Sometimes I almost wish that I won’t see anyone that I’m not close with. Its si awkward trying to make each other comfortable. Cracking my head to ask questions so as to pass time and knowing that these conversations wouldn’t even make a difference in each other’s lives.

Having to repeat incidrnts that have happened before; it almost seems like there’s no end in telling your story. In the process, you even wonder if you should be making such effort because the other party may not even care about what you’re saying. He or she might just be pretending to be listening so as to not worsen the atmosphere.

Besides, telling someone you ain’t close with wastes too much time. There would be too much explanation to do and on the other hand you would keep wondering if whatever you said ruined the person’s impression of you.

Its so tiring to catch up with people. Am I getting more anti-social?

Everyday I learn lessons from new events that happen around me and today wasn’t an exemption. Sometimes I wonder why can human beings be such complex creatures that can never be categorize into a group. Is that even possible when there are so many factors that affect us whether psychologically or physically and thus changing the way we react and respond? Yesterday, I borrowed this book from the library, namely “7 personality types”. The book illustrates and explore the 7 different identities: King, Priest, Sage, Scholar, Artisan, Warrior and Server. The purpose of the author writing such a book is to help others identify who they really are and hence develop their potential according to their individual identity.

While I was reading the book, I was amazed by how I could easily identify my friend’s “classes” yet somehow no matter what, some people just doesn’t belong into a category. They ain’t exactly “homeless”. It’s just that their behavior to me seems all mashed up and is not confined to just one particular group as mentioned in the book. At that time, I was wondering if I was able to easily recognize mine and then improve myself. But when I read further, I realized thats almost impossible and to me, human beings are not simplistic creatures. We cannot be defined by just one identity and that is what makes us special. But on the other hand if you look at it, we are then all belonging to a group already isn’t it?

Similar people and their way of thinking. Why do people of the same traits exhibit certain behavior? Amazing and strange at the same time. There’s some many questions in this universe and we can’t possibly solve it all. Its funny when you are living your life, we are living ours but at the same time, we can’t figure out ourselves. And then, how do we even live our lives?

Humans are not explained by only one concept or theory where you study that in mathematics which makes it even more interesting to look at and analyze. There’s no hard facts, none. Instead, there’s a whole new world for us to explore not only others but ourselves. While I was on my job as usual in the afternoon, it just dawned on me. Humans are strange, really strange and unexplainable. Why are the all the rich people educated? And why are not all the educated people rich? The statement just doesn’t hold true anymore when you turn them around.

Another one would be: People that are civilized are educated however those that are educated by not be civilized. If you just sit in a chair and think, you’ll realize that you can churn out so much more of them. So many doubts and questions that are difficult to figure out. And just one line might not be able to fully explain. I guess in life, there are too many factors affecting each and everyone of us. Its like in a prestige school, there will definitely be dropouts. There will be minorities that does not really blend in with the others. They stand out for various reasons and the reason may not only lie within them, but also at others.

Which means that stereotyping would never work because there would bound to be something different about everyone.. which makes everyone similar at the same time.

The world is just complex.

It’s more of a liar game actually, is it? When we grow up, we realize that they are many things that we cannot say. In the end, we beat about the bush about thoughts we try to express. The reasons for such actions are simple with the main reason being you might hurt the other party if you are too straight forward and that isn’t good because you might actually hurt ties between you and that person.

I realized that ever since I entered into a Junior College, I’ve changed. I no longer speak what I think, instead I keep it all inside. In the past, I always confront others about what they do and what they say and hence got labelled as “attitude” and “blunt”. But years ago, I couldn’t understand why people do not just speak their thoughts freely. Why can’t we just say things outright? Things that we are being upset with and what we are so irritated for? I’ve always thought by not saying anything and then in your heart meaning another only reveals the traits of a hypocrite. Someone who say something and think the other.

After much thought in the past few years, I realized I’ve become such a person too. It’s not that we lie. Instead, we rather not speak of what we actually think and keep them all inside. All the black lists and favourites are kept all inside. We do not bother to speak up anymore and chooses wisely on who we should speak to and who we shouldn’t. We start to become “calculative” creatures we mind every single thing that people do but keep them in our hearts. We bottle up everything that concerns us and try not to let out any of it. Insecurity may be one of the reasons so. If you let out more information about you, you never know what might happen. When it spreads out of hand, it might take the wrong form and instead create misunderstandings. Also, we’ve all faced before, blabbermouths. They are people who can just tell things that you feel are confidential to anyone around, even people who don’t know you.

