Ok so apparently there is this new mobile game called candy crush and many people are hooked onto it. I obviously hopped on the bandwagon but have regretted it ever since. Its even more stressful then WCG and I simply cannot take it already.
Every time I play the game on the MRT, Bus, NUS Shuttle, in lecture, there will definitely be people over my shoulders staring at my screen. From kids to friends to adults and even ah mas, I always feel that I am being scrutinized deeply. Every move I make there will be looks of disapproval and head shaking from all around me and even an occasional sigh of disappointment.
Furthermore when I have a few moves left and 1 jelly/1 fruit left to clear, anyone would obviously spend more time thinking about their final few steps. So everyone around me is like waiting in baited breath for my epic legendary move of the century while I think long and hard. That is when the pressure and expectations start to build up, when I finally make my epic legendary move of the century that does not clear the whole screen at 1 go, I literally heard a friend whisper "wtf" to his another friend while I stared at the game over screen.
Ok I might have exaggerated here and there. Point is: I really have a decent IQ, please dun judge me by my Candy Crush performance.
PS: My fav place to play is still in the toilet. That is when the concentration is the highest and no prying judgmental eyes (i hope).
Another thing that has been bugging me recently. The White Paper. I personally have absolutely NO IDEA what it is about besides the main caption of " Singapore population to reach/hit 6.9m in/by 2030". Suddenly everyone on Facebook is a fking politician. Suddenly everyone in school is a fking politician. Suddenly everyone has an opinion about what are the negative consequences and everyone starts quoting/repeating things that they have read and shared on facebook and pretending to be knowledgeable and understandable about this issue.
Who cares? This is not the first time the Govt chu pattern.
Who cares? If you have the time to worry about something that far away in 2030, dude you are really having a good life now.
I barely understand what my modules are teaching me. I barely even remember when my submissions and deadlines are. Why would anyone care about something that is going to happen 17 years later? Like as if our population has not been growing and like as if the negative consequences haven already hit us hard enough.
I read this from somewhere. Found it insightful.
17 years ago, a basic NUS engineer starting pay is $1900.
Now its $2600. A $700 increase.
17 years ago, a Toyota is $30000.
Now the COE alone for car is $100000. $70000 increase. Haven even buy a door or a wheel yet.
The point is, who cares? There are like tons of problems to worry about today. Stop being a fking parrot and leave the policy making to the politicians. We all know each other well enough to know that no one gives a serious fk about politics. Some complaints here and there at most? Dun post for the sake of posting, dun say for the sake of saying and please dun repeat what has already been said with the aim to impress. The problem is way too big of a scale for anyone of us at our level to even start thinking about solutions.
Its like saying, Dota is going to release 2000 new heroes by 2030. Blackshot is going to release 2000 new guns by 2030. Some MMO is going to release 2000 new bosses/dungeons by 2030. Who cares? The impact of having new heroes, new guns, new bosses have already been around since the beginning. Every new hero is broken, every new boss is going to crash the economy. Who cares? So what now? Threaten to quit? Threaten to boycott the game? In the end nobody cares. Not even you.
Same thing. Now what? Threaten to migrate (quit game)? Threaten to vote for WP (boycott)? Childish fucks. Firstly, you dun make a difference. Secondly, nobody cares.
Dun get me wrong. Sharing is always caring. I enjoy reading real stuff to gain knowledge about the White Paper. I just fking hate it when people start getting self righteous with their shallow and parroted opinions. To quote one of my best friend, "a look of disdain is what you will get".
