Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Brain Storm: Respect
You can earn three folds of respect from me.
The first form of respect is respect for the human being. I respect everyone who looks like a human being and act like a human being as a living thing (that said, if you do not look like a human being, by that I mean fashion sense and not anything else). This is the most basic form of respect. Thus everyone I meet will start with at least the first form of respect from me. That is unless you show up in some green long pants and oversized purple shirt with slippers, which kind of makes you look more like an alien than human being, or, if you decide to spit on the ground the first second I see you, which makes you a scum of the society.
The second form of respect is respect for the older age. This means that as long as you are older than me, I will respect you because you have been in this world for a longer time. This also means I am assuming that you have more experience or knowledge than me in some sort of area, academic wise or street wise. Thus if you were lucky enough to be older than me, then you will automatically earn the second form of respect from me. That is unless you prove to me within the first 1 hour of interacting with you that you have completely no form of higher knowledge or sensibility than me. Not that you can't stop me from giving you respect after the first hour of interacting with you though.
The third form of respect is respect for the capable. This means that you can get things done in an awesome manner, or you are smart and utilises this smartness in a good way, or most of all, the fact that you live has made the environment a better place or made lives better for someone else, and that will earn you my respect. This is the highest form of respect. I guess I don't have to elaborate about the third form of respect. You earn it or you don't.
I hope I don't come across as an elitist. However, everyone has their own way of judging people and this has always been the way I place value on people. I mean, one usually does not make an effort to interact with someone who appears to be a complete douche bag to you right?
Let's face it, all humans experience peer influence. I hate to judge someone whom I already knew for some time just because a mutual friend had lousy comments about him. However, lately I find that I am often force to narrow my definitions of my forms of respect. If a person who is completely oblivious of his lack of capabilities and not realised that his actions show little of his maturity, I cannot be a charity and show him any of my second and third form of respect.
Fear not though, for I am more tolerant with my definitions of my first form of respect. As long as you don't become a scum of society, or the community, I may yet move to the side to let you pass when you need to walk past me. Still, patience is not a virtue I hold when I give out respect. So don't test it.
The first form of respect is respect for the human being. I respect everyone who looks like a human being and act like a human being as a living thing (that said, if you do not look like a human being, by that I mean fashion sense and not anything else). This is the most basic form of respect. Thus everyone I meet will start with at least the first form of respect from me. That is unless you show up in some green long pants and oversized purple shirt with slippers, which kind of makes you look more like an alien than human being, or, if you decide to spit on the ground the first second I see you, which makes you a scum of the society.
The second form of respect is respect for the older age. This means that as long as you are older than me, I will respect you because you have been in this world for a longer time. This also means I am assuming that you have more experience or knowledge than me in some sort of area, academic wise or street wise. Thus if you were lucky enough to be older than me, then you will automatically earn the second form of respect from me. That is unless you prove to me within the first 1 hour of interacting with you that you have completely no form of higher knowledge or sensibility than me. Not that you can't stop me from giving you respect after the first hour of interacting with you though.
The third form of respect is respect for the capable. This means that you can get things done in an awesome manner, or you are smart and utilises this smartness in a good way, or most of all, the fact that you live has made the environment a better place or made lives better for someone else, and that will earn you my respect. This is the highest form of respect. I guess I don't have to elaborate about the third form of respect. You earn it or you don't.
I hope I don't come across as an elitist. However, everyone has their own way of judging people and this has always been the way I place value on people. I mean, one usually does not make an effort to interact with someone who appears to be a complete douche bag to you right?
Let's face it, all humans experience peer influence. I hate to judge someone whom I already knew for some time just because a mutual friend had lousy comments about him. However, lately I find that I am often force to narrow my definitions of my forms of respect. If a person who is completely oblivious of his lack of capabilities and not realised that his actions show little of his maturity, I cannot be a charity and show him any of my second and third form of respect.
Fear not though, for I am more tolerant with my definitions of my first form of respect. As long as you don't become a scum of society, or the community, I may yet move to the side to let you pass when you need to walk past me. Still, patience is not a virtue I hold when I give out respect. So don't test it.
You earn it, but you can also lose it.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Youtube: Java 4-ever Trailer
Open source V.S. Windows
The battle of developing platform wars. I support HTML5 and Java by the way. And this is freaking hilarious. How I wish this is a real movie.
The battle of developing platform wars. I support HTML5 and Java by the way. And this is freaking hilarious. How I wish this is a real movie.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Ramblings: Slashings and Murders
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_601402.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_599114.html
Following the attack on a full time national serviceman by a group of five men (I think), there appears to be an increased in gang activities all over the country. I believe there were more before this latest slashing incident at Bukit Panjang.
The police really needs to step up on this. Isn't Singapore one of the strictest country in the world where law is imposed on everyone like an iron fist? Why are there people dying and why did the gangs become so rampant?
Many condolences to the poor chap who passed away after being attacked at Downtown East. He was a perfectly fine young man, with a bright future and plenty of life ahead. He was only 18, and he died just on a whim of 4 unruly scums of the society.
What is the world coming?
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_599114.html
Following the attack on a full time national serviceman by a group of five men (I think), there appears to be an increased in gang activities all over the country. I believe there were more before this latest slashing incident at Bukit Panjang.
The police really needs to step up on this. Isn't Singapore one of the strictest country in the world where law is imposed on everyone like an iron fist? Why are there people dying and why did the gangs become so rampant?
Many condolences to the poor chap who passed away after being attacked at Downtown East. He was a perfectly fine young man, with a bright future and plenty of life ahead. He was only 18, and he died just on a whim of 4 unruly scums of the society.
What is the world coming?
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
The Facebook Series #2: Download Your Facebook Content
From now on, you can download your Facebook content such as photos which you uploaded, wall notes etc. You can request for the zip file from Facebook by going to Account on the top right hand corner and click on Account Settings from the drop down box. They will send the link to you once it's done collating your information. Things such as photos of you which other people uploaded will not be inside. To learn how to retrieve all the missing data, look at this article from Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5672279/download-the-missing-pieces-of-data-from-facebookIt's a good idea to download all your data from time to time, just in case your Facebook account gets hacked or you feel like deactivating or deleting your account for some reason.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Friday, November 05, 2010
Brain Storm: When Life Gives You Lemon
Everyone in the world faces hardship, love problems, studies difficulties, friendship issues, yada yada. There's just so many problems which we encounter all the time. People deal with problems differently. Some people face it head on, some people face it silently, some people hide from it, some people simply walk away. A lot of us have qualms about approaches which we don't use.
A lot of people don't realise that when life gives you lemon, you don't always have to make lemonade. Sometimes it's ok to refuse. Sometimes when life is so harsh and throws the lemon at you, you can try to dodge, or even grab it and throw it back. Even if you got hit, the sour taste will go away in a while.
No, there's no one way to deal with problems. You don't always have to keep silent, you don't always have to make it better. At times, you can look at the problem in the face and point your middle finger and say "no, this is unacceptable." Why not?
Life isn't easy, don't make it any harder yourself.
A lot of people don't realise that when life gives you lemon, you don't always have to make lemonade. Sometimes it's ok to refuse. Sometimes when life is so harsh and throws the lemon at you, you can try to dodge, or even grab it and throw it back. Even if you got hit, the sour taste will go away in a while.
No, there's no one way to deal with problems. You don't always have to keep silent, you don't always have to make it better. At times, you can look at the problem in the face and point your middle finger and say "no, this is unacceptable." Why not?
Life isn't easy, don't make it any harder yourself.
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