Back from the Christmas break

The Christmas break was good! This blogger is ready to get blogging for 2008...Gave me time to recollect and envision the year ahead. :)

Wat's new? What's been happening in the world?
the word "random" is out for 2008 and the word "emo" is out too, so I've been told..Yup it aint cool anymore.. Esp when u get emo at random moments... these are

my words for 2008: "EGO".. that's so "ego".. "Awkwarrrrrrd" sustain.. with fingers tapping against each other for maximum effect.
"s.m.m" (meaning - see my mood) ok this one is not my contribution.. from sylvester anymore words to add? just tag it

11 people were rescued after being stranded on some Pacific coast for 3 months. 5 were sent out only after the group had no more food rations. the 5 finally stumbled on a military base after walking for 4 days. Interesting. They should have thought of it 3 months earlier.

People are still bombing people. How sick is that? Would God actually want you to blow up the people He created into bits and pieces of bone fragments and bloody flesh? Killing and violence degrades the existence of human beings on this Earth. The cockroaches whom we regard as filthy and gross are actually living more peacefully with each other than we human beings. How come the cockroach and the other animals can live peacefully with their own kind and we humans can't?

AMK Hub finally opens after years of waiting. Unfortunately, it's really not that great. Bishan hangers this is one place not worth coming over for. Stay at J8.

Taxi fares are up! Who benefits? Only the taxi companies. Poor taxi drivers. The next time you get into a cab, just talk to the driver about the fare hikes. Let the driver complain and grunt. He's got to let out all his pent-up frustrations.

The salaries of civil servants have increased, esp the people at the top. Who has the most well-paid ministers in the world? Is it right for ministers pay themselves well to ensure they give their loyalty and their best to the country? Is it right to pay one well so that one does not fall into corruption? A hero to me is a minister who rejects his payslip and serve for the sake of serving the nation, out of loyalty and love for the people.

Wikepedia: Personal values evolve from circumstances with the external world and can change over time. Integrity in the application of values refers to its continuity; persons have integrity if they apply their values appropriately regardless of arguments or negative reinforcement from others.
Values are applied appropriately when they are applied in the right area. Love, care, courage, bravery, integrity and compassion are examples of values. Last night

I was on the MRT last night, boarded at Orchard Station. A group of teens were sitted in one row. The train was crowded. 2 old ladies boarded the train. The teens turned to their friend sitting at the corner and teased him to give up his seat to the elderly since he was sitting in an "elderly" seat. The boy laughed and made a face at them. The teens continued to ignore the old ladies. 2 China workers from across stood up and offered their seats to the old ladies who were only too happy to rest their feet. We, Singaporeans, gripe about foreigners coming in. Maybe as many as 3 million have and will be coming in to make Singapore their home. I don't know but there are so many from Philippines, India, China and so on already here. These foreigners have never gone through the best education system in the world, the Singapore education system. They probably attended village schools where there were 60 kids in a class. They probably came from countries where the athorities say "no more passports cos not enough paper". Until they pay for the planting of a tree then they get a passport? in other words, corruption. Yet 2 blue-collared China workers who could not speak English gave up their seats to 2 elderly women while our group of Singapore teens refused to.

Perhaps just as we pay our ministers to ensure they stay loyal and honest, we should also pay our young to ensure they show kindness to the elderly and disabled.