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Most of my friends enlisted last week. Even more reasons to train harder and pass Napfa. Procrastination is a bitch -_-.
Its surprising how someone you know changes their view/opinion/behaviors so quickly. It is as if you've not known that person before. Hmm, are they the ones changing? Or am I the one not changing?
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Avast!
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Yo ho-ho!
Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy on blu-ray? Awesome shit.
Me eyes are mighty tired right now, shiver me timbers.
Gonna catch some sleep. Blog another time.
bye blog
Yo ho-ho!
Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy on blu-ray? Awesome shit.
Me eyes are mighty tired right now, shiver me timbers.
Gonna catch some sleep. Blog another time.
bye blog
Friday, June 3, 2011
Cynicism
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I am jobless thus I have a lot of free time.
I read on things during my free time.
I read about things that enlighten me once in a while.
Yes. As the title suggests, I've read up a little on cynicism. Gonna live the life with less desires and expectations. Don't expect people to like you or do anything for you. No one cares about you. If everyone in the world were to hold hands, they would form a gigantic asshole that would drag your soul into it.
Be a cynic today. Live a happy life with no disappointments. The world doesn't revolves around you or anyone. Lets put our egos aside and chill out like a bro.
bye blog
I am jobless thus I have a lot of free time.
I read on things during my free time.
I read about things that enlighten me once in a while.
Yes. As the title suggests, I've read up a little on cynicism. Gonna live the life with less desires and expectations. Don't expect people to like you or do anything for you. No one cares about you. If everyone in the world were to hold hands, they would form a gigantic asshole that would drag your soul into it.
Be a cynic today. Live a happy life with no disappointments. The world doesn't revolves around you or anyone. Lets put our egos aside and chill out like a bro.
bye blog
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Politics versus Policy Making
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The Singapore General Elections will be held on 7 May 2011. I am 1 year short to be entitled to a polling slip. Even though I am not able to vote in this coming election, I have been following up on political news.
I read this "note" on Facebook by someone named Daryl Yong (http://www.facebook.com/notes/daryl-yong/my-thoughts-on-ge2011/10150276681229152). He explained things clearly and provided a very good analysis on certain policies which the Opposition parties support/plan to propose. Very pragmatic views. He definitely wrote it clearheaded-ly instead of having irrational feelings involved.
Worth a read to REALLY KNOW MORE about the real situation.
Heres a quote:
(Quote)
"To the opposition and those who support the opposition, I have a short message for you here, before I move on to discussing why I might vote for you. Please do not try to cheat reality. You cannot lower the cost of living by making it more expensive to do business. (Foreign workers) If a worker is worth $4 an hour, you cannot make him worth $5: he will not be hired if he can only be hired at $5. (Minimum wage) You cannot want public transport to improve, and at the same time make it less profitable for people to improve public transport. You cannot claim to respect private property but at the same time take property away from successful Singaporeans for the sole reason of making other people happy. No matter how sincere you are, how well intentioned you are, please do not try to cheat reality because you cannot."
(Unquote)
I feel voters should think and rationalise before voting. However, most people do not know the difference between Politics and Policy Making. I am more interested in Policies than Politics really. I dont care who is in power as long as he does a good job.
Politics is about POWER. It is about how to enter the parliment, how to be a king, how to consolidate POWER over people. Usually it includes being super nice to people, introduce policies which APPEARS to help the voters (eg. Minimum wage laws, welfare packages)so that the candidate can be popular and receive the most amount of votes thus fufilling their main objective. Basically it is equivalent to 2 children crying and whining to gain the favour of the parent. Drama-mama.
Policy Making is about (duuhhh) making policies! A good policy maker will NOT care about what the people feel about the policy as long as it do GOOD to the country's progress. Simplicity is important in a good policy as maintaining it will be costly if it is too complicated (eg. 101 exceptions to certain taxation laws). I feel that the best type of governance is the less governance the better. Less red tape = less government spending = less reasons for taxation = less stress on people and ya da ya da, which eventually will lead to eternal happiness (lul). I want a government that doesn't intrude into my life all the time with stressful taxes, discriminating laws and policies.
