finally, i had my hair chopped

chopped it off last tuesday :- )

look at this riculous birdnest on my head

college days buried in books

college race

2nd project down.
many more to go!
cant wait for the holidays :-)

the gender difference in lending a helping hand

it seems as though the masculine species have an insensitive manner of lending a helping hand. they need to take sole ownership of the matter, put down any and every opinion, and take feedback in a negative light.

while the feline species react in the most passive way possible. in a nutshell a female's approach: take it or leave it. because i really don't care.

so in future, if you might need help at all - such as fixing a light bulb or help with a document on the computer - get psychologically prepared for what happens next, and watch what you say. the last thing you want is your file to get scraped off, or your bulb to be shattered into shit-bits.

:-)

the same weekend every weekend

rushing to shower and get changed. a million things to do. places to go. things to eat. so much adrenaline.
until you ask your other half where he would like to go. then you sigh and think "there goes the last day of weekend".
the odds of you and your other half not sharing the same kind of euthusiasm and energy.

living in an over-populous island

image source: wikipedia

i am constantly looking for an escape route out of this tiny little island. this island is so insanely claustrophobic. everywhere you looked, there was people. everywhere you turned, there has to be a high-rise in the horizon.

our population has rose significantly over the past half a decade. from a population of 4million to a population of 6 million and ever still increasing. this island, is, faster than ever, turning into a over-populous island. it is so populated, it's overwhelming. or if i placed it in a personal context - it is overwhelming for me.

there has never been a day in this little city-state-island where i could feel relaxed and at ease. an hour, perhaps, was the longest i ever felt relieved and relax: arriving at the airport, with my boarding pass in hand and waiting for my flight.

this little island, has people everywhere. with so many people, and people being this island/country's sole resource, the population is a mad herd that is insanely competitive and always looking for ways to out-shine the rest and be ahead of the game.

everyone had a reason and had a need to prove they had something more, or, were better than the rest. every move has a motive. every word has an intention. everything here is pretentious.

image source: japantabibito

it feels as though i might have found another uniquely singapore trait: to be pretentious. if being "kia-su"/ scared of losing and "kia-si"/ scared of death was not enough, locals had also be pretentious.

i shall place myself in scenarios to plead my case of locals being pretentious.

regardless of situation and context:

• i will need to prove my worth by pretending i know so much when i truly don't have a clue about what it is about and have absolutely zero interest at all in knowing anything about it.
• i will need to pretend that i am someone which i am not, for fear that people around me will assume that i am stupid. 
• finally, i will need to make my presence known and i will need to drop name and call everyone my "friend" and declare that "i know [xxx]" even when that person has never ever met me in his/her entire life before. i know [xxx] because i seen, or hear, or read about him/her around somewhere.'
• in a nutshell: pretend and keep pretending.

this indeed may be nothing new. we all probably have met one or two folks around and about with such traits. unfortunately, this is not "one or two folks around and about with such traits" i am talking about here, it is practically the whole city-state with such people. as i have mentioned, the population has more motivation to be more "kia-su" and"kia-si" than ever that they need to shape a new trait to survive in this gruelling metropolitan city. everyone is so desperate that they have given birth to an even more repulsive culture.

this island has become increasingly crowded and repulsive. in no time, locals will morph into a island-city-state full of citizens with little or no morals, values and principles. or better, locals will carry the infamous 3 values everywhere they go. by then, i would rather pretend that i originate from the neighbouring countries.

i absolutely will kill(metaphorically) for a one way ticket out of here and the only thing i will ever miss will be my hawker delights from the local "kopitiam"/ coffee shop.

image source: best singapore guide