However, it’s pretty hilarious when you think about it. When you keep things from someone just because you’re afraid it would hurt them, when they realize the truth one sort or another in the future, they call you a liar. Just because you didn’t express what you thought. And at that time, explaining do no favor. You are deemed as a liar, a loser even though when you think about it, the person who’s angry with you is pretty much the same as you. When we get older, we lose the courage to speak up for fear of the negative consequences. You can even say that we were narrow minded and ignorant in the past to not know the aftermath of confronting someone or something that you do not like.

Instead of saying it outright, we try to drop hints every now and then but it doesn’t really work that way. Some people can get it instantly but others, they never do. Therefore there would be a need to say it out, whatever you are feeling. Positive or negative towards the person. But we’ve got used to our style of keeping quiet till we’ve forgotten how to actually say how we really feel. Then, the wrong message might get across and in the end hurt both parties.

Not forgetting that we are still growing up, we are still lacking experience in many forms. We have not actually master the art of communication just yet. How to interact with others perfectly, without a glitch. I have to say even adults aren’t perfect yet. They make mistakes every now and then. We young adults on the other hand, try to gain experience by exploring our surroundings ourselves. In the end, we learn from all the hurt and misunderstandings we got, not forgetting those touching memories.

At this point of time, I know that I’m no longer a truthful person for I rarely speak out how I really feel, instead I shut it in and drops hints every now and then in hope that someone would get what I think. Sometimes I might get lucky and many a times, I don’t. But to me, I think it pays to be “truthful” sometimes, but not always.

Synopsis:

The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate’s fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt a child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther. Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there’s something wrong with Esther–this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be. Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther’s sweet facade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late-for everyone.

Credits: The Internet Movie Database

For those who have watched the trailer like me, would have expected a twist in the story at the end as this was the best part of pyschology movies. During the movie, I was trying my best to guess what’s wrong with Esther but I couldn’t really get it right until the last part.

I think the introduction was really good. At first, the scene looked normal. It was just the main lead, Kate who was giving birth to her third child. The confusing part came when the doctors start to sigh and say that they were really sorry for her loss mixed with Kate’s exclaimation that the baby was not dead and is still moving in her womb. The scary part came when the tension started to rise and came to the climax when the baby was shown. It was dead.

Then came a hysterical scream and it was just a dream. She then went to the bathroom to get her medication. Like most horror flicks, the mirror pose as an important tool to scare the viewers. In this show, it was exceptionally scary with the creaking sound of the mirror drawer. I have no idea if it was intentional or not but the sound made me even more freaked out. The surprising part was that it wasn’t until the third time she pushed open the drawer where something really appeared. But it was just her husband. I think this part is where it started to tell me, this show IS indeed different from other typical horror movies.

The story then started to unfold. Kate lost the baby due to her alcohol addiction which could be inferred from the scene where she was visiting her shrink. Her husband appeared to be caring and was consoling her telling her it wasn’t her fault. But she couldn’t not blame herself which resulted in the endless nightmares. Both her husband and her then decided to adopt a child so that they could give the love meant for Jessica to someone who needs it.

During the stay at the orphanage where Kate and John was finding a child to adopt, the director made many successful attempts to scare us. He made use of the fact that we already were expecting something as the meeting of Kate and John with Esther drew closer. Then the second part which continues to support my view that this show is indeed special was when the meeting with Esther was a completely normal one. In fact, it seemed as though Esther was a perfect normal kid who was able to communicate really well with others. She was a charming kid who could draw well and is optimistic about everything. Her optimism further increased her appeal towards Kate who desperately needed someone to fill up her loss of Jessica.

They then successful adopted Esther. Esther continued to portray as a fantastic child with fast learning abilities where she picked up sign language and piano really fast. Also, she managed to get along well with Max. The strange incidents started to happen when Esther wore this dress to school. Kate asked she didn’t wear the jeans and shirt she prepared for her and Esther retorted with what Kate had said before to her “It was okay to be different from the rest”. Kate gave in and drove them to school.

At school, she was discriminated from the rest especially one of her classmates. Then came the scene when John brings the children to the playground to play. Esther had her eye on this classmate who kept bullying her during class. The director then again adapted the technique which was used earlier both with the drawers and at the orphanage. The last blow came when Esther was seen pushing the girl off the slide where she broke her ankle. Max saw it but denied it at the dining table. The suspicion from Kate started to rise even higher while John just shrug it off saying that it was an accident.