I'm really torn between WP & PAP in Aljunied. But I think WP might win Aljunied over and if that happens, George Yeo would be out of a job! Why can't PAP consolidate all the bad MPs in one GRC and let the opposition and the voters send them off in one grand farewell?!!! This GRC system is very bad... Ok, we shall see what happens on May 7th. Its gonna be an epic day in Singapore's political history...
ps. I'm too lazy to continue so I shall stop soon.
bye blog
The Singapore General Elections will be held on 7 May 2011. I am 1 year short to be entitled to a polling slip. Even though I am not able to vote in this coming election, I have been following up on political news.
I read this "note" on Facebook by someone named Daryl Yong (http://www.facebook.com/notes/daryl-yong/my-thoughts-on-ge2011/10150276681229152). He explained things clearly and provided a very good analysis on certain policies which the Opposition parties support/plan to propose. Very pragmatic views. He definitely wrote it clearheaded-ly instead of having irrational feelings involved.
Worth a read to REALLY KNOW MORE about the real situation.
Heres a quote:
(Quote)
"To the opposition and those who support the opposition, I have a short message for you here, before I move on to discussing why I might vote for you. Please do not try to cheat reality. You cannot lower the cost of living by making it more expensive to do business. (Foreign workers) If a worker is worth $4 an hour, you cannot make him worth $5: he will not be hired if he can only be hired at $5. (Minimum wage) You cannot want public transport to improve, and at the same time make it less profitable for people to improve public transport. You cannot claim to respect private property but at the same time take property away from successful Singaporeans for the sole reason of making other people happy. No matter how sincere you are, how well intentioned you are, please do not try to cheat reality because you cannot."
(Unquote)
I feel voters should think and rationalise before voting. However, most people do not know the difference between Politics and Policy Making. I am more interested in Policies than Politics really. I dont care who is in power as long as he does a good job.
Politics is about POWER. It is about how to enter the parliment, how to be a king, how to consolidate POWER over people. Usually it includes being super nice to people, introduce policies which APPEARS to help the voters (eg. Minimum wage laws, welfare packages)so that the candidate can be popular and receive the most amount of votes thus fufilling their main objective. Basically it is equivalent to 2 children crying and whining to gain the favour of the parent. Drama-mama.
Policy Making is about (duuhhh) making policies! A good policy maker will NOT care about what the people feel about the policy as long as it do GOOD to the country's progress. Simplicity is important in a good policy as maintaining it will be costly if it is too complicated (eg. 101 exceptions to certain taxation laws). I feel that the best type of governance is the less governance the better. Less red tape = less government spending = less reasons for taxation = less stress on people and ya da ya da, which eventually will lead to eternal happiness (lul). I want a government that doesn't intrude into my life all the time with stressful taxes, discriminating laws and policies.
I'm really torn between WP & PAP in Aljunied. But I think WP might win Aljunied over and if that happens, George Yeo would be out of a job! Why can't PAP consolidate all the bad MPs in one GRC and let the opposition and the voters send them off in one grand farewell?!!! This GRC system is very bad... Ok, we shall see what happens on May 7th. Its gonna be an epic day in Singapore's political history...
ps. I'm too lazy to continue so I shall stop soon.
bye blog
Friday, April 22, 2011
First Movement
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Lately, I've rekindled my interest in Classical music. Been listening to some piano and orchestra symphony pieces. Played a few guitar-translated versions and it was very fun :).
I'm enlisting on 8 Sept 2011. I should really pass my napfa.
I think its time to do something for myself instead of worrying about others' lives. Gonna focus and be motivated in what I do. Time for isolation. No more time wasting.
bye blog
Lately, I've rekindled my interest in Classical music. Been listening to some piano and orchestra symphony pieces. Played a few guitar-translated versions and it was very fun :).
I'm enlisting on 8 Sept 2011. I should really pass my napfa.
