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Those that know me will acknowledge that I get really annoyed when people ask me to do things that I consider useless or stupid. Yet all of us, especially myself, tend to do the useless/stupid things as if we didn't know any better. Very often these things are done because everybody else is doing it, or because society deems it to be necessary. But sometimes its because we really are plain stupid. So I'll give a brief glimpse of some of these things that I consider useless or have done recently, and may even continue to do perpetually:
No.1 Attending the Graduation Ceremony
Correct me if I'm wrong, guys attend their graduation ceremony for two specific reasons.
a) It is the culmination of their hard work and the moment to celebrate their achievement.
During the ceremony, I couldn't help but laugh when I was listening to the speech given by the Deputy Minister of Education. He opened by saying, "After the many classes you attended (LOL?), after the countless hours spent working on assignments (LMAO?), and of course the exams (oo at least I went for those yay ^^V). After meeting plenty of friends (counts with fingers *one hand also enough*) and maybe even a certain special one (Haiz...), you are finally here (wow I really shouldn't be here =.=)." Those were the thoughts running through my head as I sat there listening to that guy talk about the qualities of a graduate and what all universities should be striving towards. So yea those that know me will probably be laughing now as well. I do not consider graduating as an achievement because in a sense I didn't really work hard for it. But what is infinitely worse is that this is not the culmination of my 'hard work', this is just the beginning. Apart from the stupid CPA, one can never stop learning in life. In my profession, one has to always be updated on the latest tax reforms, thanks to our brilliant government consistently changing the law (which is useless). While the tax reforms do solve certain issues, it also creates whole new problematic issues at the same time. Seriously, they should appoint me in charge of the tax committee, then I will implement the Virtue of Doing Nothing as my policy.
b) Take photo with girls.
Now I won't go into the number of girls that I have actually befriended during my uni life. Trust me, even for somebody as pathetic as me, it is really sad. So sad I lazy upload the pics in Facebook.
No girls.
Still no girls. Haiz.
No.1 Attending the Graduation Ceremony
Correct me if I'm wrong, guys attend their graduation ceremony for two specific reasons.
a) It is the culmination of their hard work and the moment to celebrate their achievement.
During the ceremony, I couldn't help but laugh when I was listening to the speech given by the Deputy Minister of Education. He opened by saying, "After the many classes you attended (LOL?), after the countless hours spent working on assignments (LMAO?), and of course the exams (oo at least I went for those yay ^^V). After meeting plenty of friends (counts with fingers *one hand also enough*) and maybe even a certain special one (Haiz...), you are finally here (wow I really shouldn't be here =.=)." Those were the thoughts running through my head as I sat there listening to that guy talk about the qualities of a graduate and what all universities should be striving towards. So yea those that know me will probably be laughing now as well. I do not consider graduating as an achievement because in a sense I didn't really work hard for it. But what is infinitely worse is that this is not the culmination of my 'hard work', this is just the beginning. Apart from the stupid CPA, one can never stop learning in life. In my profession, one has to always be updated on the latest tax reforms, thanks to our brilliant government consistently changing the law (which is useless). While the tax reforms do solve certain issues, it also creates whole new problematic issues at the same time. Seriously, they should appoint me in charge of the tax committee, then I will implement the Virtue of Doing Nothing as my policy.
b) Take photo with girls.
Now I won't go into the number of girls that I have actually befriended during my uni life. Trust me, even for somebody as pathetic as me, it is really sad. So sad I lazy upload the pics in Facebook.
No girls.
Still no girls. Haiz.
WHY NO GIRLS WAN??!!Damn sad. I was almost falling asleep during the ceremony until I saw ADLIH (not too hard to decipher isn't it?). But oh how far she has fallen from her OMG-WHY-ARE-THE-EYES-STARING-AT-ME days. She was once the epitome of the term hauntingly beautiful. Oh well. So anyway thats uni life and since I'm on this topic, let me take a swipe at.....
No. 2 Formal Education:
While I agree that formal education is absolutely necessary for certain professions (mainly medicine & health-related) and to a lesser extent certain other subjects, formal education only serves to give us a certificate in order to provide us with an easier time in finding a job. But how much of the stuff you learn in uni is actually relevant and fully applied in real life work? In fact big-name multi-national investment banks/consultancy firms/actuarial firms/Big Four do not require applicants to have the relevant degrees. They only require you to have a good academic record (2.1 or higher) and to come from a prestigious university (Ivy League, Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial etc). This goes to show how useless the stuff taught in university is. You only really learn when you start working. But most importantly, there are certain things that just can't be taught. For example taking a course in Creativity or Entrepreneurship is a joke (no offense). Because being creative or being an entrepreneur requires you to think out of the box and be special. If you go for courses like these, then you end up 'factory-made' and hence not at all special. You can't learn to be creative, you are either creative or not. In the book Rich Dad Poor Dad, the writer mentions that formal education is only for normal people, who want to become good employees. It doesn't in any way help you to become good employers. Taking courses in investment-making is just as useless.
