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Thursday, 11 August 2011

I want my CURRY !!!




This is seriously one of the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

Kindly read on ...


Outcry against CMC for imposing restrictions on Singapore Indian family eating curry at home

A massive outcry has erupted in cyberspace over a shocking decision made by the Community Mediation Center (CMC) to impose restrictions on a Singaporean Indian family cooking and eating curry at home following a complaint by their PRC neighbors.
The CMC is a semi-official body under the Minister of Law whose purpose is to provide mediation services in social, community or family disputes that do not involve a seizable offence (where police are legally empowered to arrest without a warrant) under any written law.
The Temasek Review Emeritus (TRE) carried a report yesterday on a PRC family lodging a complaint to the CMC about its neighbor cooking and eating curry at home:
“They said: ‘Can you please do something? Can you don’t cook curry? Can you don’t eat curry?’,” said Madam Marcellina Giam, a Community Mediation Centre mediator. But the Indian family stood firm.
In the end, Mdm Giam got the Indian family to agree to cook curry only when the Chinese family was not home. In return, they wanted their Chinese neighbours to at least give their dish a try.
Many netizens who do not understand why CMC made such a incomprehensible decision to ask the Singaporean Indian family to cook and eat curry only when the PRC family is not at home.
Curry is a staple diet of Singaporeans and the Chinese and Malay cook and eat curry as well in a variety of cuisines.
Shermaine Tan was astonished by CMC’s decision:
“I am simply amazed that CMC actually did this… Which part has our fellow Indian family done wrong? Tell us!! why must they closed windows & doors to cook curry???? They are not doing anything illegal!! What if they dun like races other than their own? Isit must move out then? Exactly who are the real owners in SG? We are educated to live harmoniously with all races since the minute we are born into this country and I am very proud to say we all have done a very good job over the decades… Totally disappointed with CMC of not solving the problem equally…
Tan Boon Huat blamed the mediator for suggesting a ’stupid’ solution:
“It is WRONG for the mediator to even suggest as settlement that the local family should only cook when the new PRC family is OUT…. what stupid logic is that? what if they alway have a housewife or old folk that always in the HOUSE, then the local family forever dont need to eat curry??!! WTF ’settlement great idea”, that “Giam” local mediator woman should just go and F herself.”
Pauline Lim felt CMC is opening a can of worms:
“The surprising thing to me was that the CMC actually asked the Indian family not to cook curry while the Chinese family was home. WTF? Can i also complain about my neighbors smoking IN THEIR OWN HOME but the smoke wafted over? How about durians? Incense? Where do they draw the line then? Absolute madness. CMC is opening a can of worms for themselves. Good luck.”
Lim H Y felt CMC was too accomodating:
“Why is CMC so accomodating to these so called “FT” that we the true blue S’poreans got to give in to them??? wat a joke!! if they can’t assimilate into our lifestyle & culture, PACK UP AND BALIK KAMPUNG OR VILLAGE!!….still got the cheek to boast abt your 5000 years of Chinese culture & history….. ; P….”
The PAP launched a $10 million dollar ‘Community Integration Fund’ last year to help the newcomers ‘integrate’ into Singapore last year to make them feel accepted, welcomed and happy in Singapore.
PAP leaders have also been exhorting Singaporeans to ‘embrace’ and welcome foreigners with an ‘open heart’.
One PAP MP even splurged taxpayers’ monies on organizing a ‘Water Festival’ to show foreigners that Singaporeans ‘respect’ them.
For all the ‘wayang’ put up by the PAP so far, it appears that it is native Singaporeans who need to be ‘re-integrated’ into a new Singapore which is becoming increasingly dominated by foreigners under the pro-foreigner PAP regime.
With 5 more years to go and another few shiploads of foreigners coming to Singapore, it is only a matter of time before Singaporeans become a minority in their own country of birth, no thanks to the PAP’s mass-immigration policies.
For those who are unhappy with CMC’s decision to disallow the Indian family to cook or eat curry when the PRC family is at home, you can contact CMC here to provide your feedback:
mlaw_hq_cmc@mlaw.gov.sg
The CMC settlement is binding meaning that if the Indian family fails to adhere to it, the PRC family can sue them in court for damages. Please help our fellow Singaporeans or we may end up like them one day. Thanks!



