Growing Up - 24 yo and Others
Turned 24 about a week ago. Any different? Absolutely yes. Experienced a lot over the past year, and those experiences have helped me grow. The most notable ones were probably the 3 overseas trips with 3 different friends. You know you are putting your relationship to the test because an overseas trip together can break people. It is a time to step up the game of responsibility, compromise, and understanding. You need to take responsibility when planning the itinerary, and admitting your mistake when you falter. It takes compromise to make a trip enjoyable not just for yourself but for everyone involved. It takes understanding to let bygones be bygones, and to obliterate any ill feelings you might have despite having compromised on something, because an unwilling compromise is not a compromise. A friend returned from exchange at the end of January, and he told me that he would probably not travel with that group of companions again. You can really tell a lot about someone from the decisions they make: decisions that affect an entire travel body on a cherished expedition. Let's say someone cancels on you for a plan in Singapore. Maybe you can shrug it off easily. But what if you traveled far to Peru and failed to see Machu Picchu just because your companions decided to be assholes? Fortunately for me, those 3 trips turned out largely pleasant. 58 more days to China. Can't wait.
I created Weibo last September with the core purpose of following table tennis. I must say there is a myriad creative expressions used by the Chinese netizens. For example, when someone likes a comment very much, he would comment "坐稳了 送你上去". It means that he will contribute a like to make it a top comment. It literally means "Sit tight, I'll send you up." You can already imagine the comment skyrocketing its way past the rest to claim the throne. Fun aside, there are a lot of barbaric and unnecessary strife among "fans" of different players. If a sportsman is no longer as good as before due to injuries, some vicious voices will ask him to go and die. I'm defending Zhang Jike in particular here. Injuries and sickness are inevitable and naturally nobody would want such burden to befall upon oneself. There is no admiration for a player who won a match despite having a fever of 38.7 degree celsius, but a big ruckus when he withdrew from a match. Some "fans" really love to put on a drama. Talking about growing up, when will they stitch their mouths shut when they do not have anything pleasant to say? I guess never. The human race has to be marred. Of course, this is just one of many examples. He is missing out on many opportunities to prove his worth, and people always magnify failure and diminish success, hence I feel the need to single this incident. In another match, my mother made a passing remark that if he were really that good, he would be throwing his opponent far behind rather than winning by a small margin. But what she didn't know was that Jike was battling with his ankle injury. Poor Jike, doomed to oblivion...
That's right, sometimes critiques stem from oblivion. Estelle was my classmate from JC. She's a vocal person and that's what I find so striking about her. I admire that. She recently shared someone's blog which critiques the poster taglines for NUS open day, in particular, FASS' "Taking Local Businesses Global". The focus is placed on FASS as it was the faculty of both the blogger and Estelle alike. She tagged several of her friends and it struck common chords. One commented, "Can't even see the link." The blogger argues that the publicity is not well done as it hides the rich programs FASS has got to offer. The blogger has his fair share of sarcastic remarks in his post but I feel that he is a joke himself. Firstly, the decision of choosing a tagline is not done by a single individual. There are meanings behind the tagline, which, if you can't comprehend, does not mean the tagline sucks. Yes this tagline SEEMS more applicable for the Business School, but who says that the word "business" must be restricted to economic dealings or whatever the students in the Biz School study? Secondly, a tagline is a clause or sentence, how much do you expect it to showcase? There are booths/talks available to provide potential students with the information they need. That's the purpose of the open day, isn't it? Thirdly, if a student is turned off by just a single tagline and stops delving deeper to find out about FASS' rich programs, then I think NUS can gladly wave the student goodbye. I think what we want are students who truly have interest and like what the blogger has pointed out of FASS' diverse and interesting coverage on social matters, should a student open his/her golden mouth and ask, he will definitely be absorbed and intrigued.
I created Weibo last September with the core purpose of following table tennis. I must say there is a myriad creative expressions used by the Chinese netizens. For example, when someone likes a comment very much, he would comment "坐稳了 送你上去". It means that he will contribute a like to make it a top comment. It literally means "Sit tight, I'll send you up." You can already imagine the comment skyrocketing its way past the rest to claim the throne. Fun aside, there are a lot of barbaric and unnecessary strife among "fans" of different players. If a sportsman is no longer as good as before due to injuries, some vicious voices will ask him to go and die. I'm defending Zhang Jike in particular here. Injuries and sickness are inevitable and naturally nobody would want such burden to befall upon oneself. There is no admiration for a player who won a match despite having a fever of 38.7 degree celsius, but a big ruckus when he withdrew from a match. Some "fans" really love to put on a drama. Talking about growing up, when will they stitch their mouths shut when they do not have anything pleasant to say? I guess never. The human race has to be marred. Of course, this is just one of many examples. He is missing out on many opportunities to prove his worth, and people always magnify failure and diminish success, hence I feel the need to single this incident. In another match, my mother made a passing remark that if he were really that good, he would be throwing his opponent far behind rather than winning by a small margin. But what she didn't know was that Jike was battling with his ankle injury. Poor Jike, doomed to oblivion...
That's right, sometimes critiques stem from oblivion. Estelle was my classmate from JC. She's a vocal person and that's what I find so striking about her. I admire that. She recently shared someone's blog which critiques the poster taglines for NUS open day, in particular, FASS' "Taking Local Businesses Global". The focus is placed on FASS as it was the faculty of both the blogger and Estelle alike. She tagged several of her friends and it struck common chords. One commented, "Can't even see the link." The blogger argues that the publicity is not well done as it hides the rich programs FASS has got to offer. The blogger has his fair share of sarcastic remarks in his post but I feel that he is a joke himself. Firstly, the decision of choosing a tagline is not done by a single individual. There are meanings behind the tagline, which, if you can't comprehend, does not mean the tagline sucks. Yes this tagline SEEMS more applicable for the Business School, but who says that the word "business" must be restricted to economic dealings or whatever the students in the Biz School study? Secondly, a tagline is a clause or sentence, how much do you expect it to showcase? There are booths/talks available to provide potential students with the information they need. That's the purpose of the open day, isn't it? Thirdly, if a student is turned off by just a single tagline and stops delving deeper to find out about FASS' rich programs, then I think NUS can gladly wave the student goodbye. I think what we want are students who truly have interest and like what the blogger has pointed out of FASS' diverse and interesting coverage on social matters, should a student open his/her golden mouth and ask, he will definitely be absorbed and intrigued.
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