When u thought u had all the answers.

Ok long post again, but before i begin, perhaps some of u might find it annoying for my status to appear in ur news feeds. Good news! U can just block my updates on ur feeds and for all u know, u are one of those that i have blocked, so thank you.

Let's rock!
When we were young, our math teacher teached us basic summation and deduction, and as we advanced we

will learn that the X actually stands for multiplication and the ufo like symbol is actually the division.

Just when u thought u had learnt it all, then came the algebra equation, the pythagoras theorem, the logarithmathric and exponential graphs and so on and so forth. And when u had learnt it all u find complex trigonometric equation, probability etc. So now can i ask u one question, just when u thought u had learnt everything, do u really think u have learnt everything now?

A person may always look cool, calm and composed, as he/she thinks everything in life is 'ok' to him/her. He/she might always agree with something, might always agree to help out and he/she seems to be the nice person ard doing things that needs to be done.

Let's look at a different issue for a moment. Let's say this ship was due to arrive at singapore in 3 days time. The coxswain of the ship had all the bearings and was confident of navigating the ship on time, suddenly horrible wind conditions and visions made it inaccessible to the buoys to navigate the ship on time. He coxswain later thought to himself "when i thought i had all the answers"

Ok so look at the mr/ms nice person again, when he/she agrees to help, that person might think its ok to do that. But is it really ok for them to do that?

Some people may think that they know themselves and the things they do and they can accept what they are doing. However take this chance to ask urself do u really know who u are? And the things u do? Can u accept the things that are happening ard u?

A very high chance that it would be a no for one, two or all three of these questions. Tell u what, this is a problem u have to figure it out urself as i cant do anything to help. Coz i also got something to say to myself, "just when i thought i had all the answers And u need a jog, dude"

I'm doing it, so can u!

Hello frens, i dunno why recently i've got so much to write. Maybe i just park my brain somewhere and forgotten where i left it and now i've found it again.

Have u ever wondered why there are some people whom u can get along so well with? And some who just cant seem to clique? For me (as a shy introvert :x) i would say i open up to people who opens themselves to me. So it

s like a give and take process, where one part gives and the other part receive.

Simple isnt it? Ok let's look at this young couple. They werent tgt initially, but when the guy ask the ger out and she complied, or the other way round, then its like the same old give and take process (let's call this the process for short) and there it all begins. The couple goes out, watch movies, have meals tgt and they starts knocking their hands against each other. And once the guy or the ger initiates and grab the other's hand, that is when 'the process' happens again. The other party will reciprocate and they will lock their hands. (Ok the relationship thingy can go on and on to making babies and i've got young frens so imma skip that and leave it to ur imagination)

Hokay then comes another part, like when u are wih a group of frens, where i wouldnt call them a bad mix but just the cool mix. They start picking up fights and when u see them doing it, its 'the process' again. U start thinking 'oh my frens are doing it so it should be alright to do it'

And its the same for men having affairs. They see so many of their frens doing it, even our lovely Mr DIY lol. And 'the process' goes on again in the brain.

So is it really right to do something? I dunno if there is a term for this phenomenom but i would call this the herd opinion. As human beings, we are afraid of being left out, we get envious, we feel greedy and full of pride. We are gluttons, we lose ourselves to wrath. Gives in to lust and lose the battle to sloth. And its exacerbated by the social media! But then again ask urself why are u being like the others? Its so mainstream (ehich explains my taste of music) Lol but hey, we are still human beings.

Thx for wasting 3mins of ur life ahahaha

There are 2 kind of people, an optimist and a pessimist. Some are suited to a certain kind of job and some are not.

Let's say u are an pessimist and u are in the science field (i'm sorry my frens) and u get nothing out of ur first try.. u would think to urself wth? This is nv going to work.

But for an optimist, he/she would say oh, the next time i will have to try something else, perhaps tweaking something here and something there. But let's say u have been trying for 10 years and u still dont get any positive results? Will u still remain optimistic?

Something banal, people always say we should be positive in life but can we always remain positive?

LOL

Content

Anyhow, a very good morning to all! Greetings on a blue monday so far? Or perhaps still not that bad? Dont know how i landed myself in this location now as the train was pretty screwed up today but i obly have myself to blame for missing the bus to work.

Instead of sitting here and rotting my time away, let me write something again :)

So what's the content for today? As u can see above,

the topic for today is content!

Ok so what's so great abt the content and that content? I dont know but u have to find the greatness in it urself as being content with what u have certainly makes urself happier.

So here i would liken ur life to a bag. What u have in ur life are the contents in it. So come one day where u are sorting out r bag, and u happened to chance upon the contents of another person's. And the evil part of u starts comparing and let's stop at this point where i tell u something else...