The suspicion grew even worse when Esther experessed her knowledge about sex when she was supposedly to be only nine, after she’ve accidentally seen John and Kate doing it. After that, the John and Kate had a discussion about Esther. Kate tried many attempts to convince John that there was something wrong with Esther but it was a failure. The director then portrayed the overthrown of that belief by ending that scene with John and Kate both using expletives in a comedic way.

However, Kate didn’t really gave up. In the supermarket,  Sister Abigail called her and was reminding her about the health reports for Esther. Kate walked away to have the call in private. Esther then used Max to help her eavesdrop on the conversation. When Esther realized that the truth about her might be exposed, she deceived Max into helping her to murder Sister Abigail. The cruelty of Esther is then shown when she used a hammer to crack the Sister’s skull. They then hid the evidence in the Daniel’s treehouse. Daniel accidentally came across that and thought that he was safe.

Following that night, Esther appeared beside his bed and threatened him to not breathe a word about it. The story then started to get even heavier when more strange happenings involve Esther. Kate tried her best to convince John about it but John was still in disbelief. The relationship between Kate and John came to its worst when Esther cut the white roses in their garden. Kate was extremely grieved and grabbed Esther’s hand. To make it worse, that night, Esther broke her arm using John’s vise and convinced John that it was Kate’s doing. That night, Esther slept in the room with John while Kate was forced to sleep downstairs. Unable to cope, Kate went to buy alcohol. However, she didn’t drink a single sip as she remembered the unfortunate event of Jessica.

Kate finally decided to work on her own and find out more of Esther’s past. She came across Esther’s bible again and realizes there were many photos of unknown guys. At that time, John was continuing to persuade Kate to go to a rehab centre as he feels that Kate is reverting back to her addiction which wasn’t true. John then took out the bottle that Kate had bought the day before and expected, the bottle was “found” by Esther.

Esther finally managed to drive Kate out of the house when Daniel was almost being burnt alive by Esther. Daniel managed to survive although he was still in critical condition. Esther then tried to kill Daniel. Max then made up her mind to stop Esther but it was too late. When Kate realized that, she wanted to confront Esther but was sedated by the doctors.

That night, Esther had her make up on and tried to seduce John. However, she failed terribly. The story then develops even further when the mental institution called back Kate who was in the hospital. She was questioned if she had seen the scars that Esther had at her neck and wrist. The director cleverly joined that together with Esther being exasperated and pulling off the neck and wrist decorations she always wore. The scars were obviously present. John finally realized the truth when he saw Esther’s room in a mess. When Esther disrupted the house’s lightings, John came across all the drawings that Esther pasted on the wall.

Then all the pieces started to come together. Esther used luminous paint which could only be seen when the fish tank’s light is on. John then saw the paintings of Kate and him which was hidden behind all the drawings. The scene was combined with Kate’s conversation with the mental hopsital. It was then revealed that Esther was actually a 33 year old full grown lady who suffered from a sickness which causes her body to develop unusually.

Kate then drives the car back to the house at full speed. On the way, she tried to inform John about it but he did not pick up the phone. When she was back, she realised that it was too late and John was on the floor suffering from multiple stabs on his chest and a pool of blood. The hide and seek of Max, Esther and Kate begun. Esther who was at first hunting down Max decided to first kill off Kate.

The ending was filled with many fighting scenes of both of them struggling to kill each other. Kate showed her motherly love by all the attempts to stop Esther from hunting down Max. Esther was then knocked out by Kate when she fell through the roof of the garden house. Kate then carried Max away from the house and towards the ice lake. When they heard the police sirens, they finally let out a sigh of relief.

However, it does not end here as Esther came chasing with a knife. Kate and Esther fought with each other and fell into the cold lake. Max tried to kill Esther with a shotgun but failed. When Kate climbed out of the hole in the lake, we thought everything was over but Esther then grabbed Kate’s foot. She then tried to use the soft tatic to “beg” for her life and addressed Kate as mummy. However, Kate wasn’t deceived and foiled Esther’s plan by kicking her off and broke her neck. Esther then fell back into the cold pond.

Finally, Kate and Max was saved by the policemen.

