Monday, April 30, 2007
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
There are monsters in my room.
There are monsters in my room.
They are there. And they are watching.
They sit, silently each evening, watching you as you go about your routine.
Since the beginning of time they have been revered as the frightful beasts of the night.
Their glistening black bodies quiver in preparation for the ritual nightly feast.
An evil sight they are. With their vampire swiftness, they circle you, studying you...
Just before sinking their fangs into the depth of your veins, draining the life out of you.
The traditional tools don’t work anymore. Neither garlic, nor crosses nor holy water this time.
Now, they are hungry and they must feed.
They morph out of the waters, their young need no instruction for the kill.
Their lust for blood is fed by an eternal hunger. Your warm living body thrills them.
Yes, they sit there resting their skinny legs, waiting for the right moment to strike their prey.
And while you are paralysed with sleep, they dive down....
First 2 of them. Then 3. And 5. Circling your warm body, searching for the veins.
And all at once, their fangs sink beneath your skin, extracting the metallic smelling blood from out of you....
Mosquito season is back.
They are there. And they are watching.
They sit, silently each evening, watching you as you go about your routine.
Since the beginning of time they have been revered as the frightful beasts of the night.
Their glistening black bodies quiver in preparation for the ritual nightly feast.
An evil sight they are. With their vampire swiftness, they circle you, studying you...
Just before sinking their fangs into the depth of your veins, draining the life out of you.
The traditional tools don’t work anymore. Neither garlic, nor crosses nor holy water this time.
Now, they are hungry and they must feed.
They morph out of the waters, their young need no instruction for the kill.
Their lust for blood is fed by an eternal hunger. Your warm living body thrills them.
Yes, they sit there resting their skinny legs, waiting for the right moment to strike their prey.
And while you are paralysed with sleep, they dive down....
First 2 of them. Then 3. And 5. Circling your warm body, searching for the veins.
And all at once, their fangs sink beneath your skin, extracting the metallic smelling blood from out of you....
Mosquito season is back.
Friday, April 20, 2007
this is a notebook.
the caption on it reads "This is the most comfortable notebook you have ever run into. You will feel like writing with it all the time. SHENZHENKEBANG".
Very profound.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
just another day....
我觉的用中文不只是要认字，而且要学那些笨蛋词。真麻烦。
我还是开始用华文来写些”故事“，否这也没什么机会。
前个星期，上白云区的韩问课是，忽然觉得目前的时刻非常舒服。虽然我过的生活就想我没什么目标，没什么意义，可是我觉的非常开心。对，我许多朋友再平命赚钱，结婚，开始建个将来，建个前途。每个人都觉得我也因该跟着他们一样。
很抱歉，我不相信这种命会使我欢乐。
赚钱虽然重要，可是这不是重点。如一个人有创造力，不见得是否有工做，也能找的到钱。那么。。。如果钱不是问题的话。。。你决的你的生命有因该用在那方面好呢？
说道这点，希望你别错怪了我，当然如过赚钱是你的兴趣，那你继续吧。。。 我在谈的是关于那些平个老命，出卖自己的原则，不了解社世的方向，然后一天到晚在 “哭爸哭妈” （pardon me, I know that's not a chinese phrase) 的抱怨自己的生命有多没意识。那你不是自找的吗？ 那为什么你不看开点呢？球是在你的手上，你喜欢往那一个方向走，有你的事。我们做朋友的，因该互相鼓鼓励，别吧自己本来不了解的事批评。
－－－－－－－－－－－
今天老板在开会，没人烦我做东做西，所以有那么一点时间来写着些废话。其实华文很无聊， 好好的二十六个英文字，他妈的，现在要去背到几十万个华文字出来！你不觉的无聊吗？ 为什么以前的中国皇帝不将这些字做个调整呢？你看韩国，发明个简单语言那不久得了吗？开玩笑开玩笑。。。
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你决的中国的地质名很奇怪吗？什么。。白云区啦。。。开发区啦。。人民桥啦。。。。青年路啦。。。 哈，哈。。。有时我觉得我还没寺观着个地方。。。很有趣。。。
够了够了，我眼竟要花了。。。。今天的废话久说道着里！
我还是开始用华文来写些”故事“，否这也没什么机会。
前个星期，上白云区的韩问课是，忽然觉得目前的时刻非常舒服。虽然我过的生活就想我没什么目标，没什么意义，可是我觉的非常开心。对，我许多朋友再平命赚钱，结婚，开始建个将来，建个前途。每个人都觉得我也因该跟着他们一样。
很抱歉，我不相信这种命会使我欢乐。
赚钱虽然重要，可是这不是重点。如一个人有创造力，不见得是否有工做，也能找的到钱。那么。。。如果钱不是问题的话。。。你决的你的生命有因该用在那方面好呢？
说道这点，希望你别错怪了我，当然如过赚钱是你的兴趣，那你继续吧。。。 我在谈的是关于那些平个老命，出卖自己的原则，不了解社世的方向，然后一天到晚在 “哭爸哭妈” （pardon me, I know that's not a chinese phrase) 的抱怨自己的生命有多没意识。那你不是自找的吗？ 那为什么你不看开点呢？球是在你的手上，你喜欢往那一个方向走，有你的事。我们做朋友的，因该互相鼓鼓励，别吧自己本来不了解的事批评。
－－－－－－－－－－－
今天老板在开会，没人烦我做东做西，所以有那么一点时间来写着些废话。其实华文很无聊， 好好的二十六个英文字，他妈的，现在要去背到几十万个华文字出来！你不觉的无聊吗？ 为什么以前的中国皇帝不将这些字做个调整呢？你看韩国，发明个简单语言那不久得了吗？开玩笑开玩笑。。。
－－－－－－－－－－－－
你决的中国的地质名很奇怪吗？什么。。白云区啦。。。开发区啦。。人民桥啦。。。。青年路啦。。。 哈，哈。。。有时我觉得我还没寺观着个地方。。。很有趣。。。
够了够了，我眼竟要花了。。。。今天的废话久说道着里！
Monday, April 16, 2007
Impossible?
