..::[ Stereotypical Mindset ]::..

~~| Track currently on "Shadow of the Day" (Linkin Park)

Another new day, another irritating stereotypical asshole appears on newspaper.  Can't these idiots who doesn't know what's going on just STFU.  For gaw's sake.....want to sprout nonsense, at least sprout soemthing that has entertainment value.  I'm referring to this bugger who posted this [link].  Wayang party editors managed to get an interview with this bugger [link].  Just read the interview and you'll know that he KNOWS NOTHING!!!!!! Yet, he still had the TIME and put in the EFFORT to write to our dear ST.  Bravo dude, I really wonder which "forward looking / forward thinking" consultancy firm is hiring you at the moment.  

Let's just focus on the interview itself here for a moment.  

Chua S Y: No, no. Of course the elderly, uneducated investors should be compensated. What I meant is that some educated investors are latching on to Mr Tan’s rallies to get the compensation they don’t deserve and I feel strongly that the government should not compensate them.

Does it matter whether the investor is educated / uneducated?  This dumb bugger missed the point totally.  A mis-rep is a mis-rep no matter what qualifications the other party holds.  Does it mean that educated people have no case in a mis-rep case at all or it's their own fault if they were cheated?  Does this means that out police will only handle uneducated people being cheated by crooks / scams next time?  Educated people can go suck your thumb la.....who ask you study so much.  That's his chain of thoughts isn't it.  It is appalling to say the least.  I wonder would he say the same thing when he's involved in a mis-rep case.

Chua S Y: Not really. I am okay with it as long they stay peaceful and don’t turn violent. But I feel Mr Tan should explore other options besides holding the rallies.

Didn't Mr Tan already tried other ways other than holding rallies?  His requests to meet with MAS and PM was rejected?  Do you know what?  I doubt so coz this dumb bugger said it himself.  Your Not really comment pisses me off even further.  Are you agreeing with Mr Tan or disagreeing with him?  Don't fucking stand in the middle....NOT REALLY.... what kind of a fucked up answer is that?  Are you married?  Not really.....WTF!!!  It's either a yes / no answer.  Mr Chua must be glad I wasn't the one who interviewed him.  

Chua S Y: Actually I haven’t been keeping myself updated due to my busy schedule and only got bits and pieces from the media.

Yeah rite.....since you haven't been keeping yourself updated to what's going on.  Why don't you just STFU!!!!  So busy meh?  If busy, how come have time to write that bloody article?  You don't even know how the products are structured and marketed and yet still had the gall to sprout nonsense that makes people in the loop blood boil.  

Enough of me commenting on his interview, you guys can read it yourself and draw your own conclusion.  The conclusion i derived was, he KNOWS NOTHING!!!  I didn't want to make my blog into a ranting blog about what's going on in Singapore but this guy simply makes my blood boil.  He doesn't even bother to read up, understand what's going on, attend the rallies to hear for himself first hand.  Instead, he rather rely on his Stereotypical Mindset to build up a picture based on the random pieces of information he got from MSM.  Now I understand why our Gahmen had to control the MSM back in 1960s.  

This Mr Chua aka Dumb bugger (in my dictionary), reminds me of an irritating person that I had the mis-fortune to challenge his views with.  They are both so stereotypical in their thinking that they simply can't accept other people's view / alternate views on a subject matter.  Our Mr Chua here simply can't be bothered to read up on stuffs....while the irritating guy simply ASSUMES everything he said is correct.  I remembered him saying that he works with youths in his line of work and therefore he understands their way of thinking and culture.  

Errrmmmm........hello Mr irriating guy, do you work mainly with dysfunctional youths / delinquents / problematic youths?  Are you working as a counsellor?  If so, please STFU on your "CORRECT" views on how our youths thinks or behaves and their culture.  Your experience only handling ONLY ONE facet of the youth spectrum doesn't give you the prerogative to "CONCLUDE / STEREOTYPE" everyone with the traits you mentioned.  Bravo, Bravo........you should win a Noble prize on Psychology.  So many famous Psychologists can't even form a generally accepted theory on youths today and yet your theory on youths is absolutely "CORRECT"!!!!  Don't even get me started on the population deficiency article.  I researched and emailed the article and even pointed out which page to read.  I guess you can't be bothered to read that either.  Just stereotype and stereotype....I hope it doesn't turn into prejudice next time.  Stereotyping typcially evovles into prejudice you know.  

I don't assume everything that I said is correct but at least I consider more angles to a situation than you Mr Irritating Guy.  I listen to what others have to say first before coming out to comment / conclude on my views, with added research on my own of coz.  Ahh....heck it la...why am I talking about him when I don't give a FUCK what he thinks.  I guess Mr Chua simply reminds me of him.  GAWDAMNIT.....I wanna delete Mr Irritating Guy from my memory.  Anyway, I don't know who's reading this blog, you can copy / cut and paste it to him if you want.  I don't give a fuck anymore.........irritating BUGGERS!!!!

On a happy note, thanks guys for organizing the birthday party.  Can say this is the 3rd time I celebrated my birthday my whole life...haha (my birthday typically falls during exam periods, therefore don't celebrate).  Thanks for putting in the effort and the friendship.  I enjoyed the powerpoint slide show immensely.....first time friends did that for me.  Will put in effort to maintain my weight..haha...really starting to morph into Ah Bui Bui.  Going to Vietnam next month.....hope it doesn't rain when I'm there.  

Cheers

~~| Take without Forgetting | Give without Remembering |~~

..::[ Yearly PMS ]::..

