Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Some thoughts came after watching american idol.. I know it's a crap show but I love Simon's sarcasm and cynical remarks. Ok, those weren't the thoughts.. What I want to say is that there're a lot of great undiscovered singers out there. So it's actually so easy to find someone who can sing, grab him, force him to sing and ta-da! You got yourself a great album! A really great song would actually come from the people behind the song. The lyrics that match up with the tune and rhythem. The voice is just how they present it to the mass. For visual, of course MTV plays a big role and the dancing.. the scantily clad women.. the breast baring.. Whatever. How I wish attention would be given to the music makers instead. The real ones slogging and not getting their well-deserved recognition.
I had lunch at a food-court today. Although I don't really like eating at food-courts or kopi tiams when I go out because of the smell that would stay on your clothes, I was in my uniform and I'm invincible in uniform.
There was this fat guy who sat near me. There were some uncleared plates and stuff where he was seating. He placed his food down on the table and stood there pointing to the uncleared soiled plates with disatisfaction to the cleaner nearby. It was as though the uncle owed him a living and that he gave rightful orders which had to be executed immediately. As the poor OLD uncle cleared the dishes, I said "thank you" to him even though he did not clear my table. The fat chap looked at me amazed. He must be thinking, "why in the world would this officer say thank you to a cleaner who's doing his job!?". To me, the guy's just a fat bastard who's killing himself by eating.
Moral of the story? Don't take the people around us for granted. No one owes us a living. Maybe our parents.. But still, NO ONE. Always put ourselves in the shoes of others and emphatise with others all the time. It's up to us to change our lives and show others through our actions and make them think about how they've been living. Give others a chance.
Oh yah, I'm not trying to say I'm a saint and that people should be like me. I'm still trying my best to lead my life the right way I think it should be. It's good to make the people around us happy. Try it.
Sleep. Gotta do more training tomorrow. On to be an Ironman!
Oh what the fuck.. Sigh.
I had lunch at a food-court today. Although I don't really like eating at food-courts or kopi tiams when I go out because of the smell that would stay on your clothes, I was in my uniform and I'm invincible in uniform.
There was this fat guy who sat near me. There were some uncleared plates and stuff where he was seating. He placed his food down on the table and stood there pointing to the uncleared soiled plates with disatisfaction to the cleaner nearby. It was as though the uncle owed him a living and that he gave rightful orders which had to be executed immediately. As the poor OLD uncle cleared the dishes, I said "thank you" to him even though he did not clear my table. The fat chap looked at me amazed. He must be thinking, "why in the world would this officer say thank you to a cleaner who's doing his job!?". To me, the guy's just a fat bastard who's killing himself by eating.
Moral of the story? Don't take the people around us for granted. No one owes us a living. Maybe our parents.. But still, NO ONE. Always put ourselves in the shoes of others and emphatise with others all the time. It's up to us to change our lives and show others through our actions and make them think about how they've been living. Give others a chance.
Oh yah, I'm not trying to say I'm a saint and that people should be like me. I'm still trying my best to lead my life the right way I think it should be. It's good to make the people around us happy. Try it.
Sleep. Gotta do more training tomorrow. On to be an Ironman!
Oh what the fuck.. Sigh.
