For some reason, I tend to get into trouble on the LRT. I didn’t really get into any kind of conflict this time, but I was partly involved in it.

I was on the train to CCK. The ride was disrupted at Bukit Panjang Station, probably because of some maintenance issues with the train, so everyone had to alight and board the next train. As usual, almost everyone on the train were pissed off, it was quite obvious from the look on their faces la. I boarded the next train but did not get a seat so I stood near the door.

The train door closed, than I saw 2 skinny guys trying to pick a fight with a malay guy from Fajar Sec. I think the skinny guys were from Regent Sec because one of them was holding a folder with the school’s name on it.

In this post, I’ll call the 2 skinny guys Skinny1 and Skinny2. Skinny1 looks like a typical secondary school ah beng with piercings and dyed hair. Skinny 2 is slightly shorter, looks 13 and wears a cap. Skinny1 accused the Malay guy of being too noisy and kept taunting him with the usual ah beng talk. The malay guy looks like a friendly person, doesnt look like a gangster to me and he kept trying to calm down Skinny 1. He’s bigger size than Skinny1 and Skinny2, quite athletic I must say.

The malay guy had a few friends near him, but they did not intervene at all. I was standing behind the Malay guy, directly facing Skinny1 and Skinny2. I somehow had a feeling that Skinny1 and Skinny2 were planning to hit the malay guy, so I tried to give them the signal that I will help the malay guy if they attack him. I did that by cracking my knuckles and staring hard at both of them. Both of them (skinny guys) tried to avoid eye contact with me even though they knew that I was staring at them (a sign of fear?).

It seemed that a fight was inevitable, so I clenched my fist and got ready to blast a punch through skinny1’s face if he attacks the malay guy. He grabbed the malay guy by the neck, so I stepped forward and was about to punch skinny1 when he backed off immediately. Skinny2 backed off too. Both of them were obviously afraid of me. Which was a good sign

What happened later was really damned fucking funny. The malay guy knew that he had me on his side and knew that both of them were afraid of me. A sudden surge of courage went through him and he started shouting and hitting Skinny1. Skinny2 tried to help, but his attacks doesnt seem to have any effect on the Malay guy. Its like a cat trying to paw an elephant, damned cute la. I tried to control myself not to laugh, I just leaned on the door and enjoyed the show.

The show ended at Keat Hong LRT station. The malay guy decided to get off the train, skinny1 was unhurt. He tried to preserve some pride by shouting at the malay guy, taunting him to continue fighting and not run away. Trust me, thats the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. Its like calling someone you obviously can’t fight against to continue hitting you. Don’t forget, the malay guy had friends on the train too, they just didn’t intervene.

Than Skinny1 and Skinny2 did something even more dumb. They got off the train and tried to continue the fight. This time, the other malay guys got down the train too. I wanted to get down the train and continue watching the show, but I didnt because I had to reach Jurong by 2 and I was late.

I wonder what happened to Skinny1 and Skinny2. Dumb fuckers. lol..

Excitement is a higher state of happiness. Set goals which makes you excited, instead of merely happy. Excitement is a greater motivator than happiness. If happiness is the end you seek, strive for excitement.

Great article on polarity by Steve Pavlina:

Darkworkers, Lightworkers, and Levels of Consciousness

I’m a darkworker. I believe that I am not born to please the world, but to please myself. In doing so, I please the world

Do you think that it is possible to love someone unconditionally, regardless of who they are?

Like someone who hates you, a stranger, a murderer or a terrorist. Would you love them for who they are?

People often say that they love their parents/spouse/friends unconditionally, but it dosen’t seem unconditional to me because being your parent, spouse or friend is a condition itself. For example, the reason why I love my parents unconditionally is mainly because they are my parents (a condition).

How about Altruism?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism

Altruism in Social Sciences
According to psychological egoism, while people can exhibit altruistic behavior, they cannot have altruistic motivations. Psychological egoists would say that while they might very well spend their lives benefitting others with no material benefit (or a material net loss) to themselves, their most basic motive for doing so is always to further their own interests. For example, it would be alleged that the foundational motive behind a person acting this way is to advance their own psychological well-being (“good feelings”)

Therefore, I believe that love is conditional because unconditional love dosen’t seem logical to me at all (At least for now).

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Courage, Discipline, Intelligence, Vigor, Awareness and Abundance.

I need…

the courage to do the things I love to do (instead of what the world expects me to do),

the discipline to get them done,

the intelligence to do it well,

the vigor to keep doing it,

the awareness of what I am doing,

and the abundance that follows.

Abundance is not the end I seek. I see it as a mean to a greater end, which is why I value it so much.

On most public transport, theres this sign which says

“Give up your seat to someone who needs it more than you do. ”

If an elderly is able to run and push through the crowd just to vie for a seat with you, standing shouldn’t be a problem for him or her.

Whenever I call someone ‘emo’, it dosen’t mean that I find the person excessively emotional. All of us have emotions and we don\’t experience the positive ones all the time. There are times when we wake up on the wrong side of the bed, meet the wrong people, enter the wrong toilet or screw up lots of stuff. It is sometimes hard to feel positive when such things happen. Extreme conditions do trigger extreme emotions.

The “emos” I refer to are people who constantly believe that everything or certain areas of their life is fucked up and feel that there is nothing they can do to change it. I group emos into two categories, the loud emos and the quiet emos.

Loud Emos
They are usually people who lead normal lives but believe that their life is less than normal and feel that others should give in to them just because of that. They complain of the slightest inconveniences they have to face and won’t hesitate to flare up when things don’t change to their liking. They express whatever negative emotion they feel, no matter how small it is and hope that the world will feel their distress.

In my opinion, loud emos are just damned irritating. I usually try to avoid them at all cost.

Quiet Emos
The quiet emos are similar to the loud emos, the difference is that they express their negative emotions in a more subtle way. I find them less irritating than the Loud Emos. In contrary, they are usually the group of people I worry for the most because they get depressed easily and usually for some stupid reasons. They often look depressed, but they usually won’t tell you why they are depressed, which gives the impression that something really bad must had happened to them.

Argh.. dammit.. After typing all these, I realised that I could actually accurately define my view of emos within a short sentence:
‘Emos are extreme pessimists’

I’ll end this post with a meaningful quote from Dan Sullivnan
‘the problem isn’t the problem. It’s how you think about the problem that’s the problem’
- Dan Sullivnan

Come on everyone, lets be more positive! =)