The other day I was talking to Danny about this. I said that if formal education was really all that good, then how come the PhDs from Harvard, LSE and Cambridge in the fields of mathematical economics/econometrics, computational finance, financial engineering etc, are not multi-billionaires? I mean these guys are all geniuses and obviously have very good understanding on how the market works and are definitely capable of constructing forecast models to help project future results. Actually for all its complexity, the concept of earning in the market is very simple. To quote Warren Buffet (who once dethroned Bill Gates as the world's richest man): Sell when people want to buy; Buy when people want to sell. Obviously its harder than it sounds as Mr Buffet's company suffered a $96 billion loss in shareholder value during the recent recession. Looks like he bought/sold at the wrong time too. Basically its useless to try and predict the market, just like it is useless to try.........
No.3 Predict the winner of World Cup 2010
England fans must be in euphoria after their 5-1 victory over Croatia in the WC 2010 qualifiers reminiscent to the time when England trashed Germany 5-1 in Munich. The media was raving on how England were going to win the World Cup and that hattrick-hero Michael Owen deserved to be knighted (lol?). Yet during WC 2002, it was England who went out in the quarterfinals while Germany reached the Final itself. Fact is that the performances in the qualifiers are useless to take into account when the tournament itself begins. The favourites this time around are Brazil and reigning European Champions Spain, both having qualified impressively. But Brazil shouldn't be too happy because when they last triumphed in 1994 and 2002, they barely qualified on the last day. So qualifying early is a bad omen.
The great Schmeichel in action. He saved Van Basten's penalty in Euro 92.
Best example of how the qualifiers are useless indicators is Denmark in Euro 1992. They didn't even qualify for the tournament but ended up winning it LOL. This was because Yugoslavia, who qualified ahead of Denmark, was forced to withdraw from the tournament following UN sanctions resulting from the Yugoslav wars. So the Danes had to cancel their summer holidays (except for star player Michael Laudrup who refused to participate) and head over to the tournament to play three group stage games 'for fun'. Somehow they reached the knockout stages and thanks to Peter Schmeichel's goalkeeping they upset defending champions Holland and reigning World champions Germany to lift the trophy. So in conclusion, the winner will most likely come from one of the teams that is struggling to qualify, but guessing who among those teams is the most difficult part and that itself is the beauty of football. Saudi Arabia does look like a good bet as North Korea will probably get sanctioned by the UN soon.
No.4 Peace Talks Attempts
When I mean peace talks I don't necessarily mean the negotiations between two conflicting nations, although that is often useless too. How often have Israel and the Palestinians sat down and 'agreed terms', and how long after those terms were 'agreed' did some crazy suicide bomber do enough destruction to make what Zhou and I did to Daryl (in CS) look like hugs and kisses? I read yesterday that the Hamas objects to the UN's plan to teach Holocaust to the Gaza kids. According to them, the Holocaust is just an excuse for the creation of Israel. Obviously there is alot of animosity between these two parties and no simple peace talks will achieve anything lasting. But hey at least they do communicate and one doesn't just ignore the other right? My 'peace talk attempts' are useless because the other party is ignoring me. I mean if parties that hate each others' guts can actually sit down and talk, why can't we? Haiz.
No. 5 Carrying Around a Mobile Phone.
Buy iPhone for wat? I should pay people to call/sms me instead.
Yes it is very useless carrying around a mobile phone, in my case at least. You see since I'm either in the office or at home there is a telephone that I can use in case of emergency. When I am outside I'm definitely with my family and they all got their handphones in case of emergency too. This week I did a little experiment. I didn't bring my handphone around with me and at the end of each day I check and see how many missed calls and messages I received. This week nobody called me or sent SMS to me. Oh and by the way, usually when I say nobody I mean no girls, and when I say girls I mean You-Know-Who. Understand? But in this case, no girls really mean no girls and nobody actually means Zhou, Yong and Kenneth (from Church). Yea sorry guys, you are considered "nobodies". Zhou messaged me regarding DotA, Yong the Harbringer of Bad News messaged me to tell me my Fantasy Football captain Arshavin is injured, while Kenneth asked me to go for some dinner (which I went in case your wondering). So yea bring around handphone for what? It gives me easy access to do stupid things which is not good for me. Not only is a handphone something extra to carry, carrying it around will supposedly reduce my sperm count too.
No.6 High Sperm Count
Actually seeing how the way things are going, I don't need a high sperm count also LOL! Ok, better stop as this is just too stupid (and pathetic too).
No.7 Stupid Things
When I say stupid things, I don't mean trying to swallow your own tongue or blogging about useless things, I actually mean stupid things.