Since I started my first day at school, I have been failing my chinese tests and examinations at primary one to secondary four. I hated the language and I don't see the point in learning it (I STILL don't see the point in learning it, but that's another story).
There was only once, in Primary 4 that I have passed the examinations at with a grade "C" mark (or 55 out of a hundred), for the sole reason that I liked the teacher and the teacher believed in me. Pity I can't remember her name now, but I still remember how she looks...and smells. That was in 1990.
I have not used chinese ever since, I have refused to use it, hate it, resent it and thus my skills are reduced to only constructing simple sentences with writing and reading skills of just about nothing at all. (In fact I would not listen to chinese music or watch it's movies or programs for fear that it would corrupt my english).
It is the year 2007, 6 months ago, my chinese vocabulary was limited to: 你，我，他，是，不，有，要，鸟，毛，猫，狗，门，们，鱼，雨 and probably about 10 or 20 other words more。Oh, and the numbers 1 to ten (well, technically 1 to 9,999 becaue I don't know how to number then after 10,000)
Two months later, in June I will be taking my "A" level oral examinations and the written examinations at the end of the year. I am working full time and my day starts at 8am in the morning and ends at 7pm in the evening. After which I have personal work to do and meetings to plan for the next day.
Like everyone else in the world, i have "no time" for all this.
Do you think I'll make it?
There was only once, in Primary 4 that I have passed the examinations at with a grade "C" mark (or 55 out of a hundred), for the sole reason that I liked the teacher and the teacher believed in me. Pity I can't remember her name now, but I still remember how she looks...and smells. That was in 1990.
I have not used chinese ever since, I have refused to use it, hate it, resent it and thus my skills are reduced to only constructing simple sentences with writing and reading skills of just about nothing at all. (In fact I would not listen to chinese music or watch it's movies or programs for fear that it would corrupt my english).
It is the year 2007, 6 months ago, my chinese vocabulary was limited to: 你，我，他，是，不，有，要，鸟，毛，猫，狗，门，们，鱼，雨 and probably about 10 or 20 other words more。Oh, and the numbers 1 to ten (well, technically 1 to 9,999 becaue I don't know how to number then after 10,000)
Two months later, in June I will be taking my "A" level oral examinations and the written examinations at the end of the year. I am working full time and my day starts at 8am in the morning and ends at 7pm in the evening. After which I have personal work to do and meetings to plan for the next day.
Like everyone else in the world, i have "no time" for all this.
Do you think I'll make it?
Friday, April 13, 2007
Singapore's Busineticians
Ben: I have since withdrawn my views stated below, please have a read on: http://fivestarsandamoon.blogspot.sg/2011/03/another-discussion-about-ministers-pay.html regarding this.
A country is not a business and it ought not to be run that way. A country is home, memories, family and life for millions of people. A country is about freedom and living - be you poor, rich or whatever your status. A country ought not to make money for itself, but rather keep a healthy economy for businesses who are interested to do so.
Singapore better continue to be in profit for the rest of eternity, cause if there is any reduction in wages in the future, however little, money will then most definately have to come in from other sources to patch up the void it has left. It's called "self-fulfilling prophecy".
It's an amazing PR stunt. Singapore raises the salary of minsters to amongst the world's highest.
So in a nutshell, how did they justify it?
- To prevent corruption
- To attract top talents
- They deserve it.
So my question:
- Where are your morals then? It's like giving a thief more money to stop him from robbing. What about the values and principles of a human? What about corruption that is not motivated by money, like fame, lust and greed? Or just perversion? It seems like they're telling us something - we have a government with no morals that must be given money to prevent them sourcing money from other ventures. How sad.
