Each year around this period I become particularly edgy and impatient. (See 2010) Yes, Christmas turns me into the Grinch. Everywhere I go, there are throngs of people, monkeys, slow lorises and gawking idiots. Usually, in other times of the years, these four creatures tend to be different individuals. But come Christmas season, they coexist…
In the past two days I met 2 awesome service staff, once at Sistic and once at Starbucks. Those who know me will know that I bitch about Sistic service standards all the time, from their booking process to ticket collection. My encounter at the ticket concierge yesterday changed my opinion about them, somewhat. See,…
I just witnessed an epic scenario of wishy-washiness involving a girl and her two male friends. I shall call them G, B1 and B2. G is apparently trying to apply for a scholarship via a certain online portal, where she has to upload her supporting documents, including her university transcript. G was having trouble downloading…
I attended a department lunch on Thursday consisting of some professors and graduate students from language, literature and theatre. I initially wanted to just drop by to catch up with some of my classmates from previous semesters, but wound up talking to other postgrad students from literature and theatre for close to 3 hours. I…
Someone said - “What’s the use of second chances when people will never change?“ How true, that. This is not just my pessimistic viewpoint, but after some rationalization, I still don’t believe in Second Chances. I have to admit that this issue is tricky because people like to claim they are a changed person, or…
That seems to be the message the mass media is putting across. When was the last time you watched a movie about a young adult achieving success in life because of parental guidance and full support regardless how absurd their calling is? I can’t remember. All I can recall is how going against your parents…
I’m reading The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris now. This book explores the notion of Morals through a scientific viewpoint. Reading the book I was inspired to conceive a moral mindfuck of sorts to well, fuck with your minds. Let’s pretend – Suppose there is a gene in the human genome that makes a person…
The lack of service quality in Speedpost and Singpost is not just mere angry forum letters and articles in the newspaper. It is a real symptom of the Singapore Monopoly Service Quality a.k.a. NONE. This is what happened to me today – I had to face the Speedpost Liars. See, I have a package from…
I found the following TED Talk extremely interesting. The speaker is a researcher in Social Work, and she explores the issues of vulnerability and wholesome attitude. Her talk is very understandable and approachable. Here I pick some of my favourite bits from this talk: When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak;…
I read an interesting post today by Teri from Your Life Sentence. My take home message from her post is that when we have opinions we invariably are judging other people. Which is true, and it’s an aspect I never really considered. All these (deluded) while, I held the believe that opinions, while being subjective,…