My thoughts:

After this entire fiasco, they still have the cheek to ask for feedback.

Honestly, a little brains please ?

I mean what kind of feedback do you expect ? Do you expect people to congratulate you on this breakthrough on human rights ? Do you expect people to shake your hand, give you a pat on the shoulders and give you a present for a job well done ? Or do you want a hug instead ?

So what now ? Every single time they wanna cook curry, they are required, by law, no less, to see whether their PRC neighbours are at home ? Such moves, in other countries, though more severe, makes more sense ( at least from 1 point of view ) than this. Catholics in Northern Ireland ( last time ) had lower chance of entering public university. Sinhalese in Sri Lanka had less unemployment rights. The blacks in US could not sit in a bus. Now, half a century later, Indian families in Sg are not allowed to cook curry unless they have their neighbours' approval. 

This warrants a huge "WHAT IN THE WORLD OF SHIT ?!?!"

After years and years and millions of bucks invested into our educational system, out of all the possible solutions for this delicate mediation, the most mind-boggling one is chosen. Come on ! 

I've nothing against CMC, the PRC or whoever's involved. The issue here ain't about the different races nor is it about any particular governmental ministry, it is just about improper utilization of brain juice in handling this issue. 




Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Voldemort won't be too happy coming to Singapore

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I came to the conclusion that if Voldemort ever comes to Singapore, he will definitely not be referred to as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Confirmed ! Guarantee chop !

This is because Sgporeans simply won't say out the full "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"

He will probably AT MOST, be known as "The one lor" or "The no nose one" or "The fake one" ... 
Actually more likely or not, he will be known as "the siao one"

We all know how Singaporeans simply LOVE abbreviations.

Hence, the most, Sgporeans will just acknowledge Volemort as HWMNBN. Or something else like HNN ( He No Name ) ... Or N(square) ( No Name ) ... 

Singaporeans just can't be bothered with shit long names which will take up our precious time to freaking pronounce ... It just doesn't work for us !

He can crucio the shit out of us but no way in hell we Sgporeans will call him He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

I guess then he will be pissed off and then ...


 




Friday, 1 July 2011

My life should be like this

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Sometimes i just want my life to be this simple



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Ah screw that ... I just want to be filthy rich

Monday, 20 June 2011

Random post about Gandalf- Bearer of the Big Torchlight

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I know that the LTR trilogy was like a couple of years back but I've always wanted to comment on how Gandalf- the wizard, was portrayed in the movies.

According to Wikipedia and the storybooks itself, Gandalf was a being of the same order as Sauron- Maia. They were higher beings than mere humans with immortal blood and blessed with many gifts to shape the world as they wanted to. Which in other words, means, DAMN IMBA.
So I couldn't really take it when all Gandalf could do, when the Nazguls ( Ringwraiths ) appeared before the doors of Gondor while attempting to devour the doomed warriors of Gondor, was to shine a bloody torchlight at them.

See !
If you carried on watching, Gandalf did nothing more than just to wave this bloody torchlight at them and actually did MANAGED to scare the Nazguls off.

This scene irks my soul.
Firstly, the Nazguls are not some pussy-whipped villains.

They are deadly emissaries of the Dark Bitch called Sauron the Ringmaker.
You do not just scare them away with a bloody torchlight.

It's like using a torchlight to battle with the evil Voldermort instead of using a proper wand !

Can u imagine shaking that little electronic device at him while shouting "WINGADIUM LEVIOSA !!!!" in your feeble attempt to lift up his cloak to cover his eyes ??
NOT GONNA WORK !


Stupid movie directors for LOTR ...

