Unacceptable Behaviour in Internet

Recently, two young individuals, who are not related to each other, having trouble with law due to unacceptable behaviour posted through online.

A local blogger nicknamed as Sexy Fragrance Prince (why do I think of Thai Fragrant Rice?) was arrested for posting racially offensive content on his blog. His blog is now inaccessible to the public, but you can read the atrocious post here. From what I read, this post has been taken down and he alternatively supplied an apologetic post claiming he is an expressive person while denying being a racist and maintaining that he did not harbour any ill will towards the racial group that he mentioned in his (taken down) post. Notice how arrogant and mighty (I quote "if u wana defend yourself…. i suggest you arm youself with education and a motor mouth to compete against me.. else dont bother") he was in the earlier post and then quite contrary in the latter post. I am surprised; racial discrimination still exists in such a multi racial country - Singapore.

On the other part of the world, a 21 years old Gao Qianhui was detained by Chinese police for posting angry comments directed at victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake. According to Xinhua News Agency, Gao was angry over a three-day mourning period that saw online entertainment and games shut down in China out of respect for those killed by the quake (read full story here and video clip here). Gao showed no interest in coverage of the quake or its aftermath and her obvious lack of sympathy - I quote "How many of you died? It was just a few. China has so many people, anyway." - provoked an outpouring of anger and criticism from Chinese Internet users. Chinese are well known for their patriotism, this young woman is an apparent minority.

Feeling Miserable

Source: theemotioncode.com

A visit to an Otolaryngologist exactly a week ago left me devastated. What followed were more visits to the clinic to uncover what exactly that has been challenging my health condition, and that involved a minor surgical procedure that was both physically painful and emotionally stressful. Results found that it is not the worst scenario, nevertheless, an operation is expected in the future. For the mean time, I have to endure this uncomfortableness twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, four weeks a month and twelve months a year. I am still at a shaken state and definitely not ready to discuss it in great details at the moment, not even to my own immediate family and close friends. All I know is - gone are the days that I feel carefree like any youngsters - I am not as hale and hearty as I look or imagined to be.

Shadow

Source: Modesty Blaise from Ambrosiasw Forum

Oh my, I have developed a strange passion of watching shadows, to be precise, my shadow. This is because my shadow carries itself so well - three times taller than my actual height with a third of my actual weight - that I started to believe it resembles Tyra Bank.

Happy Mommy's Day

Dearest Mommy,

Your selflessness is an exemplary act

Your unconditional love is everychild's will

Your courage marks my inspiration

Thank you!

Source: ezthemes.com

I will try my best to make you proud.

The Story of a Monsterous Father

What is it with 73-years-old Austrian Josef Fritzl that has Singapore's leading newspaper, the New Straits Times, publishes his case story everyday without fail for a week (read latest, as of today, news here)? While I don't read much about it, the two main points deduced from this case are:

First, he repeatedly raped and impregnated his very own daughter. Incest, a taboo in our modern society, perhaps one reason for this piece of news to travel worldwide and a conversational topic for the whole week. I don't know why people make such a big fuss about incest (even though I think it is morally objectionable) as incest isn't that uncommon, having practised in Ancient Egypt and few other minority societies in the world.

Second, he kept his own daughter imprisoned - in a dungeon built just below his marital home -for over 20 years without being noticed. I am shocked, he actually did not arouse any suspicion given the time-frame of crime (to be exact, 24 years) and past crime committed (i.e. rape).

My initial thought when reading this news is that I felt sorry for Fritzl's wife. How would she react when she has been told that her missing daughter was assaulted and kidnapped below their home by her husband for over twenty years! I'd go insane just by thinking of it, even though I am not yet married and do not plan to have children. So far, nothing has been reported about Fritzl's wife and I sense lack of complete information on the news.

The Wonder of Chinatown

In the pursuit to act like a perfect daughter, I brought my extended family to Chinatown simply because they are advanced in years, of Chinese parentage and I thought they may like some foot reflexology. I hardly patronised Chinatown in recent years. I usually link Chinatown to heritage and full of elderly, but never it crossed my mind as a hang-out spot for whores. Is it even legal to operate prostitution in Chinatown? I noticed several whores aggressively offering their services to mostly old men. I believe Singapore has prostitution zone (like red light districts where prostitution within certain areas is legal) but I highly doubt Chinatown is listed. I felt uncomfortable from the leering of men for fear they might mistake me as one of the whores.

Tropical rainforest

Views from Singapore Flyer

View from the ground

Since I am terrible at entertaining people, I empowered Singapore Flyer to perform the difficult task. It was my second visit and I found its staff still (like my first visit) being extremely friendly and cheerful, something that I don't see often and greatly appreciate in Singapore. So I was busy taking photos of my relatives and views from the cubicle, then it struck me . . . . Singapore is really small (in size). Singapore Flyer, despite being 30 metres taller than the famous London Eye, had me spotted my home from the cubicle! I don't have the recollection of spotting my flat even though it is located within walking distance from London Eye.

Fish spa at Kenko

Garra Rufa Obtusa (commonly known as Dr Fish) also played a part in entertaining my relatives. Kenko's fish spa, with its strategic location (Singapore Flyer), is a perfect way to kill time. Basically, I just sat in one of their pools and watched these fishes nibbling my dead skin while ratiocinated which dinner meals preferred by elderly. The pools were quite foul-smelling though I appreciate some hygiene factors (for an example, washing feet before sinking into pools) have been taken into account, but I do love its interior that sparked tranquility. I can't wait to pamper myself with fish spa for whole body; I happened to know the supplier of fish spa during my last trip in Genting and he mentioned about opening it in various places in Malaysia.

I see myself going to these places again in two weeks time when my maternal relatives (coincidentally are elderly too) coming to the town.

Trapped in Expectation

Source: rapbattles.com

I absolutely agree on the adage 'life is not easy' and 'in search of a truly happy person is hard', though some lucky bastards individuals may be skewed towards the other end of spectrum. At least in my case, being myself is not easy; perhaps, there is no being myself to begin with. So it adds on pressure when everyone looks up at me and thinks I lead a wonderful life.

Having a pleasant visage, above average academic credentials and prosperous family background neither bring advantage nor disadvantage to my life, but these certainly convey high expectation. Many times I heard people around me mentioned Mysterieux can attract an opposite sex with a wink or Mysterieux can grab the top-notch job without putting much effort, which are far from the truth, I have no lover or career.

It irks me when people I know tend to boast about me at every opportunity they can find. A good example is daddy, who never fails to brag on how I am the perfect daughter that does those he allows and avoids those he forbids. Frankly, I wasn't given a choice at all for he dictates how my life should be. Yet, I am having a hard time keeping up to his misleading information.

Having lived in such an, albeit high, expectation for twenty years, I don't really know what I actually desire in life, but I do know very well what others demand me to be. Well, life is never meant to be easy, isn't it?