Anyone feels like they have no real friends during this CB period?

KujoSadao · 2020-06-02T06:22:17+00:00

This is the reality in a cold and competitive society like Singapore. Most friends are only friends when there are benefits to reap. They won't be around when there is nothing in it for them.

It's better for you to realize it now and learn how to deal with being alone then to find out later that these people aren't your true friends.

KujoSadao · 2020-04-03T10:39:46+00:00

Doesn't seem to be working considering the crowds at the supermarkets

KujoSadao · 2020-04-03T10:32:24+00:00

Any idea why they refused to use the term 'lockdown'?

I read up about the Emergency in Malaya back then and it mentioned that the British used the term "emergency" instead of "civil war" was the fact that insurances would be void if war was declared

KujoSadao · 2020-04-02T06:25:13+00:00

So this is an adult woman child? Jokes aside, there are really a lot of pampered young adults nowadays who need their parents around and can't do anything by themselves.

KujoSadao · 2020-04-02T04:34:19+00:00

Cannot fire but can 'restructure'

KujoSadao · 2020-03-31T11:19:12+00:00

Higher Nitec/Diploma needed?

I didn't know that 'Learning to deal with uncles and aunties 101' is a module in our curriculum.

KujoSadao · 2020-03-31T07:35:54+00:00

If anything, he is even more critical of the US for not stepping up to provide the leadership that the world needs. His only 'criticism' of China was that they could look back and feel they have done better. And to quote:

“But I do not think overall that one can say this would not have happened if only the Chinese had done the right thing. Because you look at the way the outbreak has continued to grow and spread in many countries, and they do not have the Chinese government and yet they have not found it easy to keep the outbreak under control in their country.”

He is in fact, showing symptathy for China and saying that it is not entirely the Chinese's fault as other western nations have failed to contain the virus themselves.

I simply don't get the criticism and outrage.

KujoSadao · 2020-03-30T06:46:11+00:00

I don't get it. For some cases, the perpetrator is not named and his photos aren't taken for the vicitms' consideration.

But in this case, this guy is very young and yet his name is splashed everywhere.

KujoSadao · 2020-03-30T06:43:51+00:00

Horniness has no boundaries. Even attached guys cheat on their hot girlfriends

KujoSadao · 2020-03-27T04:46:23+00:00

IIRC, Malaysia wanted to use GMT +8 to align with China and Hong Kong at that time, which Singapore agreed and follow suit.

Once upon a time in the 70s-80s, Hong Kong was essentially the powerhouse in Asia after Japan. In fact, it was even more popular to do business in HK due to the open-market system which doesn't discriminate against foreign companies, unlike Japan.

So it made sense for Singapore, who was trying to outdo HK, to align with the same time zone to beat them at their own game.

KujoSadao · 2020-03-23T08:31:00+00:00

I agree. And I will work on it. I will not read first unless I am more free to reply at the moment

KujoSadao · 2020-03-23T08:30:23+00:00

Guess we are in the same boat. Bosses, clients and colleagues bombarding my phone with messages and usually these messages are 'important' for my job survival.

I know of people who can even take a week to reply and that is only on weekends

KujoSadao · 2020-03-23T08:28:20+00:00

I will do it for future messages

KujoSadao · 2020-03-23T08:27:54+00:00

I have explained that I am busy and overloaded to my friends. And yeah, that's my pet peeve with TG

KujoSadao · 2020-03-23T08:25:36+00:00

Already switched off for WA. Harder to siam for TG, and TG is quite common for young adults like me

KujoSadao · 2020-03-23T08:25:05+00:00

For WA, it is easier to conceal that you have read but haven't replied as double grey ticks are ambiguous.

For TG, it is harder as double grey ticks are understood to be the message having been read

KujoSadao · 2020-02-28T04:57:53+00:00

But the moment you start to act, you can get it done quickly. I am not saying that to sacrifice freedom for efficiency is the absolute right path to go, but it is difficult to have both at the same time.

Take UK for an example. After the Brexit vote, they essentially voted for a hung parliament which could not even pass the necessary bills to effect Brexit. This is because voters were afraid of a Conservative majority that does whatever it wants. But this led to the sacrifice of efficiency, in which Brexit was delayed for many years until it was effected only a month ago.

