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It sure has been a long time since I've updated this blog. Anyway, I have given this site a refresh. I will be using this blog to post stories worthy of reading, financial advices, as well as food review!

Yes, I'm addicted to good food. So if you have any recommendations, feel free to mention me on Twitter or post on my Facebook wall.

When this blog was first started way back in my Secondary School days, it was only meant for posting stuff about my own life (because blogging was the norm back then). After so many years have past, I feel that I have gained sufficient experience to guide people who are younger than me to achieve their goals in life. Nevertheless, I'm 20 this year, and there are many more experiences to come in my life. As I gain these experiences, I hope that I can inspire people at the same time.

Like I have mentioned around the "refreshed" blog, I'm born in the Finance industry. I wish to share my knowledge with you, and also learn from you, so that both of us can achieve Financial Freedom and Independence altogether.

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Alright, I haven't been blogging for a long period of time. I guess since the holidays are nearing, it's time for me to blog!! Well, I'm not sure if I should convert this blog into a technology blog, focusing on, well, technology news, or should it just be a normal personal blog like how it used to be. Crap, turns out that I always run out of ideas to write on my blog. :/

These few days, or even weeks, I've realized that there's so much commotion about Sun Xu, and this other Chinese guy who claimed that if PRCs were to get out of Singapore, Singaporeans would be eating "Xi Bei Feng", in other words, he thinks that without PRCs, we Singaporeans will be eating porridge at home. You can read more here

Now, I know that Singaporean Chinese, just like any other immigrants Chinese in the world (American Born Chinese), we are descendants of Chinese. But I guess what separates us, from SOME of the mainland Chinese, is our culture and values.

Some of the cultural and value differences which I would like to point out is that, we don't act like barbarians, killing those innocent animals. I'm sure you readers are aware of the Chinese killing dogs and whatnot, peeling their skins of in public and stuff. Seriously, we are living in the 21st century, and I think we ought to be a little more civilized.

Back to what I want to say about the articles. To kick off, I would want to tell that PRC guy, that even without them in Singapore, we can still survive. Yes, no doubt some industries in Singapore needs foreign talent, but I'm sure that whichever industry this PRC guy is from, we don't need them. I believe that we can easily replace this type of people, working in whatsoever industry. Seriously, who needs a PRC to take the job of an admin in a company when we can just hire poly graduates to do their jobs?

Secondly, I want to point out to those who are migrating or coming to work in Singapore, or Singaporeans who are going to work overseas. Now, when you are in other people's place, the least you could do, is to respect the people and their culture. It's hard to blend in initially, but it takes time. But the most important thing is that, you should always try and accept other's culture, and please be reminded that the particular country's social norm may be slightly different from the country you came from. I'm not going to pick on any particular race or country's people, but some of the things which I have seen it for myself when taking public transport is that, there's this group of people who always speak really loudly on the phone. If the train is very noisy, I won't blame them for it, but the train is really quiet. And even when they are talking to another person on the bus/train, do you mind keeping your voices down? It's just basic courtesy.

I do try and tolerate some of the taboos that foreigners commit when they're in Singapore, because I accept the fact that they are relatively new to this country, and even if they aren't, I don't really blame them because they still have habits which are considered to be a norm back in their country.

What I really cannot tolerate about the PRC guy, is that, since you're in Singapore, using our resources and taking advantages of what our government gives to you, the minimum you could do, is to RESPECT US. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO SUN XU. I don't give a fuck whether you're rich, smart, scholarship holder or what shit that is. RESPECT US.

It might be time for me to change the way I judge people.

Counting down to freedom... Well, not exactly.

It has been a long time since I've updated my blog. There's 2 more papers left before I end the first year of my polytechnic life. I shall continue to update this blog, if possible, during my holidays. I think the upcoming posts would be geared towards technology and music?

Nothing much to do at the moment, except for preparation work for bcomm individual presentation... Anyway, in probably less than 10mins, its gonna be chinese new year. Am I excited? Not really. It's a good time for families to gather, but then, everything feels so awkward during this day. I'm sure some of my readers (if there's actually someone reading), feel this way too. I'm not exactly in the mood for chinese new year this time, partially because there are so much work to do, even though I'm sure I've completed at least half of them. It's just those feelings where you feel like there's still something undone, though what you should have completed, have already been completed. On top of acad matters, I'm having some relationship problems at the moment. Sometimes, I just wish that I'm better looking, so that girls I like, will fall for me too. But I guess that's not possible. I feel like a failure. I'm not good at anything, I have a lousy attitude. Why don't I just kill myself?

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