Hmmmmmm...

A wierd thing happened to me today. For the avid readers, they will ask, " so what else is new". However, it was wierd in the sense that I was clearly the wrong guy and yet, a Ang Moh couple walked up to me and asked me where a particular mosque was. I am not being racist or what, but you can ask me where a temple is and I may not be able to answer at all. So what happened was that I pointed out that I was not really the best guy for the job, but I do remember a mosque somewhere nearby and pointed the directions to it. I do hope that they got to where they wanted to go.

For me, I try to be helpful as much as I can. It is just me, but sometimes, I feel that it could be a bad thing if we are not suited for the task. For example, if someone wanted to go shopping, I would be the last person you should ask. Or if someone wanted to go somewhere, my sense of places is also really bad.... I need even a GPS sometimes just to get home... and Sg is so small, if you keep driving around, sooner or later you will get back to square one.Or at least close to where you started. All roads lead to Rome was the ancient saying... In our country, all roads lead almost to no where.... Hey we are only no more than 25km long and 15km high.... Its not a big country...

Anyways, at least my stupid old car is now on its final legs and will be really gone by this weekend and the next question will be how the hell am I gonna repay the money for getting rid of it. 36k is not a small sum by any standards and how to pay for it will be the question. It does not matter how I get the money or where, but I will have to repay it. My pride is way too big and I always pay my debts.

You know, it is a good thing I do not gamble or waste money on cars or women anymore. I just do not understand how some guys can do it. I think thst perhaps it is because I see the end and the goal and that is why I am able to "not" do it.

But in so saying, it will be interesting to see how life will be changed by the IR's because people will have an additional avenue of "spending" their money. Also, in my opinion, the darker side of life will rear its ugly head and a lot of people will be affected. How I mean by this is simple. Many still consider a windfall from gambling as the way out. If I am dirt poort and I need to get out of the rut, a win at the lottery is an opportunity out. But how much will they have to "invest" to stand a chance for the win is another problem all together. to spend a thousand to get a hundred thousand may seem like pretty good odds, but if you cannot even afford a hundred, then the odds are not good at all.

Then if you have spent your last hundred and are desperate, where will you turn to? Who will be there? The loan sharks and other elements. So I think that it is a vicious cycle. This is a cycle not many can get out of.

So I do hope that the people out there take care and not overspend what they do not. Cheers and peace out one and all.