All I Can Do Is Gape At Luxury Goods And Their Astronomical Prices
More recently, I have taken to gaping at high-end branded goods at luxury stores.
The range of brands and products bedazzle. There are so many beautiful works of art and masterpieces, it is hard to pick. The prices are way out of reach and poor me will never be able to afford one. Even if the GSSS (Great Singapore Super Sale) is on.
It will be nice to own a few sets of formal and informal luxury attire complete with matching accessories.
Are We Missing Something Here?
However the way I see it, the luxury brands offered here do not carry their full collection.
Take for instance, Armani and Fendi. Both are Italian brands.
We see the likes of Armani Jeans and Armani Exchange (the lower-end collection for younger customers and urbanites) being sold here but not Emporio Armani (the higher-end Armani line catering to young adults) or Giorgio Armani (the 2nd most expensive Armani line of collection)
At best they are limitedly available here and we only see Emporio Armani's eyewear and timepieces sold here .
Armani Casa, Armani's home collection is also not available here. Don't forget that Armani also invests in fine dining within their stores plus bookstores and flower shops and we can picture how much we are missing out on the entire Armani fraternity.
With the Fendi brand, we don't see the Men's collection and Fendi Casa is at the other end of Orchard Road near Tanglin while of course the French Chloe was always only a woman's brand.
The New Or Revamped Luxury Stores Holds Out Hope
But there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon . I thought I glimpsed Emporio Armani coming our way soon when the new Mandarin Gallery opens. The billboards even feature young blondes togged out in its apparels.
I am even surer that Ion Orchard will change all that as I begin to see Louis Vuitton and Dolce and Gabbana along with other luxury brands fronting its grand entrance.
This Is Fast Considering The Time Span Between Announcement And Action
When it was announced that there will be an overhead bridge linking Iluma and Bugis Junction, I was telling myself that I didn't see anything going up in that area.
It will be a great relief as that narrow traffic island sure gets squeezy when the crowd swells even though there is a crossing junction just down the road.
Today, the whole bridge is up and this must have been done in record time too.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Bare Bosom Versus Bare Pelvis - Is One Any Better Than The Other?
Frolicking Gymnasts' Bare Antics Derided While Cleavaging Or Almost Bare Bosommed Femme Fatales Are Let Loose
A writer to the Forum pages derided the loose-fitting knee length trunks that exposed the pelvic bone and pubic area below the waistline of our local gymnasts while they were frolicking about their acrobatic stunts.
I have personally witnessed women in bikinis removing their bra straps and basking at our public swim pools. What about cleavaging femme fatales frolicking at our public spaces like our shopping malls and public schools?
As I have pointed out, which are private parts that need covering up are well-known and unless equality of the gender is respected, I think it is gonna be a free-for-all.
Republic Polytechnic's Mantra Of "Every Student Is A Customer" Decried But We Are Really Missing The Crux Of The Issue Here
It is true a student is not "always right" but then again neither is the teacher.
The writers who decried RP's mantra could be empathised but the whole crux of the issue is missing here.
Education has nothing to do with attire or appearance. I do not see how students feeling comfortable and possibly allowed to snack or eat will detract them from their concentration in class.
I am doubtful discipline in that arena is key. Certainly discipline in self-reading, motivation, behavior, attitude, handing in assignments and attending classes are.
That is only education rigor coming from the students. There is that other part that hails from the guru.
The rigor I wanna see is the intellectual exchange part. The knowledge both old and new part that truly fits reality. The debate and the questions. The critical analyses and thinking part. The language proficiency. The content material.
The teaching methodology and delivery that link knowledge concepts to everyday practicum so students are knowledgeably illuminated.
No more cliches. No more standardised answers that fit every unique individual and circumstances. No more generalisations and gender-stereotyping.
That will be true education.
Ever-Changing Shopping LandScape From The Art Installation To The Cars On The Road
Everytime I walk into OC, it promises some new art installations in the making only because it hasn't completely open yet.
Just yesterday, it featured these black mannequins togged out in the latest gears and fashion cunm electronic accessories illuminated by neonic blue tubes hung on a grid mesh.
Then there is this gigantic steel woman standing on high-heels and clutching a handbag. She is at least five storeys tall.
Just like the few Ferrari (or are they Maserati) sports cars that zoomed past OC along Orchard Road, they were sights to behold that take your breath away if only for a moment.
I can only expect more when Scotts Square (incidentally when is this opening and will it have a shopping mall or art gallery ?), 313@Somerset, Grand Park, Mandarin Gallery and Heeren opens or re-opens.
A writer to the Forum pages derided the loose-fitting knee length trunks that exposed the pelvic bone and pubic area below the waistline of our local gymnasts while they were frolicking about their acrobatic stunts.
I have personally witnessed women in bikinis removing their bra straps and basking at our public swim pools. What about cleavaging femme fatales frolicking at our public spaces like our shopping malls and public schools?
As I have pointed out, which are private parts that need covering up are well-known and unless equality of the gender is respected, I think it is gonna be a free-for-all.
Republic Polytechnic's Mantra Of "Every Student Is A Customer" Decried But We Are Really Missing The Crux Of The Issue Here
It is true a student is not "always right" but then again neither is the teacher.
The writers who decried RP's mantra could be empathised but the whole crux of the issue is missing here.
Education has nothing to do with attire or appearance. I do not see how students feeling comfortable and possibly allowed to snack or eat will detract them from their concentration in class.
I am doubtful discipline in that arena is key. Certainly discipline in self-reading, motivation, behavior, attitude, handing in assignments and attending classes are.
That is only education rigor coming from the students. There is that other part that hails from the guru.
The rigor I wanna see is the intellectual exchange part. The knowledge both old and new part that truly fits reality. The debate and the questions. The critical analyses and thinking part. The language proficiency. The content material.
The teaching methodology and delivery that link knowledge concepts to everyday practicum so students are knowledgeably illuminated.
No more cliches. No more standardised answers that fit every unique individual and circumstances. No more generalisations and gender-stereotyping.
That will be true education.
Ever-Changing Shopping LandScape From The Art Installation To The Cars On The Road
Everytime I walk into OC, it promises some new art installations in the making only because it hasn't completely open yet.
Just yesterday, it featured these black mannequins togged out in the latest gears and fashion cunm electronic accessories illuminated by neonic blue tubes hung on a grid mesh.
Then there is this gigantic steel woman standing on high-heels and clutching a handbag. She is at least five storeys tall.
Just like the few Ferrari (or are they Maserati) sports cars that zoomed past OC along Orchard Road, they were sights to behold that take your breath away if only for a moment.
I can only expect more when Scotts Square (incidentally when is this opening and will it have a shopping mall or art gallery ?), 313@Somerset, Grand Park, Mandarin Gallery and Heeren opens or re-opens.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A Slow Coach To A Schizophrenic "Suku" (Mad) Island Filled With Tortoises (New)
An Unsearchable And Mysterious Renoma Brand
Try googling "Renoma" and it draws a complete blank.
Other than sites advertising sales of its bags and underwear, there isn't a farthing information about the company, its history or an official website.
Other brands like Skinxwear, Diesel, BUM. 2(x)ist and C-In2 are readily found but not Renoma. So what the hell is it?
Sexual Minorities Have The Same Rights As Ethnic Minorities And A Comprehensive Sex And Sexuality Education Will Acknowledge Just That
In the light of the recent AWARE saga, I only wanna highlight a few salient points.
One, there is nothing wrong with providing a comprehensive sex and sexuality education program. It is not about promoting homosexuality but about education and acknowledging homosexuality.
After all just like ethnic minorities, sexual minorities must be accorded the same rights to be heard and understood.
That is all we are asking for - to be heard, understood, acknowledged and accepted. We are no different from anyone except for our different sexual tastes and preferences.
Orchard Central's Other Attraction
Of course. You always hear it from me first.
If you didn't already read about it from the press, Orchard Central boasts of a brand new, world's tallest indoor vertical rock climbing wall which has iron rungs known as the Ferrata (Italian for "iron road").
You can also do the normal climb but purportedly the iron rung way is more difficult.
By the way, after doing a little research of my own, I found out that the world's highest natural ferrata and Asia's first is located on Mt Kinabalu or what is nick-named Mt Torq, which is none other than our East Malaysian Sabahan neighbor.
What OC has for adventure climbing reminds me of the Kallang Leisure Park where you can bowl or ice skate. This kinda shopping mall concept is also endemic to Kuala Lumpur and BangKok.
If you have visited Times Square in KL, you will remember it for its roller-coaster ride of a theme park set within a mall.
Thus it is nothing new, just that we are much slower, that is all. Like having a light-up train itinerary on our subways or a foreign university campus on local shores.
Even our malls' lighting up like the OC and the Ion Orchard are nothing new when compared to Japan, Taiwan and HongKong who with their combined late night neonic flashes probably beat us hands down.
Is Singapore Fast Becoming A Schizophrenic Nation With Multiple Split Nationalities?
When I peeked into a Fitness First branch at The Cathay, I couldn't help noticing how it was largely staffed by Filipinos.
The same thing recently happened at California Fitness too. They congregate and chat among themselves and in loud tones at that.
At Jurong Point, the new wing has opened but the foreign workers are still here. Within the mall and milling outside its periphery, sitting, eating, drinking and chatting or just hanging out in big groups.
An entourage of SMRT staff consisting of China nationals and only one Indian national filed past me in the mall.
So when will the national sovereignty of the people ever see the light of day?
Try googling "Renoma" and it draws a complete blank.
Other than sites advertising sales of its bags and underwear, there isn't a farthing information about the company, its history or an official website.
Other brands like Skinxwear, Diesel, BUM. 2(x)ist and C-In2 are readily found but not Renoma. So what the hell is it?
Sexual Minorities Have The Same Rights As Ethnic Minorities And A Comprehensive Sex And Sexuality Education Will Acknowledge Just That
In the light of the recent AWARE saga, I only wanna highlight a few salient points.
One, there is nothing wrong with providing a comprehensive sex and sexuality education program. It is not about promoting homosexuality but about education and acknowledging homosexuality.
After all just like ethnic minorities, sexual minorities must be accorded the same rights to be heard and understood.
That is all we are asking for - to be heard, understood, acknowledged and accepted. We are no different from anyone except for our different sexual tastes and preferences.
Orchard Central's Other Attraction
Of course. You always hear it from me first.
If you didn't already read about it from the press, Orchard Central boasts of a brand new, world's tallest indoor vertical rock climbing wall which has iron rungs known as the Ferrata (Italian for "iron road").
You can also do the normal climb but purportedly the iron rung way is more difficult.
By the way, after doing a little research of my own, I found out that the world's highest natural ferrata and Asia's first is located on Mt Kinabalu or what is nick-named Mt Torq, which is none other than our East Malaysian Sabahan neighbor.
What OC has for adventure climbing reminds me of the Kallang Leisure Park where you can bowl or ice skate. This kinda shopping mall concept is also endemic to Kuala Lumpur and BangKok.
If you have visited Times Square in KL, you will remember it for its roller-coaster ride of a theme park set within a mall.
Thus it is nothing new, just that we are much slower, that is all. Like having a light-up train itinerary on our subways or a foreign university campus on local shores.
Even our malls' lighting up like the OC and the Ion Orchard are nothing new when compared to Japan, Taiwan and HongKong who with their combined late night neonic flashes probably beat us hands down.
Is Singapore Fast Becoming A Schizophrenic Nation With Multiple Split Nationalities?
When I peeked into a Fitness First branch at The Cathay, I couldn't help noticing how it was largely staffed by Filipinos.
The same thing recently happened at California Fitness too. They congregate and chat among themselves and in loud tones at that.
At Jurong Point, the new wing has opened but the foreign workers are still here. Within the mall and milling outside its periphery, sitting, eating, drinking and chatting or just hanging out in big groups.
An entourage of SMRT staff consisting of China nationals and only one Indian national filed past me in the mall.
So when will the national sovereignty of the people ever see the light of day?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Bric-A-Brac (Latest)
Where Have All The People Gone?
As I sit in class these days, I begin to notice the dwindling number of students.
Some have consistently skipped classes and only turn up on exam day while others are just erratic in their attendance for whatever reasons. There are a couple of them who may have deferred or who are exempted while others have dropped out altogether for reasons best known to themselves.
Among them are two people I know. One has dropped out and his "close" friends have apparently not cared enough to call him to find out what happened. I have taken it upon myself to find out.
Another I have not seen ever since Henry, the lecturer, picked on him and asked to utter the words "I wanna die". I am trying to get to this person as we were chatting happily one minute and the next thing I know, he has completely vanished into thin air.
Seriously I am amazed at the callousness of some of the personalisation the lecturers can engage in and their "close" friends who don't really seem to care.
Fair-Trade's Hall Mark Of Fair Trade
It started with a jar of lemon curd I bought from Marks And Spencer.
It bore a label with the "Fairtrade" mark that purports to give Third World producers a fairer deal so that they will have a better standard of living, acknowledging the sugar ingredient it uses is from such a country.
More recently I have been noticing a whole range of products from coffee to tea bearing this "Fairtrade" mark with diverse countries like Kenya and Ethiopia of Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Colombia and Brazil of Central/South America and Aceh, Indonesia of South East Asia.
This is a good start and I am sure it will extend to other tangible and intangible products in the future.
