost of the money for you?
how much u had to slog for it?
or even if she didnt and that really doesnt matter because
the issue i have is this.
she knows what she wants to do with the 200 000.
even if i had the money i wouldnt know what to do with it.
and that disturbs me.
i wouldnt know how and what i can do to make the best use
of it.
i could ask for opinions and get an essay. but i wouldnt get a plan.
i would get things like (summarising)
-doing things to derive utility (gratification)
eg. i'd buy all the tiffany diamonds or eating at all the
expensive restaurants or travel the world.
persue childhood dreams.
-things to get more money
eg. i'd put it in a bank. or buy stocks, shares and property.
i'll start a business
then the next question would be how in this case
-altruistic and idealistic answers might have
i'd donate it to charity or i'm going to fund research and
conservation.
then the next question to that is how would you sustain
this funding at the depletion of your first 200 000
(i wouldnt say that one doesnt get utility from this
but i'd like to say that donar fatigue and such stand off
contributions wont make it seem as if one is passionate
about such activity. but just an observation anyway)
so my questions are these. even if i have such capital
what will i really do with it to make the most of it?
how do i do capital raising, and at what rate? how do i
continue to raise capital and what and how are the
way(s) to do it?
i think if only i know how to make money work for me
instead of me working for it is the way to go about to
make more money. oh and this was just an observation
when i saw that desperate people will work harder and
smarter because they need to survive
to make it even more uninviting to read
well this would be another long post. so dont bother
if you are blog surfing. well it finally has come to it.
very soon my oh so spiritual and saintly mother will
find herself the enemy of countless people on the
planet. she's not willing to consider any view but
her own, she is attempting to indoctrinate all the
people who come to our house and shes all set for
bible totalitarianism which is really destroying a
way of life that used to be comfortable to be in.
i'm not saying that being spiritual is bad and all, however
a proper earthly application should be the way to go.
just recently, a muslim man abused religion to rape
his daughters and practically i can see my mom doing
the same to our family. she only see's bible verses
that strengthen her case. and she attacks everyone
around the house. she is intolerant of our mannerisms.
and she gives no grace to slip-ups. by focusing so much
on what she doesnt want to happen, she actually started
adopting such behaviours. transference in psychology
indeed. now i'm getting extremely worried for her
because my mom is still a woman who is unable to
think for herself making her a danger to herself and all
around her. secondly to she is listening to tapes from
so many different preachers all the time and because
of point one repeatedly changes her stand that makes her
difficult to talk to. thirdly my mother has not been working
for almost 10 years. the lack of interaction between her
and other adults her age make her socially awkward.
her interactions with people are usually in schools where
she deals with students as she helps out with the christian
programs and with other adults who live the same kind of life,
she has no diversity of interactions and hence expects all
to conform to her dream world. this has caused friction
as we try to avoid her and hence this problem since talking
to her has failed to produce results and no one wants to fight.
this is disastrous as my youngest brother is having his O's,
and he is ill-disciplined and unfocused and escapism from the
house is the last thing he needs. and being the overly protective
mother of him that she is, the rod is being spared too many times
that i feel he is no longer a child of character.
firstly i want to state here just for my benefit.
I am not a magician. i can prop and boost results by several
grades in a short period of time only because those that i have
helped have a thinking problem and not a foundational problem.
furthermore i cannot make a horse drink. if he doesnt want
all the short-cuts and efficient cuts, i too have no intention
of shoving it down is throat. stubborn people have to learn the
hard way and i'd rather he finds himself suffering and learns
than let him go higher and fall harder. I am not clairvoyant
i am able to predict the future because i know the past. i cannot
always be so accurate with the questions and concepts that
come out having removed myself from the education scene
i cannot feel the currents as before. lastly traditionalism and
being overly conservative is the biggest problem in times like
these where the ability to adapt and improvise are key assets.
i'm extremely dissapointed in how my house is run. i hope
that i am somehow wrong. i would really hate to say i told you so.
especially when i told you so leaves no tears to cry and no
option but regret...
oh yeah i'm trying to find those notes for you sam. however it seems
like all whom i've given free tuition to have never returned me my
stuff. heres where i hope you'd be different. spend some time and
learn to find the way. once you mastered it, you'll really understand
that all studying time is wasteful once you got the trick. i'll guide you
along but lets hope you get there
a good hard look at it
'The strong live off the weak and the clever
live off the strong'
-Neil strauss in ' the game' paraphrasing boyd rice
this gave me one big punch in my mind reminding me of
the grim predator grazer relationships that are still around.
even better since it is so clearly seen in the tv show
why my vote matters, and the forums about whatsoever
has transpired in the short interview.
