Monday, August 20, 2007
Sunday, August 5, 2007
8/05/07
It's been so long, don't really know where to start....
Went for a session of basketball in the morning, relived those long forgotten poly days, met a bunch of youngsters who just enlisted, makes me reminisce my younger days, where life was alot simpler. I really miss the days spent with mf, jeremy in the court, there wasn't a care in the world, we weren't bothered by mundane affairs and worldy matters... there wasn't a question of survival in this wretched and forlorn city ravaged by greed, a world that has forsaken all humane sentiments, a place deprived of empathy, where the prevailing principle "survival of the fittest" stands tall and unchallenged.
In the past, our world revolved around school and play and of course, that girl we met whom we can't seem to get off our minds, we would rant about it all day in the court as we pit our skills against the boys from the other teams,in those days life's decisions was all about which bak kut teh stall to patronize and whether to pick up that cute girl sitting by the courtside. I believed time has really changed us all, we can now no longer afford to be that carefree student we used to be, we now have to take new challenges as we step into a new chapter of life.
In this new chapter, we step into a ring where a fight is to the death, its no longer about individual progress, its about progress of society, you have to be in step with its progress or be left behind and be disposed off as trash. You no longer have the luxury of setting your own pace, you have to grow, expand and overtake others before you get swallowed. You can't expect to be left alone to progress at a pace comfortable to yourself, you have to be aggressive and expect competition to come knocking at your door at any point of time.
Sometimes i wonder if it's the right time to be out in society, in the news everyone seems to be making their pot of gold, be it out of real estate or equities, it doesn't seem to concern us, the common folks, the saying goes, the rich get richer and the poor gets poorer, sometimes i wonder, if i don't work hard and get into the upper echelon, will we survive? will we be able to afford a decent living, a comfortable flat and the other neccesities of life?
With the sky rocketing property and raw material prices, and increasing inflation, i wonder when the cycle will finally peak? Or will it? perhaps mother earth's resources can no longer sustain the once peaceful and contented race called humans whose greed can no longer be contained. Perhaps SARS was mother nature's way of telling us to stop reproducing and start showing her some attention. Ironic isn't it, the fundamentals of ecnomics are built on a constantly increasing demand and a constant supply to keep in pace with the demand. That's the only way for the world to progress ecnomically and everywhere in first world nations, governments are encouraging birth rates to produce the population to fuel the economy. Haa... perhaps everyone knows the world is becoming overpopulated but no one seems to be able to put aside their self interest and start to think for the planet, perhaps when you are high up there, you start to think less of problems that aren't immediate. Perhaps, your mind is clouded with economic development and a strong desire to make your country strong and in control.... perhaps.. you think you won't live on the see the repercussions of your decisions.... perhaps you think this is just a hippie doing his ranting.... perhaps.......
Went for a session of basketball in the morning, relived those long forgotten poly days, met a bunch of youngsters who just enlisted, makes me reminisce my younger days, where life was alot simpler. I really miss the days spent with mf, jeremy in the court, there wasn't a care in the world, we weren't bothered by mundane affairs and worldy matters... there wasn't a question of survival in this wretched and forlorn city ravaged by greed, a world that has forsaken all humane sentiments, a place deprived of empathy, where the prevailing principle "survival of the fittest" stands tall and unchallenged.
In the past, our world revolved around school and play and of course, that girl we met whom we can't seem to get off our minds, we would rant about it all day in the court as we pit our skills against the boys from the other teams,in those days life's decisions was all about which bak kut teh stall to patronize and whether to pick up that cute girl sitting by the courtside. I believed time has really changed us all, we can now no longer afford to be that carefree student we used to be, we now have to take new challenges as we step into a new chapter of life.
In this new chapter, we step into a ring where a fight is to the death, its no longer about individual progress, its about progress of society, you have to be in step with its progress or be left behind and be disposed off as trash. You no longer have the luxury of setting your own pace, you have to grow, expand and overtake others before you get swallowed. You can't expect to be left alone to progress at a pace comfortable to yourself, you have to be aggressive and expect competition to come knocking at your door at any point of time.
Sometimes i wonder if it's the right time to be out in society, in the news everyone seems to be making their pot of gold, be it out of real estate or equities, it doesn't seem to concern us, the common folks, the saying goes, the rich get richer and the poor gets poorer, sometimes i wonder, if i don't work hard and get into the upper echelon, will we survive? will we be able to afford a decent living, a comfortable flat and the other neccesities of life?
With the sky rocketing property and raw material prices, and increasing inflation, i wonder when the cycle will finally peak? Or will it? perhaps mother earth's resources can no longer sustain the once peaceful and contented race called humans whose greed can no longer be contained. Perhaps SARS was mother nature's way of telling us to stop reproducing and start showing her some attention. Ironic isn't it, the fundamentals of ecnomics are built on a constantly increasing demand and a constant supply to keep in pace with the demand. That's the only way for the world to progress ecnomically and everywhere in first world nations, governments are encouraging birth rates to produce the population to fuel the economy. Haa... perhaps everyone knows the world is becoming overpopulated but no one seems to be able to put aside their self interest and start to think for the planet, perhaps when you are high up there, you start to think less of problems that aren't immediate. Perhaps, your mind is clouded with economic development and a strong desire to make your country strong and in control.... perhaps.. you think you won't live on the see the repercussions of your decisions.... perhaps you think this is just a hippie doing his ranting.... perhaps.......
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