There’s no such thing as a selfless person

In another word, everyone is selfish.

They may involve themselves in selfless activities, but you can be sure they do it to seek fulfillness within themselves in the grand scheme of things. Is donation an act of selflessness? It is selfish on a bigger scheme of things, as the activist RECEIVES joy by spreading the happiness. The selfless still got something going on them. Will the selfless give if it detriments their position? They may give their lives to save their loved ones, but they will still die happy because they’ll achieve something that benefits them in the grand scheme of things.

But to be fair, there are 2 sides of the coin: the good and the bad. The good selfish ones benefits society, but the bad ones consume it.

Commitment

We believe that the best way to achieve things for the other party is to give our maximum commitment. But in the real world you often find yourself in a less than an ideal situation: what if the other party is not as committed as you to get things done your way, which you know is in the best interest of the party? Can we afford to be committed to this party knowing that the party expresses his/her commitment to just anyone else for the job? Looking deeper, can the other party afford to rely on just one party for the job? Welcome to the world of salesmanship, where something’s gotta give..

ICT checklist

This is top secret information, but we put this up to remind ourselves what to bring in the next SAF In-Camp Training (ICT):

• Bicycle tights
• Green/Black Tape
• Waterproof Socks
• Civilian clothes
• LED Light
• Lenses & solutions
• Shower foam
• Shaver
• Bicycle hook
• Disposable underwear
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Towel
• Padlock
• Powder
• PT shoes
• PT Kit
• Watch
• Pyjamas
• Hanger
• Food
• Shampoo
• Facial Foam
• Slippers
• Socks
• Charger/Portable
• Book
• Ziplock
• Batt
• Velcro
• Laundry kit
• Cash
• Clothes peg
• Wet tissue
• Fork & Spoon
• Mug
• Spectacle hook
• H-Two-O drinks

Happy Chinese New Year

We went to Tiara Beach Resort, Malaysia, for the CNY weekends. More about that among the upcoming entries. First of all, we would like to wish our Chinese friends Happy New Year, and happy holidays to the rest of us. This may sound controversial, but you tell us if it is crap or not for what we’re gonna discuss here.

Within our knowledge, the Chinese New Year is a unique kind celebration compare to most that we know of. In Singapore, we know all the holidays like the back of our hand, namely Deepavali, Hari Raya Puasa/Haji, Vesak Day and Christmas. But note that unlike those celebration mentioned, CNY is the only celebration that is not related to your religion. One can be a Christian, a Hindu or a Muslim, but as long as you have Chinese blood running within, it is YOUR celebration. The world doesn’t seem to have any problem with that, but how would a racist feel?

Wouldn’t it be nice to have Indian New Year or Malay New Year in the calendar? How about Caucasian/Negro New Year too while we’re at that?

Luck

We have most always found ourselves being defeated in the game of PS2′s Pro Evolution Soccer against our brother, CyberKai. The referee in the game seems to has mostly favoured his team, giving free kicks against us, cards, penalties, etc.. The rebounded ball almost always rebounded squarely to the legs of his lone striker, in the midst of our 4-man defenders. Goals has never flowed freely from our team, because their goalkeeper has always appear to be at the right place at the right time. On the other sides of the field, our goalie more often than not stumbles with the ball, causing many episodes of the ball rebounding squarely to the legs of their striker, just needing to tap in the goal.

What is luck?

Is it more unfortunate to have no luck than having a BAD luck? Are bad fortunes the result of bad luck or the absence of  luck? Sometimes we feel lucky, but that depends on what kind of luck that is in stock. There is no such thing as luck in some religions, but there are likely to be karma or retribution. Would an atheist believe in luck, or more to results? The luck believer is usually a person with no control of situations, but it’s no miracle that the luckiest people are those that create their own “luck”, which in their dictionary, is defined as “result”. Therefore, to the mediocre person, the successful people have all the luck. Good luck, that is..

Mister Robot Goes to the Dentist

Experts recommend that you go for dental checkup once every 6 months. To the dentist we went, for a follow-up treatment few weeks back. We’re not proud to say that the last dental check-up we had before that was like.. the year 2002 for a medical requirement needed at the end of our Full-time National Service cycle. That’s 6 years! It has been long overdue, but it had to be done.

No surprise that plaque, tartar has built up over the years despite the brushing. What naturally comes next was fear itself: the drilling. To spare the details, tears and blood flowed freely. The dentist did offer painkiller, but we felt that we need the punishment.

At the end of the day, we have finally put it behind us and never would we let it happen again. Another item to put into our wish list would be an electric toothbrush. Also due to some irregular positions of our teeth, the dentist recommends the implementation of braces. Meanwhile, the floss will do the job. When was the last time you went to visit the dentist?

What happens when a soccer match is governed by WWE instead of FIFA

If you’ve been watching World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF), you’ll know what we’re talking about:

1. The players can “tag” a substitute depending on the circumstances of the match
2. The managers of the teams have a tendency to distract the referee to give the players the opportunity to commit fouls
3. Before the match starts, every player comes out of the tunnel, one by one, with their own theme music
4. Referee faints at the slightest contact by a player, only recovering just in time for a goal
5. An extra player appeared unannounced to interfere with the game, e.g. guy sneaks in from behind a goalkeeper to steal the ball and scored a goal

That’s all on top of our head for now. What else do you think might happen?

Makan Kering2 (Eat Dry Dry)

More than a few occurence, we have always been met with curious questions by Nasik Padang vendors (direct translation “Field Rice”, local translation “Economy Rice”). Like this afternoon when we opt for soya sauce instead of gravy, they went, “Why? How come? No way!”. So, we felt that it is our duty to educate these uninformed people about why the world is round, and why does some people find human faeces revolting while a small percentage of the population finds it erotic and sumptious (google for ‘scat’).

In our case, we prefer to eat rice, not porridge. We prefer to get our liquid need from our drinks rather than from gravy. Please spare the gravy. We are the minority, but that doesn’t mean we’re into scat.