Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Would you tell a harmless lie to avoid the awkward truth? Sounds like a moral issue, but I think that the answer is more obvious than it seems. Problem is not what the lie or the truth is, but the problem is with us.
On a separate note, I had a honours morning tea session today, and I think its fair to say that I went without much expectation, and I was fairly surprised. It seems that there are only 40 students in the honours programme who have been handpicked by the dean and coordinator, and the entire economics department, and I mean entire (I met my lecturers from first year to third year in one room) was there to meet and greet you, and make an effort to know who you are and remember who you are. Feels great to be known in University, especially by the people who matter.
Also, found a golf course which is a 6 minute drive from my house! Going to give it a try tomorrow. Hope that it turns out well.
Dan
9:12 pm
Sunday, February 21, 2010
I don't whether its because Singaporeans are lazy to think and innovate, or they think that they are being creative, but some of the website names that I've come across this summer have really left me dumbfounded.
hungrygowhere.com
ishootieatipost.sg
gothere.sg
catchcheatingspouse.com.sg
agirlshaven.com
Try and have a guess as to what each site does.
Dan
1:56 am
Saturday, February 06, 2010
We always complain that growing up is such a hassle, having to give up our care free school days for stressful work days. Today I've realised that growing up is actually much like a process of osmosis, slow but always moving forward. Here are some of the tell tale signs (when I say old I mean it in a good way) :
You switch from listening to 98.7 FM to 95.0 FM. If you are more drastic on the aging scale then you jump straight to 90.5FM. You're terminal when you know that the name of the station is Gold 90.5, Class 95, and... hmmm *Scratches head*. You are old old old when you know that Gold is your station, but insist on listening 98.7
You get your license and start loving to drive around. You drive to town and back, to marina bay and back, to siglap and back, to east coast park and back, to church and back, to bedok food corner and back. And then you realise, OH NO! The distances are getting shorter and shorter, but you still feel like you have to drive to your neighbour's house and back.
And while we're on the topic of transportation. You think you can still remember the train stations like you did back in your secondary school days, so you decide to make a positive change in your ways of relying too much on the car and take the train. But at the barrier you find out that your Ez-link card no longer works because the system has changed! And then when you get to the platform you scratch your head wondering where in the world is Joo Koon, and whatever happened to boon Lay? So you check the board, and get a shock to see that there's a circle smack in the middle of the network. After some thought you finally know why there's so much congestion on the road at Suntec. (Okay, this one is not really applicable to all but to most I guess).
You start to eat at places which are only accessible by car, like dempsey and saddle club. Then you wonder why do you go to such places when you could drive to pepper lunch in the city. And it hits you! You eat there because you don't get screaming school girls, or rowdy school boys. Plus, all your friends are dining at dempsey and saddle club anyway!
Your weekend finally arrives, and you ask: what shall I do this weekend? Your friends suggest The bird park, but you don't want to travel to Jurong. The science centre, but you don't want to travel to the west! The wave pool, but that is still in the west, plus you refuse to travel to far just to swim. Paint ball, but you don't want to get bruised. Singapore river, but you think it's boring. East Coast Park, but you've been there all the time it doesn't feel special anymore. Ice skating, but you don't want to fall on your bum. Sentosa, and you think that that's not a bad idea with all the new attractions there, but then you don't want to pay so much money. Fly kite at barrage, but that is not special enough for your weekend. The zoo, but you're not a kid and you reckon you'll have to go there when you have your kid anyway. Then your realise three things. You've ran out of interesting things to do, you've found a complaint for everything, and you're thinking about kids!
Finally, you decide to sit down and write a blog entry since you eliminated everything to do this weekend, but half way through you have to google what young teenage happening kids will do just so you can make the comparison apparent that you're getting old.
Credits: I'd like to thank the following people/groups of people for contributing in my composition of this entry even though some of them may not know that they have contributed. My parents for letting me drive so much, my wonderful girlfriend for getting me out of the house to notice the wonderful things in life so that you get interesting entries like this and not boring ones where I complain about staying at home all day (Oh look, another possible complaint), my OCF friends who have been dining at dempsey and saddle club recently, my girlfriend's cell group for trying very hard to think of something to do for a cell outing, and google! for whom half of this entry might not have been possible (:
Dan
1:56 pm
Thursday, February 04, 2010
It's strange how we grow up, not really noticing the changes until we are able to look back.
When I was 12 I thought badminton would be the sport I'd play for life. When I was 13 my ambition to become a lawyer. When I was 14 I thought that the only books I'd ever love reading were Jeffrey Archers thriller novels. When I was 15 I thought bowling was my sport. When I was 16 I thought I'd go to college and graduate to law school in NUS.
Now I play soccer and golf, I graduated from foundation studies, and going to start honours in Melbourne University. I've found interest in reading The Undercover Economist, and I hate studying law but love studying economics.
Dan
1:09 pm