I got me thinking about a few good things recently. Inevitably, it raised the question: how sad life would be if we all actually took everything for ourselves and didn't care enough about others around us. Just look at the european and western societies for example. They're invariably less happy as a collective society as compared to us. They think only inward, only to themselves. me first, they say. It doesn't really matter about you, what about me?
I recall the classic east vs west incident when my English cousins came over quite a few years back. we were eating lunch when our food all arrived. Seeing how my family shared samples of our food, my aunt asked her English husband "Kev, you want some of my fish?" to which my uncle replied curtly, "no! Why? What's wrong with it? You ordered it, you eat it". Well, needless to say a discussion on asian vs 'western' manners followed but that's the point.
We all live in an asian society after all. Like it or not, the culture's shackles of a collective thinking and a collective happiness is of more importance and priority over one's self. certain things are still best left unsaid. Which is why I absolutely hate it when a certain lecturer keeps gloating about how well he's being paid and how our expensive school fees are paying nicely for his living suite. Yeah, all that and he still treats us like shit.
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Moving on, just a thought: ris low is o.v.e.r. She's still trying to thrust herself into the spotlight by "shingz". Epic fail. No matter how much you BOOMZ and SHINGZ or VAERTGOULKORZZYYZZ, ris, it's over. nice try, next please. Please proceed to the trashcan together with all the past 1 min Of fame has-beens
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I know it's been old news, but soccer fans (especially the Liverpool ones) would recall the horrors of the kid that threw the beach ball on to the pitch, causing a deflection which resulted in a goal. Well.. good news. here's the kid for those of you who want to find him and bash his face in:
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Thinking back on what someone said to me once, kids these days have broken tradition in their own way. We can't reach out to them like how our parents reached out to us or even how our grandparents reached out to our parents. This is why: A long time ago, people did not have technology. They bonded together over games and activities, just like we do today. However, there's a slight difference:
Yesterday: Marbles
Today: PSP Party.
Today's Song: Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
MRT Watch: Ladies, if you wanna have your little congregation in a crowded MRT, get a table at a coffee house. Don't hop from row to row shaking hands with friends. Fidiots.
Confucius says: The path to righteousness is straight and narrow. I think it's time for road widening.
In totally unrelated news: Singapore said in 2007: Bye bye National Stadium.
November, 2009: Singapore 1 - 3 Thailand. Venue? NATIONAL STADIUM.
2 years on, still NOT demolished. |