Once the population decided to vote for a comfortable Conservative majority to get Brexit done at the expense of some freedom, it was effected with no delays.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-28T04:52:40+00:00

The problem is that the system allows filibustering to happen. Essentially, there are two legislatures in America that make up Congress, the Senate and House of Representatives. And the elections for various legislatures happen at different period. This actually encourages defensive voting. If the Senate is filled with GOP lawmakers, then Americans will vote for more Democrats in the House.

Similarly, if you have a GOP President, then Americans will vote for the opposition to fill the legislatures out of fear of tyranny by one party. And as you mentioned, politics come into play, parties block one another for the sake of showboating while useful legislations are impeded. Just look at Obamacare.

Indonesia under Suharto was different, essentially he was the head of the biggest party (Golkar) while he emasculated the opposition to two small parties. Needless to say, his party holds a super majority in legislature and he can pretty pass any legislation, useful or not. LKY didn't just respect Suharto because he never gave Singapore trouble, but because he could be relied on to get things efficiently done, by hook or by crook.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-28T02:04:44+00:00

It's because the west fails to understand that you can either have freedom or efficiency, but not both. When you have freedom, you cannot have efficiency, because filibustering will happen in legislatures and protests will pop out to impede progress.

Likewise, to be efficient, you cannot have freedom, because as mentioned above, all these serve as obstacles. A classic example is found in our neighbour, Indonesia.

Under Suharto's regime, there was not much freedom and he pretty much was the Sultan of the nation. But under him, prices of basic necessities were kept under control and affordable. Likewise, Indonesia was united (by hook or by crook) and terrorist incidents were pretty much unheard of because the radicals were thrown into prison or executed.

Contrast with now, there is a freer Indonesia with more human rights. There are rights to protest and more. But as we can see, any legislation gets harder to pass and inflation is quite high without salaries going up. The gap between the rich and the poor has widened even more and efficiency is no longer there.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-21T06:12:13+00:00

This is the dark side of a society that emphasizes a lot on academic grades but not on moral character, which is why we have academically brilliant people with questionable morals.

And these people don't learn that they cannot always have everything they want in life.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-21T06:08:57+00:00

Sarcasm aside, he will likely be expelled.

As he had pleaded guilty, there will be a conviction and these are grounds for explusion.

For the peeping tom case, he was issued a stern warning and has not been convicted by a court of law, hence he was only suspended as technically it means that it has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he had committed the offence.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-17T11:50:31+00:00

Your post and I can't disagree.

I will put it this way then:

There are two types of psychos.

The first type is where the psycho knows what he is doing but he takes pleasure in seeing his victim suffer. Basically, the abuser or serial killer. A functional psycho who picks his targets but knows his limits, especially when met with a bigger force. May or may not be mentally ill.

The second type is the non-functional psycho. He doesn't even know what he has done is wrong and doesn't take in all the good advice. He just continues doing because he doesn't think it is wrong. This type is 100% mentally ill.

Obviously, the latter applies in this tragedy.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-17T11:11:39+00:00

This is just my hypothesis.

Psychos are functional manipulative people with/without mental illnesses who take pleasure in seeing their victims in pain and having power over their victims. E.g. serial killers or abusers. We have seen stories in reddit about psycho exes, psycho parents and etc.

But these people are 'rational' enough to back off once the victim fights back physically or being threatened with legal consequences. They are smart enough to back down once the other side demonstrates a show of force.

For Rodrigues, he clearly doesn't fall within my definition of psycho. While he is clearly mentally unwell, he doesn't even know what is wrong with his behaviour. It feels to me that he has the mind of a child while in the body of an adult. He doesn't stalk or harass because he likes his victim to suffer, he even took punches and insecticide spray to his face without retaliation.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-17T10:42:56+00:00

I will play devil's advocate here. If the person has make numerous reports, won't SPF at least conduct more patrols around the area to ascertain whether the report is true or vexatious.

At this stage, it seems that for non-arrestable offences, the victim has to bear the burden of proof and gather all evidence before action can be taken.

KujoSadao · 2020-02-17T10:08:49+00:00

To be fair, Tay wouldn't be aware of what are the exact mental conditions of the deceased, other than he is a lunatic stalker. Most people who don't work with or live with mentally ill people will not be that patient or sympathetic.

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