I Hope I Don't Get Sued For This Picture Editing

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Okay ... I don't know how many of you really get it but what Kiara ( the lioness ) said wasn't referring to the darkness in her heart actually

;p


Friday, 17 June 2011

Malaysian Prayer

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I tell you all hor ... ED is really getting out of hand with me being Malaysian.
EVERY SINGLE TIME WE MEET UP !

CONFIRM GOT 10+ MALAYSIAN JOKES BEING MADE !
100% GUARANTEE CHOP !

This is really too much !
It all started with Gerard Chen !

I tell you !
This guy is a genius at making Malaysian joke ! The worst thing is that he will store up all his Malaysian jokes and then unleash on me one time jialat jialat

NO MERCY AT ALL.

He even made fun of my buyaodongdong.blogspot.com !
You know bu yao dong dong is actually pronounced as bu(4) yao(4) dong(4) dong(4). The numbers represent the 4 pitches for hanyu pinyin. 

buyaodongdong directly translates into DON'T TOUCH TOUCH.

Do you know how  Mr Gerard Chen tried to make fun of it ? He tried to say it with the Malaysian chinese accent.

So it goes something like this ...





For those who knows how to speak mandarin, you will know that bu(3) yao(2) dong(3) dong(2) sounds damn ridiculous. Also, I regret to inform you all that, THIS is exactly how Malaysian chinese sounds like when they speak mandarin. But but but, I DON'T SPEAK LIKE THAT

I took Higher Chinese during O-levels and I'm freaking sure my examiner did not stare at me while I was having my Oral Examination during my Chinese O-level.

Anyhow, the jokes didn't stop there, in fact, it started WAYYYY before that. 

So ... We were at ED meeting, supposedly discussing about YOL.

I said supposedly because one bloody quarter of the time, I was being poked fun at because of my nationality !

The worst thing was that at the end of the meeting, Val, suddenly inspired by some dark spirit, said this  ...





I'm like WHAT THE SHIT !!!

It's like what you want me to do ???

Do a Malaysian Prayer is it ?

You think there is a Malaysian Prayer ah ???

I can't even think of how it will go even if it exist !!

Okay okay .

I'll give it a go okay.

Here goes ................




Dear Lord,

Thank you for Malaysia.

Thank you for all the palm trees that lined the highways.

Thank you for the water the flows from (*frowns- because actually I don't really know where the water flows from) upstairs to downstairs.

Thank you for the weather because I know it can be much worse than it presently is.

Thank you for the chendol stalls that always open till 9pm every night.

Thank you for the terrible smoke in the sky because honestly, it smells better than many things in Malaysia.

Thank you for our Twin Towers, because finally we can be number 1 in something for a period of time.

Amen.

THERE YOU GO VAL ! HAPPY NOW !!

Thursday, 16 June 2011

ED HAS PERVERTED MEMBERS: GILBERT / SEB / JOACHIM / GERARD

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Just take a look at this picture ...

Is there anything wrong ?

Out of the ordinary ?

Anything pointing wrong ?

Nothing right !

Then Joachim, our pro drummer, just had to add this in ...





This is how all hell broke loose ...

Let the nipple talk begin ...













(P.S. Okay since this picture did not have Gilbert in it, so I've got to find an appropriate one for him ... So here's Gilbert the bear for you)












If something can scare a bear, you've really got to watch out for it ...









This was when the nipple-talk truly began ...
























































I KNOW RIGHT !

ED HAS MEGA ISSUES !

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Lester has issues. So big. SO BIG.

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I swear sometimes people are just dying to be featured on my blog.

So aside from Andrea, I shall allow some airtime for Lester, my friend with issues.

I was just cruising through Facebook 10 minutes ago when a chat box popped out.

So it was Lester.

I thought what had happened when all I saw was a freaking penguin emoticon.

To cut to the chase, I shall just show you all the convo.






 

HE PUT A FREAKING PENGUIN EMOTICON OUT OF THE BLUE AND THEN TELL ME IT'S COOL LIKE HIM.