Men No Wear Flowery And Colorful Clothes? Desigual And Spanish Men Must Be In Big Trouble Then
If men are typecast as humans who cannot don flowery and colorfully designed attire, then Spanish men are in deep trouble.
More specifically, Desigual, the Barcelona-based Spanish fashion design store would have to close shop and Spanish men would be looked upon as sissies.
At least that is the impression I got when a female Malay classmate enquired about my yellow colored two-toned tee and the flowery Hawaiian long-sleeved shirt I wore very recently. She was kinda taken aback, I guess, from this flamboyant display.
Truth is, my few working shirts have laid crumpled and creased for years in my luggage, waiting to be worn and see the light of day but my unsuccessful school interview recently has absolutely crushed this wishful hope.
So I bought a steam iron recently (and it seems they all now come with "steam" function) to iron out the creases and treat them as casual wear instead, coupled with jeans of course.
Sexually-Charged And Connotated Conversations
"Cut, wash and blow" - what a male hairdresser would say to a gay client.
"This iron got steam" - what a male sales assistant said to me.
"This display set has been touched, fingered and mauled so many times, if I were to buy it, I want a discount" what I said to a young handsome sales assistant, alluding to sex workers or the like.
Allusory Movies
If you had watched "Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen", the backdrop of the story and the plot look a lot like the war in Iraq.
The desert, the desert palm trees, the storm troopers and the allusion to getting at the energy source (more precisely "The Matrix") underneath the pyramid all seem to point that way.
"Terminator Salvation" is a remake of the Terminator series minus Arnie who makes a very brief appearance towards the end the film.
It was action-packed and promised no end of thrills and spills as the cyborgs go about their mission to terminate humans.
A mission perhaps, that is all too appropriate?
More Than One Display Pattern, More Color Changes
OC has more than one display pattern.
So you will excuse me if I wrote about the changing colors of one such pattern the last time and not taking into account the hues of the other display pattern.
In fact I like the new display I saw. It had more hues and vibrancy to it.
Help! Help! Help! Any Fit Young Handsome White Knights Decked Out In Branded Fashion Togs And Riding On A Pure White BMW To The Rescue?
Even as I prepare for any eventuality, I am ensuring I look my best and do most of the things I wanna do. Too bad trips to Europe and Egypt cannot be fulfilled.
From my hair, to my facial skin to my finger nails to my clothes and accesories and the food I eat, I am not letting up on trying things I have not tried before.
Not that I really wanna die, but hey does poor me have a choice? I can only pray for a miracle. And that does not include going back to past employers, turning to the UnHoly Alliance Of The Trio or signing up with any political party. It has got to be a pure and simple case of unconditional help with no strings attached.
I only hope I live long enough to see the opening of some of our newest attractions like the shopping malls, the casino resorts and so on.
Please someone, help! I really dont wanna die!
Sob, sob, sob, sob, sob ($$$$$1 000 000x).
As I sit in class these days, I begin to notice the dwindling number of students.
Some have consistently skipped classes and only turn up on exam day while others are just erratic in their attendance for whatever reasons. There are a couple of them who may have deferred or who are exempted while others have dropped out altogether for reasons best known to themselves.
Among them are two people I know. One has dropped out and his "close" friends have apparently not cared enough to call him to find out what happened. I have taken it upon myself to find out.
Another I have not seen ever since Henry, the lecturer, picked on him and asked to utter the words "I wanna die". I am trying to get to this person as we were chatting happily one minute and the next thing I know, he has completely vanished into thin air.
Seriously I am amazed at the callousness of some of the personalisation the lecturers can engage in and their "close" friends who don't really seem to care.
Fair-Trade's Hall Mark Of Fair Trade
It started with a jar of lemon curd I bought from Marks And Spencer.
It bore a label with the "Fairtrade" mark that purports to give Third World producers a fairer deal so that they will have a better standard of living, acknowledging the sugar ingredient it uses is from such a country.
More recently I have been noticing a whole range of products from coffee to tea bearing this "Fairtrade" mark with diverse countries like Kenya and Ethiopia of Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Colombia and Brazil of Central/South America and Aceh, Indonesia of South East Asia.
This is a good start and I am sure it will extend to other tangible and intangible products in the future.
Men No Wear Flowery And Colorful Clothes? Desigual And Spanish Men Must Be In Big Trouble Then
If men are typecast as humans who cannot don flowery and colorfully designed attire, then Spanish men are in deep trouble.
More specifically, Desigual, the Barcelona-based Spanish fashion design store would have to close shop and Spanish men would be looked upon as sissies.
At least that is the impression I got when a female Malay classmate enquired about my yellow colored two-toned tee and the flowery Hawaiian long-sleeved shirt I wore very recently. She was kinda taken aback, I guess, from this flamboyant display.
Truth is, my few working shirts have laid crumpled and creased for years in my luggage, waiting to be worn and see the light of day but my unsuccessful school interview recently has absolutely crushed this wishful hope.
So I bought a steam iron recently (and it seems they all now come with "steam" function) to iron out the creases and treat them as casual wear instead, coupled with jeans of course.
Sexually-Charged And Connotated Conversations
"Cut, wash and blow" - what a male hairdresser would say to a gay client.
"This iron got steam" - what a male sales assistant said to me.
"This display set has been touched, fingered and mauled so many times, if I were to buy it, I want a discount" what I said to a young handsome sales assistant, alluding to sex workers or the like.
Allusory Movies
If you had watched "Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen", the backdrop of the story and the plot look a lot like the war in Iraq.
The desert, the desert palm trees, the storm troopers and the allusion to getting at the energy source (more precisely "The Matrix") underneath the pyramid all seem to point that way.
"Terminator Salvation" is a remake of the Terminator series minus Arnie who makes a very brief appearance towards the end the film.
It was action-packed and promised no end of thrills and spills as the cyborgs go about their mission to terminate humans.
A mission perhaps, that is all too appropriate?
More Than One Display Pattern, More Color Changes
OC has more than one display pattern.
So you will excuse me if I wrote about the changing colors of one such pattern the last time and not taking into account the hues of the other display pattern.
In fact I like the new display I saw. It had more hues and vibrancy to it.
Help! Help! Help! Any Fit Young Handsome White Knights Decked Out In Branded Fashion Togs And Riding On A Pure White BMW To The Rescue?
Even as I prepare for any eventuality, I am ensuring I look my best and do most of the things I wanna do. Too bad trips to Europe and Egypt cannot be fulfilled.
From my hair, to my facial skin to my finger nails to my clothes and accesories and the food I eat, I am not letting up on trying things I have not tried before.
Not that I really wanna die, but hey does poor me have a choice? I can only pray for a miracle. And that does not include going back to past employers, turning to the UnHoly Alliance Of The Trio or signing up with any political party. It has got to be a pure and simple case of unconditional help with no strings attached.
I only hope I live long enough to see the opening of some of our newest attractions like the shopping malls, the casino resorts and so on.
Please someone, help! I really dont wanna die!
Sob, sob, sob, sob, sob ($$$$$1 000 000x).
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Essential And Non-Essential Services
In these times of economic depression, radical measures may be needed.
We have to examine what are essential and non-essential services. I count those environment officers nabbing litterbugs as being non-essential. Where in the world does the state employ 2000 odd such "people" for catching others who litter.
To be better deployed, they should be retrained as cleaners instead. That way, it engages them more productively.
Schools should be shut and students can learn from home. There are always books available and online resources.
From my experience for the learning program I enrolled in, I was actually looking up to the lecturers for that extra "spark" but this was so wanting.
I found a better substitute in reading and surfing the web for learning resources. Especially good books written by practitioners and authoritative sources.
What about security personnel save those who have to ensure the safe accompaniment of huge hoards of cash? And others in the armed forces? Can they be rotated and more effectively employed on a tighter and smaller workforce?
Every nook and cranny should not be overlooked as we trim down costs for non-essential services and redeploy resources for other essential projects like infrastructure and tourism.
We have to examine what are essential and non-essential services. I count those environment officers nabbing litterbugs as being non-essential. Where in the world does the state employ 2000 odd such "people" for catching others who litter.
To be better deployed, they should be retrained as cleaners instead. That way, it engages them more productively.
Schools should be shut and students can learn from home. There are always books available and online resources.
From my experience for the learning program I enrolled in, I was actually looking up to the lecturers for that extra "spark" but this was so wanting.
I found a better substitute in reading and surfing the web for learning resources. Especially good books written by practitioners and authoritative sources.
What about security personnel save those who have to ensure the safe accompaniment of huge hoards of cash? And others in the armed forces? Can they be rotated and more effectively employed on a tighter and smaller workforce?
Every nook and cranny should not be overlooked as we trim down costs for non-essential services and redeploy resources for other essential projects like infrastructure and tourism.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Fuck Your Mother Chao Chee Byes
Yet again, they have closed another door in my face.
And a very critical one. Especially at this time when I need a job badly. A job I am comfortable and familiar with, has a reasonable vocational interest in and it pays quite well.
Plagued by on-off back pains and a less than sharp vision (and it seems like my knees are giving me trouble too these days), I am not gonna veer into other jobs save teaching and counselling within an education setting.
With the looming prospect of losing all my money plus a roof over my head (and a place to call my own), there is seriously nothing left for me to do.
They are seriously pushing me into a tight corner, leaving me with no options but death.
It is like at the job interview facing a panel of 3 distinguished female "educators", a panel who must be living well under the auspices of the civil service and who knows a farthing about the world outside except their own.
One posed me a question why I didn't opt for relief-teaching. Woman, my data is on their registration system and I renew it yearly. But I haven't got a single farthing call so far save one year eons ago.
Fuck you, chao chee byes!
And a very critical one. Especially at this time when I need a job badly. A job I am comfortable and familiar with, has a reasonable vocational interest in and it pays quite well.
Plagued by on-off back pains and a less than sharp vision (and it seems like my knees are giving me trouble too these days), I am not gonna veer into other jobs save teaching and counselling within an education setting.
With the looming prospect of losing all my money plus a roof over my head (and a place to call my own), there is seriously nothing left for me to do.
They are seriously pushing me into a tight corner, leaving me with no options but death.
It is like at the job interview facing a panel of 3 distinguished female "educators", a panel who must be living well under the auspices of the civil service and who knows a farthing about the world outside except their own.
One posed me a question why I didn't opt for relief-teaching. Woman, my data is on their registration system and I renew it yearly. But I haven't got a single farthing call so far save one year eons ago.
Fuck you, chao chee byes!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Here, There, Everywhere (New)
Oo I Didn't Really Get Some Things Right, Did I?
My sincere apologies. The Iluma is spelt with a single not double "l" and yes, its facade facing Bugis Junction didn't have its name on it so it would remain a nameless, mysterious, colorful block to many only because its name is signposted at the rear instead. Facing out to oblivion.
And yes again, I forgot one more radiant color to the few I mentioned which Orchard Central emitted in the night. Purple, what else. I found this out when I stood longer at my bedroom window to savour the full display of its spectrum of colors.
Of course Mos isn't the only burger chain serving rice burgers these days. There are Japanese food chains that do and they all look uncanningly alike from the toddler-size portion, the basket they are served in and the styrofoam wrap lined with lettuce.
Sincere apologies once more.
I Love NUM's Newly Designed Colorful PaperBag Carriers
NUM had indeed come a long way as one of its staff reminded me recently.
Its carriers first started off as a piece of brown recycled paper bag with its name insigniaed on its side. This has now become almost like vintage wine of course.
Then it turned into a half blue half green colored pixelled bag with its evergreen logo of the spermatozoan.
Today that carrier has progressed to different full solid colors still embossed with the characteristic spermatozoan logo and the quality of the paper has improved tremendously.
It has become a collectible and is available for purchase at a price.
Oo What The Hell............
The exam results are out for Chris' module on Conflict Management.
This is the first "B" grade I got after a string of "As". I couldn't really accept this fact and I think I have an inkling why.
More Intellectual And Academic Rigor Tied To Practical Experience
First I was skipping lessons more often than I should and that is only because I wasn't enjoying Chris' lessons very much. In fact classes have now become a drag and motivation seems to be drying up.
Why? Because there wasn't as much academic or intellectual rigor as I was expecting. The lecturers were disappointing. If they had concentrated on making the concepts come alive in a fun and humorous way, I think we would have learned better. More so if they linked this to their practical experience.
Instead they veered off course most of the time and exams weren't testing on this.
For instance, I could think of teaching Freud's three human psyches in a fun and comical way while drawing on personal and practical experiences to connect to the concepts.
Broadening Perspectives, Well Said
Chris was still screening quite a few videos and trying to relate concepts to them. I couldn't see much "conflict" issues in "The Devil Wears Prada" but I could in "The Rain Man".
Worse, when I wrote my essay, I based my conflict with him to the book I read and not the models he was personally teaching only because I find that I could relate to the development of the conflict as in the book. Yes, some of his models are useful tools but they do need refinement and there was one or two I didn't find helpful.
He has to broaden his perspectives and understand that there are other CM models and we pick one which we can relate to.
After all the book was written by an Australian professor teaching in a 6th ranked university while Chris graduated from one that is ranked 19th.
Chris did lift material off from the book anyway.
So there...what has he got to say for himself?
My sincere apologies. The Iluma is spelt with a single not double "l" and yes, its facade facing Bugis Junction didn't have its name on it so it would remain a nameless, mysterious, colorful block to many only because its name is signposted at the rear instead. Facing out to oblivion.
