Guess who won?

A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la Casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

Win.

Solitude.

Sometimes you just gotta get used to things you hate.

I wanna do everything but study.

:D

The night before, after dinner with his family, KS randomly suggested that we should go to Pulau Ubin.

So the next morning we found ourselves on the boat, on the way there.

Went to Chek Jawa as usual. Had to take a longer route because the usual one was blocked up. Then we explored the rest of the island, which we don't usually do. By the end of the whole thing, we were both freaking exhausted.

Came back, showered, napped.

Did nothing else. Oh, I mapled.

Good Sunday.

omgwtfbbq

Decisions.

I can't remember if i've posted this before.

"A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use, while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track; the rest on the operational track.

The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?

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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was a rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally.

But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place? Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.

This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how far-sighted and knowledgeable the minority are.

The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track!

Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.

While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one. 'Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right.'

Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils."

It was like talking to my reflection.

After Soul Funky informal training today, which I happened to drop by because I had a quiz before that [won't be in school otherwise], I took the train back with Yuan Bin and a junior girl.

It was only a short while, but within that time, I realised how alike we were. Every single thing that she said, I had said before, either in a rant in my blog, or to someone. She felt exactly how I felt.

Now I feel less alone.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.

You know Christmas is coming when you see all the shopping malls decorated with Christmas trees and stuff.

I can feel it. It's the only festive season that I get so excited about. Even though it's summer all year round.

I've even got all the Santa hats ready.

Each time Christmas is near, I feel like playing Maplestory, for Happyville. Which sucks, because exams are around this period too. As at this moment, i'm listening to my brother level up on a private server and i'm jealous.

Christmas please don't be late. [Exams please hurry up and finish.]