Say u are on ur way to work. U missed ur train and u took 2hrs off ur work, having nothing to do u walk ard the area and u see alot of blue collared workers sitting at kopitiams enjoying their breakfast and u are thinking? Are the cos paying them for their breakfast break? And u are like comparing with ur work where u dont have this kind of luxury.

And back to the topic and isnt that evil, perhaps cruel and unjust? But that's where contentment with life comes in. Maybe with the flexi hours they might be part timers? Maybe they are doing sales? Or maybe they are earning lesser(???) Or maybe they just dont give a damn.

Anyway i apologise for this long post and the contents in it. If u are discontent with it, then i'm sorry just dont compare and be content with it lol

To forget and remember

To forget the bad and remember the good stuffs-

Cliche isnt it? But do we really have this inculcated into our minds?

Take this person, he was a coincincidently involved in the death of a fren, and sentenced to jail for a few years. After his release, do u think u will give him a chance back into the society? But will the rest of the society?

Take another classic example: looking at a couple in a relationship, they look so blissful, perhaps even a slightest chance they will get married, but marred by a bad joke from destiny, they quarreled and the relationship turns sour. At this point, do they stop, look back and reminisce the happy times they had?

And this i relate to equal chances, if u were a boss, would u hire someone who is honest, but has a criminal offence, or someone who has a 'clean' record but appears to be honest? For all u know, that particular employee might be putting up a facade

Meritocracy- rings a bell? Singapore spells meritocracy throughout. But graduates nowadays think they merit their salary after tough times in universities. Furthermore u can have someone who are highly educated, but do not give a shit to the operations of a company.

So is this system driving people to becoming more selfless? Or selfish?

For guys lets look back to NS, look at ur officers and specs, or even urself, why do u really think u deserve ur rank? do u really deserve ur rank? I have seen some, who are pure wayang

For all, look at the society, ur organisation, people are so consume by their salary package, stepping on one another to go all the way up.

For soccer lovers, the cheats who dives, play act, influence the referees

For ourself, a simple question, "will u do something in the long run that will not benefit yourself?"

Or should we call this system monetocracy?

Sidetrack - Anyway this lady from my company she resigned and ytd was her last day, i asked her why and she told me: "不要浪费他们的时间" (dont waste the co's time) very 潇洒 (cool :S)

So lets not have prejudice, take a leap of faith, and give others a chances :D

PS: very bad organisation, no flow of topics but whatever!

-Rants from Joe

Perception-
By Joe

*flips a coin and catches it in my hands* what's ur guess?

Stop and wait a sec, let us look at the world in a different perspective. If i were to twist the rules, making the side of the coin with the flowers to be heads and the side with the code of arms to be the tails, then the result will be different right?

So would ur answers still remain the same if i have changed the rule? But wait, there's only 50% chance of getting this wrong so fuck it, i'm still gonna go for tails (which in this case, its the code of arms)

May i add in another factor, where a rich man is having a bet on the outcome of the coin toss. Being filthy rich, he got no interest in money. His bet, his pinky.. being a sore loser, he influenced the judges to side with his bet (heads) and when the result is called, it was the flower side of the coin and he judges called heads.

Anyway i pity the loser in this case but i must say all of us are a victim of thus barbaric bet. Let me influence ur perpective, this girl, she's really gorgeous, kind and nice and the perfect girl that every man desire as a wife. But what if i told u she's a loose woman? She do drugs?

So do u have the same impression of her? Why the change? What have she done to make u think otherwise?

Upon reaching the finale of this post, i would like u to imagine a person u are fond of, and a person who u have a distate for. Both of them are doing the same thing, both are saying the same thing.. however no matter how much right the person u dislike do, u are still annoyed by that person. On the other side, even the fart from the person u like u say it smells nice.

One last thing.. there are 2 sides of the coins, and the result of a toss may be different depending on the assumed biasness on the situation. So what?

So fuck it, that's life.

Hello bitches, i'm done with my reservice. To summarise, it was real fun and one of he best 2 weeks of my life since working.. i would say the mix of people is rather unique, but being the first ict for almost 90% of the cohort and age ranging from 24 to 32, i would say all of us gel well.

And dunno why we were so garang as my impression of nsmen speaks otherwise lol but still, it was very very e

njoyable with my frens and new frens ard

Ok like what hi ong mentioned, i will write a long post but it was delayed till now coz i was busy and tired lol

Having some conversation with people from other walks of life, and more senior than myself.. i feel that life mold a person in many ways.. they way they behave, speak and think.. even though i look older than i am (i'm still at my sweet 24), my way of thinking is like a 20yo in some ways

Nvm abt that coz this 2 weeks even while i'm enjoying, i lost myself in the thought process and eventually, i realise what life is all abt.. there should be a purpose, a pinch of emotions, abit of ups and alot of downs.. and a whole lot of spontaneity to make life fun

And lastly to senior we ian and ho yie, 我们是海军!!