The World’s Unfair

I just watched American Idol on Thursday night. The theme was “Idol Gives Back”. It was a special mission to help the needy people in America and some poor countries like Africa. It was the first time they held such an event and the response was pretty good. Afterall, American Idol is the most watched TV programme in America. The videos they played were very sad. Children dying of poverty every 30 seconds. And there are also many who died of malaria. And the cost of the medicine? $2. $10 to buy a mosquito net to prevent mosquito bites. It’s an amount we could all afford and yet there are people out there who die because they don’t have a mere $2 in their pocket. Isn’t it so sad that there are some people who are so obscenely rich while others are struggling everyday to live. There was this segment they interviewed the celebrities on the total funerals they ever went to. No one reached 10. This particular guy they interviewed. 200 over~

-quote from Simple Plan’s “Crazy” lyrics
“Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUVs
While kids are starving in the streets”

Don’t Take Things For Granted

Just watched this korean movie online. Not bad. Yet another movie compared to My Sassy Girl. Yet again, not comparable.

I read the papers some time ago where they interviewed a few of our local celebrities on why marriages fail. And I totally agreed with what 1 of them said. Gradually, we take each other for granted. We are so guilty of that, aren’t we? Not only to your spouse, but the people around you or even the things around you. Ever thanked your Mom for cooking, washing and doing so many other things for you? I never did. THANKS MOM! Ok, I just did. Actually, at some point of time in my life, I included thanking God for everything I possess and constantly reminded myself everyday not to take things for granted. I don’t know if it would be just a routine prayer in years to come, but I try to keep telling myself so that I wouldn’t take things for granted.

Couples. How thrilled were we when our love ones cook for us for the very first time? Thank them? Hug them? Kiss them? How about a year later? 5 years later? Some people believe that such politeness can be spared when two people are much closer. Ok, words aside then. Are you appreciative at all? Or has it already become something he or she is obliged to do for you. In the army, I learned two words. ‘Entitlement’ and ‘Privilege’. A lot of things we possess are privileges, not entitlements. It is your privilege that your Mom cooks for you. She’s not entitled to do so.

Another factor I feel must exist in a relationship is compromising. In a family, we naturally grown used to compromising each other. Not in a relationship though. People break up nowadays with the slightest reason. Gone were the days couples were so embarrassed to do a divorce. Of course, there are pros and cons. But if divorces are going to be so convenient, less people are going to try making things work out. There’s this chinese saying that goes like “If you are happy, you be together. If not, do a break-up”. It reflects the society now, doesn’t it? Simple words with heavy consequences.

-quote
“Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.”

Hectic Working Life

Another week of non-stop movies. Watched lesser this week though:

Zzzzz. Falling sick again. I think my working environment really sucks. And although my job is much much much more slack than my previous job(I get to sleep 5 hours everyday~), their pay system is damn sucky. In Toshiba(my ex company), I get to be paid overtime after 8 hours everyday. And if I work on a Saturday, it’s twice my hourly rate. In my current job, you must hit 44 hours per week(that’s a loss of 4 hours OT) and at least 8 hours everyday. Which means, if I work on a weekend without hitting 8 hours, I get my normal pay only. And OT is calculated at hourly basis whereas in my previous job, it's on half an hour basis. Unlike my supervisor though, I get to rest on weekends. He works EVERYDAY. 6am to 9 or 10pm.

If it wasn’t for my financial problems, I would have seriously slacked my way through my semester break. Working life is just so scary. You just keep working and working and working. My Japanese bosses in Toshiba practically have no life. I see them there when I reach work and they are still there when I go home.
I’m not being lazy, but to me, there are things more important than money in life. I would love to pamper my family and give them and luxurious life. But I would rather get a job that pays me ok and allows me to spend quality time with my family. I hope my future partner will be able to share the same thoughts….

"In every group there's one pain in the ass, and if you look around and can't find one, it's probably you."
- quote from my friends’s msn nick (haha. find it pretty funny. JW, it’s you)

Choose Your Children’s Names Carefully

=D Found a great website for online movies and I went movie frenzy this week. These are the movies I watched:

Loading these movies to watch today (Watched Borat halfway. NICE!):

Doing a short post today about choosing a right name for your children. Well, mine’s a great example of a sucky name! People who know me well knows that my full name is Tan Chee Liang Benne. Tan is Chen in Chinese. Sounds like 真. Chee Liang sounds like 凄凉. And together, you have 真凄凉~~ =.=”

Anyway, I have grown used to it. What else can you not laugh at when you can laugh at yourself eh. Here are the other funny names I’ve gathered:
Dean Windass – Soccer player
Nicky Butt – Soccer player
Frank Lampard – Doesn’t it sound like something vulgar in hokkien
Chin Sian – My army friend. Sounds like very bored in hokkien right.
Brad Pitt – You think it’s normal right. Wait till he name his son Arm. :x

“Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can”
- quote from the internet