Chui #2

I pray that the process wasn't painful. I sincerely hope that you would find your way. Rest well.

Chui

When someone I know might be dead, my heart feels heavier than usual.



Please DON'T be so chui.

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This morning was a little more interesting. My mum was talking about a newspaper article regarding the "Xiao Hua" and "Xiao Cao" nominees from NUS and NTU. If I'm not wrong, these titles are awarded in recognition of your looks.


What happened was that the nominees were given questions in the field of general knowledge (all in chinese). The first one was : "Who is Singapore's Minister Mentor?" When I first heard the question I didn't know that the chinese term referred to Minister Mentor, so I had to ask my mum for the translation. One guy answered "Goh Chok Tong". Pretty 1337 answer.


Second question: "What is Australia's capital?" Some of them answered Perth and Sydney (I did too =D) while the answer was Canberra.


Third question: "What is the biggest continent?" Some answered Europe, while the answer is Asia.


Fourth: "What is America's capital?" Some didn't know, but one managed to come up with Washington.


Fifth, and my favourite: "What is the answer when you divide 99999 by 11111?" The nominees reportedly took more than a minute to answer this.


The review? The newspaper editor saw it fit to condemn these nominees by labelling them as morons in an important section of the "Lian He Wan Bao". He went on with loads of derisive remarks, finally ending with "No wonder Lee Ao said that Singaporeans are stupid."


Ah, the irony. Why would a competition that's based on looks have their participants bombarded with questions on general knowledge?


Morever, times have changed so rapidly that people these days are not so well-informed of certain details . For example, you would have probably seen the word "Perth" and "Sydney" in the newspapers a dozen times more than "Canberra", given the fact that they are more popular cities. Same goes for "Washington" when people have heard of New York way more often.

I pity the nominees, really. But I'm more sympathetic towards the editor.

Teeth

XXX: " You ought to listen to others more when they tell you stuff. You got this 'ok la whatever' kind of attitude.' .. "

I nearly shouted back FUCK YOU when you told me this. First, you pulled me out in a totally retarded manner. And then you try to pull this fucking crap on me.

WHAT THE FUCK do you think I've been trying to do all this while? Do I look as though I've thrown in the towel? I'm not trying hard enough? Haven't I been listening to what everyone said? Isn't nodding my head good enough? I need to go down on my fucking knees to appease you now? 'Put in more effort' LMAO. Fuck you bitch. Like totally.

I knew you're a son of a bitch the very first time I saw you, I just didn't behave as though you are one. Fuck, just about the other few people I talked to about you told me how fucked up you are. Just because you dig these things faster than I do doesn't mean a fucking thing about how great you are, and no, you're not one fucking bit cool so stop trying to be. I should have just nailed your balls and watch you cry out in pain you bastard. Just SHUT THE FUCK UP if you don't have anything constructive to say, really. You totally fucked whatever mood I had left up.

On a lighter note, here's my thanks for your piece of dipshit advice: _l_ FU YOU KNNBCCB _l_

Conceivable

People ditching one another for a gain.Mhmmm wait a minute, now that's too specific. How about... friends? Hoho.

Everyone has experienced it one way or another. That explains why maybe 30% of your drama series or movies have their plots revolving around this issue. It is THAT amazing to talk about - especially if the backstabber happens to be more twisted in his means, the more exciting the story gets. There isn't a textbook way to stab someone in the back; the symptoms of suspicious motives can be non-existent too.

Needless to say, no insurance policy can commensurate you when such a catastrophe strikes - truly one of a kind isn't it. Fortunately, the same primal instinct works both ways, hence *nearly* everyone has an in-built firewall against such an event. There may be many sharks in the same aquarium, but only one has been swimming the longest.

So what do you do if you realised that you've just been stabbed in the back? No, don't do it literally back to that person. It never works. You can, however, opt to:

Tip 1: Get over it. Cruel, but true. Letting go is always the hardest thing to do, especially if the thing you've just lost means alot to you. *HINT/DISCLAIMER/PLEASE.NOTE* It's always easier said than done. Period.

Oh dang. I shouldn't have even done numbering, simply because there's only one real solution.The most impressive thing that you can do is to be magnanimous, i.e. letting him/her off because you happen to be *understanding*. It takes a major guilt trip for that person to apologise, but the story almost always ends way before this happens.

Everyone gets a happy ending. Even if this event befalls you.

The grass will only turn yellow due to the soil that it is entrenched in, which irrevocably extends its commitment for self preservation.

Belief

Everyone has a say in something. Even if it doesn't concern them one bit.

Unfortunately, the only people whose opinions do count, however, are those with power. Power granted mostly by those whose opinions DON'T count.

It is in *anyone's* interest to *ensure* that their *subordinates* have a degree of fear. The less educated they are and the less well-informed they are would mean that they are less of a threat.

It is also in anyone's interest to stay out of anything. The less they know, the happier they will be.

If the above two paragraphs are true, then the following must be true:

1) People become interested things that affect them, only.

2) People will not take any action until they are *threatened*.

3) Apathy makes your world go round.

4) People will want *something* to make them feel *secure*.

Hence here we are today. It's just like why monkeys love peanut butter and jam as much as we do.

Hmph

This is actually more difficult than I thought it would be.
I don't care.
Then I make a big fuss over it.
Next I bother myself with it.
I'll never win. No kidding, barely anyone does.
But I want to. Really.
Would you then give it a try?
YES.
That's just plain talk isn't it?
You tell me what then.
You wouldn't like the answer.
Oh, try me.
You know it yourself. *nudges*
No way.
See what I said?
...
Hah.
Fine.
Fine what?
I'll do it.
Oh really? Why?
For myself.
Sure?
As hell.
I can't believe this HAHAHA
I'm doing it.
HAHAHA.
For myself.
Oh my.
You can say that a few more times.
You're actually done?
No kidding.
Alright then.
We'll do it. Together.