Monday, September 25, 2006
Shopping at last!
Hahahahaha.... I finally managed to get my butt around to shopping! Bought myself a pair of shoes (sneakers actually), some shirts and a pair of bermudas. And that wraps up my shopping for the year. Going to show it off to ADenise when I have the chance!
Take it easy, Keep it real...
Giving SI another perpective
This isn't an effort to diss SI... I repeat: this isn't an effort to diss SI. No... I'm not talking about Sports Illustrated but the other SI... Singapore Idol (do note the lack of enthusiasm on my end)...
Oh well, everyone has been giving their 2 cents worth about SI, and I think basically it has come down to 2 camps: the pro-SI, and the anti-SI. Does Singapore really lack talent (maybe that's why we have to import them: think Li Jiawei), or that the really talented just doesn't think that parading themselves onstage and having 4 million (correction: maybe 20,000 gullible teenagers) decide their fate just doesn't validify it?
SI has become a national institution, such that on broadcast day, streets are empty, and nearly every TV screen (at least those in the HDB flats near my place) is tuned into the program. Are we fanatics? Or does SI just give us hope? A hope that any average Joe on the street that can hold a 2-bit cadence may eventually be crowned a local icon(alright, I must admit that Taufik being the Ad-man for 7-Eleven just doesn't cut it as Local Icon... Singa the Courtesy Lion does).
But the point is, instead of seeing SI as a complete waste of time (and $0.60 if you vote once) why don't we look at it from a more social perspective? That everyone has the potential to be someone, only if he/she is bold enough to take that first step?
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit. - Norman Vincent Peale
Take it easy, Keep it real...
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Being too quick to discipline...
Are parents too quick to resort to disciplining their child? Just read this post from Mr Brown and a little part of me just tingles.
I'll not furbish you with the details, but I do hope that parents out there would be more patient with their children and not resort to such forms of discipline. Give the kid a chance. Regardless of whether he/she is special or not (as proposed by Mr Brown), it doesn't serve the child any good. The child may just grow up resenting his parents. Worst yet, he/she might think that being 'angry' and 'violent' is the way to get things going...
Bottom line: disciplining with coporal punishment serves no one, nurturing does.
Take it easy, Keep it real...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Singapore Dreaming...
Just caught Singapore Dreaming. Awesome show that deviates from the mainstream Jack Neo brand of movies. Many issues were covered, but one that pops up time and time again: Singaporean's obsession with the 5Cs.
The legendary Singapore 5Cs, the hallmark of success. Condominium, Career, Cash, Credit Card, and, Country Club. Are these really important?
It's sad that often times, we are so obsessed with accumulating as much of the 5Cs as we possibly can that we forget that there are other things in our life that are just as important if not more important. Family? Friends? Sound familiar?
I'm not saying that we shouldn't be bothered by the 5Cs. Sure, by all means go ahead. Who doesn't want to have a comfortable life? But, one shouldn't be obsessed with attaining it. Note that I said 'comfortable'... not extravagant. Being extravagant means just that... having extra. And having extra would inevitably come at the cost of something else. Question is, at the cost of what? Are the 5Cs really worth it? Maybe we can compromise on just 4Cs? 3Cs?
Bottom line: as much as the 5Cs are important, it must not be begotten at the detriment of other facets of our lives...
Take it easy, Keep it real...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Skinny and Sick...
Overheard at California Fitness' Starbucks Cafe:
'I'd rather be skinny and sick than my current size!'
Good Lord! For heaven's sake, your current size isn't even close to even being called plump! This lady that I overheard probably is the size of... let's see now... Crap, can't think of any one who is a celebrity to use as an example. WHICH GOES TO SHOW HOW SKINNY OUR CURRENT BATCH OF ACTRESSES ARE!
Which brings me to my point... Are we taking this diet fad a tad too far? What's wrong with being big boned, plump, fat, etc etc...? Are we on some rampage to kill all of them that they feel this inclination to change their appearances overnight? Or is it because of our ideas of what is beauty is like that force them to behave this way?
Once upon a time, being fat was in (circa. Empress Yang GuiFei), then having small feet was fashionable. Then looking moody made a comeback (otherwise known as Goth Culture) and thereafter the druggie look (a.k.a. SKINNY and crap sick)...
Why did I choose to pick the above examples? Well, don't we see a trend? Superficial looks are just that... dictated by what society demands of us. So why are we conforming to such irrational demands? Can't we love ourselves independent of what others think?
This is probably why many individuals with image problems (caused by unreasonable society demands) suffer from low self-esteem. They are soaking up all these intransgient stipulations and treating them as a norm.
So question to all those out there (and maybe a challenge): Why are we unable to see beauty from within and show that beauty from the outside?
Take it easy, Keep it real...
Apologies...
Haven't been blogging this I know,
But at least let me and my feelings flow.
Life's been tough these 6 moons,
Sounding more and more like a bufoon.
But projects don't stop rushing in,
Not spending enough time with Him is my greatest Sin.
I have so much to say,
That will have you hear till the end of days.
Hence I will keep this post short,
And have you read my thoughts which might end me in tort!
~-~
And to the one who has tried so hard to brave things through,
All I can say is that I Love You!
Take it easy, Keep it real...