And yes again, I forgot one more radiant color to the few I mentioned which Orchard Central emitted in the night. Purple, what else. I found this out when I stood longer at my bedroom window to savour the full display of its spectrum of colors.
Of course Mos isn't the only burger chain serving rice burgers these days. There are Japanese food chains that do and they all look uncanningly alike from the toddler-size portion, the basket they are served in and the styrofoam wrap lined with lettuce.
Sincere apologies once more.
I Love NUM's Newly Designed Colorful PaperBag Carriers
NUM had indeed come a long way as one of its staff reminded me recently.
Its carriers first started off as a piece of brown recycled paper bag with its name insigniaed on its side. This has now become almost like vintage wine of course.
Then it turned into a half blue half green colored pixelled bag with its evergreen logo of the spermatozoan.
Today that carrier has progressed to different full solid colors still embossed with the characteristic spermatozoan logo and the quality of the paper has improved tremendously.
It has become a collectible and is available for purchase at a price.
Oo What The Hell............
The exam results are out for Chris' module on Conflict Management.
This is the first "B" grade I got after a string of "As". I couldn't really accept this fact and I think I have an inkling why.
More Intellectual And Academic Rigor Tied To Practical Experience
First I was skipping lessons more often than I should and that is only because I wasn't enjoying Chris' lessons very much. In fact classes have now become a drag and motivation seems to be drying up.
Why? Because there wasn't as much academic or intellectual rigor as I was expecting. The lecturers were disappointing. If they had concentrated on making the concepts come alive in a fun and humorous way, I think we would have learned better. More so if they linked this to their practical experience.
Instead they veered off course most of the time and exams weren't testing on this.
For instance, I could think of teaching Freud's three human psyches in a fun and comical way while drawing on personal and practical experiences to connect to the concepts.
Broadening Perspectives, Well Said
Chris was still screening quite a few videos and trying to relate concepts to them. I couldn't see much "conflict" issues in "The Devil Wears Prada" but I could in "The Rain Man".
Worse, when I wrote my essay, I based my conflict with him to the book I read and not the models he was personally teaching only because I find that I could relate to the development of the conflict as in the book. Yes, some of his models are useful tools but they do need refinement and there was one or two I didn't find helpful.
He has to broaden his perspectives and understand that there are other CM models and we pick one which we can relate to.
After all the book was written by an Australian professor teaching in a 6th ranked university while Chris graduated from one that is ranked 19th.
Chris did lift material off from the book anyway.
So there...what has he got to say for himself?
Monday, June 08, 2009
You Are A Film Critic, We Are Movie Goers - Get The Roles Right (Newest)
This Noodle Shop Had Closed But There Was Always Another Similar One Just Down The Road Anyway
I was sauntering past a row of shops and hoping to catch a quick eat at my favourite noodle shop (which had since closed) when I noticed the naked picture of popular HongKong star Edison Chen fronting the cover of The New Paper.
Oo What Is Edison Doing, Gracing Yet Another Cover Of A Tabloid? And A Local Tabloid At That! And We Thought That Scandal Was All Over Already, Didn't We?.......
Edison, if you do not already know, is the victim of a sex video scandal he had secretly filmed of himself with various famous HongKong starlets. Whoa Wee! Isn't Edison just cute naked? I mean he is slim fit, smooth bodied and has nice teats to match. Very seductive, very pretty boy, very fuckable!
Naturally I snapped up a copy at once.
A Nonsensical, Mindless And Brainless Piece Of Junk
It was then that I chanced upon a ridiculous piece written by a journalist about the 3D movie "Monsters Versus Aliens" she had watched at one of our many local cinplexes.
First she lamented how bad it was to be wearing the 3D goggles as she had to juggle writing down notes and reading SMSes in between watching the movie. At the end she had such a huge headache, she almost wished the animation wasn't screened in 3D.
She even dreaded more 3D movies in the pipeline and apparently "Monsters Versus Aliens" is just the first of a string of new animation movies that will be produced in 3-Dimension from thenceforth.
All I can say is that being the film-critic that she is held out to be, I empathise with her predicament. That is an unenviable job I suppose. Fortunately for the large majority of us who are mere movie-goers, not film journalists, we do not do what she does.
Therefore the note-taking, the SMSing simply do not stand.
In fact, for me, I enjoyed this animation movie in 3D so much that I am actually looking forward to the next one, Ice Age 3, which will also be screened in 3D.
So please, woman, you don't speak for the rest of us.......
I Love Orchard Central
It is gonna take at least a month more or so before this swanky high-end shopping mall is fully open.
But already it is beckoning to me from my bedroom window at night with its shimmering glow of blue, green, red and white.
Just like the Ion Orchard (40 odd days more to go before its grand opening) and The Illuma with its sweeping flash of white lights, these new malls are actually emitting radiant glows in the night. A totally new concept.
Speaking of new concepts, the Orchard Central has plenty of it. First, there are two basement levels of a Med concept which I initially thought meant Medical but soon learned it was actually Mediterranean. Though I don't see how the moniker actually lives up to its name but hey the label itself is enough to dazzle.
Then there is the Discovery Walk. I don't think this is open yet.
The Runway is really just that. With shops snaking its way all along it, customers could imagine themselves as fashion models sashaying down the runway while shopping.
The Ramp is a spiral of inclined walkways offering good window views of the Orchard Road shopping belt.
The Verandah is a balconied area where people could lean out, get a whiff of fresh air, sunlight and wind and also catch a good view.
Finally I am pretty sure two floors of a roof terrace, much like the Illuma's (though the latter offers a better view of the South China Sea and the Marina Bay area) would be a welcome city garden respite from the heat and the crowd (this is not open yet too).
Don't forget that not too many shopping malls offer tired feet several floors of cozy, plush, cushioned sofas to lounge in (that is like such a welcoming change) and you can be grateful the developers actually thought things through and have their customers' interest at heart.
Well done, Orchard Central! I can't wait for you to be fully open and I am sure I will be your loyal patron.
I Love Carl Jr's And Mos
Once I got started on their burgers, I just couldn't stop.
At Carl's, the beef and chicken patties were charbroiled and I suppose that was what made them juicy, dripping, tasty delicious. They were unlike any other run-of-the-mill patties I have ever tasted.
Mos has the best rice burgers ever. Of course this isn't the first time I ran into them. I had my first taste of one at Macs during a CNY promo of its rice burgers light years ago.
Small enough to feed a toddler, the rice burgers were, nonetheless, a class of its own. Tasty lip-smacking sauce that tickles your taste buds along with the various meaty patties.
Yummy yum!
Yes, You Too, My Boy! *Wink Wink*
I must admit that sometimes it isn't all about looks and appearance.
Take for instance, my class right now.
There is this guy who if I had just taken him at face value, would never ever have made it on my "MUST SEX WITH" list.
But after a day of working with him on a class discussion project, I discovered that he was kinda charming, nice and cheerful despite all that we threw at him. In short, a pleasant and good-natured disposition and humorous to the end.
You know what, he is now on that list of mine, in addition to the other five.
Watch your butt, my boy!
I was sauntering past a row of shops and hoping to catch a quick eat at my favourite noodle shop (which had since closed) when I noticed the naked picture of popular HongKong star Edison Chen fronting the cover of The New Paper.
Oo What Is Edison Doing, Gracing Yet Another Cover Of A Tabloid? And A Local Tabloid At That! And We Thought That Scandal Was All Over Already, Didn't We?.......
Edison, if you do not already know, is the victim of a sex video scandal he had secretly filmed of himself with various famous HongKong starlets. Whoa Wee! Isn't Edison just cute naked? I mean he is slim fit, smooth bodied and has nice teats to match. Very seductive, very pretty boy, very fuckable!
Naturally I snapped up a copy at once.
A Nonsensical, Mindless And Brainless Piece Of Junk
It was then that I chanced upon a ridiculous piece written by a journalist about the 3D movie "Monsters Versus Aliens" she had watched at one of our many local cinplexes.
First she lamented how bad it was to be wearing the 3D goggles as she had to juggle writing down notes and reading SMSes in between watching the movie. At the end she had such a huge headache, she almost wished the animation wasn't screened in 3D.
She even dreaded more 3D movies in the pipeline and apparently "Monsters Versus Aliens" is just the first of a string of new animation movies that will be produced in 3-Dimension from thenceforth.
All I can say is that being the film-critic that she is held out to be, I empathise with her predicament. That is an unenviable job I suppose. Fortunately for the large majority of us who are mere movie-goers, not film journalists, we do not do what she does.
Therefore the note-taking, the SMSing simply do not stand.
In fact, for me, I enjoyed this animation movie in 3D so much that I am actually looking forward to the next one, Ice Age 3, which will also be screened in 3D.
So please, woman, you don't speak for the rest of us.......
I Love Orchard Central
It is gonna take at least a month more or so before this swanky high-end shopping mall is fully open.
But already it is beckoning to me from my bedroom window at night with its shimmering glow of blue, green, red and white.
Just like the Ion Orchard (40 odd days more to go before its grand opening) and The Illuma with its sweeping flash of white lights, these new malls are actually emitting radiant glows in the night. A totally new concept.
Speaking of new concepts, the Orchard Central has plenty of it. First, there are two basement levels of a Med concept which I initially thought meant Medical but soon learned it was actually Mediterranean. Though I don't see how the moniker actually lives up to its name but hey the label itself is enough to dazzle.
Then there is the Discovery Walk. I don't think this is open yet.
The Runway is really just that. With shops snaking its way all along it, customers could imagine themselves as fashion models sashaying down the runway while shopping.
The Ramp is a spiral of inclined walkways offering good window views of the Orchard Road shopping belt.
The Verandah is a balconied area where people could lean out, get a whiff of fresh air, sunlight and wind and also catch a good view.
Finally I am pretty sure two floors of a roof terrace, much like the Illuma's (though the latter offers a better view of the South China Sea and the Marina Bay area) would be a welcome city garden respite from the heat and the crowd (this is not open yet too).
Don't forget that not too many shopping malls offer tired feet several floors of cozy, plush, cushioned sofas to lounge in (that is like such a welcoming change) and you can be grateful the developers actually thought things through and have their customers' interest at heart.
Well done, Orchard Central! I can't wait for you to be fully open and I am sure I will be your loyal patron.
I Love Carl Jr's And Mos
Once I got started on their burgers, I just couldn't stop.
At Carl's, the beef and chicken patties were charbroiled and I suppose that was what made them juicy, dripping, tasty delicious. They were unlike any other run-of-the-mill patties I have ever tasted.
Mos has the best rice burgers ever. Of course this isn't the first time I ran into them. I had my first taste of one at Macs during a CNY promo of its rice burgers light years ago.
Small enough to feed a toddler, the rice burgers were, nonetheless, a class of its own. Tasty lip-smacking sauce that tickles your taste buds along with the various meaty patties.
Yummy yum!
Yes, You Too, My Boy! *Wink Wink*
I must admit that sometimes it isn't all about looks and appearance.
Take for instance, my class right now.
There is this guy who if I had just taken him at face value, would never ever have made it on my "MUST SEX WITH" list.
But after a day of working with him on a class discussion project, I discovered that he was kinda charming, nice and cheerful despite all that we threw at him. In short, a pleasant and good-natured disposition and humorous to the end.
You know what, he is now on that list of mine, in addition to the other five.
Watch your butt, my boy!
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Another Drag
Once More With Fuck, Mother Fuckers!
If they think I am gonna have the drive, ambition, passion and energy to start all over again by taking away everything I have, think real hard. It is not going to happen. Nor am I gonna be driven to anyone or anything. Save for people I love.
And yes, any feelings I may have for my ex-roomie are already gangrously dead. I was asking myself what I saw in him and did we even have anything in the first place when I ran into him twice. At best I am just indifferent to him.
Meanwhile, I am watching what the end entails and I am prepared. I come with nothing, I leave nothing and I will just go. As it is, life holds very little existential meaning for me right now. I can't even find a suitable roomie up till now.
I am almost half dead, what with physical health problems and the constant spectre of my financial woes looming over me the last half year. Just when I thought my life was picking up its little pieces, they TAKE EVERYTHING away from me.
Fuck you!
Henry, I Have To Agree To Disagree With You On Occasion
Henry is one BIG TALK COCK KING! He does of course speak with some experience (of his counselling work, for sure) and I do agree with him on many occasions. I tolerate and bear with his funny anecdotes , sick as some are, only because they ARE FUNNY and I do laugh along. But it stops there!
Like Chris, if he thinks I am turning to him for counselling, he is dead wrong. It is one cliche after another that shows very little understanding of the unique circumstances surrounding each and every individual case. In fact, I don't think he has experienced very much himself on other facets of human life.
Being theologically inclined, he was quoting Old and New Testament and I thought for people with different religious faiths in the class and a secular education that we are receiving, that this was unwarranted.
It isn't very pleasant to speak with him on a personal basis because he really shoots off his mouth like anything. Shrewd or whatever you wanna label it as.
I am sorry I can't identify with him very much and teacher-pupil we remain.
And unless I am surer what this school and class people stand for, I will remain very cautious. Since my class have a fairer than fair proportion of people of different religious faiths, I can guess how they probably have some anti-gay and gay-conversion agenda.
If they think I am gonna have the drive, ambition, passion and energy to start all over again by taking away everything I have, think real hard. It is not going to happen. Nor am I gonna be driven to anyone or anything. Save for people I love.
