on weekend today last week, it was written that

"This year's postponement of the telecast [of the NDR] has a significance that goes beyond the interest in the Olympics and TV viewership rivalry. It is yet another indication that the Government accepts that not everything it deems important has to be also a priority for every SIngaporean."

My sentiments exactly!
I am not saying that Singaporeans should be self-centred and think of themselves only but when occasions arise i think that we are mature enough to determine for ourselves what our priorities should be.

All thanks to Huimin. I am in love with Marcos Hernandez. haha.. his songs lahh. everyone should go hear his songs. my all-time favourite song of his is "the way I do".

heavenknows

11:25 PM

This is a super duper late entry in view of the Olympics. I had long wanted to pen this down but again it is due to laziness. haha.

Unless you live in an area where there is no internet, TV, radio etc. etc. or u are just a hermit living in this lonely planet you will have heard of this name: MICHAEL PHELPS. he is really a legend in making waves and breaking records. He did his best and he delivered, with the whole world watching him. The whole world's attention is on him.

Another wonder is our very own Tao Li. She was the shortest swimmer in the 100m butterfly. She was unknown to the world. Yet she created history by shaving just less than 2 sec in the heats. I did not manage to the catch the heats but i saw the semifinals. she was amazing. She was the last swimmer in the last 50m. i thought that she was a gone case. but in the last 25m, suddenly this super small size girl juz came out from nowhere to come in the 3rd in the 1st round of the semifinal. that race was just so awesome. and i was glad i managed to catch it.

They sort of motivate me, a lowly nothing to set my goals in life and to work on them. of course, i know that all these are impossible without God. but by not working hard and depending on God, you will be testing God to prove that He is indeed the almighty to do the impossible for you. of course that shall not be the case. for it is written in the Bible, Thou shall not put God to the test.

Another point that i want to highlight is about foreign talent in singapore. With the singaporean table tennis team getting the coveted silver medal and Tao Li being recognised and congratulated for her results, more people are lamenting that they are all not local born, local bred. to put it crudely, can these people just shut up?

from young in primary schools, we have been asked not to be busybodies in school. dont be monitor, dont answer teachers' questions in class since there are 39 other students in class to do that. y must it be me? in a bid to protect their children, these parents have caused our generations to be not outspoken and have this "y me" mentality.

so when we grow older, nobody even volunteers to be monitor in class anymore. nobody even volunteers for anything any more. even when students are arrowed to do tasks for teachers or for their CCAs, parents will ask " y must it be you? y cant it be anybody else?"

and so in this dog-eat-dog society, parents just want students to excel in their studies. other things come later. for those sport people or in other arena where they are representing singapore, they can be anyone else other than their precious children. there is nothing wrong in this mentality. who doesnt want the best out of their children? who doesnt want their children to be able to survive in the future?

yet, it is also these parents or the whole generation, rather who are the ones who are lamenting why these sports people are not local born, local bred. since there isnt anyone who is "made in singapore" willing to put studies aside to train all the way, y cant those who are "made in china" but groomed in singapore be given recognition and credit? mind you, Tao Li is 18 this year already and yet she is only studying Sec 2/3 level at the Singapore Sports School.

oh! and i want to say about the word surviviability! i hate this word to the core.. really! how i hope this word can be burnt and incinerated and vanished from this world. yes, in the nation's context, we are very vulnerable. the government has to think much ahead of other countries to grab hold of any opportunities to ensure that the economy of the society be healthy. singapore after all is a country with no natural resources.

but but but.. what about each individual or family unit? how far are we going to stretch the meaning of this word. we are living in an era where our motto in life is survival of the fittest. what is definition of the fittest? who is currently the fittest? we dunno.. so we continue to fight for excellence and make sure that we are able to survive today. people are loosely defining more and more terms. take comfortable for example. people will say that we want to live comfortable lives, so we cant have too many children. with higher standards of living, we have to keep more to ourselves to ensure that we live comfortably. so what is their definition of comfortable? landed property? tours to exotic countries every year? buying branded stuff and go to high end restaurants for meals? yes, i am making an extreme point here but what i say here definitely make sense.

i think we need to constantly remind ourselves that there are alot of people in this society who needs help too. yes to those who are fit or fitter than the rest, i think we can stop and help those who have been left behind. of course, not at the expense of our own lives where we come to the point where we cant even cope anymore.

God gives us lives to ensure that we have fulfilled lives. fulfilled in His way, not ours. we are not going to bring all our accolades, fame and fortune to our graves. God is only going to see our souls and nothing else.

heavenknows

4:56 PM

just 3minutes ago, i was looking at astee's super random entry about money. i was so amused by that entry and i was reminded myself that i have not written a super random entry in a long while. heez.

oh let me start this entry proper by what peeves me the most now. i cant stand the super-on attitude of those people in charge of the NEL trains. they have to stop people from drinking even plain water from water bottle in the trains. yes, there is a sign on the train that states that no eating and drinking is allowed. but what is the purpose of this rule? it is prevent any inconvenience to other commuters in terms of smell of food, spillage of food and drinks which can cause discomfort to them.

BUT plain water from water bottles? even if there is spillage on the floor, it is just water! not like it is some sticky liquid that is not easily removed. if someone is drinking bubble tea or loosely packaged drinks then he is ought to be shot. commuters may need to have a sip of water after some time and i think plain water is perfectly fine.

also, what about milk bottles for the babies? do the commuters have to endure the high pitched crying of the poor little things just because no drinking is allowed?

my point is, can people dun be so rigid? we are not talking about bending the rules here but we must always ask ourselves why the rules are there. for example, talk about spillage of food and drinks, that means we can chew other small stuff like sweets because such spillage will never occur.

similarly, even if a little amount of water is spilled accidentally on other people, it is only water! and i dun think the other commuters will make a big fuss over it. (unless the one offended carries an LV bag and water will damage his clothing.. haha)

dunno why i have been making alot of dreams lately with students running around me in them. i even dreamt of some students from the class that i taught in my short stint. 304 from Xinmin. :) haha.. oh i saw 8 of the guys last week at ang mo kio. the moment they saw me, they were looking at me from head to toe. "wha.. u look very different leh! (from my working attire that is)" they are all sooo nice to talk to. numbers were exchanged and i was quite happy to get to know them. that class arh.. hai. they can get reallie rowdy. it is obvious that they dun like their form teacher and they were giving her quite abit of problem. but as a whole, the class is quite nice to teach. i will rather teach a class like this than a boring class lo.

when the same things start to happen again for the umpteenth time, i am already numb and dun want to retaliate already. everything will be over soon, the next phase of life will come reallie soon... gambatte!!

heavenknows

3:13 PM