- The salary is a little ludicrous isn't it? There is "high salary" and then there is "stratospheric salary". Are attracting people who's only value in life and motivation is money? I sure do not want someone like that running a democracy.
- Again, Singapore is a small country. But it is not the smallest and it is not the smallest nor is it the most successful of the smallest. So their excuse of "we did a good job" can go take a hike. Singapore is run by a society of people who have an inherent culture of perfecting themselves. Without the collective efforts of a people who want to improve their country, your government's efforts will also be futile. Look around the world, it's evident.
So they did a good job. Compared to what? And how can you compare? We're a society evolved through different environments, histories and ideals. You can't compare singapore with Malaysia, Indonesia or even Africa. If you want to do that, then the government can also be doing a bad job as compared to other countries, regardless of size!
Do you really think it's a good job? Look around you and listen as well. If you travel and are open to comments of foreigners, how many times have you heard that singaporeans are gutless, spineless, void of creativity and unpassionate? Is it not because our policies have made us this way? And we now even think it is good to be like so?
But what really pisses me off is the fact that all this money can be used to develop so many areas of society that will ultimately benefit south east asia.
What about things like:
- building closer ties with other SEA countries?
- education and awareness on medical, environment and society? We are so in need of teaching our citizens to live like the humans they are!
- the hopeless, the needy, the sick and the lonely?
- what about human rights, values and principals?
So at the end of it all, we're taught that money is the center of our lives. If the economy in East Timor overtakes us, we all should move our loyalty there.
No wonder people are such cowards these days, we are all hypnotized by the lure of cash that everything else on the planet, things that make us human are all numb to our senses.
And it is governments like singapore's that caused it. Authoritarians under the guise of democracy. Countries run by businessmen politicians, the busine-titians.
A country is not a business and it ought not to be run that way. A country is home, memories, family and life for millions of people. A country is about freedom and living - be you poor, rich or whatever your status. A country ought not to make money for itself, but rather keep a healthy economy for businesses who are interested to do so.
Singapore better continue to be in profit for the rest of eternity, cause if there is any reduction in wages in the future, however little, money will then most definately have to come in from other sources to patch up the void it has left. It's called "self-fulfilling prophecy".
It's an amazing PR stunt. Singapore raises the salary of minsters to amongst the world's highest.
So in a nutshell, how did they justify it?
- To prevent corruption
- To attract top talents
- They deserve it.
So my question:
- Where are your morals then? It's like giving a thief more money to stop him from robbing. What about the values and principles of a human? What about corruption that is not motivated by money, like fame, lust and greed? Or just perversion? It seems like they're telling us something - we have a government with no morals that must be given money to prevent them sourcing money from other ventures. How sad.
- The salary is a little ludicrous isn't it? There is "high salary" and then there is "stratospheric salary". Are attracting people who's only value in life and motivation is money? I sure do not want someone like that running a democracy.
- Again, Singapore is a small country. But it is not the smallest and it is not the smallest nor is it the most successful of the smallest. So their excuse of "we did a good job" can go take a hike. Singapore is run by a society of people who have an inherent culture of perfecting themselves. Without the collective efforts of a people who want to improve their country, your government's efforts will also be futile. Look around the world, it's evident.
So they did a good job. Compared to what? And how can you compare? We're a society evolved through different environments, histories and ideals. You can't compare singapore with Malaysia, Indonesia or even Africa. If you want to do that, then the government can also be doing a bad job as compared to other countries, regardless of size!
Do you really think it's a good job? Look around you and listen as well. If you travel and are open to comments of foreigners, how many times have you heard that singaporeans are gutless, spineless, void of creativity and unpassionate? Is it not because our policies have made us this way? And we now even think it is good to be like so?
But what really pisses me off is the fact that all this money can be used to develop so many areas of society that will ultimately benefit south east asia.
What about things like:
- building closer ties with other SEA countries?
- education and awareness on medical, environment and society? We are so in need of teaching our citizens to live like the humans they are!
- the hopeless, the needy, the sick and the lonely?
- what about human rights, values and principals?
So at the end of it all, we're taught that money is the center of our lives. If the economy in East Timor overtakes us, we all should move our loyalty there.
No wonder people are such cowards these days, we are all hypnotized by the lure of cash that everything else on the planet, things that make us human are all numb to our senses.
And it is governments like singapore's that caused it. Authoritarians under the guise of democracy. Countries run by businessmen politicians, the busine-titians.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Bad news
(I have since had an "update" of political views, please go to www.fivestarsandamoon.com for further reading)
Oh my god! The Minister Mentor just called the Denmark, Swiss and Finnish Governments "mediocre governments"!! My my, i can hear protests from my desk now!