And yes, any feelings I may have for my ex-roomie are already gangrously dead. I was asking myself what I saw in him and did we even have anything in the first place when I ran into him twice. At best I am just indifferent to him.
Meanwhile, I am watching what the end entails and I am prepared. I come with nothing, I leave nothing and I will just go. As it is, life holds very little existential meaning for me right now. I can't even find a suitable roomie up till now.
I am almost half dead, what with physical health problems and the constant spectre of my financial woes looming over me the last half year. Just when I thought my life was picking up its little pieces, they TAKE EVERYTHING away from me.
Fuck you!
Henry, I Have To Agree To Disagree With You On Occasion
Henry is one BIG TALK COCK KING! He does of course speak with some experience (of his counselling work, for sure) and I do agree with him on many occasions. I tolerate and bear with his funny anecdotes , sick as some are, only because they ARE FUNNY and I do laugh along. But it stops there!
Like Chris, if he thinks I am turning to him for counselling, he is dead wrong. It is one cliche after another that shows very little understanding of the unique circumstances surrounding each and every individual case. In fact, I don't think he has experienced very much himself on other facets of human life.
Being theologically inclined, he was quoting Old and New Testament and I thought for people with different religious faiths in the class and a secular education that we are receiving, that this was unwarranted.
It isn't very pleasant to speak with him on a personal basis because he really shoots off his mouth like anything. Shrewd or whatever you wanna label it as.
I am sorry I can't identify with him very much and teacher-pupil we remain.
And unless I am surer what this school and class people stand for, I will remain very cautious. Since my class have a fairer than fair proportion of people of different religious faiths, I can guess how they probably have some anti-gay and gay-conversion agenda.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Movies Galore
Angels And Demons
I thought "X-Men:Wolverine" and "Star Trek" weren't exactly as exciting as their predecessors were. But then again I was never a fan of "Star Trek" and therefore had no precedent to compare it with.
I only watched "Dive" because of the three cute, young, hot Japanese male stars who were in skin most of the time and had hot butts which they variously exposed. Plus the rest of the cute, young, hot Japanese boy stars.
However the sequel to Ron Howard's "Da Vinci Code" , "Angels And Demons" didn't disappoint. The pace was fast as Robert Langdon (aka Tom Hanks) raced against time to locate and rescue the four cardinals captured by the "Illuminati". He had to finally find the anti-matter they stole and destroy it before it destroys the whole of Rome. But alas, his efforts only saw the fourth cardinal surviving the ordeal.
Three people in the plot met their fiery ends. The 3rd cardinal was thrown into a bonfire. The van that one Illuminati "terrorist" drove exploded into a ball of fire. And the adopted son of the dead Pope, hoping to be the heir to the Papal throne, self-immolated himself.
The movie's end had a telling moral - All men (and women), are flawed and fallible. Nobody escapes this inevitable truth, not even the Holy See.
Monsters Versus Aliens
What makes this movie stands out was its 3D animation.
All the action and drama literally popped out, leaping out at you into your face as it happened.
The plot was simple enough with monsters on the one side fighting against aliens. Monsters, as we were to know it, weren't really monsters at all. Take the case of Susan. She got hit by a meteorite on her wedding day and was infused with a meteorite gunk. So she glowered and just grew and grew in size.
She met the rest of the gang of monsters, Dr Cockroach, Insectivore, The Link and Bob and together they fight the evil alien who has ambition of conquering Earth. In the process Susan learned about her strengths and finally ditched her jerk of a fiance.
What can I say? You ain't see nothing yet if you didn't catch this 3D version.
I thought "X-Men:Wolverine" and "Star Trek" weren't exactly as exciting as their predecessors were. But then again I was never a fan of "Star Trek" and therefore had no precedent to compare it with.
I only watched "Dive" because of the three cute, young, hot Japanese male stars who were in skin most of the time and had hot butts which they variously exposed. Plus the rest of the cute, young, hot Japanese boy stars.
However the sequel to Ron Howard's "Da Vinci Code" , "Angels And Demons" didn't disappoint. The pace was fast as Robert Langdon (aka Tom Hanks) raced against time to locate and rescue the four cardinals captured by the "Illuminati". He had to finally find the anti-matter they stole and destroy it before it destroys the whole of Rome. But alas, his efforts only saw the fourth cardinal surviving the ordeal.
Three people in the plot met their fiery ends. The 3rd cardinal was thrown into a bonfire. The van that one Illuminati "terrorist" drove exploded into a ball of fire. And the adopted son of the dead Pope, hoping to be the heir to the Papal throne, self-immolated himself.
The movie's end had a telling moral - All men (and women), are flawed and fallible. Nobody escapes this inevitable truth, not even the Holy See.
Monsters Versus Aliens
What makes this movie stands out was its 3D animation.
All the action and drama literally popped out, leaping out at you into your face as it happened.
The plot was simple enough with monsters on the one side fighting against aliens. Monsters, as we were to know it, weren't really monsters at all. Take the case of Susan. She got hit by a meteorite on her wedding day and was infused with a meteorite gunk. So she glowered and just grew and grew in size.
She met the rest of the gang of monsters, Dr Cockroach, Insectivore, The Link and Bob and together they fight the evil alien who has ambition of conquering Earth. In the process Susan learned about her strengths and finally ditched her jerk of a fiance.
What can I say? You ain't see nothing yet if you didn't catch this 3D version.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The DPS And The Singapore Flyer (Updated)
An Auto Opt-In Dependants Protection Scheme - Is It Necessary Coverage When The CPF Money Already Has An Intestacy Law And A Nomination Scheme To Back It Up?
Guess what! When the renewal notice came up again this year, I took a really good look and asked myself why in the world have I been paying for the DPS for 20 good years of my life?
First, any CPF money which is usually tied up in our HDB asset, already comes with a nomination. If you don't nominate, it gets distributed according to the law of intestacy anyway.
So why is there this additional DPS coverage and is it necessary? It stops once you reach 60 and that to me is a critical year. This is the time you need it more than ever but somehow, this has eluded our policy-makers.
With these thoughts in mind, I decided to terminate my DPS there and then on the spot.
The Singapore Flyer
Not bad. It offered quite a unique experience. But of course , I soon learnt from a Chinese friend that they already have this ferris wheel back home in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, god-knows-back-when.
However, I thought that as it stands now, the Singapore Flyer wasn't very accessible especially to people who do not drive or wanna take the shuttle bus. I had to get off the City Hall MRT station, exit the Esplanade gateway and walk all the way to the Singapore Flyer. Past concrete pavement and construction works-in-progress.
It was much like the Marina Barrage, a beautifully completed piece of sculpture but stranded out in no-man's land with all the surrounding dust, dirt, fumes and noise from construction works-in-progress.
There were more dining places here at the Singapore Flyer than there were retail shops. So there really wasn't very much to do except to eat save for the branded eye-wear and crocodile skin shops.
The gift shop was excellent. It had a colorful facade that attracted me from far and I was drawn to visit it at first sight because it was lighted up at night with various assorted colors. The gifts and souvenirs sold were also very uniquely us and the Singapore Flyer attraction.
I am sure in the day, the Flyer offers a good view of the deep blue sea and the surrounding skyline save for that blob of soil that is the Marina South Gardens By The Bay.
But in the night, it was one dark black blob and one black waterway. The view fronting the Marina Centre was of course a delight with all the city lights such as The Fullerton, the durianed Esplanade and the domed former Supreme Court now dubbed the Arts House.
Guess what! When the renewal notice came up again this year, I took a really good look and asked myself why in the world have I been paying for the DPS for 20 good years of my life?
First, any CPF money which is usually tied up in our HDB asset, already comes with a nomination. If you don't nominate, it gets distributed according to the law of intestacy anyway.
So why is there this additional DPS coverage and is it necessary? It stops once you reach 60 and that to me is a critical year. This is the time you need it more than ever but somehow, this has eluded our policy-makers.
With these thoughts in mind, I decided to terminate my DPS there and then on the spot.
The Singapore Flyer
Not bad. It offered quite a unique experience. But of course , I soon learnt from a Chinese friend that they already have this ferris wheel back home in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, god-knows-back-when.
However, I thought that as it stands now, the Singapore Flyer wasn't very accessible especially to people who do not drive or wanna take the shuttle bus. I had to get off the City Hall MRT station, exit the Esplanade gateway and walk all the way to the Singapore Flyer. Past concrete pavement and construction works-in-progress.
It was much like the Marina Barrage, a beautifully completed piece of sculpture but stranded out in no-man's land with all the surrounding dust, dirt, fumes and noise from construction works-in-progress.
There were more dining places here at the Singapore Flyer than there were retail shops. So there really wasn't very much to do except to eat save for the branded eye-wear and crocodile skin shops.
The gift shop was excellent. It had a colorful facade that attracted me from far and I was drawn to visit it at first sight because it was lighted up at night with various assorted colors. The gifts and souvenirs sold were also very uniquely us and the Singapore Flyer attraction.
I am sure in the day, the Flyer offers a good view of the deep blue sea and the surrounding skyline save for that blob of soil that is the Marina South Gardens By The Bay.
But in the night, it was one dark black blob and one black waterway. The view fronting the Marina Centre was of course a delight with all the city lights such as The Fullerton, the durianed Esplanade and the domed former Supreme Court now dubbed the Arts House.
As it rained earlier, some glass panels gathered mist and I wasn't able to look out through them. True, once the Flyer hit its peak, it was certainly a "Top Of The World" feeling (lyrics of a song popularised by The Carpenters) and I almost broke out into the song at that moment.
However boarding and alighting the Flyer while it was inching its way forward was a tad dangerous I thought though there were safety nets.
With the Flyer already in operation since March 2008, I am sure this night view can be further improved and enhanced with more city lights or street lights and lights lighting up the beautiful waterways.
Or do we still have to wait some more?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Yore, Whore, Core, Who Cares! (Updated)
Days Of Whore, I Mean Yore!
It first began with a little discomfiture in the throat. One or two coughs here and there before it spiralled into a whole massive physical display of bodily aches on a Sunday. My forehead was furrowed in pain .
There were intense moments of searing heat passing through my body followed by a shivering cold. Once in a while, I had to visit the loo to let go of my watery faeces.
I didn't wanna visit the doctor, what with the swine flu and the H1N1 viruses making a sweep of the globe. What if they played safe and decided to send me for the screening? I would be stuck in a hospital and a simple case of the cold and flu with fever could be mistakenly misdiagnosed and tornadoed into an infectious disease.
This went on and on throughout Sunday until it finally subsided on Monday morning. I was physically weak and yearned for sustenance. Nice plain good old porridge, what else! Nothing oily, nothing spicy, something bland for the sick taste-buds.
I thought it was all over. But heaven forbids, it wasn't the end. Still nursing a sneezy stuffy and runny nose, I started throwing up all that I ate Tuesday morning . I felt giddy. It was just one throw-up after another.
Again I told myself it will be all over soon and it finally did on Wednesday. I was glad I was alive and that I pulled through though at one point I wished I had sucuumbed and maybe then all my physical and other pains would end.
I went out for a whiff of fresh air in a neighboring mall and bought a table lamp because my eyes have been straining over the laptop and my assignment and reading in the gloomy and dimly-lit room.
Thank You For Making My Day
Meanwhile during the whole of my ordeal, I have been hounded for my property investment or should I rephrase that as my little mis-investment. There were threats of re-possession, forefeiture (leaving poor old me with zilch roof over his head) and worse still in the red, that have been going on for months.
On top of that, the Old Lady is also hounding me about work (as if it is any of her business and she is still getting her rent) and pulling a long face if she sees me at home. How come she doesn't look at her own son and what he is doing? Serial playboy and Ben does have Rick as a beau who stays with him and helps Ben look after his business.
She never asks about our well-being. To her it is just the tenancy that matters and the other day, I overheard her asking Raffy to pay up his rent. They used to lease out four rooms. Now it is five of the six bedrooms. Three bedrooms partitioned out of the hallway. Illegal for sure. And making big money. Foreign PR talent for you!
Ben's older brother has taken over their coffee-shop business in Malaysia, Ben has also leased out his shop-house and he has people running his tutorial services while he is doing god-knows-what. I pay rent and I give him my co-tenants. Money and sex!
Profile Of A Foreign Talent
Ben graduated from NTU in 1999 and it has been a good 10 years now. He probably worked a couple of years, bought this place (I am sure his rich parents or relatives chipped in), collect rent, bought another place and collect some more rent and went into the tutorial services.
He is only 36 and possesses a business degree on top of his teaching certifications. He has people running the businesses for him. People like his beau Rick and he is gonna retire rich when he reaps a windfall from the upcoming en-bloc sale of his place.
Just like my ex-roomie who is 26. The son of government officials and I hear from the Chinese, that such wealth is probably corruption-tainted.
He worked for 2 years in the booming property sector, struck it rich and is now pursuing "higher education". I am sure he has intentions of turning to the education sector now, perhaps as a testimonial himself for other wannabe prospective students. And we know agents earn like MONKEYS ON CANNABIS!
They are young, have many years ahead of them and they are already striking it very rich.
We Pay And Pay, They Take And Take And Grow Richer And Richer
Poor me isn't that young and I was denied my chances at this education field over and over again. Now that I am almost half dead with an eye-condition (and the other is set for an operation as well) and a bad back, I am going back to school to co-teach.
