Sunday, May 29, 2011

My upbringing is filled with inconsistent messages.


“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.

First
is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind’s way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.


Second
is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying “time heals all wounds” is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.


Third
is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.


Last
is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.”

- “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss

Monday, May 16, 2011

Moms and reason are like oil and water.

Perhaps it's my nature and character as an engineer. Or perhaps it is my job as an engineer which created my character to be so.

Either way, i always believe in being objective. Discard all emotions, gossip and hearsay. Examine both sides of the argument and the evidence. Then make your decision.

That is the reason i fail to understand why people say or do certain things.

The social media and network ran riot with resentment, anger and gossip.

All i wanted to do, was to scream at them, "What on earth are you talking about? Do you even understand what are you saying? Did you even examine the other side of the argument?"

And then to turn around, and scream at the other, "Have you seen this? Have you seen or heard the people's feelings? Why are you not addressing and answering them?"

If you refuse to hear and believe what the other party says, then you are no more arrogant than the ones which you accuse of.

Do you even understand the economics of the world? Inflation and depression always happens in cycles. It is something which nobody is immune to.

The only reason why you are being crowded out of your jobs, is because you have grown fat and contented, believing that you have a god-given right to any job in your own country. Why should the boss hire you when he can hire someone else who is more hardworking and is willing to accept a lower pay? Bosses are only concerned with earning money and profit margin. It makes perfect economic sense to lower your expenses so that your profit margin can be higher.

Give her a chance. When we got our first job or move into a new environment, we had to learn quickly, didn't we? We all made mistakes, but we learn and move forward. So why can't you accept that from someone else?

I believe it's time to go back to basics. A time to reflect on what has happened and how much has changed. Over time, the core values has been desensitised and ignored. If this carries on, so will the decline.

That being said, i do not support them. I only support what is right, what should be done and what has been done.

"To today's Singaporeans, these penny-pinching habits would seem ridiculous and laughable but they form the hallmark of PAP's founding fathers. Thrift was their name. Nothing was more repulsive than waste and extravagance.

(...)


In the political climate of the day when corruption, greed and self-serving opportunism was alienating the masses, PAP leaders were convinced that they had to hold themselves to a high standard of exemplary conduct. One that should equal if not exceed that of their leftist partners, whose qualities of austerity and self-sacrifice resonated profoundly with the impoverished populace.


(...)

The values of the PAP pioneers were so instinctively internalised that they were inevitably
embodied in the running of the party itself. Their "waste not, want not" ethos meant that a branch could only afford to occupy a portion of a dingy shophouse or a makeshift wood-and-zinc structure. Decor was threadbare with furniture and fittings contributed by supporters and sympathisers."
- "Men in White: The Untold Story of Singapore's Ruling Political Party" by Sonny Yap, Richard Lim and Leong Weng Kam

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

I dunno. It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.

In view of the coming elections, i promise to vote for the party which lets me shuffle everyday. xD



"Party Rock Anthem"

PART ROCK
YEA
Wooo!!!!
LETS GO!!
Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time
And we gonna make you lose your mind
Everybody just have a good time [X2]

We just wanna see yaa!

Shake That !

In the club party rock look up on your girl
She on my jock non stop when we in the spot
Booty move away like she on the block
What the track I gots to know
Top jeans tatto cause I'm rock and roll
Half black half white diamino
Gane the money out the door

Yoooo!!
I'm runnin through these hoes like drano
I got that devilish flow rock and roll no halo
We party rock yea! that's the crew that I'm reppin
On the rise to the top no led in our zeppelin
Hey!!!

Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time
And we gonna make you lose your mind
Everybody just have a good time [X2]

We just wanna see yaa!

Everyday I'm shuffelin

Shuffelin shuffelin

Step up fast and be the first girl to make me throw this cash
We get money don't be mad now stop hatein is bad

One more shot for us
Another round
Please fill up my cup
Don't mess around
We just wanna see
You shake it now
Now you wanna be
Your naked now

Get up get down put your hands up to the sound [X3]
Put your hands up to the sound [X2]
Get up [X9]
Put your hands up to the sound
To the sound
Put your hands up !!!!!

Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time
And we gonna make you lose your mind
Everybody just have a good good good time

Ohhhhh!!Ohhhhhh!!!Ohhhhhh!!!Ohhh!