I am what I am. I don't have a quarter-life crisis. I'm a blank slate. Zero debts, zero liabilities. Low-valued assets, low liquidity. I start here.

SUPEREGO - keeps people in check and IT - the person's intrinsic sense of right and wrong shaped by society and him/herself, acts as a guidance to follow a certain path in life, choosen and specified by him/herself.. someone pls vet this for me... can we rely on this to keep the world in check??

i don't think so.. i get pissed when i read the paper.. the one today about this guy who whacked another with a baseball bat near Zouk.. the whole starting part of the article, i didn't get pissed, only till the end.. apparently, they got the lawyers to try to reduce the sentence, with arguments like the parents standing in society ie. i forgot the dad's job, but they added that the mom was a principal, and arguments like how he comes from a family with a proper upbringing, and stuff.. puuh-leeeze...

if your mom is a principal, and you did something like this, perhaps she should serve time with you, cause she did not spend enough time with the child, to inculcate proper values.. cuff the whole family!!! perhaps she outsourced the work to the maid, her mom (his grandma) and teaching time, outsourced to the tutor.. f-off.. i hate people like this.. gone where the days where parents accepted their children's wrong-doing, and would only pay to make sure their children gets off the hook with the least amount of sentencing as possible.. so much for learning from mistakes..

The overdosed drug addict kills himself, whilst drunken alcoholic kills others in a drink driving accident..

this is the second time that i've had problems with my bloody tagboard, so from now on, if your fingers feel itchy and wanna comment, pls just click on the 0 other thoughts at the bottom of each post. i hate having trouble with the freaking board and making a new one.

sure you heard of my ramblings of leeds. well, i bought blackburn's jersey! Half price. currently the best thing i bought at the great singapore sale. what have i bought so far?? i don't think i've bought anything else. not shopping, and at the same time knowing that GST's gonna be 7% on 1st July, and i'm only getting $100 extra, which will probably go back into my savings. oh ya, i bought this other dkny shirt for $40. ok lah. two things.

actually tyoed some stuff about my title, but i got a little close too heart and was bordering being "politically incorrect", if i believe there's such a thing.

CHANGE: Do places change people, or do people change people?

Was browsing through friendster most of the day, at work and now at home.. there, i looked for long lost friends, new acquaintances through other friends, or just browse through ones who are not even related to me.. just feeding this intrinsic, sometimes voyeuristic, curiosity of mine.. i don't know if its the same for others, but i think I'm on the right "generalization" here.. at home, i just go through people who viewed me, friends who updated their pictures or profiles, and the usual maintenance stuff.. and this sometimes feels like revenge.. view me, and I'll view you back, just to make sure that not remaining anonymous has its perks maintained.. haha.. I'm crazy sometimes..

But what, I wouldn't say irked me, affected me more was that how friends can change within a single year through university, National Service or other pursuits of life.. I'll split them up and we'll answer the question; 'Do places change people, or do people change people?", a little later on..

1. University

People seem more mature. Partners change, surroundings change, and people seem to pursuing what they want more. Correct me wherever I'm wrong. I think people actually see other people and actually question, "What if I'm with that someone-else?" Dangerous, but true i think. Sad, but true too. Yes, of course, some partners stay true, but I've seen too many who haven't. I guess JCs and Polys are lakes, but University would be the ocean. A fisherman would catch more fish in a bigger water body, ceteris paribus. People also seem to be going to do what they've always wanted more, I think. More people, bigger place. Okay, so first round, place VS people, its draw on the scorecards.

2. NS

People get fitter. Some shrink. Green, blue and..... Blue. Couldn't find a better color to describe CD, sorry. Buffer bodies, toned arms and comments by long lost friends on oh "how charming you have become." Doesn't that mean that the guy was ugly before?? Think about it. Girls especially. Friends change. For better or for worse, till death do us part. Literally. Be it dunking of heads during training, or death by airplane crash, literally. More people, not necessarily bigger place. People win, hands down.

3. Other Pursuits

My impression of other pursuits is like overseas studying or private education. Overseas, people grow bigger, not necessarily fatter, but bigger. Super-sized food has its effects. And i guess having less friends who know you prior to that overseas stint, means less people telling you, directly or indirectly, how proportionately or disproportionately, become. And family too. I think only family can getaway with comments like "Maybe you should lose some weight?" or "Boy.. You're growing." Correct me if I'm wrong. People lesser, place, definitely a bigger influence. Place, hands down.

So on the scorecards, 2 points for people, 2 points for place. A draw. Thanks a lot for entertaining me. Have a nice day! :)