Plato
back from the land of the rising sun (or rather... the land of the rising ti**ies and se bae baes to some) a few days ago and have been swamped ever since... ntu ivp camp... trainings... family gatherings... phew... finally some time to sit down in front of my comp to update this blog a bit... [
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11:13 AM ]
really miss japan a lot now... not just because it's foreign... but i have to say that the people there are seriously DAMN polite! they're so polite (and not to mention their excellent service standards) that it really puts singaporeans to shame... take for instance the behaviour of drivers on the road (since something happened last night and i am able to compare the differences)... i have never heard a single horn going off in japan! the drivers there are polite and they give way to people (especially the elderly)... even on busy streets... people still maintain their manners even though they are rushing (yeah in japan people virtually run from place to place)...
compare that to what happened last night... while i was out with my brother... i heard a total of THREE horns going off in the space of an hour... ONE instance of screeching tyres and the worst was when my brother was trying to park the car... this freaking van was tailgating so near that it was impossible to park. fine... we went ahead... turned the corner and tried another lot and tried to go in there... that freaking van was still on our tail! how to park lidat sia? the lowest point of the incident was when the lady sitting on the passenger side wound down her window and said, "you got to signal ok!" in a snobbish tone and pointed to her temple to signal that what... we were crazy? wow... had to keep our anger in check sia... but the thing was... she didn't realise how ugly she looked when she was doing that...
and that feeling hit me... how singaporeans are so self-centred... so selfish... and they're just so ugly.
so what if we have a high standard of living? so what if we have been educated in the best schools? it still cannot disguise the fact that we have NO MANNERS at all.
look at the way we treat people and things around us... does it necessarily mean a society of affluence leads to a society of waste?
not true... just take a trip to japan and you'll understand what i mean.
more updates of japan coming soon!
leaving for the land of the rising sun in a while! [
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10:31 PM ]
be back soon!
only slept 6 hours after the exertions of the previous few days... i can't believe it. [
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9:30 AM ]
another thing that is unbelievable is that a team with so many fb players would lose... maybe that explains the ominous omen i was feeling in the morning and during the game... it was frustrating to say the least... but oh well... nothing can be changed now...
try harder next year... hurhur.
training was slightly better though... made the final cut for the ivp team... think there's really so much to work on now... hope the learning journey to japan helps...
retail therapy helps too haahaa... hung out with jamie at city hall and ended up buying running shoes... 96 bucks for a lightweight cushioning shoe... not bad at all... now just hope that my mum doesn't kill me cos my collection is increasing...
let's see if i can get any more sleep now... my body is crying out for some sleep sia... hah.
had isg this morning... oh well what can i say... [
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12:39 AM ]
i guess my mood was affected not only by the games... but by something else as well... hmm... how to put it... feeling sad instead of being happy when u see something that you hope you would see for the longest time?
i guess i'm a "runner"... i always run when the situation does not go well. no thanks to my self-confidence and esteem.
said something that made jamie run away from me... hehheh... guys' talk... but it was quite an unexpected remark that i'm even surprised at myself...
maybe it's a way to mask the swirl beneath =]
another floorballing day awaits!
been nothing but rain these 2 days... and what can i say... i'm loving it! [
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12:32 AM ]
played soccer in the rain on sunday... ok there wasn't much running but it was fun... sliding around... not being able to brake in time... been a while sia... really been a while since we goofed off like kids in secondary school...
but children today dun usually play in the rain already rite?
walked down orchard rd today in a slight drizzle... people just seem to be in a rush to everywhere aren't they?
but then again... time and tide waits for no one... walk fast... save time... get to do more...
hmm... i still prefer to take my own sweet time =]
been holed up at home watching Scrubs these 2 days... and it kinda struck a chord. [
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1:58 AM ] sometimes i really dread my phone ringing. [
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12:12 AM ] it seems that i always take a sabbatical from blogging at this time of the year... or even speaking to anyone online for that matter... and it's kinda therapeutic... always reminds me that face to face conversations are still better then the oh-so-impersonal internet... [
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12:10 AM ]
the lead character of the show is a guy called JD... and he's a self-centered nerd/geek who is so full of himself... what's more... he's a wuss who has inner voices in his mind telling him what to do and what not to do BUT JD has to choose the opposite of what he thinks he ought to do...
oh yeah... the wuss part... he's afraid of saying things he really wants to say.
dun get me wrong... he's not the villan of the show... he's got friends... but i think in real life if such a guy existed... he would be hammered left right center already.
but somehow i feel my description of him is befitting of another person who is sitting in front of his screen blogging right now.
WUSS.
if it's from someone i love and care about it's fine... if it's a long lost friend it's fine...
but if it's messages telling you what a jerk they think you are... then what the fark do you need to send it for?
i'm only human. i'm not superman. i can't fix everything that life throws at me. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I AM CAPABLE OF?
just leave me alone.
Friday, December 07, 2007
what have i been up to? hmm... spending time with my brother... dinners with Fong... first aid course... spending money on stuff like a new printer (wireless!), a camera and new clothes (i can't wear a t-shirt and shorts everythere... i need jeans!) and playing mahjong (and losing)... point is... i haven't really missed the internet that much as i thought i would have... although i do miss the occasional silly banter that goes around...
japan in 9 days... oh i'm so looking forward to that.