Cheating with Money

I'd originally planned to talk about YJC or perhaps The Da Vinci Code that I'm currently enjoying immensely, but my current state of mind does not permit me to engage in any form of intellectual discourse right now.

If studying is a game, I know I will win. But I know I will win only because I know have cheated. And as any avid gamer knows, there can be no satisfaction derived from winning by cheating.

No, I didn't smuggle information into a test or anything like that. But to come to a place where the educational standard is at the very least slightly lower counts as much. I'm not belittling London's education system or anything but it has been a proven fact that anyone from Singapore who comes here almost always flies.

Just another of life's little ironies that a really small but totally incomprehensible part of me just feels like rushing back to the land of stress and mugging and insanely high standards. Indeed life is weird.

Perhaps it’s just because some ******* can't wait to spring into some bloody lecture after I tell him about a guy from YJC who gets exempted from the promos because of his outstanding daily work. Look, I know you've worked your damn brains out because it’s something you've implicitly/explicitly told me umpteen times, alright, and my frippin heart BLEEDS for you oh so much because of that. I bloody hell KNOW that the damn school fees here are expensive and how you always talk of how I can become the laughing stock of the "century/double century/triple century" by cheating and losing if I don't work. Without your interference you know I think that that disaster might just be averted but if you're so damn concerned about your cash going to waste why the bloody hell don't you just leave me in Singapore and let me 自生自灭,as the Chinese call it?? Even better just fly off without me and let me earn my own funds. Perhaps I'll work in KFC, then maybe I'll try to uncover undeniable evidence of their cruelty to chickens if any exists? Maybe PETA will pay me good cash for it and I'll give it all to you to free me of that bond? Or if I fail then take your insurance money when I die and sell off all my organs. There are black markets that pay good money for this kind of stuff, you know. Whichever way you look at it, there's money to be made here!!!

Or alternatively if it is an undesirable option/you don't take me seriously/you don't trust me to give you the cash etc, then STOP HOUNDING ME ABOUT IT ALL. Thank you.

Manz, I can't believe I wrote that, but at least I feel calmer now. But well, YJC and The Da Vinci Code is another story for another day.

Back after a long break

Free speech is an utopian idea. You will NEVER be able to go and say just ANYTHING you like and have absolute certainty that you will not be attacked for it. But even if you aren’t attacked for it, people among the milling crowd are probably wanting to come out and shout…

"OI! NOBODY GIVES A DAMN LAH!" *Courtesy of beautifuk.blogspot.com*

Every single person whom you meet is a book. A collection of stories, all waiting to be told. All these hidden beneath countless layers of facades. Perhaps another reason why blogs are so popular-for people to tell their stories, for them to be heard, for them to inject meaning into their lives which they supposedly feel are slowly going down the drain. Of course I daresay that these fears are often unfounded. Chain letters all over the place always extol that there will always be someone who loves you. But everyone’s book is wide shut, so how would you know?

Indeed, "lack of something to feel important about is the greatest tragedy a man can have"- a quote taken from one of the YJC Chemistry tutorials. That’s what turns some people into robots-just machines- pleasers, grade-chasers, etc. You name it, I'm sure you'll find a real-life equivalent for it.

Which is sad, because no mater what everyone else says, people are unique. And anyone who doesn't agree obviously hasn’t studied enough Biology to know the number of Chiasmata(Why doesn't MS Word recognize this word!?) combinations that can form during Meiosis. Genetic variation and Biology, lol-2 things that make life infinitely more interesting for us all.

I think I shall start blogging more often. I want to talk about YJC…

On London

Another long dearth in entries. Still nothing much to talk about. Lost my dad's handphone, which may be a blessing in disguise since it finally made him replace that antique for a nice camera phone. I shall upload a few images of this place when I have the chance. In the meantime, enjoy the following piece...

There is a substantial number of Londoners who:-
-are Indians, though with a more Malay countenance and with names like Sanhita Sepal and Hemini Patel(Who just walked into the com lab, lol)

-Think that Singapore is part of China. Do you really think with place names like ShanXi and Xiamen, China would have come up with SINGAPORE!?

-Find the fact that ka ni na is a swear word and the concept of Singapore noodles very amusing.

-Have English standards that are probably approximate to the educated Singaporean student. There are also who write sentences on food boxes like "Thank you for your custom please call back again"......!?!?!?

A simple post entered just at the spur of the moment. Don't blame me if it's lame or anything. Cheers!