Honestly speaking though, do high salaries equate quality people? Me thinks not. Just look at my boss. Ha. Or myself. Hahahhaha....
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SINGAPORE : Opposition MP Low Thia Khiang questioned the need for such high salaries for ministers and top civil servants to prevent corruption.
He said Singapore ranked below Finland, Denmark and Switzerland, in a UN report on how corrupt a country is, but these countries pay their top civil servants less than Singapore.
This had Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on his feet and challenging his statements.
"Does he realise that Singapore's GDP is only one-third of its external trade? Our external trade is 3 1/2 times that of our GDP, higher than Hong Kong. And if this economy ever falters, that's the end of Singapore and its First World status. Denmark, Switzerland and Finland are part of Europe. You can fail and you're still caught in the European situation. If you fail here, you go back to a Southeast Asian situation. Just look around you," said MM Lee.
"So is the Minister Mentor saying that without paying such a high salary, we are bound to fail? And even if we pay top earners' salary, can the present government bring Singapore up to superpower (status), as what he has mentioned for those in Denmark?" challenged Mr Low, MP for Hougang.
"I am putting a simple question and asking for his clarification. He has compared Singapore as if it were Denmark, Finland or Switzerland. Their systems and governments never produced the kind of transformation that we have, and their system and government have a broader base and can afford a mediocre government," said the Minister Mentor. - CNA /ls
Oh my god! The Minister Mentor just called the Denmark, Swiss and Finnish Governments "mediocre governments"!! My my, i can hear protests from my desk now!
Honestly speaking though, do high salaries equate quality people? Me thinks not. Just look at my boss. Ha. Or myself. Hahahhaha....
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SINGAPORE : Opposition MP Low Thia Khiang questioned the need for such high salaries for ministers and top civil servants to prevent corruption.
He said Singapore ranked below Finland, Denmark and Switzerland, in a UN report on how corrupt a country is, but these countries pay their top civil servants less than Singapore.
This had Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on his feet and challenging his statements.
"Does he realise that Singapore's GDP is only one-third of its external trade? Our external trade is 3 1/2 times that of our GDP, higher than Hong Kong. And if this economy ever falters, that's the end of Singapore and its First World status. Denmark, Switzerland and Finland are part of Europe. You can fail and you're still caught in the European situation. If you fail here, you go back to a Southeast Asian situation. Just look around you," said MM Lee.
"So is the Minister Mentor saying that without paying such a high salary, we are bound to fail? And even if we pay top earners' salary, can the present government bring Singapore up to superpower (status), as what he has mentioned for those in Denmark?" challenged Mr Low, MP for Hougang.
"I am putting a simple question and asking for his clarification. He has compared Singapore as if it were Denmark, Finland or Switzerland. Their systems and governments never produced the kind of transformation that we have, and their system and government have a broader base and can afford a mediocre government," said the Minister Mentor. - CNA /ls
Friday, April 06, 2007
i was looking for a paperweight......
I was looking around the internet for a paperweights ..... and then i saw this:
Ha ha ha ......delightful......
Ha ha ha ......delightful......
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
really random
At least if i fall, i can still stand up and said i tried to climb the tree.
I think it's time to move on.
"A man must expand his horizons, he cannot always stay in china", she says.
And how right she is. But wither shall I go? What shall I do? Ha, ha. I don't know and that's what makes my life interesting - nothing stays the same for long. I will not have anything less. Irresponsible, I hear some of you say? Yeah, but compared to what? And towards what? Those of you who live within the boundaries of your fear are being even more irresponsible towards your life. The Lord did tell us to invest our lives and multiply what good we were given...not to keep our things in a safe place while allowing it to devalue.
So - it's time to take this adventure, this search for treasure and romance to a new land and leave the worries of yesteryear buried in the past.
Anyone knows of someone who wants to hire in the Middle East?
I think it's time to move on.
"A man must expand his horizons, he cannot always stay in china", she says.
And how right she is. But wither shall I go? What shall I do? Ha, ha. I don't know and that's what makes my life interesting - nothing stays the same for long. I will not have anything less. Irresponsible, I hear some of you say? Yeah, but compared to what? And towards what? Those of you who live within the boundaries of your fear are being even more irresponsible towards your life. The Lord did tell us to invest our lives and multiply what good we were given...not to keep our things in a safe place while allowing it to devalue.
So - it's time to take this adventure, this search for treasure and romance to a new land and leave the worries of yesteryear buried in the past.
Anyone knows of someone who wants to hire in the Middle East?
Monday, April 02, 2007
A very merry monday
Things that I will not look at the same way again:
- dispensaries
- mutton satay
- cocktails
- motel customer service
And just a bit of advice for the unbelievers - it's good to be cynful.
- dispensaries
- mutton satay
- cocktails
- motel customer service
And just a bit of advice for the unbelievers - it's good to be cynful.
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