Don't get it? Its okay. To quote Johan Cruyff, "If I wanted you to understand, I would explain it better."
The other day I was talking to Danny about this. I said that if formal education was really all that good, then how come the PhDs from Harvard, LSE and Cambridge in the fields of mathematical economics/econometrics, computational finance, financial engineering etc, are not multi-billionaires? I mean these guys are all geniuses and obviously have very good understanding on how the market works and are definitely capable of constructing forecast models to help project future results. Actually for all its complexity, the concept of earning in the market is very simple. To quote Warren Buffet (who once dethroned Bill Gates as the world's richest man): Sell when people want to buy; Buy when people want to sell. Obviously its harder than it sounds as Mr Buffet's company suffered a $96 billion loss in shareholder value during the recent recession. Looks like he bought/sold at the wrong time too. Basically its useless to try and predict the market, just like it is useless to try.........
No.3 Predict the winner of World Cup 2010
England fans must be in euphoria after their 5-1 victory over Croatia in the WC 2010 qualifiers reminiscent to the time when England trashed Germany 5-1 in Munich. The media was raving on how England were going to win the World Cup and that hattrick-hero Michael Owen deserved to be knighted (lol?). Yet during WC 2002, it was England who went out in the quarterfinals while Germany reached the Final itself. Fact is that the performances in the qualifiers are useless to take into account when the tournament itself begins. The favourites this time around are Brazil and reigning European Champions Spain, both having qualified impressively. But Brazil shouldn't be too happy because when they last triumphed in 1994 and 2002, they barely qualified on the last day. So qualifying early is a bad omen.
The great Schmeichel in action. He saved Van Basten's penalty in Euro 92. Best example of how the qualifiers are useless indicators is Denmark in Euro 1992. They didn't even qualify for the tournament but ended up winning it LOL. This was because Yugoslavia, who qualified ahead of Denmark, was forced to withdraw from the tournament following UN sanctions resulting from the Yugoslav wars. So the Danes had to cancel their summer holidays (except for star player Michael Laudrup who refused to participate) and head over to the tournament to play three group stage games 'for fun'. Somehow they reached the knockout stages and thanks to Peter Schmeichel's goalkeeping they upset defending champions Holland and reigning World champions Germany to lift the trophy. So in conclusion, the winner will most likely come from one of the teams that is struggling to qualify, but guessing who among those teams is the most difficult part and that itself is the beauty of football. Saudi Arabia does look like a good bet as North Korea will probably get sanctioned by the UN soon.
No.4 Peace Talks Attempts
When I mean peace talks I don't necessarily mean the negotiations between two conflicting nations, although that is often useless too. How often have Israel and the Palestinians sat down and 'agreed terms', and how long after those terms were 'agreed' did some crazy suicide bomber do enough destruction to make what Zhou and I did to Daryl (in CS) look like hugs and kisses? I read yesterday that the Hamas objects to the UN's plan to teach Holocaust to the Gaza kids. According to them, the Holocaust is just an excuse for the creation of Israel. Obviously there is alot of animosity between these two parties and no simple peace talks will achieve anything lasting. But hey at least they do communicate and one doesn't just ignore the other right? My 'peace talk attempts' are useless because the other party is ignoring me. I mean if parties that hate each others' guts can actually sit down and talk, why can't we? Haiz.
No. 5 Carrying Around a Mobile Phone.
Buy iPhone for wat? I should pay people to call/sms me instead.
Yes it is very useless carrying around a mobile phone, in my case at least. You see since I'm either in the office or at home there is a telephone that I can use in case of emergency. When I am outside I'm definitely with my family and they all got their handphones in case of emergency too. This week I did a little experiment. I didn't bring my handphone around with me and at the end of each day I check and see how many missed calls and messages I received. This week nobody called me or sent SMS to me. Oh and by the way, usually when I say nobody I mean no girls, and when I say girls I mean You-Know-Who. Understand? But in this case, no girls really mean no girls and nobody actually means Zhou, Yong and Kenneth (from Church). Yea sorry guys, you are considered "nobodies". Zhou messaged me regarding DotA, Yong the Harbringer of Bad News messaged me to tell me my Fantasy Football captain Arshavin is injured, while Kenneth asked me to go for some dinner (which I went in case your wondering). So yea bring around handphone for what? It gives me easy access to do stupid things which is not good for me. Not only is a handphone something extra to carry, carrying it around will supposedly reduce my sperm count too.
No.6 High Sperm Count
Actually seeing how the way things are going, I don't need a high sperm count also LOL! Ok, better stop as this is just too stupid (and pathetic too).
No.7 Stupid Things
When I say stupid things, I don't mean trying to swallow your own tongue or blogging about useless things, I actually mean stupid things.
Don't get it? Its okay. To quote Johan Cruyff, "If I wanted you to understand, I would explain it better."
