| 最近感觉到自己排外的情绪越来越强烈。
是政府那无止尽的新移民政策，还是自己存有的歧视态度？
问题不容易了解，也非常多层次。
歧视，是一种自认比别人优秀的变态思想。
他们真的那么让我们憎恨吗？
别忘了，我自己的祖父母也曾是这个国家的新移民。
那如果说是政策的问题，我们的政治家，又能体会吗？
如果说是人口会老化，为什么还引进这么多会在30年后加重老化人数的人？
生育率已经这么低，再多加成年人数，不是会把生育率的比率拉的更低吗？
要那么多人，又不是说你的房屋或交通系统能够承受。
其实，如果不要一直追求经济繁荣，就不会需要那么多人。
经济繁荣，真的那么重要？
难道口袋里的钱，真的会比人民的身心建康、传统与文化、人性与价值观都重要？
为了这＂经济繁荣＂，我们到底是去了什么？
为了这＂经济繁荣＂，值得吗？ Posted via LiveJournal app for iPad. | |
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| Its getting harder to write on this platform because
(1) I'm getting too used to spouting one-liner nonsense and short eruptions on Facebook and Twitter
(2) I'm getting old and mild-tempered so much so that usually only the initial outbursts are strong, by the time i reach the keyboard a few hours later, i don't really have much reactions left to type in....
So, here's a weak and mld attempt at making some observations i made yesterday...
A string of updates on FB yesterday. Mainly about Bersih in Malaysia.
Made me think about how un-involved i am with the world around me.
And then as i scrolled down, there's one update from a friend who was at some yacht show.
He lamented not having enough 'spare change' to buy a luxury yacht that had 5 bedrooms in it and cost a whopping $13.5 million.
In my mind i went "WTF?" There are people in Singapore with no houses, no food, no job, no nothing.
And here you are lamenting your lack of 'spare change' to buy some useless luxury item that you do not need? PFFT!
In the evening, i bumped into a friend who shared some good news about his job advancement.
Within the conversation, this concept of 'Leaving a legacy' popped up.
And again i went "WTF?" Leaving what legacy? We are human beings, the most insignificant specks of dust in the universe.
When we die, whatever friggin legacy goes with us. Who the hell cares what you have done?
And such arrogance, thinking your actions can ever leave such an indelible mark for years after you go.
When you die, you die. Nobody is going to give two hoots about your life and how wonderful (you think) it was.
And after i ventilated all these to my partner, i thought, "My goodness, i am such a grumpy person."
Maybe its because
(1) I am jealous
(2) I AM a grumpy old man
(3) Being surrounded by all these money-chasing, power-hoarding, vain and materialistic friends have a very negative impact on my energies...
But seriously, all these "Spare change" and "legacy" talk drove me nuts when i first read/heard them.
For f*** sake there are students in my class who didn't even have $30 to renew their passports so that they could join their classmates on a field-trip to Malaysia. And i have friends who talk about buying a $13.5 million yacht?
Somehow this disparity can only be described with one word. OBSCENE. - Mood:awake
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| Wow, LJ is really slow now. Friends' List barely crawled by three posts after nearly a week.
Thought I'd do some updating since
1) There is time, and
2) There is free wifi (I'm too cheapo to buy the iPad that comes with 3G) Mid-year exams coming soon.
I'm quite worried for my kiddos.
Not sure if they will do well with this teacher who barely returned to the classroom after a 5-years absence.
Don't think I have quite gotten back my old form yet.
Will have to buck up for term 3 and 4! I had something else I wanted to say, but I forgot what it is,
Guess it will have to be later then.
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| The in-thing nowadays is to tell the whole world every single fucking detail of your life through pictures.
Tag yourself in some event, pictures of what you just ate/shat, places you just visited, people you just met...
I think all these apps like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter just fulfilled every exhibitionistic streak in every person out there.
So if you are like me, who cannot be bothered to join in the Kiss-and-Fuck-and-Tell gang, why bother to have a social networking account?
And here again is the wonders of Lifejournal.
It would have been such an irony for me to post this comment into Facebook or Twitter.
Well, twitter wouldn't accept it since its more than 160 characters anyway...
Is LJ also considered social networking?
Ah crap... - Mood:amused
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| School's in again! Yay!
Been three months and counting.
Being a teacher again is great.