SOMEONE GO AND TELL HIM HE HAS ISSUES.






Les ! Go wear this shirt !



New addition to this post:
As if everything wasn't weird enough. My super weird friend decided to compose a weird poem dedicated to Lester.

Here you go:





Someone go tell Christine she has big issues too !

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY !?!?!



My Friend Loves Justin Bieber A Little Too Much

So one day, I was in Lester's office when I heard the CHEESIEST stuff ever.






After which I'm like ...





And then she just replied ...





Oh man.

This is, in John Fan's words, a Zzzznnngggg moment.

Now. This is not a JB bashing.

I actually DO enjoy some of his songs. Sometimes.

So I shan't comment much :D






I love my friends.

They give me such joy !

Monday, 13 June 2011

My friend finds Optimus Prime HOT !

I think it's been some time since i last blogged.

So I shall start with my dear friend ... I think you'll know her name already since I've featured her so many times. Out of the pure innate goodness of my heart of course.

So apparently she posted on Facebook that she has a mega crush on Optimus Prime.

Issues right ? 

Even robots eh !

Girl you've got to set some boundaries man !!



Thursday, 2 June 2011

If I knew it would turn out this way ...

I would never have let go of our 30 sec hugs ...

I would never have let go when we held hands under the table in macs ...

I would have memorized your smell when my lips touched your neck ...

I would remember your touch when we held hands till we fall asleep ...

I would never have let go of your left arm as we laid side by side ...

I had hoped it wouldn't end like this ...

I have never stop loving you ...


Love
Mister K.

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Question: Is Lady Gaga's "Judas" blasphemous ?


Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! Juda-a-a!
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! GA-GA! (2x)

[Verse 1]
When he comes to me, I am ready
I wash his feet with my hair if he needs
Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain
Even after three times he betrays me

Ahh ah ah ah ah Ahh ah ah ah
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Ahh ah ah ah ah Ahh ah ah ah
A king with no crown, king with no crown

[Chorus]
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby!
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby!

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! Juda-a-a!
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! GA-GA!

[Verse 2]
I couldn't love a man so purely
Even prophets forgave his crooked way
I've learned love is like a brick, you can
Build a house or sink a dead body

Ahh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Ahh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah
A king with no crown, king with no crown

[Chorus]
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

(Ew)

[Bridge]
In the most Biblical sense,
I am beyond repentance
Fame hooker, prostitute, wench; vomits her mind.
But in the cultural sense,
I just speak in future tense.
Judas, kiss me, if offensed,
Or wear ear condom next time.

I wanna love you,
But somethin's pulling me away from you
Jesus is my Virtue
And Judas is the demon I cling to (cling to)
I cling to

[Chorus]
Just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as

Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! Juda-a-a!
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! GAGA!







Okay and so ... that is the lyrics for Lady Gaga's latest single.

It's unfortunate really. It's literally hard not to judge.

Lady Gaga has just taken one mainstream icon of unholiness in Christianity - Judas, and turned it into the title of her latest hit single. Tell me that's not gonna get her flamed left right centre.

I, being one of her millions of loyal fans, craving her Midas touch on all the song she releases, finds it hard pressed to listen to Judas in church without feeling this sense of rightly-placed dread that one of the red roof tiles will strike my head anytime I step into church.

Yet I just can't help that the song sounds so damn bloody good !

Lady Gaga Lady Ah-ah ... You're making this very hard on your supporters. Do you love us or not ?

However, even I have to put my foot down on this particular single she just released.

The sad fact of life is that there are just certain lines you do not cross. With the release of this new single, the line is so far gone past Lady Gaga that it has become a dot to her. Yes Gaga Ahah, That's how far you're away from the line.




