it is saddening
to want to stand next to you
then to stand next to you
to want to talk to you
but then not knowing what to say
This is going to be a long blog. It'll be filled with assorted rants about things that i'm not content with / unhappy about. I have many things to say, but i think i forgot some, so i'll just extend it another time. but for now, i'll just start typing.
I just realised some things i say may be slightly controversial, so if you're easily offended i suggest you navigate off the page now.
Apparently the hungry ghost festival just started, according to my chinese teacher and seeing many people burning things. the irritating odour of incense /smoke once again pervaded my nostrils (i like this phrase. 'pervaded my nostrils'. haha.) , and revived one pet hate that i had.
Why do buddhists like to burn things?
i know their answers would be something like .. it's to pay respect to their ancestors.. to give their deceased family members things to use in heaven.. to offer to their god dunno what..
Now is this logical? I assume they believe the gods created the world they're living in? They better not say they believe in big bang theory or any scientific theory, otherwise this argument will be cut short by alot because scientifically there's no way burning some paper cars will result in that appearing somewhere else.
We all know that smoke is air pollution. it causes numerous respiratory diseases, and possibly damaging our ozone layer, ultimately destroying mankind. So if their gods created this world, why would the very same gods want them to burn things to destroy the very same world? If they continue burning things they wil just inhale more smoke and die earlier.
And the thing is the things they burn are not even like.. sacrifices like lambs or food or what. (they leave their food on paper plates to be corroded by air and bacteria? not smart), they burn PAPER. Paper with drawings and writings on it! Even a toddler could reproduce something close to that. Want to burn at least burn something cooler la. like.. i dunno. plastic replicas of whatever objects they're 'sending' to their loved ones. this way they can inhale the toxic fumes of burning plastic and fulfil their wish to die earlier.
Ok this following paragraph may be slightly racist, but i'll keep what i say as politically-correct as possible. Ok did i use the term 'politically-correct' correctly. anyway.
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today an ex-SAJC student, lim jun yang (is his surname lim ? the famous guy from Project Superstar la.) came to my school to have a concert. As i'm typing, he's probably grooving to the beat on stage and singing some chinese song. I'm not a fan of chinese songs neither do i know him at all so i didn't go for it. But apparently he's quite a hot icon.
These 2 secondary school girls were walking into my school when i was leaving. There were these a4 size posters of him on the walls.. then as they approached, one girl saw it and squealed. she ran like a typical groupie and her friend quickly caught up. They were gazing at that small piece of paper with junyang's picture and excitedly talking about how hot he is.
COME ON. even if we ignore the fact that it's stupid to go totally crazy and drool over a good-looking singaporean that has some amount of sex appeal, it's even stupider to go totally crazy and drool over a pathetic a4 size paper with his small face on it. I mean, if later at the concert they see him and they want to kiss his feet, go ahead. i mean, we all have our idols ^_^ but reacting like that to an inanimate piece of a tree?
and you know that isn't even the main point of this 3rd rant. haha. ok back on topic now.
It's so sickening when people (especially the principal herself -_- ) refer to ex-SAJC(or SAS) students as 'ex-Saints'. (e.g. "good morning school. Today at 4pm, an ex-saint, lim jun yang , wil be holding a concert blabla etc) (same thing last time when lin jun jie came to perform in my school... those stupid authoritypeople (e.g. principal/deputy principal.. couldn't come up with a collective name for them) keep saying 'ex-saint' this 'ex-saint' that.
Are they oblivious to the most popular bit of St Andrew's merchandise? Now if i ask you, blogders, (blogders = blog readers ) ( defn stolen from xiaxue ) what is the piece of merchandise related to St Andrew's that you would think is the most popular/desired?
If you say school uniform / tie/ books / zareldagoh / notes, nono , you're wrong. (hahahaha. ok zarelda goh is a really pretty teacher in SAS. just playing a fool)
The answer is that ever-so-popular 'Once a Saint, Always a Saint' shirt. It comes in a variety of colours - white/black/navyblue/skyblue/pink/orange etc etc, and i dare say it's one of the most popular items among all the schools in singapore.
I mean, do you see an SJI student wearing an RI uniform? Do you see PLMGS girls wear Cedar Secondary uniforms? Unless it's Uniform Exchange Day, i doubt it.
However, that saints shirt has been worn by countless number of people.. ignoring the St Andrew's Students themselves whom i daresay 99.5% possess at least one of it (i have 3) (the other 0.5% probably lost theirs or sold it), i see so many non-St Andrew's students wearing them! Most of the time they would be girls, who cope them from their boyfriends.
Anyway, don't go arguing about something else that is more popular than the Saints shirt, or say that it's not nice at all and it sucks blabla, that isn't the point i'm trying to make.
My point lies in the text of that shirt. 'Once a Saint, Always a Saint'. I guarantee (plus chop plus sign contract ) that the authoritypeople have heard of this text and know it by heart and know that it's printed on the shirts that is worn by 203719* people singaporewide.
*random number
So why do they keep referring to ex-SAJC students as 'EX-Saints'?
It's like, if you are born in singapore and you have a red passport, then you move to usa to live for 10 years. i'm sure you dont' say 'i'm an ex-singaporean' right?!
UGH. so frustrating. those stupid authoritypeople ought to be shot. and whoever uses that term too. From my memory, at least my SAS principal has better tact and common sense. (belinda charles). I clearly remember many times when she referred to ex-SAS students, she would say e.g. "Mr jimmy phoon, an old boy from our school, is gracing the occasion . . etc etc"
So remember this- there's no such thing as an ex-Saint. You want to refer to people who studied in St Andrew's , they're called 'old boys(girls) of the school' or 'ex-SAJC students (or SAS or SAJS)'
ok i'm going to stop here, won't even bother to think of more things to say because i believe this is quite long already and if i make it any longer you'll get bored of reading.
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