Being a mentor to a group of teachers is nice too.
Feels good to be able to look into welfare of teachers under my care.
Also feels good to be able to look after students who truly need and will appreciate my efforts,
not some snot-nosed irritating prick who has 20 tuition teachers, 2 for every subject...
In the midst of self-induced high, there are some downs too.
School environment is as usual, doing too much in too little time.
And some students are still the same, irritants to the core.
But how i miss all these. =) - Mood:amused
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| Haven't been coming in. I guess journaling really does suffer a bit with the advent of Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter does have its advantages of being more instant and shorter messages are easier to compose.
I really should find time to sit down and compose longer paragraphs here.
I have come to a complete close to my chapter in MOE HQ.
They finally cannot extend my shelf-life any more and i am duly kicked back to school.
Well, its a good thing still. I was starting to miss the interaction with the teenagers.
And with the coming and going of colleagues, workplace isn't like what it used to be 5 years ago.
So here's a fond farewell, and i await the new experiences with bated breath.
I will miss some of the really close friendships i have forged though.
Now i wonder how many of my journal mates are still here.
The number of friends with entries seem to have dwindled to about just a handful of 5 people.
So if you are still here, give a shout-out.
See you guys around. - Mood:awake
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| It used to come natural to all of us.
We were never taught to be 'environmentally friendly' or 'aware'.
But we knew that we should bring a food tin carrier to buy our porridge or noodle soup.
It used to be we would use empty condensed milk cans to carry our coffee or tea.
I remember using a rubber band to secure the lid.
I remember cutting my lip on the sharp edge of the tin can.
We knew that the new batch of clothes came during new year.
And we cherished each and every article of clothing we had.
I remember sewing the wholes in my socks.
I remember my shoe soles worn paper thin.
We didn't have power rangers or transformers.
There wasn't RC cars or expensive swords that had lights and sound.
I remember building a city out of playing cards for Monster Bear to trample over.
I remember cutting out chess pieces from cardboard and using the Othello board.
We were never taught "Reuse", "Reduce" and "Recycle".
But somehow we knew what them meant, without knowing their name. - Mood:guilty
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| 我们永远了望出不同的窗口
框子不同，镜面不同，窗帘也不同
我们的视线不会是一样的
我不是你，你不是我
就算试着了解，也只是一种虚幻
无法亲身体验，又怎么能够真正了解？
只能带着一颗怜悯的心去体会
因为我不是你，你不是我
两个人永远对决
不执着，也是会挣扎
要坚持，就两败俱伤
我不是你，你不是我
所以我们共同努力
每天以小步，踏出自己的围墙
直到彼此都看得到日出日落
我，从你的窗口望出，你，从我的
We are looking out from different windows.
A different frame, different glass thickness, different shapes.
I will never be able to see it from your angle.
I am not you, You are not me.
I can pretend that i understand what you are feeling.
But i never will understand your full experience.
I will always need to use that bit of empathy, offer that bit of pity.
After all, i am not you, you are not me.
We can never be able to agree.
It will always be a negotiation at best.
Confrontational, if we insist.
I am not you and you are not me.
And so we work to see from each other's windows.
Taking a small step everyday, slowly and surely.
Till we see the sunrise and sunset
I from your window, you from mine. - Mood:calm
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| And my illness is 'Procrastination'.
So gravely ill with that that whenever i attempt to do something i really Really REALLY don't like to,
i will break out into a multitude of ill-feelings.
Supposed to write an article after reading tons of papers.
But as the deadline draws gradually nearer and i am forced to have to twist my own arm to write it,
i break out in sore throat, my eyes are sore and hurting. And of course my brain hurts.
Oww....
Anyways, i am supposed to writing the paper now.
BUT, you can see, i have been struck by procrastination again and am writing journal entry instead.
Why can't it be any more enjoyable or easier?
GAHHH!!!!
On a side note, i have been getting lots of spam comments for LJ.
Anyone of you encounter similar nuisances? - Mood:sick
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| Using my new toy, the Mac Air and taking advantage of WiFi at Suntec.
Sitting at Joe and Dough and enjoying my afternoon.
This is a good break from the crazy work week that just passed.
I am glad that i could tell myself not to be so goal-oriented with the afternoon and take it slow and easy.
Would like to thank the company.
Learning to enjoy life as we go along. =) - Mood:bouncy
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