Being too optimistic

Everyone knows its good to be optimistic, but sometimes you should not be too optimistic as can be seen below.

The scenario is based on the pre-enlistment conversation of 3 Singapore Poly students (2 guys and 1 girl) who were sitting beside me on the train.

Guy A: How many camps are there in Singapore?
Guy B: Don't know
Guy A: But no matter what, we will have to be in Tekong for the first 3 months right?
Guy B: Yeah... hopefully we can all be in the same unit after that.
Guy A: Hope so... I wonder how the training is like?
Guy B: I heard you only train for 4 hours a day.
Guy A: Really?
Guy B: Ya la... who can train the whole day? No man will be able to take it.
Guy A: Ya hor... now very slack, since last year got quite a few people died
Girl: Die??
Guy B: Ya, last year got some died while running
Girl: Oh...
Guy A: So if you just cough a bit, they will probably ask you to fall out... They all scared liao.
Guy B: Should be quite slack one la, how tough can it get?


Hopefully they do not get the shock of their life on enlistment day.

Blind 5 Year Old Korean Girl Pianist - Child Genius

I happened to chanced upon this video clip when one of my friends posted it on Facebook. I have to say that this girl is very talented but it could also because being blind hones her hearing to such extent.

However, the reason for this post is regarding a comment I saw which says that poster felt that the girl is very pitiful to be thrown into the harsh entertainment industry as such young age. I have to disagree, children with talent should be allowed to developed them and even to flaunt them. What is the use if you have such talents but have no means to show it. Look at American Idol or Britain's got Talent, without such platforms, talents would remain hidden among us, only to regret when you get older, lamenting for the lack of opportunities or lack of guts to try it. If you think you are good, show it!

Getting together

This has got to be one of the best time I've spent in my house in Munich. A dinner get-together of the occupants (most) in the house. As we residents are made up of a myriad of different nationalities, the house-master decided that everyone should make something iconic to our home country.Preparing the dishes by Zhao Feng (2nd from left, China) and his friend

More preparation by Aboudi (left, from Lebanon) and his wife (right, from Greece)
Setting up the table
As time passes, more food arrives...
And more...
And even more...
Until it was ready to eat
From left (back to front): Singapore (myself), China, Turkey, India, Lebanon, Greece, Pakistan, Latvia and USA
In the courtyard are the Bulgarians working on the grill
And then we finally started eating
Taking photos
Displaying the dishes they made
I made BBQ Sambal Fish because they do not eat Stingray in Germany