quite a num of happenings these past few days..
nuclear, gambling, hip-hop, lectures...
1. seriously dunno why North Korea announces that it will try out nuclear bombing.. doesnt she know that it will invite threats of wars and probably more economic sanctions?? or she jus wanted to show its might?? or is it bcos she predicted that US can do nothing to her tts why she is not afraid of announcing??
north korea, IMO, has been the not-so-cooperative partner in the recent 6 table talk.. issit some kind of protest due to possible neglect from allies China & Russia?? i guess that is for everyone to guess and for N Korea to know.. =D neutral towards N Korea but realli feel for her people.. actually communism is not a all-bad thing.. it actually ensures equality and with good governance, the people can enjoy decent standards of living!
take China for example.. although the disatrous Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution brought a lot of hardship to the chinese, excluding that period, it is on average not bad.. i read it somewhere that although everyone is poor, u cant find a super poor without food or clothing.. in the non-economic front such as social indicators, i can say CCP did rather well.. the infant mortality rate now is below the rate of other developing countries.. the chinese life expectancy is on par with developed nations.. the female literate % is much better than countries eg India.. so even though the economic growth is not impressive, i personally feel that there is decent standard of living for the chinese. furthermore, i am for the view that economic growth shd not be the end of development, it is jus a mean to the ultimate goal, social development..
but communism can go very wrong when the leaders decide to devote most of the resoucres into a few sectors such as defence, as i suppose in the case of N Korea.. actually N Korea is not alone, most communist countries IMO somehow went down the same route allthough the extent of this 'obession' varies across countries.. wat this means is that few resources are avaliable for other industries such as consumer goods, resulting in wide scale food shortages and hence nation-wide famine..
still scratching my head why the leaders decide to do so.. perhaps they like to consolidate their power?? or to resist international pressures?? or wanted to prove to the world that she can do it implying 'im not a small fry/ push over so sit up and notice me'??
but is it worth it?? millions of people are suffering and dying!! shouldnt people comes first for the leaders?? jus like what the chinese usu say “饭都吃不饱，哪来有气力做别的事， 更何况打仗？”
hope that this saga will end amaciably.. the last thing i wanted is another war.. life is already hard enough for the N Koreans, pls dun 雪上加霜。。。
2. now to gambling, a majority dun treat 4D & Toto, mahjong as gambling.. can understand the results.. with 4D & Toto so prevalent, it is no surprise that people regard them as leisure activities.. some people even beautify such behaviour with pharses like 'im a risk lover, issit tt wat e govt likes to see?'
for me, my view is that so long as money is not involved, it is not really gambling cos without $$$, where's e kick?!? n perhaps oso bcos i engage in such activities quite frequently eg 'social' big 2, 'hygeine' mahjong (but bridge is NOT gambling at all) so justifying my behaviour.. =P
3. P65 MPs are performing a short hip hop stint for next yr Ching Gay..
first thing that comes to my mind, hip hop is still e 'in' thing?? i know it is a few years back but right now im not too sure..
next thought, are they trying too hard trying to connect with the young??
i dunno, i tend to view it positively as they do care to make an effort but do they need to go to such extent?? i will appreciate more if they go down to various tertiary institutions more frequently to chat with the students, not in form of talk, but as a tour chat or something like that.. din remember any of them coming down to NUS although a majority of them grad from here..
maybe its the term called 'image'.. but image can be elusive too.. if u do nothing, ppl will say u r dull etc.. but if u try too hard, people can say u r fake.. all in all, it takes lotsa time n effort to build one.. didnt the super branded brands such as LV took yrs to do so?? 我认为不作做是建立自己形象的不二门法。。 it is very tiring to be whom you are not.. imagine you need to do stuff that is not jus not you, not only you feel tough, onlookers can sense it too..
4. ec4394 lectures are getting more interesting by the week.. bcos of e ppl there.. i like my grp of frens lots! neva fail to have fun in their company.. i think we are the 'siao' big grp in other ppl's mind ba.. cos we always occupy the last 2 rows and then went on to create noise/ laughter.. esp the past mon.. think KC is jus out of mind then.. crack us up like anythin with his 'theory' of mug.. KL oso chip in with his 'long olive oil, short palm oil'.. seriously cant judge a book by its cover.. i used to think SX is the serious kind, but a fair share of laughter during proj meetings is initiated by him..
i know most guys can be rather crappy but i used to think that onli astro guys are the most crappy ones, esp Jerm.. looks like i need to change my perception very soon.. astro guys, beware, u all have strong rivals coming up.. hah..
at least for now, my hypothesis still holds.. however, i need a larger sample size.. lol..