Not so much the part on decorum and all but more on the
exchanges and what could be the underlying reasons
behind such requests. especially about the old man
removing his presence from the scene completely and
why and when it should be done. in the case of how, however
is not as issue as life still goes on no matter the manner
of its execution.
it was implied during the interview that the puppet master
called the shots behind the scenes. it was also suggested
that his presence alone was a suit that discouraged any
from of opposition or dissent. coming up against such a
time tested and iconic figure surely presents too much of
a challenge even just to come out alive ( or at least not bankrupt)
[saying which it is a joke when a white man said that one
could likely say anything one wanted provided he had the
money to back him up. i digress, but surely this is not about
how much one can pay for what he says. and should he have
enough money does that mean all that he is saying are very
expensive words?)
following this, the rebuttal was if the speaker wanted to see
the old man not have a hand in the plans. the old man then
proceeded to say that he would not leave unless he could not
contribute anymore. suggesting an extended involvement
(please, long life and good health to him)
now, i have no issue with whatever opinion that was expressed.
said in his silence to one who holds the acsendency to finally
relenting that his removal was not likely a good thing.
however i would like to speak up on what could have possibly
transpired should he have continued his train of thought
or perhapes just what i would have like to see in the oh so
proper interview.
-yes sir. indeed i do. i would like to see you remove yourself
permanently from politics. i am most confident that indeed
you most definately can do things that no one else in singapore
can do. but sir because you are around, no one else in singapore
would probably try.
(and this is the tricky part) to convey to
the minister mentor how the next person should go about
trying to learn the ropes that can effect the things only
the mm can effect in singapore and no one else. irritatingly
the same sheltered attitudes have been brought into the
political arena as well. we will groom, we will select and we
will win with all the old guard to be there to ensure that no
mistakes will be made , make no mistake about it ;)
however if this is not the case, but the old gurad is waiting
for the right people to come along, challenge it and win to
ensure that the best singapore survives then the biggest
challenge that we as the future of singapore must face is the
one within ourselves. it is our fault then if not for the lack
of trying but for the lack of vision to win the hearts and minds
of the people to work with us for a better singapore tomorrow.
hence the why it is that MM should leave is that we need our
trial by fire. something to be answerable for, to be responsible
for, for a mistake that we may make and yet be proud that
this is our singapore. that we were not just spectators in
building it but its endearing imperfections are also of our
doing. our sense of ownership by having a hand in the blueprints
need to be satiated. we need to be validated that we have
a backbone and what we will embark on will cause those that
have walked before us to be proud of us. and in that aspect
as long as u sir the proud old man who is so idolised should
leave so we can carry on your fight and hope we make you proud.
and the when? that is a question that we the young must
deal with ourselves before posing that matter above.
it is when we are ready to rise to the challenge that we are better
that we can take the leadership that is rightfully ours
and go onward to the future of our own making.
are we made weak because of our strengths? the perfection,
order and 'love and care' of our elders.
are we the strong whose fate is to be used or surpassed by
the clever? the specialising of other countries for the money.
the economies of labour in huge countries. and the apathy
and empathy of our social well being that we forget to be
the hungry creatures that still need to seek food for survival
even today.
cheers to the coming election!
commanders interaction?
just came back from commanders interaction at bedok
camp where we had a fun filled afternoon of games.
though i guess its more fun for the rest then for me, i'm
glad to see that they are happy when i play badminton
with them. guess i'm almost like a coach. went with
quanda to eat at the bedok food court which had very
good cheng teng, but it would be even better if the ice
was thinly shaved instead of having them in chunks.
amazing!
just had to get this off my chest
i cant believe what i'm seeing
ricky has gone skydiving!!!
and non of us guys even have an airborne!
i'm green with envy! i mean, what guts man!!
congrats ricky
now i know who to look for when i'm in trouble
over 35000 feet
the singapore dis-popular culture
just a mean spin hoping to be a future money making post
dispopular (not to be confused with unpopular) means
to be popular or popularised in a way that is not approved
or condescended upon by society. rather think of it as what
infamy did for the un-famous through whatever dumb act
they did. (yes you didnt find it in the dictionary since i just
coined it after being bored out of my mind sitting on the couch).