I was quite disappointed with the ending as I anticipated something like Hide and Seek but it didn’t appear. For those who didn’t understand what I meant, I shall explain. In Hide and Seek’s final ending, the drawing appeared another girl who held the hands of that small girl who survived which means that that girl also suffers from personality disorder. In this show, that didn’t happen. So it was quite disappointing.

But overall, it was a great show that is definitely not to be missed !

Or are you at the other end, always getting insulted by others. Always trying to withhold everything that others say. Keep it inside and even accepting whatever others say of you. Sometimes you just laugh and shrug it off but actually inside you’re feeling really terrible. But you don’t dare to tell others because you’re afraid that people will laugh at you ?

Many people don’t realise the difference between teasing and verbal abuse. Some even feel that it’s the same . Actually, there’s a line differentiating these two . In case unintentionally you have became the “bully”, this is what it means as verbal abuse. Verbal abuse includes withholding, bullying, defaming, defining, trivializing, harassing, interrogating, accusing, blaming, blocking, countering, diverting, lying, berating, taunting, putting down, edifying, discounting, threatening, name-calling, yelling and raging. In simpler terms, it means to inflict pain on others, mentally.

Teasing on the other hand is less hurting. They do not involve any personal attacks and even if they do, the feeling would fade off very fast. Teasers would often stop when the “victims” complain that they are hurt and would even apologize for being so mean. They would never carry it too far and their main aim is only to make you laugh and never to attack or insult you in anyway.

The most commonly seen verbal abuse cases are often related to physical appearance. Looks, weight and even age. Often, the victim would always hold it in. And those that have lower confidence level would tend to accept it and even believe that it’s true even if it’s not true. In the end, they feel so bad about themselves that they start to hate themselves. In the end, they might even commit suicide. Yeah. It’s that serious. I’m not exaggerating.

In fact, verbal abuse hurts more than physical abuse and they tend to stay longer. Hence victims take a long time to recover from them. Findings have shown that in the past 25 years, while the general incidence of suicide has decreased, the rate for those between 15 and 24 has tripled. And most of them are due to verbal abuse. 

Hence, I would like to emphasize that it’s important to think before you speak because every little act or statement you speak might affect others in many ways. And unintentionally you might even hurt others . Also, do not carry your teasing too far because some people are more fragile at heart, having a lower confidence level. This continious teasing might lead to depression. 

To everyone out there, never be a verbal abuser and most importantly, never be a victim (:

Credits : VerbalAbuse.com, Mental-Health-Matters.com

Like everyone else in the world, I’ve been infected with Avoidance Syndrome. No idea what it is ? I’ll tell you in a moment and you’ll realise that you’ve been infected too. Nope. It’s not something that difficult to understand. Look through the following statements and ask yourself if you’ve once said these too.

” It’s okay, the world is unfair.”, “ They can do it because they are different.”, “ I’m just weaker than the rest.” “Everyone is good in something, I’m just weak in this.”

Like everyone else, I often run away from problems, I avoid them with all I can. Most of the time it almost becomes a habit. Always trying to make up excuses for something that I couldn’t do. When I can’t finish my homework, I blame it that school is too long and my co-curricular activities are taking too much of my time. When I don’t understand what the teachers are saying, I tell myself it’s okay. I’m just better in arts subjects. When people can play an instrument or sing well, I try to convince myself that I’m better in other areas. This is just not my thing. When I feel so tired of going to school, I make up excuses that I’m sick and not go to school. I convince myself and others around I’m sick. I make up excuses for whatever I don’t want to do. Then I ask myself ..

Is that a good solution ? No. Because one day, you’ll realise you can’t achieve anything because you’re always doing that. Always trying to deceive yourself, trying to make up excuses for something that you’ve not done because you couldn’t find the effort to do it. Hey. Then you start to run away from everything, from reality, from everything that is right. When you can’t do it, you’ll just make up so many excuses that you know yourself, is not true at all. But you can’t do anything about it anymore. You’ve gone in too deep. 

Life is unfair. Really unfair. But people can make it fair. Nope. Those statements aren’t wrong. You’re right. Life is unfair and people have areas where they are better at. But it doesn’t stop you from being better. I’ve always told myself I’m musically declined and convinced everyone around I’m just weaker in this area. Hey. But is that true? Not really. For someone that is in choir for 4 years, I claim that I can’t read notes because I don’t have the talent. But I know, deep in my heart that if I make a point to learn it, I can do as well as everyone else. 