The moment Lady Gaga repeats the word " Judas " so many times in such endearing terms whilst simultaneously dancing on the dance floor wearing a tight-fitting pants with a cross sewn right at the crotch area, she has lost any credibility to even try to defend the true meaning of the song. Lady Gaga can use her millions to tell the world that the many repetition of the word " Judas " is actually a metaphor for something else and she can go on countless interviews to defend her own viewpoint. That, is not gonna work one bit.

To quote her from Wikipedia, "Judas' is a metaphor and an analogy about forgiveness and betrayal and things that haunt you in your life and how I believe that it's the darkness in your life that ultimately shines and illuminates the greater light that you have upon you."

It's just not convincing enough ! It's too little too late literally ! Your single is a top billboard hit right now and you're already raking in millions for the entertainment industry by taking a swipe at Christianity and now you're trying to weave spells over the crowd that you song ain't making a mockery of what us Christians stand for !

I for one, will love to believe it. But I'm honor-bound not to believe it !




 Lady Gaga trying to say that Judas represents something else and isn't referring to Judas Iscariot is something like this ...




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You can't do such things !

You can't release such a provocative single and expect the entire Christianity world to just accept your explanations that Judas is a symbol of something else altogether ! Your song is so IN YOUR FACE to all Christians so it'll almost be such a sin for us NOT TO REACT!





You drove us to react ! In fact, I think we are the victim over here ! It's like we're lying on our sofa one day while your music video starts playing on TV and suddenly we are honor-bound to talk shit about your new single because we've got to defend something in us that's more important than all your songs ! Our faith !

Maybe secretly, we feel that your songs are awesome. But no ! But somethings have to be done based on principles alone !

And honestly, I think Lady Gaga's interviews ain't really gonna work much. Seriously. Once again, the moment you aim a gun at someone's head, it's not likely that the chat will revolve around happy memories no ?

The fact is that those who care enough to criticize her songs won't be bothered with her explanation. Those who love the song won't care about the meaning of this song because they are merely interested in the music.

I like this song a lot.

It's on one of the playlist I listen to everyday.

But. I disagree with the creating of this song. Hypocritical right ? I know. Boo you anyway. I own this blog.

I am against the release of this latest single because, no matter what Gaga may say about this song, it matters very little because the song itself is a greater testimony to its nature than whatever Gaga may say about the deeper insights behind the lyrics. 

Gaga, you honestly think that people dancing to this song on the dance floor will have a sudden epiphany and start to realize that maybe "Judas" isn't the Judas Iscariot we know, but is actually a representation of a whole new train of thoughts ?

Wake up.

It's not gonna happen.

If you, who has the undesirable reputation of wearing pants with crosses sewn onto the crotch region in your own music videos, release a single titled "Judas", there can only be one 'Judas' who will be on our mind if we listen to your song.

The lyrics, which I've placed at the top of this post for your perusal, has created such a convenient avenue to sing out one's frustration at various elements of their lives. People who dance and rock to this song can officially tell themselves that they are merely singing out their lyrics and having fun but they are actually not blaspheming even though unofficially there's that deep recess at the back of their subconsciousness that is asking them to vent their negativity by rocking to this song. They will know that it is not true, yet they don't have to face up to the truth.

This song provides a good shield for people to blaspheme without blaspheming.

This song allows people to sin without inner reproach by the auto-activating consciousness of the mind.

This song allows people to hate God without admitting to themselves of this bottled up anger they possess.

This song allows people to lie to themselves and make themselves feel more comfortable after this act of lie.

This song is pure genius.

If the devil is using Lady Gaga as an instrument to promote self-delusion, then congratulations Mister Devil, this round is yours. Good job.

I once heard from my friend that saying the names of the devil will give it greater strength and a more powerful hold over this world. So in essence, this song is really helping this entire "name calling" process along. I just counted the number of "Judas" in this song and it numbered more than 60 times. I kinda lost count after that. 

60 X 100 clubbers in a regular club X 50% who will probably sing along X 40 clubs in Singapore = 120 000 mentions of the devil's name in one night. This is excluding people like me who will sing at home and in the showers. A good estimate will be that in any regular night, because of the existence of this song, in the first 4 weeks of this song's debut, the name of the devil will be mentioned about 200 000 more than usual.