A hell-hole of screaming, noisy, loud young people at work or play. Usually.
They put me out here for the last three years (correction, this year begins my fourth year)without a roof over my head and I have been subjected to all kinds of indignity to the extent my health has never had it so bad before.
I have never thrown up or ran such high extreme temperatures before.
Like Ben and his 5 bedrooms, my school is doing well too. They have 50 classrooms in all, a spanking new city campus, they sign me on, take my money, I dunno if my cert is really recognised and I can't get a teaching job with them?
Everyone takes money from you, feed on you, they grow richer, you grow poorer.
I wanted to slap the writer hard who wrote of personal businesses for retirees in the national newspaper. Greying and with a foot in the grave , the money is probably good for tending to life's health issues than pleasure pursuits.
More Greed, More Money, More Wealth To Buy Her A Stately Tombstone And As For Ben...More PlayBoying?
Eversince Ben has moved out, the Old Lady has taken to renting out her room as well. I was at first harassed by this not-very-young couple and as I am not into blimps, I have clearly signalled that I wasn't interested and to steer clear of me.
I had helped the Old Lady dismantle the queen bed and she was kinda covetous in asking me for my orthopaedic mattress while taking away the queen mattress. This should be the job of Ben and Rick and they. The collectors of rent not me, a tenant.
I rolled over to the other side while asleep one night and the two thin mattresses triggered my back pain.
And these days, I have fucked care of the loo the foreigners have been soiling all this while.
Greedy old slutty dirty foreign talent for you!
More Give And Take - Seems More Like Take, Take, Take
I am also trying to avoid eating at this food mall downstairs.
I know they are the same owners of Ben's place and they are the same people leasing out the building to the KTVs. There you have it, they control all the primary physiological needs of shelter, sex and food.
I don't particularly like the stall-holders and the posturing of the smiling Old Fart who is the BIG BOSS! He must be RICH! Is he one of us or another foreign talent?
What? I give again?
Fuck you, you MotherFuckers!
It first began with a little discomfiture in the throat. One or two coughs here and there before it spiralled into a whole massive physical display of bodily aches on a Sunday. My forehead was furrowed in pain .
There were intense moments of searing heat passing through my body followed by a shivering cold. Once in a while, I had to visit the loo to let go of my watery faeces.
I didn't wanna visit the doctor, what with the swine flu and the H1N1 viruses making a sweep of the globe. What if they played safe and decided to send me for the screening? I would be stuck in a hospital and a simple case of the cold and flu with fever could be mistakenly misdiagnosed and tornadoed into an infectious disease.
This went on and on throughout Sunday until it finally subsided on Monday morning. I was physically weak and yearned for sustenance. Nice plain good old porridge, what else! Nothing oily, nothing spicy, something bland for the sick taste-buds.
I thought it was all over. But heaven forbids, it wasn't the end. Still nursing a sneezy stuffy and runny nose, I started throwing up all that I ate Tuesday morning . I felt giddy. It was just one throw-up after another.
Again I told myself it will be all over soon and it finally did on Wednesday. I was glad I was alive and that I pulled through though at one point I wished I had sucuumbed and maybe then all my physical and other pains would end.
I went out for a whiff of fresh air in a neighboring mall and bought a table lamp because my eyes have been straining over the laptop and my assignment and reading in the gloomy and dimly-lit room.
Thank You For Making My Day
Meanwhile during the whole of my ordeal, I have been hounded for my property investment or should I rephrase that as my little mis-investment. There were threats of re-possession, forefeiture (leaving poor old me with zilch roof over his head) and worse still in the red, that have been going on for months.
On top of that, the Old Lady is also hounding me about work (as if it is any of her business and she is still getting her rent) and pulling a long face if she sees me at home. How come she doesn't look at her own son and what he is doing? Serial playboy and Ben does have Rick as a beau who stays with him and helps Ben look after his business.
She never asks about our well-being. To her it is just the tenancy that matters and the other day, I overheard her asking Raffy to pay up his rent. They used to lease out four rooms. Now it is five of the six bedrooms. Three bedrooms partitioned out of the hallway. Illegal for sure. And making big money. Foreign PR talent for you!
Ben's older brother has taken over their coffee-shop business in Malaysia, Ben has also leased out his shop-house and he has people running his tutorial services while he is doing god-knows-what. I pay rent and I give him my co-tenants. Money and sex!
Profile Of A Foreign Talent
Ben graduated from NTU in 1999 and it has been a good 10 years now. He probably worked a couple of years, bought this place (I am sure his rich parents or relatives chipped in), collect rent, bought another place and collect some more rent and went into the tutorial services.
He is only 36 and possesses a business degree on top of his teaching certifications. He has people running the businesses for him. People like his beau Rick and he is gonna retire rich when he reaps a windfall from the upcoming en-bloc sale of his place.
Just like my ex-roomie who is 26. The son of government officials and I hear from the Chinese, that such wealth is probably corruption-tainted.
He worked for 2 years in the booming property sector, struck it rich and is now pursuing "higher education". I am sure he has intentions of turning to the education sector now, perhaps as a testimonial himself for other wannabe prospective students. And we know agents earn like MONKEYS ON CANNABIS!
They are young, have many years ahead of them and they are already striking it very rich.
We Pay And Pay, They Take And Take And Grow Richer And Richer
Poor me isn't that young and I was denied my chances at this education field over and over again. Now that I am almost half dead with an eye-condition (and the other is set for an operation as well) and a bad back, I am going back to school to co-teach.
A hell-hole of screaming, noisy, loud young people at work or play. Usually.
They put me out here for the last three years (correction, this year begins my fourth year)without a roof over my head and I have been subjected to all kinds of indignity to the extent my health has never had it so bad before.
I have never thrown up or ran such high extreme temperatures before.
Like Ben and his 5 bedrooms, my school is doing well too. They have 50 classrooms in all, a spanking new city campus, they sign me on, take my money, I dunno if my cert is really recognised and I can't get a teaching job with them?
Everyone takes money from you, feed on you, they grow richer, you grow poorer.
I wanted to slap the writer hard who wrote of personal businesses for retirees in the national newspaper. Greying and with a foot in the grave , the money is probably good for tending to life's health issues than pleasure pursuits.
More Greed, More Money, More Wealth To Buy Her A Stately Tombstone And As For Ben...More PlayBoying?
Eversince Ben has moved out, the Old Lady has taken to renting out her room as well. I was at first harassed by this not-very-young couple and as I am not into blimps, I have clearly signalled that I wasn't interested and to steer clear of me.
I had helped the Old Lady dismantle the queen bed and she was kinda covetous in asking me for my orthopaedic mattress while taking away the queen mattress. This should be the job of Ben and Rick and they. The collectors of rent not me, a tenant.
I rolled over to the other side while asleep one night and the two thin mattresses triggered my back pain.
And these days, I have fucked care of the loo the foreigners have been soiling all this while.
Greedy old slutty dirty foreign talent for you!
More Give And Take - Seems More Like Take, Take, Take
I am also trying to avoid eating at this food mall downstairs.
I know they are the same owners of Ben's place and they are the same people leasing out the building to the KTVs. There you have it, they control all the primary physiological needs of shelter, sex and food.
I don't particularly like the stall-holders and the posturing of the smiling Old Fart who is the BIG BOSS! He must be RICH! Is he one of us or another foreign talent?
What? I give again?
Fuck you, you MotherFuckers!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I Love Psychedelics And Lollipops
I Love Lollipops
When Claire stormed out of the classroom the other day sucking on a lollipop, I knew instantly its symbolic representation that she was trying to show me. She has all but abandoned me in class for whatever reasons. Claire, darling, I LOVED YOU AS A FRIEND.
*Sob sob sob sob*
It struck me too that a young Chinese boy had an electronic mail addressed as "letsucklollipop" which incidentally bounced because it was invalid.
This class is onto my case, I guess. I know who they are. I can tell. Like Sab and she does have an Indian hubby and the two Indian girls she is friends with. FiFi and the Malay boy she hangs out with. The other Indian girl who had touched me and is friend with a Malay boy in the class.
And like everyone else, I am pretending to be on good, friendly and initimate terms with all of them.
Just get off my fucking back, people! It is never gonna happen! I have too much self-awareness. And you can tang-gu-gu...(Hokkien term for wait long long)
But what can I say? I truly love Asian Chinese lollipops and luminous psychedelic colors for my braces?
Let me correct that....young, virile, twinky, muscled, toned Asian Chinese, Korean and Japanese lollipops.
*Smiles*
Triple Pure Coincidence Again!
Like it is pure coincidence again that I get mainly calls from Muslims and Hindus as company for room-mates.
Someone is orchestrating this.
Once again get off my fucking back!
I have the right and freedom of choice to pick my friends, my beau and my room-mates!
Basically Good, But It Turns Out Bad......
All I wish is for Chris to get out of his "modal trance". He is impaired and stressed and it shows up on his face. The furrows on his brow and on his face. Like it does on mine when I am overly stressed.
He is not being himself. He is basically a good person deep down inside but it is his experiences and the environment that he has become what he is today. I can't help him because I sense that he has too many deep-reaching issues which I can only begin to scratch on the surface.
He has to help himself. First he has to be kind to himself. Take frequent breaks, reflect and change. The world is no longer what he thinks it is. He is influenced and acting on some orders I guess.
He isn't of much use in class if he just goes through the motions and mouths all those half-baked nonsense which is utterly useless.
He is a clinical associate after all. So that sob-story only goes down half well with me.
I am pretty sure he is making a living more out of the lecturing circuit as evidenced by the few private schools that shows up on the screen. I can see through his inexperience, his faking and the lies he tells.
So Chris, take real good care of yourself.
Of all the modules, I am most stressed by his.
Social Scripts And Faulty Expectations
Education is education, not pure entertainment or obscenities.
Someone in the class told me that he knows about my disappointment with the program. I AM.
But he shrugs it off in that given our qualifications and maybe even the fees, this is the kinda class we should expect?
WHOA MAN! That means armed with our kinda qualifications, we can't be expecting better education that open up our minds? And here I mean all those old, hyped attributions of the past and still being perpetrated today by these not up-to-date lecturers.
The fees aren't exactly cheap. It is equivalent to a semester's fees at our local university.
So please, get on with it!
When Claire stormed out of the classroom the other day sucking on a lollipop, I knew instantly its symbolic representation that she was trying to show me. She has all but abandoned me in class for whatever reasons. Claire, darling, I LOVED YOU AS A FRIEND.
*Sob sob sob sob*
It struck me too that a young Chinese boy had an electronic mail addressed as "letsucklollipop" which incidentally bounced because it was invalid.
This class is onto my case, I guess. I know who they are. I can tell. Like Sab and she does have an Indian hubby and the two Indian girls she is friends with. FiFi and the Malay boy she hangs out with. The other Indian girl who had touched me and is friend with a Malay boy in the class.
And like everyone else, I am pretending to be on good, friendly and initimate terms with all of them.
Just get off my fucking back, people! It is never gonna happen! I have too much self-awareness. And you can tang-gu-gu...(Hokkien term for wait long long)
But what can I say? I truly love Asian Chinese lollipops and luminous psychedelic colors for my braces?
Let me correct that....young, virile, twinky, muscled, toned Asian Chinese, Korean and Japanese lollipops.
*Smiles*
Triple Pure Coincidence Again!
Like it is pure coincidence again that I get mainly calls from Muslims and Hindus as company for room-mates.
Someone is orchestrating this.
Once again get off my fucking back!
I have the right and freedom of choice to pick my friends, my beau and my room-mates!
Basically Good, But It Turns Out Bad......
All I wish is for Chris to get out of his "modal trance". He is impaired and stressed and it shows up on his face. The furrows on his brow and on his face. Like it does on mine when I am overly stressed.
He is not being himself. He is basically a good person deep down inside but it is his experiences and the environment that he has become what he is today. I can't help him because I sense that he has too many deep-reaching issues which I can only begin to scratch on the surface.
He has to help himself. First he has to be kind to himself. Take frequent breaks, reflect and change. The world is no longer what he thinks it is. He is influenced and acting on some orders I guess.
He isn't of much use in class if he just goes through the motions and mouths all those half-baked nonsense which is utterly useless.
He is a clinical associate after all. So that sob-story only goes down half well with me.
I am pretty sure he is making a living more out of the lecturing circuit as evidenced by the few private schools that shows up on the screen. I can see through his inexperience, his faking and the lies he tells.
So Chris, take real good care of yourself.
Of all the modules, I am most stressed by his.
Social Scripts And Faulty Expectations
Education is education, not pure entertainment or obscenities.
Someone in the class told me that he knows about my disappointment with the program. I AM.
But he shrugs it off in that given our qualifications and maybe even the fees, this is the kinda class we should expect?
WHOA MAN! That means armed with our kinda qualifications, we can't be expecting better education that open up our minds? And here I mean all those old, hyped attributions of the past and still being perpetrated today by these not up-to-date lecturers.
The fees aren't exactly cheap. It is equivalent to a semester's fees at our local university.
So please, get on with it!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Do, Do, Die, Die, Sex Is Still Primary
2007 Academy Awards-Nominated Movie
On a Friday night class, Chris screened the 79th Oscar-nominated movie "Notes On A Scandal", a British production about a lonely old spinster preying on a fellow colleague, a married woman teacher who has an affair with a 15 year-old boy in her school.
