Today, a great day

Today was a day like no other. What happened? Nothing much, seriously. We had the first day of our sabbaticals, which is IDS[Inter Disciplinary Studies] and learned about the SCDF, and how to save people by using various methods such as CPR. They thought us about the actions to take during the life saving and what and what not to do. Well, they also threw in a couple of jokes, so on the whole the thing was not at all boring due to the constant jokes that were constantly sprung up.
After that, went to meet up with my friends to play table tennis at their condo. Its been quite a while since I last played table tennis, I think about a year? My skills have, thus, gone rusty. I warmed up a little with Aaron, the host, before starting to go on match rounds of 11. Slowly, my skills started to improve and from the close win of 11-8, the last round I played I won a game of 11-4. From this, I feel that practice certainly makes perfect.
Went out to eat the famous 'PonTian' Wanton Mee, and went home after that. I thoroughly enjoyed the table tennis part, where we had loads of fun playing together.
Thats all for today, not a lot of events, but certainly a fun one.
Signing off~

Animal abuse

I refer to the article 'Dog brutally beaten to death at void deck'. The dog had died after suffering from multiple head injuries and consistent trauma. Witnesses claim that the man that beat the dog to death had acted strangely as he had requested for a knife before the murder happened. Witnesses wanted to step in and stop the man from beating the dog to death but were afraid after they claimed that the man looked 'crazy'. The dog was repeatedly flung towards the floor and witnesses had rung the police, hoping that the police would reach in time to save the dog, and stop the man. Unfortunately, the dog had died soon before the police had arrived.
I feel that the man whom beat up the dog should be severely punished. The reason for beating up the dog was unknown, and thus it is most probably that the man was venting his anger on the dog, and since he looked 'crazy', he must have been a drunkard. Such brutality to an innocent animal is outrageous. In no way is the man right in beating up the dog, even if the dog had bitten him or done something to him. He could at least have told SPCA, and SPCA would have done something to do dog, maybe keep it in captivity. But no, the man just beat up the dog, flinging it to the floor multiple times, causing it to die from multiple head injuries. This is inhumane. I would not tolerate such a behavior if I were to witness such an incident outside.

Wife learns of husband's second marriage through FaceBook

Lynn France learnt that her husband had gone through a second marriage without informing her of anything. One day, she typed the two words onto the FaceBook search page that she suspected of having an affair with her husband. Mere seconds later, the results she had expected popped out in front of her. All the marriage photos taken on the day of the marriage. About 200 of them, all uploaded to FaceBook, up for public viewing. Not only that, she found out that her husband was taking frequent business trips to everywhere else in the world, and once she found out that her husband left his passport at home when he was supposed to be in China.
I feel that the husband was very disloyal to his wife as he just went on with another affair with his mistress without even telling his wife, let alone signing a divorce. He would have lost a lot of faith and trust that his wife had put into him, and from there his future mistresses will not have as much faith in him as they might get dumped by him again. He should at least have some consideration and tell his present wife, Lynn, and at least she is prepared for the future happenings, and might even take it well, and not be unhappy with him. He should not have let her found out the secrets by herself as it really pains the heart to find out that your loved one had tricked you, lied to you. Not only that he had tricked his wife, he also lied to her many times. He said that he was going for business trips, but instead he went to live with his mistress. What kind of a person does that make him? Selfish, idiotic, bad and a total bastard. How could he, without total consideration for his wife...

Singapore standards : Are they deteriorating?

I came across two unbelievable news while I was surfing the internet, and I will tell you about it one by one.
The first one came about on Saturday, where volunteers of the YOG complained that they were given improper food to consume when they were helping out at the YOG. Personally, I feel that the organisers should at least give the volunteers proper food to eat, as they are helping out, sacrificing their time to help out in the community, in preparation for the YOG. Certainly, the person who complained took a picture of the food and then uploaded it to facebook, where people started to comment and criticize the food that was given out and then it started to spread like a contagious virus before it became news. But, I have support on both sides. The person who complained should not have made such a small matter into such a big matter, as this food incident is only a small matter, not a really huge one. One NS man that was helping out in the YOG also commented that 'the food they served was cold, but the food was nice and filled us nonetheless'. The person who complained really made matters more complicated when he could just have sent an email on wrote a complain letter to the person in charge so as to keep the matters confidential. Really, one spark started it all.
But, the volunteers at the YOG also should have been given some proper, decent food to eat. They cannot be treated so lowly while the foreigners are actually treated way better than we locals. What would happen to the image on Singapore if foreigners found out about what Singapore has done to its locals, not giving them the proper respect? They would think Singapore is a lowly country and does not deserve to be stayed in. Everyone should receive a mutual amount of respect from anyone, whoever it may be.
Read the news before its gone:
Low food quality for YOG Volunteers

The second piece of news that I am going to share with you is about the scamming incidents that are increasing in number in Singapore. Recently, some hawkers at Boon Lay have been conned of a few fake $50 notes that were paid to them when they were doing business. The hawkers did not realise that they were fake $50, and took them for real ones, and in the end they got scammed of around $300 each. Why is this happening in Singapore? Singapore claims to have great national security, yet they cant prevent a scam like this from happening? The hawkers should also take some time to examine the money they are given carefully before accepting them, as when they accept them and realise they are fake, it would be too late to return it to the con man as he may already have gone or can claim that that note isnt his. We Singaporeans should be more vigilant in what we do and not fall for these anymore. How would you feel if you got scammed of more than $300? You feel stupid, as you fell for it, and hoping you can turn back time. But you cant but the toothpaste back into the tube, no point crying over split milk.
Read it online :
Hawkers get cheated with fake $50 notes

Money is NOT the root of all evil. Love is.

I refer to the statement I came across recently and decided to give my comments about it. Many people claim that money actually is the root of all evil, because money causes everything to start, such as economic crisis, financial difficulties, and poverty. I totally agree to these few results that were caused by money. But how about love? Without love, there would be no such thing as money, as no one would want to earn the money to give it or keep it for their loved ones as there would then be no meaning to life, nothing to work hard for. People would just keep earning money to survive but with no aim nor objective at all. With love, would people then try to work hard to either impress their fiance, support their family so that they would not starve. Usually, burglars rob banks as they need the money to either support their family or to help their friends that are in urgent need of money, and thats when love starts this evil. There would then be an objective to earn the money. I sort of agreed that love was one of the bigger and main reasons why money had started, though this applies to most people, not all. Those people whom prefer loneliness will not feel that love caused all evil, but in fact money is.

You cant put toothpaste back into the tube

As the title have stated, you cannot put toothpaste back into the tube, like how you cant reverse what you have done and you cannot take back the words you have said. This is exceptionally true, as we cannot reverse time and redo our mistakes. If so, everyone would probably be a perfectionist and then there would be no competition in the world, as everyone is exactly the same, correcting every mistake they make. No one will ever learn, as the main aim is to only correct the mistake, put it right, and get it over with. As the famous quote goes,'After failure comes success', and 'Learn from experience', these 2 quotes will no more be in existence as there will only be such a thing called right and no wrong. Though there are also certain pros in it, if only we could change what we have done wrong or taken back what we have said. If only we could change some things, if not there would be war amongst people. War ends many lives, many innocent lives, those that fought for their country would die in war. If only if people could go back in time and kill the troublemakers that would cause trouble in 'future', then there would be no war, no innocent deaths, and there would be total peace. But there isn't and will be no such thing. As it goes, Time and tide waits for no man.
Edit 1: 7.31pm 19 Aug 2010