Thanks Gaga.You win. 

It matters not the intention of your song, nor the music video, in which you starred as Mary Magdalene, it matters that your song is so shockingly anti-Christianity at face value that honestly, you can't blame people for categorizing this song under certain labels like "satanic" / "demonic" / "untouchable".


This song shouldn't be created and you know it.

Instead of the thousands of interviews you're giving to defend the 'honor' of this song, why not just save yourself the trouble and just not release this song ?





Friday, 27 May 2011

Sammy has an Einstein-Moment !

Today one of my friend, named Siao Liao It's Sammy ! , had one of her moments.

And yes, the exclamation mark is actually part of her name. Do you think it suits her better ?

HAHAHA :D

So, being her usual self, she somehow stumbled on the fact that ...





Yes. Very smart girl.

You deserve no less than a standing ovation !





I have no idea who the shit are the people in this picture but I'm sure they don't mind cheering for you too Sammy !

Hahaha !

Don't kill me :)

I Enjoy Being in ED and I'll Tell You Why

Actually i have a lot of material to blog about but damn I'm either too tired, or too stressed or too lazy. Okay mostly just lazy. The other 2 reasons were added in so I don't sound like a lazytart.

Anyway, what i wanna blog about today is about ED.

Okay it's actually not because of the fact that i just had ED practice today but it's been something that I wanted to blog about for the longest time.

For starters, I just wanna say that one of the stuff that i'm grateful for this year is actually being in ED.

It's always a very comforting feeling to know that on every thursday, i'm gonna be around this group of people who are funny, dedicated and usually on this one-track mind to serving God.

It's really a huge difference being in ED where people are given this opportunity to serve and this opportunity to do things that are pretty much very enjoyable.

I like to sing. I like to make fun of people. I like to sing out of tune sometimes in the company of my friends. I like to explore new ideas and innovative ways to reach out to teens. I like to be in the company of friends who won't judge me. I like to know that making mistakes is fine and I won't be criticized way past the point of being just plain rude. I like to serve without obligation. I like to fellowship with people who likes to do the same things as me.

Being in ED is literally being in another family. Just a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more fun.

It's something I look forward to every thursday and it's something i'll miss when we are on a break.

We pray before every practice and after every practice. We pray when we are doing any session. We pray after we finish our session. Our debrief session are always very comforting and very non-pressurizing. There's never any weird expectation being placed on any of us and yet we always strive to do it for the teens. We work as a team but we don't work for the team. We work for those whom we're trying to reach out to.

It's just something that is very uncommon.

The advisors in ED are not working with their title. Our advisors do not need the titles to work. They are given the mandate to advise but they've never worked by the mandate nor work with the authority but rather just work as fellow Catholics. They do not seek to hoard power nor do they seek to overpower anyone. It's something very uncommon even in our church itself. I've really learnt a lot from them all because it's a very different story from the many youth ministries I've been in. When our advisors do not seek power, they are in fact, being given more autonomy. When our advisors do no seek a manner of reproach, we all learn even more harmoniously.

Our president do not work by his title, rather he is just working together with everyone else without seeking that additional bit of authority. That's a president rarely seen. That's a president i'll love to work with.

I guess that is due to the different elements of this particular youth group that i am in.

Everyone in ED is a "someone". There isn't any need for anyone of us to deal with potentially very destructive conflicts that deals primarily with ego and the need to assert one's authority. There isn't a single one in ED who has issues dealing with this whole lot of bullshit I call "power struggle". Once again, it's very uncommon. We try our best to listen to each and single one of us. There's never statements like " I'm so and so and thus you should listen to my way of thinking" or "I'm better and more senior than you so you should listen to me". NONE ! Not one bit !

In ED, there is no "advisors", there is no "leader", there is no "constitution", there is no "core team". ED has no "fundamentals" and ED has no "youth leader retreat". But ED worked better than many youth groups with the proper structure and hierarchy.