Mind you this movie is like 2 Oscar-worlds away from the current 81st one, so that means that it isn't new. Like the psychology book I read dated 2002. I am not sure if it has a new edition which means new ideas and theories. It is a good 7-year apart after all.
I am really not here to debate the relevance of the movie to our module on "Conflict Management" but that I enjoyed the movie thoroughly. Of course Chris' motives in picking this movie remains unknown.
What I enjoyed most were the dynamics of the various relationships. The heat and passion of sex between an older woman and a pubescent boy. The loneliness of an old spinster Barbara, in her sixties who has lesbianic inclinations. The loneliness of a supposedly fulfilled mother of two, Sheba, married to an older man. The anger, betrayal of trust and victimisation of Richard, the cuckold, Sheba's daughter and the mother of the teenage boy.
It was quite a laugh when both women confronted each other in one scene when the paparazzi was hounding them outside. That was when Sheba asked Barbara if she could fuck her like men do in their kind of relationship.
What stun me more were the parallels, if Chris were to be believed, between this movie and that of our own local woman teacher who had sex with her young charge. Apparently (a BIG apparent because I think he is making himself out to be more important than he really is ) Chris was her counsellor. The fact that this local woman teacher had watched the movie, her Down Syndrome child and the similar sentencing of ten months. Triple coincidence!
Question now is...did the movie plant the idea in her? Does the media do the same for all of us and public statements from authority figures?
Again, There Must Always Be Room For Disagreement
I said if Chris were to be believed because like in our psychology handouts, Arnold Lazarus (who invented multi-modal or eclectic counselling) was wrongly attributed to be Richard Lazarus who invented the theory of stress appraisals.
And of course, like his generation, he is still stereotyping. Girls manipulate emotionally (yes, most certainly in almost all cases) while guys just kill. Yet again he is assigning masculine and feminine roles.
Somehow I always feel that his class is full of intrigue. You know, INTENT, MOTIVES, MANIPULATORS and all the baddy stuff about humans?
While it is true in some cases, hey, it can't be true in ALL, right? And is he as harmless himself or is he another Barbara in man's disguise?
My Intent Is.....Sex?
Look...I have got only one intent - HOT SEX WITH HOT YOUNG MEN.....in the absence of a beau......
And working for all those SHIT-TRASHES was just one intent after another, I became like one of them myself....
Five Or More Hot Young Men
I notice there were not one, not two, not three but at least five hot new guys in my class! So hot, I wanna sex them all?
Get Off My Fucking Back!
I got one more harassing call from an Indian the other day.
I am not sure why! And who sent them! Was it my own second sister? Or was it just the community itself.
A Classic One-Liner
I understand that for the Roman Catholics in the Philippines that it is a one-week holiday during the period from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday or thereabouts. A gay Filipino told me that this was the week most gays romp up a storm on the gay beaches.
As Rafi was missing about that period (and I suspect that he was holing up somewhere else and not that he had gone back home to his country or maybe he did and was doing the above- actually I don't give a damn what he or Ben does as long as it doesn't involve my ex-roomie or my anyone) , I sarcastically retorted that it must be the lenten period when I ran into him yesterday night.
I Can Play The Game If Need Be
I have told myself that I can play the sex-game or the multiple-sex game if the gays so want it and that a monogamous relationship remains out of the question in most gay couplings.
It does seem that way with my ex-roomie, Ben and the rest. I think a guy would want his "girl" to remain faithful. Which guy wanna invest in a relationship only to see his beau flirting and sexing everywhere? It would also mean stability and inner mental peace for him, wouldn't it?
As I said, I accept my ex-roomie for all that he is. A flexi, a bottom, whatever and all his other foibles. But I may have to think twice or draw a line for bisexualism unless I can change that.
After all, I was bisexual to begin with until I met all those women at home (mine or when I was leasing), in the workplace and as friends.
Do, Do, Die, Die Must Have Hot Sex First Lah
If I must die or lose everything in the end, at least I am gonna have some real hot sex first.....
*Wink*
Think Real Hard....Bozos
If you think I was like born yesterday, think again.
I can still gauge who is masquerading as who. Like the Malaysian Chinese masquerading as the China Chinese.
And yes, I think the gay community has been maligning me as having a boyfriend. That is why people are rumor-mongering about me still slutting around.
Arh...sigh...they will get their desserts
On a Friday night class, Chris screened the 79th Oscar-nominated movie "Notes On A Scandal", a British production about a lonely old spinster preying on a fellow colleague, a married woman teacher who has an affair with a 15 year-old boy in her school.
Mind you this movie is like 2 Oscar-worlds away from the current 81st one, so that means that it isn't new. Like the psychology book I read dated 2002. I am not sure if it has a new edition which means new ideas and theories. It is a good 7-year apart after all.
I am really not here to debate the relevance of the movie to our module on "Conflict Management" but that I enjoyed the movie thoroughly. Of course Chris' motives in picking this movie remains unknown.
What I enjoyed most were the dynamics of the various relationships. The heat and passion of sex between an older woman and a pubescent boy. The loneliness of an old spinster Barbara, in her sixties who has lesbianic inclinations. The loneliness of a supposedly fulfilled mother of two, Sheba, married to an older man. The anger, betrayal of trust and victimisation of Richard, the cuckold, Sheba's daughter and the mother of the teenage boy.
It was quite a laugh when both women confronted each other in one scene when the paparazzi was hounding them outside. That was when Sheba asked Barbara if she could fuck her like men do in their kind of relationship.
What stun me more were the parallels, if Chris were to be believed, between this movie and that of our own local woman teacher who had sex with her young charge. Apparently (a BIG apparent because I think he is making himself out to be more important than he really is ) Chris was her counsellor. The fact that this local woman teacher had watched the movie, her Down Syndrome child and the similar sentencing of ten months. Triple coincidence!
Question now is...did the movie plant the idea in her? Does the media do the same for all of us and public statements from authority figures?
Again, There Must Always Be Room For Disagreement
I said if Chris were to be believed because like in our psychology handouts, Arnold Lazarus (who invented multi-modal or eclectic counselling) was wrongly attributed to be Richard Lazarus who invented the theory of stress appraisals.
And of course, like his generation, he is still stereotyping. Girls manipulate emotionally (yes, most certainly in almost all cases) while guys just kill. Yet again he is assigning masculine and feminine roles.
Somehow I always feel that his class is full of intrigue. You know, INTENT, MOTIVES, MANIPULATORS and all the baddy stuff about humans?
While it is true in some cases, hey, it can't be true in ALL, right? And is he as harmless himself or is he another Barbara in man's disguise?
My Intent Is.....Sex?
Look...I have got only one intent - HOT SEX WITH HOT YOUNG MEN.....in the absence of a beau......
And working for all those SHIT-TRASHES was just one intent after another, I became like one of them myself....
Five Or More Hot Young Men
I notice there were not one, not two, not three but at least five hot new guys in my class! So hot, I wanna sex them all?
Get Off My Fucking Back!
I got one more harassing call from an Indian the other day.
I am not sure why! And who sent them! Was it my own second sister? Or was it just the community itself.
A Classic One-Liner
I understand that for the Roman Catholics in the Philippines that it is a one-week holiday during the period from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday or thereabouts. A gay Filipino told me that this was the week most gays romp up a storm on the gay beaches.
As Rafi was missing about that period (and I suspect that he was holing up somewhere else and not that he had gone back home to his country or maybe he did and was doing the above- actually I don't give a damn what he or Ben does as long as it doesn't involve my ex-roomie or my anyone) , I sarcastically retorted that it must be the lenten period when I ran into him yesterday night.
I Can Play The Game If Need Be
I have told myself that I can play the sex-game or the multiple-sex game if the gays so want it and that a monogamous relationship remains out of the question in most gay couplings.
It does seem that way with my ex-roomie, Ben and the rest. I think a guy would want his "girl" to remain faithful. Which guy wanna invest in a relationship only to see his beau flirting and sexing everywhere? It would also mean stability and inner mental peace for him, wouldn't it?
As I said, I accept my ex-roomie for all that he is. A flexi, a bottom, whatever and all his other foibles. But I may have to think twice or draw a line for bisexualism unless I can change that.
After all, I was bisexual to begin with until I met all those women at home (mine or when I was leasing), in the workplace and as friends.
Do, Do, Die, Die Must Have Hot Sex First Lah
If I must die or lose everything in the end, at least I am gonna have some real hot sex first.....
*Wink*
Think Real Hard....Bozos
If you think I was like born yesterday, think again.
I can still gauge who is masquerading as who. Like the Malaysian Chinese masquerading as the China Chinese.
And yes, I think the gay community has been maligning me as having a boyfriend. That is why people are rumor-mongering about me still slutting around.
Arh...sigh...they will get their desserts
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Truly Change Management
You Have Changed But Will It Be Sustained Throughout Your Module
Excellent!
I am only echoing Dale's comment at the end of the lesson. True enough, for the second lesson, Chris has changed. I have seen much positivism in the education content, new theories and the style he delivers, instead of all the negativities.
But of course, unless you do not have a mind of your own, I can't agree with every single farthing he espouses. It is much easier said than done, if it were as Chris thinks, that someone can choose to go or not to go into Depression. I hope he understands this.
So yeah Dale, I would have said so myself.....Very Good!
I Think I Know What The Class Is Up To
But of course I will be very cautious with this character. As Sab had warned me and a few others about him. Chris was on the same post-grad course along with Sab's hubby somewhere. What post-grad course and where Sab wouldn't say.
I would be equally careful with some of the characters in my class. I have seen for my "Ethics" module, this Hindu older woman chatting with Chris kinda surreptitiously outside the class during break. I can't describe this but I can tell from their actions.
Chris is communicating with some of the older women and ethnic students in my class probably to gauge responses, be in the know of what is going on and to find out more about others. I count to be among one of them.
Just Like My Ex-Roomie, His Body Language Says It All
My ex-roomie, after getting a sun-tan, was also hiding behind this girl class-mate of his, when he walked out of the class and was foretold by another girl classmate that I was outside his class, sitting in the lounge.
It was to shield him from me so I don't notice his tan and he was evading me.
This are the kinda body language and behavior I can't really put down in words that are telling and speaks volumes about someone.
Intent - It Is Not Going To Happen
I know Chris and some others are reading my blog because he has said something about "GhostBusters" and "Lian" and I know I wrote about this.
Sab had repeatedly mentioned changing lifestyle.
I think they are trying to change me, drive me to work for Chris or to some of the ethnics in my class or the girls.
This is not going to happen.
*Period* (for you Chris since you like periods so much...ha ha ha.....pun)
Excellent!
I am only echoing Dale's comment at the end of the lesson. True enough, for the second lesson, Chris has changed. I have seen much positivism in the education content, new theories and the style he delivers, instead of all the negativities.
But of course, unless you do not have a mind of your own, I can't agree with every single farthing he espouses. It is much easier said than done, if it were as Chris thinks, that someone can choose to go or not to go into Depression. I hope he understands this.
So yeah Dale, I would have said so myself.....Very Good!
I Think I Know What The Class Is Up To
But of course I will be very cautious with this character. As Sab had warned me and a few others about him. Chris was on the same post-grad course along with Sab's hubby somewhere. What post-grad course and where Sab wouldn't say.
I would be equally careful with some of the characters in my class. I have seen for my "Ethics" module, this Hindu older woman chatting with Chris kinda surreptitiously outside the class during break. I can't describe this but I can tell from their actions.
Chris is communicating with some of the older women and ethnic students in my class probably to gauge responses, be in the know of what is going on and to find out more about others. I count to be among one of them.
Just Like My Ex-Roomie, His Body Language Says It All
My ex-roomie, after getting a sun-tan, was also hiding behind this girl class-mate of his, when he walked out of the class and was foretold by another girl classmate that I was outside his class, sitting in the lounge.
It was to shield him from me so I don't notice his tan and he was evading me.
This are the kinda body language and behavior I can't really put down in words that are telling and speaks volumes about someone.
Intent - It Is Not Going To Happen
I know Chris and some others are reading my blog because he has said something about "GhostBusters" and "Lian" and I know I wrote about this.
Sab had repeatedly mentioned changing lifestyle.
I think they are trying to change me, drive me to work for Chris or to some of the ethnics in my class or the girls.
This is not going to happen.
*Period* (for you Chris since you like periods so much...ha ha ha.....pun)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Gift Of Nature And A Conflict Spiral
The Southern Ridges And The Marina Barrage
It had been a depressing past couple of months. One stressor after another. And I was holed up in school or at home, studying, reading or moping. Haven't really touched or feel very much sunlight.
So it was with GREAT resolution that I told myself that I should get out and soak in some sun and rid myself of all the bad events that had happened.
The Southern Ridges beckons. First stop : Marang Trail. The multi-steps and the scenic view took my breath away. As I meandered my way through Mount Faber Park and negotiated a loop, I found myself at the architectural marvel of the Henderson Waves.
That took me across to Telok Blangah Hill Park where I enjoyed walking the hilltop via a maze and spiral of steeled bridges built over the forest. Another architectural marvel the Alexandra Arch took me to Kent Ridge Park and before I know it, it was the gardening hub of the horticulture lab.
Flowering with colorful blooms and shrubs, it was quite a sight to behold. I ended my trail here, got out of the woods and landed up at the DSO Labs. I boarded a bus and switched to the train and made my way to the Marina Barrage.
