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It sure has been a long time since I've updated this blog. Anyway, I have given this site a refresh. I will be using this blog to post stories worthy of reading, financial advices, as well as food review!

Yes, I'm addicted to good food. So if you have any recommendations, feel free to mention me on Twitter or post on my Facebook wall.

When this blog was first started way back in my Secondary School days, it was only meant for posting stuff about my own life (because blogging was the norm back then). After so many years have past, I feel that I have gained sufficient experience to guide people who are younger than me to achieve their goals in life. Nevertheless, I'm 20 this year, and there are many more experiences to come in my life. As I gain these experiences, I hope that I can inspire people at the same time.

Like I have mentioned around the "refreshed" blog, I'm born in the Finance industry. I wish to share my knowledge with you, and also learn from you, so that both of us can achieve Financial Freedom and Independence altogether.

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Alright, I haven't been blogging for a long period of time. I guess since the holidays are nearing, it's time for me to blog!! Well, I'm not sure if I should convert this blog into a technology blog, focusing on, well, technology news, or should it just be a normal personal blog like how it used to be. Crap, turns out that I always run out of ideas to write on my blog. :/

These few days, or even weeks, I've realized that there's so much commotion about Sun Xu, and this other Chinese guy who claimed that if PRCs were to get out of Singapore, Singaporeans would be eating "Xi Bei Feng", in other words, he thinks that without PRCs, we Singaporeans will be eating porridge at home. You can read more here

Now, I know that Singaporean Chinese, just like any other immigrants Chinese in the world (American Born Chinese), we are descendants of Chinese. But I guess what separates us, from SOME of the mainland Chinese, is our culture and values.

Some of the cultural and value differences which I would like to point out is that, we don't act like barbarians, killing those innocent animals. I'm sure you readers are aware of the Chinese killing dogs and whatnot, peeling their skins of in public and stuff. Seriously, we are living in the 21st century, and I think we ought to be a little more civilized.

Back to what I want to say about the articles. To kick off, I would want to tell that PRC guy, that even without them in Singapore, we can still survive. Yes, no doubt some industries in Singapore needs foreign talent, but I'm sure that whichever industry this PRC guy is from, we don't need them. I believe that we can easily replace this type of people, working in whatsoever industry. Seriously, who needs a PRC to take the job of an admin in a company when we can just hire poly graduates to do their jobs?

Secondly, I want to point out to those who are migrating or coming to work in Singapore, or Singaporeans who are going to work overseas. Now, when you are in other people's place, the least you could do, is to respect the people and their culture. It's hard to blend in initially, but it takes time. But the most important thing is that, you should always try and accept other's culture, and please be reminded that the particular country's social norm may be slightly different from the country you came from. I'm not going to pick on any particular race or country's people, but some of the things which I have seen it for myself when taking public transport is that, there's this group of people who always speak really loudly on the phone. If the train is very noisy, I won't blame them for it, but the train is really quiet. And even when they are talking to another person on the bus/train, do you mind keeping your voices down? It's just basic courtesy.

I do try and tolerate some of the taboos that foreigners commit when they're in Singapore, because I accept the fact that they are relatively new to this country, and even if they aren't, I don't really blame them because they still have habits which are considered to be a norm back in their country.

What I really cannot tolerate about the PRC guy, is that, since you're in Singapore, using our resources and taking advantages of what our government gives to you, the minimum you could do, is to RESPECT US. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO SUN XU. I don't give a fuck whether you're rich, smart, scholarship holder or what shit that is. RESPECT US.

It might be time for me to change the way I judge people.

Counting down to freedom... Well, not exactly.

It has been a long time since I've updated my blog. There's 2 more papers left before I end the first year of my polytechnic life. I shall continue to update this blog, if possible, during my holidays. I think the upcoming posts would be geared towards technology and music?

Nothing much to do at the moment, except for preparation work for bcomm individual presentation... Anyway, in probably less than 10mins, its gonna be chinese new year. Am I excited? Not really. It's a good time for families to gather, but then, everything feels so awkward during this day. I'm sure some of my readers (if there's actually someone reading), feel this way too. I'm not exactly in the mood for chinese new year this time, partially because there are so much work to do, even though I'm sure I've completed at least half of them. It's just those feelings where you feel like there's still something undone, though what you should have completed, have already been completed. On top of acad matters, I'm having some relationship problems at the moment. Sometimes, I just wish that I'm better looking, so that girls I like, will fall for me too. But I guess that's not possible. I feel like a failure. I'm not good at anything, I have a lousy attitude. Why don't I just kill myself?

I think I'm getting very stressed up. 4 more presentations for this semester... Like siao leh. But heng only one of them is an individual de.

Fixed Charmian's computer last night and passed it to her this morning. Then after that I was busying typing out my almost 1K word analysis for MIEC article. Zai right? Took me two days to do it and 2 cans of red bull. LOL. I should drink red bull when exams are nearer, easier for me to concentrate :)

After doing MIEC stuff, I was tweaking the visuals of my notebook. I'm dead sure it looks super nice right now. LOL, I was modifying explorer.exe just now. Then something went wrong. Heng I did a back up of the original copy. If not, GG.com liao.

Thinking of revising BLaw, but then the sight of the book makes me super sian. How to study like that? Aiya, I confirm flunk my Blaw de. Study so hard like no use. ):

Really admire those people who can not study and still get a 4.0 . How I wish I'm like them :/

So much project work to do that I don't even know if I have time to meet my friends or not leh.


Sometimes, I just don't understand why did I make that decision in the first place.

I feel really really really pathetic.

1337: Yeah man, saw it haha :D

-: I guess you have yet to find the right person ba... I've yet to find the right person too.

I think it would be a good time for me to start planning out the work we have to do.

Reply to tags
Kevin: Yo man. Yeah man, give me the links ba haha.
-: I guess sometimes I need someone who I don't really know to talk to. Because if I were to talk to someone I know in life, he/she would probably judge me or whatsoever. Speaking of the papers, I hope that I can do well for other papers. Will you need someone whom you can talk to?

Tax is the last paper for this CT~~ KitSeng, Kevin and ChuanSiang are coming over after my test to game with me. Haha. I think my skills has "deproved"... :X

To be honest, today's paper was relatively easy. :)

To the person who wrote on my chatbox: Thanks for your encouragement. :) It's good to know that there's someone who is still reading this blog. Let's just keep it a secret between you and I. I like the secrecy you have over there, let's keep it this way. :D

Finished by Business Law common test today. I'll go straight to the point. I've never walked out of the examination hall with such uncertainty in poly before. I'm not sure if my answers are correct or not, but I'm definite that my grades will deteriorate this semester. Am I inferior to others? Maybe. But I don't want to be. I want to be better than the rest, I want to have academic results that I'm proud of. But it seems that at the end of the day, I have nothing.

Is death the only way out? Maybe. For all I know, when I kill myself, I might wake up from this dream, and return to the real reality.

'Absence makes the heart grows fonder.'

I choose to leave, not because of any personal reasons, but because it makes me cherish people even more.

I just realized that one of the posts on this page, was published when I had INFA common test last sem :P

Today while on the way home, I was in the MRT. There were 2 couples, which I believe has down syndrome. They might have talked a little loudly in the MRT. No doubt it can be very annoying. However, they have made me realized what money can never buy for me. They showed me what love was, what is the meaning of being a friend, which I could never be.

I pray that, their lives would be better, because it is agonizing to see people like them, who are innocent and free from all evil, to suffer what man has to. I may not believe in any religion or sort, but I hope that whatever gods/deities that exist, may bless them with a good life.

What I've seen today tells me what I have, what I yearn for but can never get it.

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