You can't say that ED has different dynamics and different structure that accounts for what it is right now. Rather, I say that ED IS the structure. ED IS the dynamics that made it possible.

It's something i'm very grateful for. It's certainly very refreshing. It's not one bit like those i came from. In fact, i'm so surprised by it that I even tried to seek out the "undercurrents" of ED. Just to see if there's anything fishy that i should take note of.

I enjoy being in ED. I enjoy how we don't see the need to serve the ego of our minds. I enjoy how we direct most of our energy towards being better so that the confirmands in RC can benefit more. I enjoy how our core team members and our advisors do not seek to hoard power. I enjoy how there's no "power hunger" in us. I enjoy how we don't undercut each other but listen to all. I enjoy how it's such a breath of new air when i entered ED from other ministries. I enjoy how we are called to serve and we, in fact, serve. I enjoy how we don't work against each other but to look beyond what we can achieve for those whom we are serving.

I guess there'll definitely be people who will not agree with me and can recount the many times ED has been embroiled in many conflicts and many power struggle. All i can say is that I have no idea because I only just joined ED last year and I can't account for much. As far as I've been in ED, it has been pretty much non-self-serving but rather seeks very actively on it's one track path true to it's aim, it's goal and the reason for it's formation. I'm proud it turned out this way. I can't say the same for the years that I've not been in ED and i'm not sweeping them under the rugs but even if they are true, then at least i can safely say that ED is no longer that way but it's pointing true north right now. It's pointing towards God. Our leader our absolute.

It's an atmosphere of familiarity and love. It's something I hold dear to my heart despite being one of the youngest member.

It's fresh air indeed.

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Tutors aren't donkeys ! And even donkeys have rights !!!!

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This post is about clients who offer ridiculooooousssssly low rate and demands a hell lot more from the tutors.

There are times I can totally understand when some clients are only willing to pay a certain amount for their kid's tuition.

But there are times when some clients are being totally A-holes ...

The market rate for primary and secondary kids is actually about 25/hr. Very acceptable. A bit higher wouldn't have hurt but 25/hr is really fine.

Some clients decide to take it way pass the humiliation line and offer some damn ridiculous rate.

I've ever seen a tuition assignment for 2 secondary girls, tutoring together in a group, for $17/hr and the client lives in a SEMI-D HOUSE !

Double the students, double the responsibility and you DARE TO REDUCE THE RATE TO $17/HR.

What cheek you have !

WHAT CHEEK YOU HAVE !!





It's like when you go to buy a plate of chicken rice and when the stall owner says," That will be $2.50 please. Thank you"

And then you counter-offer another price saying, " I'll give you $1.50 for that."

NO SHAME AT ALL !

We are providing you standard service or even more, but you decided to be a huge ass biatch and pay the substandard amount !

Clients like this need to be go for shock therapy by being repeated tasered or something.





I know it's their right to pay as little as they want to, but honestly, there are getting more and more clients who are doing such things !

Previously, there isn't many of such clients.

And even if there were, we, as tutors will totally understand, because we know for sure that there ARE some who simply cannot afford the tutor rates on top of their living cost and yet are trying their best for their child. We understand ! And some of us are even willing to help ! It's true !

I'm definitely not referring to them in this post, I'M REFERRING TO THOSE CLIENTS WHO LIVE IN FREAKING SEMI-D AND HIGH-CLASS CONDO WHO ARE OFFERING UBER SUB-STANDARD RATE WITH A STRAIGHT FACE !

Those are the menace of society !

Bringing down the market rate and working us like donkeys !

Let me tell you this !






Pissed off. They say hate the sin, not the sinner. Sometimes, the sins are the sinners themselves.

In the words of my wise friend, "KICK THEM BACK INTO THEIR MOTHERS' WOMB AND LET THEM BE REBORN INTO BETTER HUMAN BEINGS !"