Always and always, envious and jealous of everyone. What’s the point of all these ? Everyone is moving forward while you’re still rooted on the ground, grumbling and complaining how much you suck and how much people are just better. Is this what you want ? I have no idea but this isn’t what I want. I’ve thought through everything today, my life. I’ve made desicions that I want to keep to. I’ll make sure I’ll do anything to reach goals that I’ve set for years. I’ll no longer be envious of others just because they are better. The simple question ” If others can do it, why can’t I ? “. I can say a million reasons that won’t win over ” If I try my best, I can do it too.”

And I’ve learnt something else today. Melvin made it really clear. And I think it’s really true. Whatever he said really make sense. Reverse physchology. When people insult you, talk about your flaws, take it into your pride. Change these flaws . Make them disappear. The others can’t say anything anymore. And when you keep doing these, one day you’ll realise you have become a better person. Also, the things they can say decreases because your flaws are decreasing. Don’t ever fall down and sit there, not wanting to climb up. Don’t blame the world for what you cannot do, blame yourself.

And for this, I shall set my goals. Set my dreams. Not only today but always. Make it a point to reach my goals. Because I believe in my heart that by doing this, I’m moving towards a better me I want to reach. I’ll be moving towards a perfect me. Are you ?

Millions of comments that don’t actually matter,

but I just can’t seem to let them pass.

Thousands of smiles that were superficial,

and I just can’t seem to make them real.

 

Hundreds of labelled ‘friends’ out there,

with none of them true in the heart.

Tens of days I’ve cried my heart out,

with no one there to pull me up.

Tears are falling, doors kept closing.

Wounds reopening, memories rewinding.

With little strength left I beg to the sky,

please don’t let history ever repeats itself.

With a soft whisper I heard it clear,

answers to questions I’ve always teared.

Little by little, I understand,

that hope is really in the air.

 

Yes, I won’t stay down there,

for one day I know I would be able to stand.

I’ll then face the world with a complete new me,

a better and perfect oneself.

Overall, I’ll be a guy that is loved by everyone. I’ll make all the girls fall head over heels for me. I’ll make sure I’m well liked by the elders. I’ll be a real talented guy and do well in my career !

1. A nice hairstyle

I’ve always thought that hairstyle is the most important thing about guys. I mean, isn’t that the first thing girls look at when you see a guy? A good hairstyle shows a lot of things about the guy. And what do I mean by a good hairstyle? Not those nerdy kind I guess (purely my opinion). I like guys who have natural spikey hair. As in the hair looks good without wax. A little wax doesn’t hurt though. Your hairstyle determines your entire face ! So it pays off to spend time on your hair !

And me as a guy, I would constantly make sure my hair is in it’s best condition! xD

And somehow, I just love this hairstyle ( biased ? no :X )

2. BRAINS

Isn’t this obvious ? I would make sure I’m achieveing good grades in all my academic area. I think the most important thing I would ensure I’m good at is my languages. Guys that can speak well attract girls more isn’t it ? And I would be able to help others out if they need any. Isn’t that good ?

I would also be able to find a job that can provide a luxury life for wife and kids !

3. Be a GENTLEman

I’ll open doors.I’ll arrive early for all dates.I’ll do all I can to help others.I’ll make sure that all the girls have a seat before I sit down.I’ll take books or whatever the girls are carrying if it’s too heavy. 

I’ll do anything that is gentlemind like. Make sure that I think about others before me. I’ll be sensitive to everyone’s feelings around. Never go over the limit when teasing girls or friends. Sincerly care. Be honest in whatever I say. If it hurts people, I won’t say it.

4. Play an instrument or have a talent in other areas

Personally, I think guys that play an instrument is really hot. Especially when they are really engrossed in it. And I’ve once read an article that says that music would make oneself have a better temper. Having a talent in an area only makes people feel attracted to you. In my case, I feel that music is the key. 

So if I’m a guy, I would make sure I can play an instrument. In addition, I’ll make sure I do well in sports too. Imagine, a guy who is musically inclined, good in academics and also physically fit. Sounds simple but rare already yeah ?

5. Look SMART

My closet would be filled with long sleeves and collar shirts. I make sure I have a good fashion sense. I dress appropriately for all occasions and also not shy away from fashion trends. I think most of the guys are afraid to dress up because they are afraid of people’s point of view. Come on ! Be yourself ! Guys who wear collar shirts and long sleeves look really smart !

