读了这期i-周刊关于败犬的主题专访，觉得我符合了几乎所有里面列下的败犬特征。
我=败犬？ OK 啦至少年龄还没到，但是觉得晃一晃就会过了。
看来我应该去看看《败犬女王》这部戏了。
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
讨厌
我讨厌人家明明知道事非我意还要强加于我。
我讨厌没有被征求同意就对我的生活做出改变。
其实，我认为我是相当随便的人，大多时候，只要征求我的意见，我会不好意思拒绝而同意或答应。
但我也发现，我往往会因为这样而吃亏。可能不是什么大亏，但一点一点累积起来，心里可能就会出现不平衡。
我决定要学会说不，这是一种学问，一种艺术。但这会让我活得更像我自己。
当然，我还是会有任性的一面，对某些事情比较执着， 尤其对家人。请容许我的任性。
我讨厌没有被征求同意就对我的生活做出改变。
其实，我认为我是相当随便的人，大多时候，只要征求我的意见，我会不好意思拒绝而同意或答应。
但我也发现，我往往会因为这样而吃亏。可能不是什么大亏，但一点一点累积起来，心里可能就会出现不平衡。
我决定要学会说不，这是一种学问，一种艺术。但这会让我活得更像我自己。
当然，我还是会有任性的一面，对某些事情比较执着， 尤其对家人。请容许我的任性。
Sunday, August 09, 2009
HAPPY 44TH BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!
Would you say you love Singapore?
Somehow it seems like the uncool thing to do to say that you love your country in this country. What's wrong with being patriotic? It's not being PC or brainwashed by the country. Say it if you mean it.
Was having a conversation with a grp of frens and a fren said sth abt ppl in other countries seemed to feel so much more nationalistic than Singapore, wearing their flag wherever they go, proclaiming they are citizens of so-and-so country. We don't even bother flying it on National Day. Another fren drew conclusion that cos we are not as homogenous as some societies, it's harder to feel nationalistic. Is that so? What about America?
I must say I don't always feel this way, and my numerous trips overseas and spending time out of Singapore and interacting with ppl from various nationalities actually gives fresh perspective as to what it means to have Singapore as my home, and gives me new found respect for my country and be thankful that I am a Singaporean. Things we so take for granted like a roof over our heads, clean water and not having to apply for visas when we travel are things that ppl do not have access to.
Another fren working at an MNC says that when typhoon hits Taiwan or Hong Kong, when there's snowstorm in London, basically when something happens in some part of the world, the Singapore branch has to take over the operations and the staff have to work harder and she has to take weird shifts to cover the duties. It's undesirable to her, but it also means that Singapore is relatively safe from disaster right?
This is not a perfect place, I'd very much like to see many areas being improved, being changed, but everything is a work in progress right? It's so easy to just leave when you are not happy with a place in this day and age, but would you ever find the perfect place? I think there's no such thing as a perfect place anyway. Do let me know if you find it.
I'd still like to leave the country, to travel, to see the world, but it would be to remind myself of how fortunate and blessed I have been.
It's National Day and I'd be working to cover the National Day Parade. Yes we have it every year, and it is kinda propagandistic. But it's still a day worth celebrating. Many of my overseas friends wow at the kind of celebration we have (tho sometimes I do wonder if iwe're spending too much money on this). Their national days usually pass without fuss, with parades that nobody watches cos it's early in the day. I would say our NDP is quite one of a kind, and there is a reason why ppl yearn to get tickets to the parade every year. It really feels very different when you are with the crowd. It's addictive, you'd wanna be back. And you feel proud to be a Singaporean.
It's National Day and what better time to declare your love for your country.
PS I've had a sneak peak to this year's parade and I think it's actually quite good. The art direction is by Ivan Heng, someone with lots of theatre background so yeah, it's really of some standard.
Somehow it seems like the uncool thing to do to say that you love your country in this country. What's wrong with being patriotic? It's not being PC or brainwashed by the country. Say it if you mean it.
Was having a conversation with a grp of frens and a fren said sth abt ppl in other countries seemed to feel so much more nationalistic than Singapore, wearing their flag wherever they go, proclaiming they are citizens of so-and-so country. We don't even bother flying it on National Day. Another fren drew conclusion that cos we are not as homogenous as some societies, it's harder to feel nationalistic. Is that so? What about America?
I must say I don't always feel this way, and my numerous trips overseas and spending time out of Singapore and interacting with ppl from various nationalities actually gives fresh perspective as to what it means to have Singapore as my home, and gives me new found respect for my country and be thankful that I am a Singaporean. Things we so take for granted like a roof over our heads, clean water and not having to apply for visas when we travel are things that ppl do not have access to.
Another fren working at an MNC says that when typhoon hits Taiwan or Hong Kong, when there's snowstorm in London, basically when something happens in some part of the world, the Singapore branch has to take over the operations and the staff have to work harder and she has to take weird shifts to cover the duties. It's undesirable to her, but it also means that Singapore is relatively safe from disaster right?
This is not a perfect place, I'd very much like to see many areas being improved, being changed, but everything is a work in progress right? It's so easy to just leave when you are not happy with a place in this day and age, but would you ever find the perfect place? I think there's no such thing as a perfect place anyway. Do let me know if you find it.
I'd still like to leave the country, to travel, to see the world, but it would be to remind myself of how fortunate and blessed I have been.
It's National Day and I'd be working to cover the National Day Parade. Yes we have it every year, and it is kinda propagandistic. But it's still a day worth celebrating. Many of my overseas friends wow at the kind of celebration we have (tho sometimes I do wonder if iwe're spending too much money on this). Their national days usually pass without fuss, with parades that nobody watches cos it's early in the day. I would say our NDP is quite one of a kind, and there is a reason why ppl yearn to get tickets to the parade every year. It really feels very different when you are with the crowd. It's addictive, you'd wanna be back. And you feel proud to be a Singaporean.
It's National Day and what better time to declare your love for your country.
PS I've had a sneak peak to this year's parade and I think it's actually quite good. The art direction is by Ivan Heng, someone with lots of theatre background so yeah, it's really of some standard.
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