Too bad there wasn't much to see here and no water activities yet. It is still very much a work-in-progress and the whole area will need some time before it is fully up and running.
I will have to wait.
Tit For Tat
I don't mean to be mean.
But really. The conflict has gotten to the stage now where it is revenge, provocation and tit-for-tat.
If I am gonna lose all of my everything, I think it is fair they lose something in return.
He Can Lose His Education And Fuck Off From Here
My ex-roomie can drop down to a lower-level program for one. In fact, he doesn't measure up to the Canadian MBA.
Or he can fuck off from here and go somewhere else.
He Can Lose A School Or His Rental Income And Go Out To Work Again
Ben has been having life too good. I spoke with a female cabby and she was wearing a hair-piece only because she was on chemo.
In Ben's case, it must be hereditary or he was on steroids. And he is vain enough to go for hair-transplants and treatment. Oh yes and that wig.
He is collecting rent from all of five tenants here and from the shophouse. And he is collecting income from his education service. Money BIG TIME!
He can lose his school's license and just feed himself on rental or lose both and go out to work again. After all he has a business degree.
I am paying him rent while he steals people's boyfriends, BIG TIME serial playboy and shakes his leg.
Anyway I can console myself that both are probably more sisters than anything else.
Americans Who Speak Up Against Fellow Americans And Non-Americans Too
I am not alone in my thoughts and writings.
There are American writers who lament the American way of life too. One asked where all the menisches have gone? He doesn't see them in all the past presidencies so far.
Mensches by the way are decent, honorable, responsible and has strength of character, a prince of a man. It is a Yiddish word.
A Dutch analyst also thinks that the negotiation practice of positions and interests is strictly an American culture not applicable to other cultures.
So there you have it!
It had been a depressing past couple of months. One stressor after another. And I was holed up in school or at home, studying, reading or moping. Haven't really touched or feel very much sunlight.
So it was with GREAT resolution that I told myself that I should get out and soak in some sun and rid myself of all the bad events that had happened.
The Southern Ridges beckons. First stop : Marang Trail. The multi-steps and the scenic view took my breath away. As I meandered my way through Mount Faber Park and negotiated a loop, I found myself at the architectural marvel of the Henderson Waves.
That took me across to Telok Blangah Hill Park where I enjoyed walking the hilltop via a maze and spiral of steeled bridges built over the forest. Another architectural marvel the Alexandra Arch took me to Kent Ridge Park and before I know it, it was the gardening hub of the horticulture lab.
Flowering with colorful blooms and shrubs, it was quite a sight to behold. I ended my trail here, got out of the woods and landed up at the DSO Labs. I boarded a bus and switched to the train and made my way to the Marina Barrage.
Too bad there wasn't much to see here and no water activities yet. It is still very much a work-in-progress and the whole area will need some time before it is fully up and running.
I will have to wait.
Tit For Tat
I don't mean to be mean.
But really. The conflict has gotten to the stage now where it is revenge, provocation and tit-for-tat.
If I am gonna lose all of my everything, I think it is fair they lose something in return.
He Can Lose His Education And Fuck Off From Here
My ex-roomie can drop down to a lower-level program for one. In fact, he doesn't measure up to the Canadian MBA.
Or he can fuck off from here and go somewhere else.
He Can Lose A School Or His Rental Income And Go Out To Work Again
Ben has been having life too good. I spoke with a female cabby and she was wearing a hair-piece only because she was on chemo.
In Ben's case, it must be hereditary or he was on steroids. And he is vain enough to go for hair-transplants and treatment. Oh yes and that wig.
He is collecting rent from all of five tenants here and from the shophouse. And he is collecting income from his education service. Money BIG TIME!
He can lose his school's license and just feed himself on rental or lose both and go out to work again. After all he has a business degree.
I am paying him rent while he steals people's boyfriends, BIG TIME serial playboy and shakes his leg.
Anyway I can console myself that both are probably more sisters than anything else.
Americans Who Speak Up Against Fellow Americans And Non-Americans Too
I am not alone in my thoughts and writings.
There are American writers who lament the American way of life too. One asked where all the menisches have gone? He doesn't see them in all the past presidencies so far.
Mensches by the way are decent, honorable, responsible and has strength of character, a prince of a man. It is a Yiddish word.
A Dutch analyst also thinks that the negotiation practice of positions and interests is strictly an American culture not applicable to other cultures.
So there you have it!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Multi-Cultural Diversity Or Sex? (Newest)
Multi-Cultural Diversity Or Plain Good Old Sex?
I don't need multi-cultural diversity in my life at the moment. Be it at school or class or anywhere else.
I think multi-cultural diversity exists only in books. If it doesn't, then explain the congregation of the same species we are all too familiar with. There are only a few exceptions.
All I do need is a graduation certificate to gain employment in the education industry as an allied educator which is both my vocational interest and aspirations.
Then I need to hook up with someone to be my life-time beau. An Asian Chinese (or Korean or Japanese if they consider themselves Chinese in the first place).
If that is not possible, plenty of hot action and sex with hot young twinks or muscled dudes and anyone else in between being the exception.
After all, sex is a primary human need?
*Period*
One More Cultural Thingy To Cheer About - Real-Life Legendary Heroes
Oh yes...and the Chinese do have REAL-LIFE legendary heroes. I know I have blogged about this before but I guess it is worth repeating and reminding.
What do Americans have? Made-up, fictional heroes. X-men? Fantastic Four?
And........Superman?
It is just sad that all these early cradles of civilisations have become backwaters and languishing behind.
What Can I Say Except That I Still Do Love Him
Despite our conflict having spiralled to its topmost outer funnel of a tit-for-tat and revenge, I guess deep down inside I feel very sorry and sad that we have to come to this.
Knowing that he can be tricky, I can't be sure the death street he is living on now is a decoy or for real. If it is real, I can't imagine the kinda tenants he is holing up with. If it is a decoy, then who exactly has him now?
If he were my beau, I accept him totally and sincerely for all that he is. Eunuch, flexi, bottom and all.
*Period*
I don't need multi-cultural diversity in my life at the moment. Be it at school or class or anywhere else.
I think multi-cultural diversity exists only in books. If it doesn't, then explain the congregation of the same species we are all too familiar with. There are only a few exceptions.
All I do need is a graduation certificate to gain employment in the education industry as an allied educator which is both my vocational interest and aspirations.
Then I need to hook up with someone to be my life-time beau. An Asian Chinese (or Korean or Japanese if they consider themselves Chinese in the first place).
If that is not possible, plenty of hot action and sex with hot young twinks or muscled dudes and anyone else in between being the exception.
After all, sex is a primary human need?
*Period*
One More Cultural Thingy To Cheer About - Real-Life Legendary Heroes
Oh yes...and the Chinese do have REAL-LIFE legendary heroes. I know I have blogged about this before but I guess it is worth repeating and reminding.
What do Americans have? Made-up, fictional heroes. X-men? Fantastic Four?
And........Superman?
It is just sad that all these early cradles of civilisations have become backwaters and languishing behind.
What Can I Say Except That I Still Do Love Him
Despite our conflict having spiralled to its topmost outer funnel of a tit-for-tat and revenge, I guess deep down inside I feel very sorry and sad that we have to come to this.
Knowing that he can be tricky, I can't be sure the death street he is living on now is a decoy or for real. If it is real, I can't imagine the kinda tenants he is holing up with. If it is a decoy, then who exactly has him now?
If he were my beau, I accept him totally and sincerely for all that he is. Eunuch, flexi, bottom and all.
*Period*
Sunday, April 12, 2009
A Truly Public Health Concern (Newest)
A Truly Public Health Concern
There you have it! It is not just littering a ciggy butt.
There is now the public health issue of poor food preparation and storage hygiene leading to diarrhea and food poisoning. An infectious kind that spreads quickly like wild fire.
For sure if our army of cleaners are not cleaning up or clearing the accumulated toxic waste in the disposal receptacles and on the streets or in our buildings as quickly enough or even ensuring the physical state of these are in pristine condition, the issue of public health will be even more pressing.
I hope other "public health concerns" will be re-examined soon - STDs among the foreign sex workers for one? Bed bugs as another? And second-hand smoking?
These Are Some Of America's And The West's Most Beautiful Legacies
Despite all the criticisms I may levy at the American way of life - some of its lifestyles which were the doing of its psychopathologies in the first place, there are many beautiful aspects of its culture the rest of us can admire, imitate and import.
Like its inventions. Computers, the Internet, electronic-mails, online messaging and chats, its medical inventions like the laser and ultrasound.
Don't forget all their medical and scientific researchers who give us new insights into the human condition for example. The thinkers, the philosophers, the psychologists, the writers and to a smaller extent the theologians.
Even its fashion labels and houses, creative arts and so on. The decent kind.
And last but not least, the gift of open communication and honesty in some respects.
Historical Reminder
Don't forget that the early civilisations of India, China, Islam and the rest of the world with their thousands of years of history were the first in innovation and invention. The Arabic numerals used in maths for instance.
This technological supremacy has now passed into the hands of the West who borrowed, stole, adapted and turned around the earlier creations and further developed them.
Unfortunately the West has also adopted some decadent idiosyncracies that have maimed and harmed their own society and that of the larger world.
It is now up to Asia to prove its historical mantle, foster its own ethnic and national pride while making its own clean break-through, both in terms of new ideas and technologies and breaking free of the unwanted and harmful influences.
A return to the good, old ways!
Remember that the West may be at the centre of their world, but they are not at the centre of the universe! It is not an ethnocentric world of white supremacy.
There are other truths and paradigms out there!
How Learning Mirrors Real Life
This module on "Conflic Management" must be one of the best modules ever to happen to me!
It comes right at a time when I am in conflict with Chris, the lecturer and my ex-roomie and I am keeping an eye on the conflict spiral which mirrors most of the phases of what I am going through.
I thought it missed out on one very vital component - Confrontation as one of the final action plan. And guess what, these real life conflicts are gonna help me write my assignment essay.
And no, I didn't get this from Chris' mouth, the powerpoint handouts or the study guide. I got them throuh my own reading of the few good books written by real practitioners and experts in the field.
There you have it! It is not just littering a ciggy butt.
There is now the public health issue of poor food preparation and storage hygiene leading to diarrhea and food poisoning. An infectious kind that spreads quickly like wild fire.
For sure if our army of cleaners are not cleaning up or clearing the accumulated toxic waste in the disposal receptacles and on the streets or in our buildings as quickly enough or even ensuring the physical state of these are in pristine condition, the issue of public health will be even more pressing.
I hope other "public health concerns" will be re-examined soon - STDs among the foreign sex workers for one? Bed bugs as another? And second-hand smoking?
These Are Some Of America's And The West's Most Beautiful Legacies
Despite all the criticisms I may levy at the American way of life - some of its lifestyles which were the doing of its psychopathologies in the first place, there are many beautiful aspects of its culture the rest of us can admire, imitate and import.
Like its inventions. Computers, the Internet, electronic-mails, online messaging and chats, its medical inventions like the laser and ultrasound.
Don't forget all their medical and scientific researchers who give us new insights into the human condition for example. The thinkers, the philosophers, the psychologists, the writers and to a smaller extent the theologians.
Even its fashion labels and houses, creative arts and so on. The decent kind.
And last but not least, the gift of open communication and honesty in some respects.
Historical Reminder
Don't forget that the early civilisations of India, China, Islam and the rest of the world with their thousands of years of history were the first in innovation and invention. The Arabic numerals used in maths for instance.
This technological supremacy has now passed into the hands of the West who borrowed, stole, adapted and turned around the earlier creations and further developed them.
Unfortunately the West has also adopted some decadent idiosyncracies that have maimed and harmed their own society and that of the larger world.
It is now up to Asia to prove its historical mantle, foster its own ethnic and national pride while making its own clean break-through, both in terms of new ideas and technologies and breaking free of the unwanted and harmful influences.
A return to the good, old ways!
Remember that the West may be at the centre of their world, but they are not at the centre of the universe! It is not an ethnocentric world of white supremacy.
There are other truths and paradigms out there!
How Learning Mirrors Real Life
This module on "Conflic Management" must be one of the best modules ever to happen to me!
It comes right at a time when I am in conflict with Chris, the lecturer and my ex-roomie and I am keeping an eye on the conflict spiral which mirrors most of the phases of what I am going through.
I thought it missed out on one very vital component - Confrontation as one of the final action plan. And guess what, these real life conflicts are gonna help me write my assignment essay.
And no, I didn't get this from Chris' mouth, the powerpoint handouts or the study guide. I got them throuh my own reading of the few good books written by real practitioners and experts in the field.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Behold The New World (Newest Updates)
Not The University But Perhaps Of The Employment Or Review System And The People?
I am not only ok with the kinda examination standard set but I am also fine with the assignments and projects they hand out so far.
As I mentioned before, the fault may lie with the educators employed, the education materials, the system structure (which speaks of a lack of rigorous employment, audit, review or critique on the part of the education board) and so on but it cannot reflect on the school itself.
There are just these few black sheep and they must be weeded out before they spread like cancer cells to the rest of the body.
I know the fault cannot lie with me because I do my readings consistently and I read widely outside what is prescribed in the syllabi. And I am spending time studying full-time though it is only part-time.
The Same Applies Here
It is the same case with my ex-roomie.
He cannot be thinking that his money is gonna buy him a post-grad degree. It has gotta be true talent, ability and diligence.