And back to it. singapore has lots of dispopular stuff just
waiting for us to cash in on such misfortunes ( i should play
devils advocate since cuando el diablo no tiene que hacer,
con el rabo mata moscas-he found work for my idle mind)
for example our famous tammy. because of all our traditional
and prudish and holier-than-thou attitude this small matter
has caused a stir which put some life in our economy and at last
benefitting our GDP.
let me explain. people go on the internet
for her video or send it by mms, newspapers print about the
deplorable state of the world and that debauched, desensitised
and did i say 'demonised' teenagers are having sex. (surprise,
surprise indeed right?) and did i mention that rubbish reporter
edwin making a quick buck about this as well? so while everyone
says that its sad they cant get enough of it either. so we should
thank the couple for their honorary work in stimulating GDP
due to the increase in sale directly or indirectly the result of their
escapade.
so why shouldnt we cash in on it?
a shirt line which reads ' I'm just being INCONSIDERATE'
and an explosion of the words tammy underneath, eg,
tammy tammy tammy
tammy tammy
tammy tammy tammy
Afterall the person who would actually blush would be the prude
who reads it and not the couple after being insensitised to their
unwarrented celebrity. hey such shirts might actually sell to the angsty.
but as Tv media always goes, thats not all...
singapore will have limitless opportunities to cash in on some
gaffe or faux pas that doesnt go well with all our social rules, red tape,
white markers(out of bounders) and the like. hip hop, gangsterism,
poverty all make for nose-thumbing and derisory feelings that
time and time again come out due to the lack of tolerance in
singapore society. i think that we shouldnt be so closed in our minds
not to break in on such a market when someone else likely will
in future. i'll think about the developments some other day, kopi
talk anyone?
antes de hacer nada, consultalo con la almohada
job searching
i had this chat with one of the guys.
and this made me realise that heck i might not
make a good relief teacher. i realised firstly that
the system doesnt want thinkers and provokers
and non-conformists. i'd only be getting into trouble
if i espouse a nontraditional way of doing stuff.
so i wonder what i should apply for when my stint
in ns ends. anyideas?
mas vale tarde que nunca
hawker centre talk
Everything was fine and dandy.
seriously i never knew i could enjoy their company
so much. thanks so much girls. it was really
something i never dreamed happening back in
school. everything flowed normally. and there was no
snappy keep-your-distance comments. i wouldnt
have minded paying if i wasnt broke. but i'll look
forward to the next chill out time.
but please girls... the guys appreciate that you
all show up but it would be nice to be punctual.
its worth the wait and all but one hour 10 minutes
from the arranged time was a little far don't you
think? think about poor jon who rushed here and
and wasted 16bucks on cab fare... yeah! you guys
are that important. so try to be punctual (no i'm not
preaching) and as the saying goes, ' punctuality is the
politeness of kings'.
that being said. we also know that when everyone is
busy its harder to be on time. so we still love you.
hahaha.
Left at 1430 and rushed to toa payoh to play badminton
i was early and managed to get changed by 3. lionels
getting better. he needs to improve on his grip and how
he times the swing. footwork also helps. but i really
enjoy playing with the guy cause when he is able to
execute what i tell him you can see the improvements
very quickly. he did well when he was able to make his
dad run. but he shouldnt pressure himself to win as much
as he should pressure himself to learn. i had fun in the
last match as well. he can see that once he learns to just
hit it over the net, covering for him is no issue to me.
haha just got to train him up a bit more before we start
hunting all those uncles haunting the courts and beating
them. oh well gotta get his confidence up.
but the best part was the hawker centre talk (as usual as
i'm a relationship man). we all miss navin. if only he'd
just try to integrate and hang around with us. i'm sure
he'd make for great company. And mat, where the hell
are you man?
hasta otro vez
the words spill out
alright i'm finally dragging myself to post again coz its
one way where we can always keep in contact without
the time and meetings, its a proactive step for us to show
people that care about us that hey we're alive and well.
i went to the uni to get things sorted out but i was rejected
again(well blame ns) i mean heck they drag me overseas
at the most crucial moments and when i come back no
one has time for me. who cares if you're serving the nation
we dont really need you kind of attitude you see. i mean
they're still civil about it but you just know deep down
inside that you dont really matter. that's fine. but at
least i can still keep fighting no matter how much anyone
says i should give up.
to talk about nicer things, its good to know that the guys
who have left for a season are coming back. can't wait to
meet you guys, ricky, martian, serene. and the whole lot
of us at home too. fridays fish and co will feel good. i can also
appreciate the fact that all of us are closer although after
we have parted. perhapes distance helps us see more clearly
what we have always taken for granted...
and lastly the greenclothes. its better if we met and u asked
me about it. otherwise you'd always get the 10-yr series
answer that i like it. but to cut truncate it tt you still know
what is going on and this skips whatever scanning device
software that up there has. the story goes that people were
shot by villagers and that all is well and the 2 sirs are alive
it is believed that the pellets were air charged but hey any
level tenner(think warcraft 3) could easily wool your eyes
if you get what i mean. so ask me.
