Friday, May 18
New skin.. how cool is that.. Vintage feel. I have been working on the skin for a while but I haven't had the chance to publish it as Blogger's domain or perhaps my computer had a little problem and I could not access the template. But now that the problem has been fixed, here I am, updating the blog, putting up a new look. Its cool.
The things that have kept me going these days are daily dosages of various drama serials like the highly recommended,
Heroes, my all-time favourite,
Desperate Housewives, full of twist and turn
Prison Break, Thought-provoking
Lost, Spine-chilling
Supernatural and unglamourously funny
Ugly Betty. Its quite sad that all these shows are soon coming to their season finale and I wonder what is there left for me to watch. Reality shows like American Idol, America's Next Top Model, Survivor and a few others are good sources of entertainment as one requires zilch intelligence to understand these shows. They all provide entertainment values and certainly helps you to chill out.
Its one of my random moments again. I have no idea why I am talking about all these shows. Well I guess I am sharing some nice shows with people who are thinking of watching them. I say "Go Ahead!!".
11:27:00 PM
Friday, May 11
First of all, I just want to congratulate Meridian Junior College and Ms Sia on their splendid performance at the Singapore Conference Hall today at the SYF Central Judging 2007. Despite going through a rough end to their choice piece, Orient Express, Meridian emerged with a "Gold" award which was comforting and assuring. Looks like the "derailed" train, as commented by some people, did anot pose a large threat to Meridian's result. What was described by Ms Sia as "die, die, sure cannot get gold" and "bronze alr la" situation brought the band members' morale down, causing some of the girls to break down and cry immediately after the competition. Everyone had prepared themselves for the worst, and up till the very moment the result was announced, we dare not relax but only hope for the best. Well, turns out that all is not lost and Meridian managed to clinch her second SYF GOLD award in their participation thus far. As an ex-meridian band member, I feel so proud for the band's achievements and I hope they keep up the good spirit and achieve more peaks in future.
10:53:00 PM
Tuesday, May 8
People and their judgement
No matter how good a person may be, how perfect his character and personality may be, he is susceptible to judgement from people. People pass comments as though they are taking a breath, never realising how hurtful their words are especially when said or made known to the person of the topic. That is when casual conversations and jokes get a little overboard. It sucks to know that you are bring criticise for things that don't even matter in life. People judge you for your looks, the clothes you wear, the things you do, and probably how your leg-hair looks (if there is anything to comment about it). Does it give these people satisfaction to see someone being reduced to a state of self pity and inferiority. We all know how it is to feel lousy and worthless. The feeling sucks when you are the butt of everyone's laughter. It is not like we have not experienced it in some point in our life, being judged, criticised and laughed at for things that you yourself wouldn't have discovered had people not pointed it out. We know how it feels. But why do it onto others? Does it give us joy to make someone inferior, or does it boosts our ego in any way? Can our head get any bigger just by putting others down? Or are we just looking herd instincts. Honestly, if the entire group of people has a universal consensus about something or a particular person, would you stand out from the crowd and make your feelings known? Would you jump to the defence of a person who has snipe remarks and mockery hauled at him because it would mean putting yourself at risk to other's judgement. Perhaps not. I mean who wants to made fun of by everyone else. It is definitely better to agree and follow the crowd than to be different and shot down by others. So when you feel like people are picking on your little faults and imperfections, take it easy, treat it like today is "pick a fault with me" day. After all, we can't stop people from judging us, nor from commenting about us behind and in front of us.
9:13:00 PM
Wednesday, May 2
2 May, the second day of yet another new month. When I look back at my last entry, it gave me a shock that it has been two long months since i lasted updated this blog. Well, I can't deny the fact that I have been lazy and has slackened off in terms of my commitment to keep this blog going. I guess a lot of it has to do with a lack of content to put up. Maybe? I say this because just yesterday Aloysius brought up the point that once you're in NS, as far as a lot of NS men are concerned, they tend to talk abt nothing other than NS. And I explained to him that it was probably due to the fact that most NS men, especially the combat unit ones, live in their camp for 5 days a week and only see civilisation on 2 bearly full days as they have to book in and stuff. Just imagine 2 years of such lifestyle. I mean how interesting will your life get? How much conversation can you hold with others without bringing it back to the topic of NS? Sad life we have as NS men isn't it?
I might have a little more to talk abt instead of just NS, NS and NS. Mainly because I am not in the combat vocation. And I see the outside world everyday when I get off "work" (yes, that is what I have since enlistment been calling NS). There are certainly pros and cons being in such vocation, rather the service vocation. You get to "book out", watch TV, hang out with friends, take public transport, see your family. Well, little things like this that I never thought would bother a year and a half back. Interesting I would say. But one might also find themselves being labelled as the "worthless", "slack" unit just because we have absolutely no contact with weapons, grass, outfield and all that. Those being the cons of being in the service unit. Well, who cares actually? At least my time is well spent on picking up skills and knowledge, exploring various possibilities in life that could actually make a huge difference. And for that, it makes every "names" you been called worth it. Let's put it that way, some people are just jealous. It must suck to be trapped in a seemingly prison-like environment and be treated like a prisoner that drives people to their edge. (I say all this because I am really bored and have nothing else to talk about, so please do not take any offence in what I am trashing-talking about.)
But I must say the mental-stagnation after joining NS is really bugging me. It irks to realise that you are losing your ability to communicate well, produce a beautiful piece of writing etc with each passing day. I believe most academics would feel this way when they enter NS. People become so comfortable (in a psychological sense) with following instructions passed down from above that they stop thinking and absorbs everything that comes their way like a sponge. Unlike in my JC days when everything has to be thought through, analysed and criticised, the lack of usage of the brain in NS is starting to take its toll and creating a huge mental block for me. Damn. I feel really "air-head" now. Its time to slowly destroy this mental blockage and prepare for more to come in the future. I can't wait. ORD. November. Freedom. Its so close I can touch it.
Look out for a newly refurbished blog coming your way soon. I'm working on a new skin right now. Starting to get sick of this blog and its layout. Ha.
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