Thursday, January 26, 2006
It is only today that I realize what maturity actually means. This evening on the train I was talking to mh about it; I realized he was giving quite a different point of view of what maturity is.....To be mature means to be more accomodating, show care and concern for others and therefore portray a grown-up, "I'm ok-myself-I-can-help-you-still" image. To be mature means no more of those whinies, self-centredness and one does have the ability to judge iffy situations and react in a rather politically correct and more importantly, sensible way. To be mature means to have reasonable EQ for your age. And to be mature is to be inevitably impressive to those younger than you in age or thought, and some might even take you as an idol in their tinny littl' worlds.
Prior to this, me in my tinny littl' world have been quite impressed by a certain well-known local blogger. I thought she was being matured when she showed an abundance of intelligence in her blog, lashing out at different groups of people in a humorous way. It was mh who had me realize that what she is doing may not be very sensible as she may offend these people.
But shouldn't a freelance blogger have the prerogative to make any comment about the society, as long as he or she feels that certain groups of people should be criticized or applauded? What has happened to freedom of speech in our society then? No, the point is, you are free to make any comment ONLY WHEN YOU DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. Our society does not allow you to say whatever you like without making sure what you say is really correct and truthful.
Also, her tone in her blog keeps raising awareness that her intelligence is by far one of the greatest in this society. This, together with the strategically-inserted offensive remarks,only serves as a means of putting herself in the limelight of controversy, and therefore allowing her to get the attention that she wanted. Is this maturity? No. Is this being smart? Yes, but here, this definitely has no linear relationship with the level of maturity that I have been talking about. So hmmm, final conclusion, you can be super smart but this does not mean that you are of adequate maturity,k ?
So perhaps this answered my questions.
Posted by charles at 11:47 PM
Monday, January 23, 2006
Farewell, n all e best Yuanrui!
Last night was our first 6A class gathering since the one in October last year. It was also to wish Yuanrui and Shanna all the best as they are soon leaving for
Australia for their studies.Serine and Jonah were there too, I haven't seen them for such a long time that I almost couldn't recognize them.
These are Serine, Prisceilla and Shanna:
Me and Jonah: Around the BBQ pit at Yuanrui's condo:
I ate quite little as I was busy talking to everybody while helping to barbeque the food. Luckily, Serine did not caption the pics of me barbequing the food as "The satay man" as Chianlih had done in her blog. Hahaha... Had a good chat with almost everyone this time round.
We stayed until almost 1130 before some of us had to rush off for the last bus. Luckily, me, Kelvin, Charmaine and Yihui shared a cab which took us to our doorstep, AND Kelvin offered to pay the cab fare for us! So back home we went, carefree and happy...
Posted by charles at 9:23 AM
Monday, January 16, 2006
Sorry,pals.....Haven't been updating for a long, long time....
I've been posted to do some admin work lately and have been quite busy. So I do not really have the mood to sit in front of the com again during the weekend, having to endure 12 hours of it everyday at work.
But to those of you who might conclude that I do not have a life having read the above, I've enjoyed myself quite a lot during the weekends and hols; went out with wh, lil, yj and kx on Hari Raya Haji in the hope of visiting the Istana, only to find that it is not open on all public holidays. But we went PS and had a good time there, after which we spent the afternoon gaming at kx's place. Visited Chinatown too to see the opening ceremony, needless to say taking in the strong ambience of the forthcoming Chinese New Year...
Not forgetting my guitar lessons with Xingwei, he taught me quite a few songs the past 3 lessons but unfortunately, I haven't been playing much due to time constraints. Same goes for Guild Wars... Harry and gang, so sorry....
Ok, I'll try to update my blog and post pics of my long-ago Taiwan trip once I have more time and energy... till then...... =)