I think its time to do something for myself instead of worrying about others' lives. Gonna focus and be motivated in what I do. Time for isolation. No more time wasting.
bye blog
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
happythankyoumoreplease?
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Its been long since I watched a drama movie. So I decided to try out a movie written & directed by Josh Radnor (aka Ted from How I Met Your Mother). I usually do not like drama movies because of their cheesy dialogues and unrealistic plot events. However, "happythankyoumoreplease" was surprisingly good!
The dialogues were "mildy" cheesy but still carried an adorable bit of humour. I personally loved the scenes of the show, mostly small areas like an office or a cafe or an apartment, very "true" to the "New Yorker's" lifestyle. The acting was realistic, no over the top drama queeny crap. And I still can't believe Malin Akerman shaved off her eyebrows just for the show! I mean, shes a (super, considered super) model! Yeah, and one of the actress have very beautiful blue eyes (heh, i'm a sucker for eyes :P).
Ok time to sleep (3AM now. Good morning)!
bye blog
Its been long since I watched a drama movie. So I decided to try out a movie written & directed by Josh Radnor (aka Ted from How I Met Your Mother). I usually do not like drama movies because of their cheesy dialogues and unrealistic plot events. However, "happythankyoumoreplease" was surprisingly good!
The dialogues were "mildy" cheesy but still carried an adorable bit of humour. I personally loved the scenes of the show, mostly small areas like an office or a cafe or an apartment, very "true" to the "New Yorker's" lifestyle. The acting was realistic, no over the top drama queeny crap. And I still can't believe Malin Akerman shaved off her eyebrows just for the show! I mean, shes a (super, considered super) model! Yeah, and one of the actress have very beautiful blue eyes (heh, i'm a sucker for eyes :P).
Ok time to sleep (3AM now. Good morning)!
bye blog
Friday, April 8, 2011
Phone entry
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Typing this post down using my phone. Badass Android phone, on ebuddy, music playing "Only Love" by Trademark and... on Facebook. Epic multitasker. Dont have to spend a bomb on an iPhone and still get quality user experience!
Anyway, Im still alive... or just breathing. Been lazying around the house ever since the end of my secondary school friends chalet. 2 weeks already? Damn time is passing so fast and quietly, you'll think time is like a ninja.
Watched a bunch of movies at home. Inception, The Mechanic, and Letters from Iwo Jima. I loved Letters from Iwo Jima. I cant stop getting teary eyes when I watch war movies. The emotions of the soldiers, the helplessness of the soldiers, wondering if they will ever have the chance to see their family members again... is too much for me to bear. I respect every soldier who had fought honourably for their country, be it if they were of the Axis or the Allied forces during World War 2.
Hah, why the hell am I talking about this. Not many people from my generation gives a shit about history and war. Our ancestors sacrificed themselves so that we dont have to. Sometimes I think I should go and experience some real life shit...
Haha wtf. Phone entry ended up being a long chunk of meaningless shit.
bye blog
Typing this post down using my phone. Badass Android phone, on ebuddy, music playing "Only Love" by Trademark and... on Facebook. Epic multitasker. Dont have to spend a bomb on an iPhone and still get quality user experience!
Anyway, Im still alive... or just breathing. Been lazying around the house ever since the end of my secondary school friends chalet. 2 weeks already? Damn time is passing so fast and quietly, you'll think time is like a ninja.
Watched a bunch of movies at home. Inception, The Mechanic, and Letters from Iwo Jima. I loved Letters from Iwo Jima. I cant stop getting teary eyes when I watch war movies. The emotions of the soldiers, the helplessness of the soldiers, wondering if they will ever have the chance to see their family members again... is too much for me to bear. I respect every soldier who had fought honourably for their country, be it if they were of the Axis or the Allied forces during World War 2.
Hah, why the hell am I talking about this. Not many people from my generation gives a shit about history and war. Our ancestors sacrificed themselves so that we dont have to. Sometimes I think I should go and experience some real life shit...
Haha wtf. Phone entry ended up being a long chunk of meaningless shit.
bye blog
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