So if I’m a guy, I’m gona always look smart.

6. Always have a cute smile

7. Have a nice pair of hands ( No idea why. But it just matters .. )

8. Have a GOOD complexion !

I think lots of guys forego this . IT’s IMPORTANT. At least to me if I’m a guy. I will make sure that I have good skin . I mean not to the extent like girls but at least not that much acne and also no uneven skin tone ! This is important ~

9. Have a great physical build ( Obvious ? LOL )

 

Well, I think it’ll be really cool if I can be a guy for a day. At least I know how girls feel and I won’t act ungentlemanly which is the case for guys now ! :X I wana make everyone look in my direction when I walk around and also acting oblivious to their stares ( WenJia agrees to this too ). It’s so cool ! P 

Gosh. I think I better stop, or I’ll really become a guy soon x.x That’s all to share !

For those who doesn’t even know what twitter is, here’s a brief summary about it provided by Wikipedia. 

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or applications such as Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twitterfon, TweetDeck and feedalizr. The service is free to use over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.

You post within seconds and it’s really efficient when you want to spread information around . People are able to read your tweets from all around the world and it’s much easier to type than a blog post. People are able to “follow” or “track” you which makes it easier for others to know what you’re doing (this is especially useful for relatives and friends to keep track with your daily movements).

Statistics have shown that in the first place is News agency, CNN with a total of 896,455 followers where users are able to keep track with news updates fast. In second place is Britney Spears, American Pop singer with a total of 851,197 followers. Third up is Barack Obama, who has appeared in the news and is a proud user of Twitter. He has a proud figure of 780,261 followers.

Twitter since it was launched, has seem to be the next hot thing on the web. Millions of people around the world are tweeting every single day and are reading other people’s twitter. It’s so easy to use that you can just sms in without getting access to a computer. People tweet about all kinds of things ranging from the latest news to techonlogy tips by Xavier Lur(Top Singaporean Twitter with 54,567 followers).

However, if you think about it, there’s a limit of 140 characters only. Does it make a huge difference of whether you tweet or not ? How much can you say with Twitter ? Letting others to keep track with your daily movements and sharing with others whatever you do. Is it releasing too much personal information online where millions of users can access which just a single click ?

Yet, we can’t deny that techonlogy has advanced to a level that the internet plays more than a major role in our lives. In the news recently was an article about a Singapore lady who got robbed in China of all her personal belongings. All she got was some money given by a policeman there. The police there couldn’t do much and yet she was saved in a couple of days later. Thanks to Facebook, a social networking system. She used the money in a cybercafe so that she could update her profile in Facebook and viola, she got help by her friends’ friends. At this point of time, think about it. It’s a little inlogical in some sense. If you’re in such a situation like her, would you go to the nearest cybercafe and inform your friends and relatives? Or would you instead go to the nearest PHONE booth to get help from your family members ?

Pause and think about it. Has techonlogy integrated so much into our lives that we have to rely on it even in dire situations ? We have gone past the stage of telecommunication and are using the worldwideweb in emergencies. Though I can’t safely say that a majority of the world would have done the same thing but it also doesn’t exclude the fact that many people would actually do the same.

So this tells us a lot about how human has evolved over the centuries. In the past, we don’t have such high end technology where we can just contact our friends and families by just a mere single click. We had to rely on the most basic methods such as writing of letters to communicate with our friends or relatives whether imporant of not, which is considered advance then. However right now, we send mails by the internet and also have the time to tweet others about what we do every day and it is even insignificant.

Isn’t it fascinating? How much of a difference we are from the past ? The question is how did such a minor social networking service become such a success ? How did it even influence so much people to use it when it’s not actually necessary at all ? Think about it .

After many security checks and also add-ons such as food onto each and every capsule, the observatory wheel resumed business. Yesterday, I was really anxious because I was finally going to be on it. I was half-expecting it to be really crowded but it proved me wrong. It wasn’t really empty either but it wasn’t as busy as what I thought it would be. Around 6.30pm, my family and I arrived at the Singapore Flyer. It was huge. I’ve never seen it so close before. Most of the time, it was a faraway sight and now seeing it close up really made me want to quickly get on it.

This is the wheel from below. Taken from my camera (: 

No point talking and describing what I saw, let the pictures do the work instead ! Pictures overloaded !

