Apparently it is okay to lie, cheat, and break promises to people other than your partner.
Well done.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Yeah
So I login into Facebook this morning, and found this quote posted by one of my friend:
Well done.
Well done.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Motivators
I don't like them. Especially when someone is shoving them in my face.
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against motivators. They can inspire and motivate someone to a better life. Good for them.
Me however, found listening (or reading) to motivators is a waste of time. Why? Lets see...
1. I don't like being lectured.
2. I already know everything they talk about. Seriously, I think most of us already have the knowledge; motivators just said it in a nicer way.
3. It's usually about money. Success = money, rich, respected. Materialistic.
Hey, if you like being lectured of something you already know, and become materialistic in the end, it's totally up to you. I couldn't care less. All I ask is that you don't bring it up to me.
And then there are motivator wannabes. These people pissed me off the most. They are not professional motivators, yet they always lecture those around them. I bet they don't even know what they are talking about. Well at least their enthusiasm is impressive.. NOT.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to delete motivational quotes posted by my friends on Facebook.
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against motivators. They can inspire and motivate someone to a better life. Good for them.
Me however, found listening (or reading) to motivators is a waste of time. Why? Lets see...
1. I don't like being lectured.
2. I already know everything they talk about. Seriously, I think most of us already have the knowledge; motivators just said it in a nicer way.
3. It's usually about money. Success = money, rich, respected. Materialistic.
Hey, if you like being lectured of something you already know, and become materialistic in the end, it's totally up to you. I couldn't care less. All I ask is that you don't bring it up to me.
And then there are motivator wannabes. These people pissed me off the most. They are not professional motivators, yet they always lecture those around them. I bet they don't even know what they are talking about. Well at least their enthusiasm is impressive.. NOT.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to delete motivational quotes posted by my friends on Facebook.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Lost in translation
Today I had a dinner with family and friends. On the way back to our car, one of us decided to buy drinks at convenience store. So the rest of us waited in front of the store. Suddenly an old grandma approached us, trying to ask something. We assumed she was asking about when the bus will arrive, since she was near bus station. Yes, this grandma speaks very little english, so we guessed and assumed a lot while trying to help her. At least she was able to say her destination area and the bus number. We looked to bus timetable nearby and found the next bus should arrive in about 10 minutes. Keep in mind today is public holiday and it was 9.30 PM.
The problem did not stop there. We decided to hang around a little bit until the bus arrived. It never did. Grandma now keep saying 'phone' and showed her coins. What does that mean? We thought she asked for money, so we gave her some more coins but she refused. Okay, phone, she wanted to make a phone call? We lent her our mobile phone, punched the number one by one as she said it. Who were we calling? She said daughter, or something like that, I wasn't sure. Wrong number. It appeared she kinda forgot the number. Next attempt, a slightly different number. Office voice mail, it must be wrong. Third attempt, she wrote the number and gave it to us to dial: no one picked up. Things were getting more desperate.
We understand somehow that she is from korea. So one of us called a korean friend to translate for us. After LONG talk with our korean friend (was she telling a story or what?), we figured out where she wanted to go and which bus she wanted to take. Wait, we know that already! Tell us something more useful! More confusion, laughter, and head scratching happened. Then we got an idea, we asked for her ID card. Of course she did not understand. Pulled out our own ID card. Pointing. 'You'. 'ID card'. Did that work? 'Pension card OK?' she said. Yes!
Fortunately her pension card has an address, and it is not that far. We decided to take her home with our car. Our korean friend said that to her and she was very happy. 'Thank you, thank you' she said while hugging my sister. 'She will attempt to point out direction, left, right, or forward', so our korean friend told us. Right, that will not be necessary grandma, we got GPS in our car! But of course we did not bother to tell her that. Suddenly I got this horrible thought, what if we can't find her home and we got arrested for kidnapping? Well let's just hope nothing like that will happen. A little warning from our korean friend: grandma will invite you in and cook for you once you got her home.
In the car, grandma tried to point out direction. 'Left, left, left' she said. Yes we know grandma, but we have to wait for green light! But she kept saying it anyway, I wonder what could I say back then to make her understand that we understand.
Long story short, GPS worked well and we actually managed to take her home! Yay! Grandma was very happy and invited us to come in her house (but we didn't go in of course). 'Cook' she said. No no no no grandma! We just ate! We kept saying no. Grandma gave us mango, korean instant noodles, and a bottle of coke as thank you gifts. We tried to refuse but she shoved them to our arms anyway. Apparently she live alone, we saw no one else. Well at least we managed to politely refuse her dinner invitation. On our way back to our car, she picked a bunch of flowers and gave it to us. How strong she is! The flower's stem was pretty thick! We said goodbye and finally drove home. We laughed a lot in the car, we still can't believe what happened. Random kindness won't hurt anyone so I guess it is okay.
Once we got home, I put the flower in a vase.
The end.