~~| Track currently on "Always" (Matt Darey feat. Tiff Lacey)

Ah yes, it's that time of the year again whereby I'm called up for my service to the nation that I love and yet at the same time, feel no sense of attachment to. It's another bloody month and timing could be not worse again, in March. Just when I thought I could focus on getting a job and channeling my energy to excel in it. I do regret being so outstanding during my NS days for only a few people are selected for this course. Some might say that it's good that they chosen you, that means you're good. Easy for them to say when they are not in my shoes. People who are going to the course with me have the same laments and complaints, "why can't they conduct the course during our full time NS period?" Bloody hell, don't know whether I should declare this bloody call up during my interviews. Feel that it's unethical to omit this piece of information but on the hand, I'll be unethical to myself if I disclose. I might be out of job from Jan till Feb and during the call-up. Furthermore, the Army would only pay me my Full time National service pay coz I'm unemployed. A measly 600+ SGD. That's a month worth of work mind you.....and I'm getting 600++. So should I drop the bombshell on my employer after I secured a job. Would that affect how my superiors view me? Haiz.......always have this kind of dilemma shuffed upon me.....Starting to hate this yearly PMS thing.

Got about half a day to relax before hitting the books again so went on the net to catch up on some reading. Been lagging behind on current news by a week or so. Happen to come across this interesting article. http://www.littlespeck.com/content/people/CTrendsPeople-080906.htm It touches on how Singapore is among the tops again albeit this time for the wrong reason. There is about 25.11 people out of 1,000 who emigrate to other countries and we're second.....yes we're second in the world on this statistic. The first is timor leste. Am I Surprised by this statistic? Well, I'm definitely not surprised but I'm worried. That means more and more Singaporeans with talents are leaving for good and with the shortage of talents, our Government will import more foreign talent.

How will this affect me? Hmmmm, first time on my mind (maybe due to perception error, recency error) is that foreigners will compete jobs with me during recession and I might be at a disadvantage coz of my yearly call up to reservist. One month of not being around your work, how do you expect the employer to cope with the work that is left behind. Instead of having to face this problem every year, the employer would be tempted to hire a foreigner, who might be asking for less pay, more educated than me and no need to attend reservist for one month. Of coz the employer can't tell you this, they will get into trouble. They'll be thinking of this at the back of their mind. Of coz, that's just my perception only.......though some of my friends who runs their own businesses tend to hire the maximum number of foreigner workers allowed by the system.

With that in mind, I really can't fault those Singaporeans for leaving for other destinations. Heck, given the chance, I might have done the same thing. There are more pull factors for me to stay in Singapore at the moment.....but I've made up a list of push factors as well. It doesn't take much more for me to decide to try my luck at other countries. The recent mini-bond saga just reduced a pull factor and added a push factor. I'm giving myself 3 years to decide. The timing would be just nice, i'll be 30 years old then, hopefully can clear either CPA or CFA during that period of time and the elections would be in 2011. The election might be the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm hoping that things does get better during this 3 years and create more pull factors for me to stay in Singapore. I do love being in Singapore and I'm grateful for it. However, with the influx so MANY foreign talents. I'm starting to question whether my choice of remaining in Singapore is the right one. I might be suffering when I'm older when I'm not so mobile and sought after. 3 years and I've got my list and pen ready to tick on the pull and push factors. Nation that I love, Please stop pushing me away and Embrace me like I was your own child.(sounds corny eh)

~~| Ask not what the Country can do for you | Ask what you can do for the Country |~~

..::[ First Post and It's Rantings ]::..

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Decided to start a new blog on blogspot due to a recent rather unpleasant incident with a person whom I thought was and considered as a friend and another irritating person whom I've considered to be one of the most obnoxious, condescending asshole that I've ever met. How unfortunate of me to open my mouth to challenge his world views. Well, to cut things short, in my fit of anger and frustrations. I did the unthinkable. I deleted 4 years of my blog entries. Now, why was I so angry and frustrated? Hmm, I guess I simply felt angry for being deleted away from the person's life. Imagine having a simple disagreement with a friend and that friend simply DELETE you away in friendster, multiply, facebook, msn etc.... I'm frustrated with this type of behavior. So far, I've never had a disagreement with someone till such drastic measures are called for. I never knew that I was such a horrible guy....am I? I guess that friend of mine never really considered how I felt by this type of childish behavior. I lost sleep on numerous nights, had nightmares and it affected me very badly on my psyche. Somehow, I felt ostracized by my group of friends by her actions. I felt like being held to ransom emotionally, whether she meant it as such or not. Pretty horrible feeling I tell you. You feel like you're all alone, being left behind by your friends. Oh well, I guess this is life and I just have to suck it up and move on.

I've learnt something valuable from this ugly incident. I learnt to keep my mouth shut and think thrice before ever speaking ever again. You can't simply say something that you think without considering the repercussions. No, No, No, and Not even with friends whom you thought that you are close with. You don't know how they will react to your views. This bloody incident opened up my eyes man......one should only say the things that others want to hear or you should simply just shut up. Coz no one really cares about who's right / wrong. Seriously, No one gives a damn. I used to think that by expressing your views with your friends, and them expressing a different point of view, all would gain. Somehow, I guess I'm too idealistic in my thinking. People don't like to hear stuffs that they don't like / don't want to hear. Everyone's perception is different and therefore different standards would apply. I accept that but I loathe double standards. Don't tell me to abide by one set of rules and have others abide by another set.

First post and I have to rant....how unfortunate but hey, that's life man. Blogging seems like a good outlet for me to rant about my unhappiness with certain events in my life. I do feel kind of sad that things turned out the way it turned out. I wish that we could remain as friends but I guess your actions speaks louder than words. I wish you all the best in life and hope that our paths do not ever cross again. All the best. Now, time for me to focus on my exams and start finding new friends to travel with. Either that or it's time to go solo travel.....anyway, hopefully my future posts would be more on happy events and travels rather than rantings. All the best to my lost friend. Cheers.

~~| There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go |~~