I wonder how it feels to go on it at night because it was a splendid view around evening time. And watching the sunset from the capsule was so awesome. There were a korean couple on the capsule with us. They were so sweet, taking pictures together, enjoying the view together. It wasn’t that bad for me too. Enjoying the great view from the top and for a moment, I was at the top of the world.

Two things that fascinated me were how the wheel works and also the miniature of the integrated resort. The picture of the IR can be seen in one of the pictures. It was so real from how I took it. And how this thing works, how they manage to spin the ENTIRE wheel. When I was on it, I was busy thinking what would happen if this whole thing crashes and if we would die. I guess if it ever crashes, it would be the whole wheel. 

Overall, it was an awesome experience not to be missed. Really happy that I managed to experience it (: If I have a chance, I would go on it at night and enjoy the lights. Or maybe even go on it where there are fireworks like one of the postcards I saw in the souvenir shop !

1. It’s a rainy day with strong winds, you whipped out your umbrella and it goes “whoosh~”

This is actually quite normal in a place like Singapore. I mean though it’s described as sunny all year round, we also have rainy days. And when it happens, this would be the last situation that girls would ever want to be in. 

Feel familiar with this ? Yeah . It would really suck when you’re walking in the streets and you’re umbrella just have to flip to the otherside. And the worst thing is that passerbys are staring at you while some are giggling and some are just totally staring at you. At the point of time, you would just wish you could dig a hole and hide yourself. Despite this being a normal scene, it seems that this would never happen to pretty girls.

2. Your in the lecture theatre and you need to get your notes, you bend down and it goes “eeeek”

This is really common for students. I’ve been in these kind of situations before and it sucks. Then I would always question myself like ” Hey. There are SO many seats here and somehow, I’m just so LUCKY to get it.” And for the entire lecture, every time you bend down to get something from your bag, the chair just gives out that same “eeek” sound like it’s moaning because of your weight. People around you would kind of stare or maybe some would even laugh at you. While some get irritated but the point is “I also don’t want this happen to me”. In the end, for the whole lecture, you can’t focus and you can’t even fidget or move about because it’s really embarassing.

3. You were walking down a street and suddenly you hear whisperings and some giggles around you. You squint your ears and tries to listen to what they are saying and you hear “Look. It’s unzipped!”

This is really bad. It haven’t happened to me before but it did happen to the friends around me. But I can feel the awkward atmosphere and the thing is you’ve been walking around for god-knows-how-many-hours and who knows maybe your crush have even seen you and laughed at you. You would just seem like a total dork in front of him. And there goes the love of your life and the governments kept pressuring us to marry early and have kids. I mean it’s insane. Just a little carelessness, your repuation is gone ! It’s scary to be in such kind of situations and the worst thing that can add on is that your friends don’t tell you about it!

4. It has been 4 hours already and you’re really hungry. You really want to grab a bite and suddenly a growl from your stomach announced it to everyone around you too.

This one. I really have NEVER heard of pretty girls being in this situation. I mean don’t they get hungry too? The bad thing is that people around you would get the impression that you’re a glutton or something. Then they start whispering behind your backs. It’s creepy! Oh. And the other thing that I feel really unfair about ! Imagine these 2 scenarios. 1) A thin girl eating ice-cream and 2) A fat girl eating ice-cream. For the first girl, I’m sure everyone don’t have much to say but for the second girl, everyone would start commenting about how she should control her diet and all. Isn’t it unfair? Can’t they get to enjoy the food they like once in a while? It’s unfair !

5. You’ve just finished lunch and you see the guy you like. Nervous, you still tried to strike up a topic with him but he gives you the “irk” look and tried to end of conversation.

Wonder why? Not difficult to guess. You have something stucked in between your teeth ! ><” And ever wondered why these kind of situations never happens to a pretty girl? Somehow they always have the most perfect image, with those straight white teeth of theirs and always flashing their beautiful smiles 24/7. Not only this but also after a tiring session of physical training, your hair is totally messed up with the ends pointing at different directions. The only thing you want to do at that point is to quickly comb it up but then you turn around and realise that pretty friend of yours still have a perfect hairdo ! Even if it’s not neat, she still looks pretty with that messy hair and maybe even a little tinge of sexiness. That moment, you wish that you could be her too. 

Well . The list continues on but those are just the usual situations that I’ve observed or experienced myself. Sometimes, life just ain’t fair isn’t weird? But why don’t those stuff happen to them ? Weird ..