Just eat the cake you fool!

I was reading the post thread in flowerpod about this lady who wrote that she was cheated by her ex; what she lost? $$, her body (they had sex) and health… She wrote that she contracted Herpes (in which a “friend” of hers later said it was HIV; at first, topic starter thought it was Herpes).

Whether it’s real or just a attention-seeking gag, Girls do have to be careful of jerks as portrayed.

because I’m a curious cat, I read through many of the replies in FP as well as EDMW (hardwarezone)…
and I’ve came to a conclusion – everyone has to know when to stop or using a chinese idiom “适可而止”.
Although you are hidden behind your avatar, signature and nickname … it doesn’t mean that you are safe from retributions.
It’s weird, I’m not a religious person but I do believe in Karma.
There is a possibility that the story is not real, but it might be true too.

Also, I also believe that whatever kind of person you are & the way you behave… (real life or online) … there’s just this certain kind of people that you will attract (as friends, lovers and enemies).
The topic starter might seem vulnerable and that was why she was targeted.
but, there is no logic and reason that leads one’s actions to “verbally-attack” someone; especially when they are not doing it in her face, hiding behind their IP addresses & nicknames; leaving very little means for her to defend herself.

When it is obvious that the topic starter wanted empathy (understanding) and maybe sympathy …
It should be reasonable to just ignore her if you can’t give any.
Giving her any sort of attention in the wrong way will just encourage the attention-seekers out there to start enticing tales for you to rebuke and flame.
The fakers would love the attention that they would be getting from you.
(I’m not proclaiming that the topic starter is a fake. It’s a “what-if” scenario)

People posting rude and insulting remarks to the topic starter really ticked me off big time.

Orangeline

I came across this video of a Taiwanese variety show known as ” 康熙来了” (Kang Xi Lai Le).
The hosts and guests of the show were all taking turns firing their mouths at how bad Singaporean’s pronunciation of English words is.
Citing various personal experiences, they gave their edition of what they thought our pronunciation was like; the way they heard it.
Note that, the many examples they gave were all based on words that doesn’t make up much of a proper sentence.

“Uncle”, “Auntie”, “Thanks”, “Sorry”, “Tissue Paper” (the way the idiot said Tissue Paper, along with his expression, was really retarded) and “Hurry Up”.

It’s true that most of us speak somewhat similarly to whatever they portrayed in this particular episode.
Therefore, whatever they said in the show didn’t piss me off that badly. What ticked me off was the condescending attitude they held on to while putting a whole nation down.

There is nothing wrong with speaking with an accent since everyone in the world is separated by geographical & cultural differences. Singaporeans speak our kind of English and British have their own authentic British accent. One simple English word may sound totally different when spoken by natives of different English-speaking communities. If the word is used correctly and the listener is open to receiving the message being transmitted, no accent will pose much of a fatal obstacle. It is, thus, the persons’ integrities involved in the communication process who should be judged and not the languages, accents or whatever that tag along with their identities.

The male guest who was citing the example on “Dance” = “Thanks” and spoke his version of the “Singaporean” accent in a disdainful tone, said something like this, “My friend (presumably Singaporean from the context) thinks he’s teaching me English by asking me to say ‘Thanks’.”; with “Thanks” being the acronym for “Thank you”.
First, “thanks” is not a new word for the rest of the world. It’s a word in the dictionary defined as an informal expression for gratitude and appreciation.
The fact that he disregarded his “friend’s” goodwill in sharing with him the commonly used phrase in Singapore just made me feel that he’s a person who’s full of himself, but not necessarily capable in any aspect that he thinks he’s really good at – or at least, in English.

I guess I did get pissed in the end. It’s not so much so as having national pride, but there are people in Singapore who can speak grammatically-correct English with correct pronunciation for most English words (without any influence from American/Australian/British/Irish accents). I am not talking about myself because I pronounced “Socrates” name wrongly the other day, just to get corrected by Eric in split second timing; he might have broken the world record.

He seem to have a thing for correcting my pronunciation. It’s not like I give him many chances to. Oh, and he corrected me for “Plato” too. Damn him.

Orangeline

Look what I’ve gotten from Eric! and he was telling me I could choose the charms I want to add (myself!)~
hahaha…

This is a very nice card (+ cookie that I ate on the spot *blush*) from Simin! *hug*

thanks my dears!

Orangeline

Orangeline :: ヾ(＠⌒▽⌒＠)ﾉ

This is pretty rocker “Vevenoi” performing on the streets! hahaha
I’m delusional!!

here’s Eric’s Rothuor!

yeah yeah..we named them after our Trolls… how nice & sweet eh?
haha!

~Orangeline