First he is already hampered by his language disability and if he doesn't work harder (the way I see it), then he doesn't deserve the credit right?
And the system cannot be making it any easier for him especially since he has all the full and free time on his hands to pursue this program.
Thus Far, Assignments And Projects Can't Be Faulted Either
Quite interesting and challenging and they do tickle your mind. I especially enjoyed Karen's and Reena's essay topics on "the developmental stages of counselling groups" and "personalities".
I did enjoy writing Chris' comparative study of the ethical standards of the various international psychology organisations.
I think my intellectual academic pursuits at this university hasn't been futile. I enjoy the reading and the writing and the examinations only because I enjoy what I am learning and studying. And all those new ideas, knowledge and research data that bears out the truth for many a theory.
Not so much because of the facilitators, though I wish it were.
I was looking for new knowledge and practicum to be coming from them but it wasn't happening as much.
Attribution Theory Excerpted From TA
There is this "attribution" theory excerpted from Transactional Analysis. Where you are told how you feel, what you are thinking and who you are when it really isn't YOU but that SOMEONE ELSE who is telling you it is.
That is to say, that SOMEONE ELSE is putting ideas into your head.
Step Away And ReLook The New World
Like Chris, I think he is stuck in an era of the bygone days. Transsexualism and effeminacy still figure significantly in his perceptual thoughts about homosexuality. That explains why he keeps harping on them.
That is to say, he is still hung up on "roles". The male and female roles. As I remember it, an obnoxious renovation contractor alluded to this derogatorily and crudely, by likening the female role as the socket and the male as a three or four-pin plug. He was probably insecure himself and yes, he doesn't look or behave too straight himself though he is supposed to be married.
Just like Old Aunty. When I helped Rick with dismantling the bed frame or hand-carry my portable LCD TV the last time, she assigned these roles as male ones. Or someone keeping long hair or bodily piercings and tattoos is associated with being "sissy". To me it is NO BIG DEAL!
We all play several roles. It doesn't mean that being gay that I can't play sports or do handy-man's jobs. I used to paint up my flat, drill holes and fix hooks for my bird cages or wall posters.
Here at Ben's, the sign reads that we are to keep the toilet seat cover clean and dry because there are LADY USERS! I am not sure how this sexual discrimination comes about!
It is time, these sexists step out of the shadow and see the NEW WORLD. It isn't like that anymore!
I wanna see more positivism emanating from these people, particularly from Chris.
I come to school to be educated not screwed by comical antics and especially of a perverted sexual kind that adds nothing to my education content. Education is to open minds not close it or screw it!
I am not only ok with the kinda examination standard set but I am also fine with the assignments and projects they hand out so far.
As I mentioned before, the fault may lie with the educators employed, the education materials, the system structure (which speaks of a lack of rigorous employment, audit, review or critique on the part of the education board) and so on but it cannot reflect on the school itself.
There are just these few black sheep and they must be weeded out before they spread like cancer cells to the rest of the body.
I know the fault cannot lie with me because I do my readings consistently and I read widely outside what is prescribed in the syllabi. And I am spending time studying full-time though it is only part-time.
The Same Applies Here
It is the same case with my ex-roomie.
He cannot be thinking that his money is gonna buy him a post-grad degree. It has gotta be true talent, ability and diligence.
First he is already hampered by his language disability and if he doesn't work harder (the way I see it), then he doesn't deserve the credit right?
And the system cannot be making it any easier for him especially since he has all the full and free time on his hands to pursue this program.
Thus Far, Assignments And Projects Can't Be Faulted Either
Quite interesting and challenging and they do tickle your mind. I especially enjoyed Karen's and Reena's essay topics on "the developmental stages of counselling groups" and "personalities".
I did enjoy writing Chris' comparative study of the ethical standards of the various international psychology organisations.
I think my intellectual academic pursuits at this university hasn't been futile. I enjoy the reading and the writing and the examinations only because I enjoy what I am learning and studying. And all those new ideas, knowledge and research data that bears out the truth for many a theory.
Not so much because of the facilitators, though I wish it were.
I was looking for new knowledge and practicum to be coming from them but it wasn't happening as much.
Attribution Theory Excerpted From TA
There is this "attribution" theory excerpted from Transactional Analysis. Where you are told how you feel, what you are thinking and who you are when it really isn't YOU but that SOMEONE ELSE who is telling you it is.
That is to say, that SOMEONE ELSE is putting ideas into your head.
Step Away And ReLook The New World
Like Chris, I think he is stuck in an era of the bygone days. Transsexualism and effeminacy still figure significantly in his perceptual thoughts about homosexuality. That explains why he keeps harping on them.
That is to say, he is still hung up on "roles". The male and female roles. As I remember it, an obnoxious renovation contractor alluded to this derogatorily and crudely, by likening the female role as the socket and the male as a three or four-pin plug. He was probably insecure himself and yes, he doesn't look or behave too straight himself though he is supposed to be married.
Just like Old Aunty. When I helped Rick with dismantling the bed frame or hand-carry my portable LCD TV the last time, she assigned these roles as male ones. Or someone keeping long hair or bodily piercings and tattoos is associated with being "sissy". To me it is NO BIG DEAL!
We all play several roles. It doesn't mean that being gay that I can't play sports or do handy-man's jobs. I used to paint up my flat, drill holes and fix hooks for my bird cages or wall posters.
Here at Ben's, the sign reads that we are to keep the toilet seat cover clean and dry because there are LADY USERS! I am not sure how this sexual discrimination comes about!
It is time, these sexists step out of the shadow and see the NEW WORLD. It isn't like that anymore!
I wanna see more positivism emanating from these people, particularly from Chris.
I come to school to be educated not screwed by comical antics and especially of a perverted sexual kind that adds nothing to my education content. Education is to open minds not close it or screw it!
Please remember that!
A Fragile Mind - Mental Illness - Depression And Other Psychiatric Disorders
With a title like this, anyone who suffers from depression would be unfairly stigmatised with the label of being mentally illl and having a fragile mind.
Like me who suffered one blow after another the last couple of months, if one does not fall into depression, he has got to be SUPERMAN!
The question is how fast can he get out of the rut and pull himself together and what coping strategies help. For me, it was exercise, a confidant in the form of that cute Chinese boy and some form of sex therapy that helped me cope better. And yes lots of sleeping too, maybe even sleeping around? Just a joke!
Better still all those stressors could be taken away? An economic depression is not our doing. It is the economy and the world government's doing! So if that is taken away, then NO MORE stress and depression?
With the kinda lifestyle most of us lead, a vast majority of us suffer from depression from time to time. So the magazine will suggest to us that we need to be admitted into a Mental Health hospital for therapy and be medicated (oO, what of side-effects?), thus creating jobs and money for this community health sector.
Asians are lapping it all up. You lepers, I mean lappers!
Another Alien Culture Invented By Humans And Imposed Upon Other Humans Only To Kill Ourselves
Again, isn't this an alien culture we humans have invented for ourselves only to kill ourselves? The lifestyle of an economic pre-occupation? Key performance indicators? Achievement? Results? Exams? Rampant profits?
And all its attendant ills and stresses leading to psychopathologies?
Depression for one? Suicide? Mental illnesses? And the rest?
The writers and editors of this magazine should relook the headline and its sub-headings.
Big Time PharmaCo Industry
The common cold and flu wasn't such a big deal either back in those days!
I mean I sniffle a lot in the office only because of the air-conditoner. It got worse because of the stresses and I wasn't exercising as much or paying attention to my nutrition so my immune system goes down and became more susceptible to colds and flu.
Now it seems this has got itself into a BIG TIME pharmaco industry! People are downing cold and flu tablets, capsules or having themselves vaccinated or injected to prevent or cure themselves of it.
Not do all the above and then if it happens, it happens and let it run its own course and be done with!
What An Accurate And Innovative Pyschology Symbolic Representation
If he were the one who invented the predisposition model, I must tip the hat to him. It was clearly a very well-thought out and accurate model of ourselves. His psychological FAST and triangular plus circular symbolic representations.
He also got the rectangular representation quite right. The four Fs especially the Finance and Fitness labels.
Time And Money Is All I Need
It is my sincere wish to continue with a grad degree and post-grad degree in this field.
Only money will tell me if I can and I need to do this on a full-time basis to do justice to it.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Change? I Don't See It (Latest)
Examination Standards Are Quite Ok
I can fault my lecturers. I can fault the education materials. I can fault the system. But there is one thing I cannot fault. And that is the standard of the examinations. It isn't impeccably high but it is reasonably high enough to gauge a certain mastery and understanding and discernment.
It is either you studied or you didn't. You learned your facts and theories or you didn't. You remembered or you didn't. Save for the last which is rote memorisation, the rest do show what you have learned or haven't learned.
So there! I am pretty ok with the kinda examination standard set.
I can fault my lecturers. I can fault the education materials. I can fault the system. But there is one thing I cannot fault. And that is the standard of the examinations. It isn't impeccably high but it is reasonably high enough to gauge a certain mastery and understanding and discernment.
It is either you studied or you didn't. You learned your facts and theories or you didn't. You remembered or you didn't. Save for the last which is rote memorisation, the rest do show what you have learned or haven't learned.
So there! I am pretty ok with the kinda examination standard set.
Impressive! Did You Buy All These Up With Your Money?
Chris is back for our fourth module - Conflict Management.
Tha last time I ran a check and the counselling centre said it didn't have him on the list. Now that our new study guide has a different blurb on him and it does trumpet him BIG TIME (consultant psychologist, clinical associate and Board Member of a prestigious international psychological association), I thought I should run another check.
Sure enough, this time he was listed.
I think it is a pure case of money buys him everything. And I am pretty sure he has plenty of wealth, what with his grandfather being a doctor once upon a time. Most likely a case of being licensed but incompetent.
While I mentioned that I agreed with most of what he said the last time, it was just those other things he said about gays and so on that really screwed everything up! Playing fire with young minds and my over-riding concern is that with young minds, they are gonna be led astray!
I just hope that he will use his experience and credentials to good use in helping others learn and discover their true selves. Not for EVIL!
Why Do I Get That DeJaVu Feeling All Over Again For His Class?
He was going on and on again with his "predisposition model", the exact same model for the "Ethics" course except for some adjustment with the labels and a rectangle flanking its four corners.
It is the way he speaks - the very "Ah Lian" style and as Dale appropriately sums it up - queenish! Given his credentials, we would expect some distinction?
Yes, he simulated fucking a male passenger on the MRT when he got a boy and girl volunteer to enact the scene! And at another point he gestured with two fingers simulating the breasts and another imitating the dick to model transsexuals in Bangkok!
Disgusting !
And yes...those endless videos........what does a Thai advert got to do with conflict?
Sick!
Change? And You Have?
Conflict management, according to him, is change management. But I don't see very much change in his style and the materials he is teaching. In fact, it was like repeating his "Ethics" module all over again.
Same few sick jokes, same lines, almost same everything. A repeating groove!
As long as he remains reasonably subdued for this primer course and for the rest of the program, I might just stay on. Otherwise, I am bolting right after the break.
O, What A Stupid Question!
He asked another stupid question - "How has the recession changed you?" He was expecting answers like eating less (you mean we are gonna compromise on our nutrition and therefore our health?) and wearing beggar clothes.
Beggar clothes? We had those clothes with us before any recession. So we would still be wearing them right?
It really shows his "mentality"!
I suppose he thinks he can run away with murder with the license he has?
Chris, Those Were The Days Or Should I Say...Your Days...It Isn't Like That Anymore
One more thing struck me.
I realised that Chris is still stuck in that mode. The old mode of transsexualism or of effeminancy. That is like so passe already. He gotta know that homosexuality is now a matter of sex between two very masculine males.
At Least The Class Has More Hot Young Boys Now! Geez...That Boy Looks So Cute........
He asked students from the new intake to write a position paper on several inductory issues like why they are taking up the program and so on.
I suspect this is another way to obtain their email to prey on them or seduce them into therapy?
One consolation, there are more boys in the class now and some are young and quite hot! Not you old fart!
Oo. Seduction plan A or is it plan B?
Like Rhemi, Ben, Daryl And The Rest - I Think He Is A Eunuch
I have decided to forget my ex-roomie! Even though it pains me.
In fact, like Rafi, I realised that he is at best a flexi, at worst a bottom.
Yes, living on death street doesn't deprive him of sleaze. One block away and there is a KTV teeming with cleavaged call-girls and the whole main road after that is dotted with so many of them, Singapore might as well rename itself SEX CITY!
No real man would suggest the kinda complications he was suggesting and all those tricks! It shows. He is NOT A REAL MAN! Most likely another Ben or Daryl. A eunuch.
And I think I know his weak spots! He is a coward! A liar! An actor! A playboy! He has not supported me through all my crises! He was giving me my nightmares and my heartaches! He was the root cause of all my past stresses!
In short, in the short time we were together, he was a LOAD of trouble and lies!
And if he thinks I am so hard up over him, think again! There are plenty of better fish out there in the ocean! Hotter bods, younger, cleverer and more educated plus personality to boot!
I have just gotta keep on trying!
And that MBA he is pursuing sounds so much like a fake! He can just go to HELL and I am gonna make sure he gets some taste of what I went through the last couple of months while he was enjoying himself! All because of him.
Totally unmoved and unfazed by our break-up! I pray something befalls him and leaves him paralysed from an emotional trauma or something!
This is my last curse to him!
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