Chain of thoughts
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something just came into my mind earlier this morning: "are singapores' lives difficult or are singaporeans making their lives difficult?".
in fact, this issue emerges every now and then, especially after a hard day of work, to keep me occupied on my way to school or back home..
there are always two ways of looking at a glass of water: half-emptied or half-filled.
one should find himself more than contended, comparing how life is like over in some third-world countries where it is a luxury to be having a decent meal a day.
on the other hand, we are always taught to aim high with great ambition, which at times deprive us the quality time to really in sought of what actually complete and fulfill who we really are.
someone told me, "just do what you interest most lor", which i cant agree more. enjoying what you are doing is one method that u wont find urself with too many regrets at the end of the day.
however, in reality, how many of us can actually achieve that? how many of us have became or on the route of becoming pilots and doctors as we claimed to be when we were young?
and this leads to another question: "why pilots and doctors? why not bartender or musician?"
is it because these aint the popular and money reaping occupations in this financial-oriented society?
all in all, are we really living a tough life or are we just kicking ourselves in the teeth?
hehe... i know this thought of mine aint too complete, swerving from left to right. but again, thats what chain of thought is all about.
feel free to share how one thought of yours lead to another..
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wake up... go to work... work... go home... play computer... sleep...
wake up... go to work... work... go home... play computer... sleep... -
juz do watever u want...as long u r happy...NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!!!
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singaporeans making their lives difficult!
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bumz...Originally posted by kopiosatu:wake up... go to work... work... go home... play computer... sleep...
wake up... go to work... work... go home... play computer... sleep... -
but $$ always not enough.. how to be happy?Originally posted by KashNut:juz do watever u want...as long u r happy...NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!!! -
are you?Originally posted by toothie:singaporeans making their lives difficult! -
my life is always so difficult....Originally posted by www:are you? -
cheer up... problems are there to be solved...Originally posted by toothie:my life is always so difficult.... -
sometimes hor.. life muz be kinda difficult, complicated in order to have colors?Originally posted by www:cheer up... problems are there to be solved... -
hahhaa.. thats human. when its too simplified, they wanna complicate it to add some colours.Originally posted by toothie:sometimes hor.. life muz be kinda difficult, complicated in order to have colors?
when its too complated, they wanna simplify it..
perhaps its time you simplify it a little before u continue to complicate the simplification of complication..? -
haha.. u sound like the army ad they haf been playing over the radio.Originally posted by kopiosatu:wake up... go to work... work... go home... play computer... sleep...
wake up... go to work... work... go home... play computer... sleep... -
I want to be a professional bummer leh... but its difficult. sigh!~
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ur bum looks pretty good to me..Originally posted by Churra:I want to be a professional bummer leh... but its difficult. sigh!~
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Originally posted by www:but $$ always not enough.. how to be happy?
Well......how much is really enough for one. 
Try to look on the birght side of the life. -
Originally posted by toothie:singaporeans making their lives difficult! True True.......so are you one of them
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Originally posted by Churra:I want to be a professional bummer leh... but its difficult. sigh!~
.....................can keep trying lor 
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Originally posted by TONYTAN: True True.......so are you one of them
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Originally posted by Churra:I want to be a professional bummer leh... but its difficult. sigh!~
<---- professional bummer? -
Cup Half Empty -> Pessimist
Cup Half Full -> Optimist
Which one are you??
Mine is always half full !! Cheers!! -
hahaha.. its never enough, especially for singaporean, given that the majority of us cant even own a dwelling place..Originally posted by TONYTAN: Well......how much is really enough for one.
Try to look on the birght side of the life.
but again, its not like we can do much abt it. -
sim ga pore lang eh mia jin kor ah~~
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i think most of us are making our own lives difficult..
as in we are noot very satisfied ppl, always trying to earn more money, no amt is enough for us, put in other better terms always trying to improve ourselves...
end up, we try to earn that extra dollar.. but some spend it faster on luxury and "life-style" pattern activities... as we psychologically, think that we deserve that as we had work hard for it.. thus, many ppl engage themselves in "life-style"activitiees to pamper themselves... end up "mo qin"
ok this upper part seems like repeating what u have mentioned.
ya i think u are right in the sense that barteners n musician are not income reaping job, thus not very popuplar in sg. but y are noT?
i think it has got to do with the perceived value of "professional" jobs n the task that we perform in the job. Generally, i would think that singaporean's mentality of service provider are like a class lower than the professionals like doctors and lawyers. this is esp true for those retail service provider.
the fact that the "route" they become doctors and lawyers provided them a "reasonable" reason for doing so.. eg: they might think that docs hv to go thru many years of training/studying, also the cost of thier professional is very high, compare to service providers, they think that anyone who be able to replace or do their job.. so its like not very valued in that sense. they fail to recognise that they might have their own expertise too, or rather their expertise could be picked up in just a few years and are also easily replaced by technological changes.
above all, it could also be historically, docs and lawyers etc have been well respected since older times, thus the mentality still stays til now.....