The problem did not stop there. We decided to hang around a little bit until the bus arrived. It never did. Grandma now keep saying 'phone' and showed her coins. What does that mean? We thought she asked for money, so we gave her some more coins but she refused. Okay, phone, she wanted to make a phone call? We lent her our mobile phone, punched the number one by one as she said it. Who were we calling? She said daughter, or something like that, I wasn't sure. Wrong number. It appeared she kinda forgot the number. Next attempt, a slightly different number. Office voice mail, it must be wrong. Third attempt, she wrote the number and gave it to us to dial: no one picked up. Things were getting more desperate.
We understand somehow that she is from korea. So one of us called a korean friend to translate for us. After LONG talk with our korean friend (was she telling a story or what?), we figured out where she wanted to go and which bus she wanted to take. Wait, we know that already! Tell us something more useful! More confusion, laughter, and head scratching happened. Then we got an idea, we asked for her ID card. Of course she did not understand. Pulled out our own ID card. Pointing. 'You'. 'ID card'. Did that work? 'Pension card OK?' she said. Yes!
Fortunately her pension card has an address, and it is not that far. We decided to take her home with our car. Our korean friend said that to her and she was very happy. 'Thank you, thank you' she said while hugging my sister. 'She will attempt to point out direction, left, right, or forward', so our korean friend told us. Right, that will not be necessary grandma, we got GPS in our car! But of course we did not bother to tell her that. Suddenly I got this horrible thought, what if we can't find her home and we got arrested for kidnapping? Well let's just hope nothing like that will happen. A little warning from our korean friend: grandma will invite you in and cook for you once you got her home.
In the car, grandma tried to point out direction. 'Left, left, left' she said. Yes we know grandma, but we have to wait for green light! But she kept saying it anyway, I wonder what could I say back then to make her understand that we understand.
Long story short, GPS worked well and we actually managed to take her home! Yay! Grandma was very happy and invited us to come in her house (but we didn't go in of course). 'Cook' she said. No no no no grandma! We just ate! We kept saying no. Grandma gave us mango, korean instant noodles, and a bottle of coke as thank you gifts. We tried to refuse but she shoved them to our arms anyway. Apparently she live alone, we saw no one else. Well at least we managed to politely refuse her dinner invitation. On our way back to our car, she picked a bunch of flowers and gave it to us. How strong she is! The flower's stem was pretty thick! We said goodbye and finally drove home. We laughed a lot in the car, we still can't believe what happened. Random kindness won't hurt anyone so I guess it is okay.
Once we got home, I put the flower in a vase.
The end.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Christmas
Merry Christmas to everyone!
One little thing for you to think about:
Why christmas is on 25th of December? Why not any other date?
We don't have Gregorian calendar until 1582. How did they know when Jesus is born anyway?
Have a very merry christmas.
One little thing for you to think about:
Why christmas is on 25th of December? Why not any other date?
We don't have Gregorian calendar until 1582. How did they know when Jesus is born anyway?
Have a very merry christmas.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Spelling
Why 'loose' instead of 'lose'?
Why?
Does the meaning of the word changed? Or is it just stupidity disease?
Why?
Does the meaning of the word changed? Or is it just stupidity disease?
Stupid comment
Reading news from my home country is pretty frustrating. Mainly because they are almost always bad news. Take this one for example. It is bad, but this time I won't rant about my country (done that so many times already).
Instead, I want to talk about a comment on the internet. A really stupid one (of course). I stumbled upon this particular comment when I was browsing news. It says something like this: "Don't say that our country is discriminating religions, because other country such as US, France, etc also does similar things... <insert examples of discrimination here>" blah blah.
*facepalm*
Ok, so just because everyone is doing it, IT MAKES IT OKAY FOR YOU TO DO THE SAME THING??
Forget about US, France, or whatever. I don't care. They have their own problems. They have their own ways for solving it. But you are not them! Why do you have to compare yourself to them anyway?
You see, some people in my home country hate western countries. They say westerners brought capitalism, neoliberalism, and other bad things to our country. It seems the poster of the comment also dislikes westerns, but at the same time references to them as 'ideal countries who also do bad things'.
Thats what I found strange, which one is it? Does the poster hate them or does he/she love them so much that he/she wants to follow their actions?
No, the answer is simple: hatred. It is all about revenge. Your religion is being discriminated in another country, so you just have to abuse another religion here in your own country as payback.
*sigh*
Instead, I want to talk about a comment on the internet. A really stupid one (of course). I stumbled upon this particular comment when I was browsing news. It says something like this: "Don't say that our country is discriminating religions, because other country such as US, France, etc also does similar things... <insert examples of discrimination here>" blah blah.
*facepalm*
Ok, so just because everyone is doing it, IT MAKES IT OKAY FOR YOU TO DO THE SAME THING??
Forget about US, France, or whatever. I don't care. They have their own problems. They have their own ways for solving it. But you are not them! Why do you have to compare yourself to them anyway?
You see, some people in my home country hate western countries. They say westerners brought capitalism, neoliberalism, and other bad things to our country. It seems the poster of the comment also dislikes westerns, but at the same time references to them as 'ideal countries who also do bad things'.
Thats what I found strange, which one is it? Does the poster hate them or does he/she love them so much that he/she wants to follow their actions?
No, the answer is simple: hatred. It is all about revenge. Your religion is being discriminated in another country, so you just have to abuse another religion here in your own country as payback.
*sigh*
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