Apathetic Avenger

Bragging Rights

This is a little something that I came up with a while ago. Some of you would have heard it before, but right now I can't think of anything else to write about that I can complete in 3 minutes. Here we go.

Guy: Hey dude. I haven't seen you in a while. How are things?

Dude: I drive a big red Mercedes.

Guy: Wow! You must be rich. What company do you work for?

Dude: SBS.

Labels: Thought Of The Day

Blogged @ 10:58 PM

A Necessary Evil

I've been told that it's about time I made this decision. Everyone around me has done it already. My parents are nagging me. I know that if I leave it too late, then I will regret my decision. I just have to deal with it. That's just how life is.

If some dude in his mid-30s stumbled upon my blog, he would think I was about to get married. But no, I'm still a kid, and marriage isn't really an issue at hand.

Funny how getting married and studying sound so alike.

I need my CCDE. If I don't I'm going to have to downgrade on of my subjects, and I would have wasted a year learning crap that isn't particularly useful.

I had a great weekend.

Feasting with SJI buddies. The crowds at Orchard were terrifying. The queues long. The 5 of us were hungry. We were also cheapskate. One of our us lived conveniently nearby. So we went to Cold Storage at 8pm, and bought grilled chickens, pork knuckles and a bottle of cordial. Dinner cost us $8 each. We feasted until we could feast no more. That night, we dined in hell. It was glorious.

As Ivan would have put it ever so succinctly, "Bomb sex man."

Lunch Movie and Dinner with Yeewen Chara and Bingjian. Lots of fun, nonsense, and laughter. Rush Hour 3, a dumb but a funny movie. We went to Taka, then Lido, Grand Cathay, to Wisma, back to Taka, and finally to Paragon.

Looks like I won't get to enjoy these sort of things for awhile. The exams beckon.

Why am I writing about my weekend? I remember sometime in the distant past I stated that I would not do so. Hmm.

Labels: Thought Of The Day

Blogged @ 8:24 PM

National Education

We had a National Education talk this morning.

It was great that the teachers scolded us for misbehaving even before the thingy began. If I remember correctly, we were told to be on our best behaviour. We were to appreciate everything that was being done for our sake.

However, if I remember correctly, none of the students ever requested for such... an act of kindness.

What I found hilarious (though unfortunate) was the girl who had to introduce the guest speaker, whose name I cannot recall. She had to wear the school No.1 uniform, which is, the blazer and tie and shoes and everything else. The girl had to put on all that crap just to stand behind a podium, which left only her head exposed, to talk for about 30 seconds.

Implementation of absolutely unnecessary formalities. There's nothing quite like it.

The guest speaker was some government representative, MP of someplace and he worked as the Secretary in some branch of our government. Pretty admirable stuff. He looked smart.

The topic for the day was Religion in Singapore. I found it quite surprising that they were willing to have an open dialogue regarding such a sensitive topic. As far as I can recall, the government doesn't really like to touch on this subject. However, it ended up being pretty much the same old stuff. Still, it's quite something, considering we're in Singapore.

Strange how someone can make terrorists and war and violence sound as dull as an instruction manual. That takes talent.

As usual, after the guy finished talking, we were allowed to ask have our say. There was something this one girl said that struck me as being quite blunt. This girl stated that some religions have the belief that "I'm right, everyone else is wrong", and that it was quite contradictory to Singapore's policy of accepting all the major religions.

Now, who said Singaporean students can't think?

But of course, the rest of us didn't understand what she was saying, and decided to laugh at her for a few moments, so as to hide our embarrassment and ignorance.

After the thing was over, the intro-girl was allowed to recite some standard message of thanks lasting about 30 seconds short to the guest, and we were allowed to leave.

At least intro-conclusion-girl was able to make good use of her formal attire.

Labels: Musings

Blogged @ 9:43 PM

A Gathering

Meeting the Caveman by accident at Plaza Singapura.

Seeing Yuhao's constant drowsy look.

Getting cheated by Janan in card games.

Threatening to expose ZL's dirty little secret.

Marveling at the ODACers' athleticism.

Watching Malay Dog Javier destroy the computer with but a mere touch.

Listening to China Whore WG trying to play guitar.

Realizing how tall my stupid friends are.

Swimming at 1 in the morning.

Wrestling against Ivan.

Watching The Simpsons Movie at 2am.

Lazing around in a tangled heap of bodies.

There's nothing quite like 206 to chase the emo-blues away.

Blogged @ 11:07 PM

This Was Not Planned

Yeewen bit me on the arm today.

Actually I am partially responsible for this strange occurrence. It was after Chemistry class. I don't remember why, but I dared her to bite me.

I was shoving my arm into her face, taunting her "Come on! You dare? YOU DARE?", and the next thing I knew, she chomped down on the piece of flesh that I waved most enthusiastically in front of her.

Unfortunately, the bite impression on my arm has disappeared, so I can't sue her for 2 million dollars worth of emotional trauma. I think her saliva is corrosive as well, because later that day I found itchy red welts all over my forearm.

I didn't think she'd do it.

I have weird friends.

Labels: Musings

Blogged @ 11:16 PM

Self-Financed Lessons In Life

I lost 40 dollars today.

Actually it wasn't so much lost as it was having a stranger reach into my bag and rifle about my things and take it out of my wallet.

Perhaps the strangest part about this entire ordeal was how I discovered that I was a victim of theft. It was after training, I was in the changing room, wearing back my school uniform. Suddenly my phone rang, and my friend said to me:

"Check your wallet."

I was filled with dread. I thought she was threatening me. Or that it was some sort of premonition, that I would find a severed finger or an eyeball inside my wallet. I mean, how many of you have ever had someone call you and ask you to check your wallet? I then opened it cautiously, and sighed with relief that there were no human bits to be seen. Unfortunately, my money was also nowhere to be seen.

I think it is quite amusing that I was robbed in ACJC.

I expected myself to be really angry. I waited for my subconscious to take over and begin uttering a string of expletives. However, nothing happened. I waited a little longer. Still nothing happened. I did not have any reaction at all.

My only response could be described as... underwhelming.

"I've been robbed. Oh, okay. Time to go home now."

I found this to be quite disturbing. Why wasn't I angry?

It was quite a sizable sum of money for a student with no source of income. That sort of money would have lasted me more than 2 weeks if I didn't splurge. I think I felt this nonchalance because of the way I've been brought up. Money has never really been an issue to me. My parents have provided me with more than enough. Maybe I don't see its value? Perhaps one day when I raise my own children and one of them loses 40 of my hard earned dollars then I'll feel the heartache.

I think it's also my attitude. I knew, when I found out my cash was gone, that there was nothing I could do. Tell a teacher? That would a waste of both our time. Complain? Get angry? Bitch? How would that help? Next time I'll just be a little more careful. It was, after all, partially my fault.

I know that I could never live with myself if I ever did this sort of thing, unless of course, it was absolutely necessary. If I had a starving baby sister to feed, I wouldn't feel that guilty for giving her a chance to live. But I really doubt anyone in ACJC is in that sort of situation. All I can do is hope that the person's conscience eats into him. I know that is what would happen to me.

Perhaps I've just learned to look on the bright side of life. I mean, at least the thief was thoughtful enough to leave my coins inside, so that in the case of my EZ-Link card running out of money, I would still be able to get home. This is the sort of consideration I would like to see in the future generation of Singaporean thieves.

Labels: Musings

Blogged @ 6:29 PM