what are my thoughts today?

1) the stock market fell for a consecutive 5th day. now my bet is whether STI index will fall below the 2000 mark.

2) compare and contrast. no, this is not about social studies, dun worry. correct, i teach students to compare and contrast in SBQ. but i hope that they will apply this skill to real life sparingly when they grow up.

was just discussing with a friend. yes, we can compare our past and present, our mistakes and our achievements. but some people just fall into the trap of comparing the wrong things. they compare whose position is higher, compare who is getting paid more, compare the type of vehicles you drive, compare the type of house you live, compare children's marks, compare whose children have how many enrichment classes. this kind of comparing is endless. there will always be someone who is higher, better than you in so many other ways. in the end, you become unhappy and not satisfied because of the endless chasing. You will never be happy.

instead of being envious, instead of complaining, instead of whining, you have a choice. instead of whining that other children get higher marks than your child, have you done any thing to help your child in their work? If you have, your child has done their best, then celebrate their successes, analyse their failures.

i will not comment on material things. i really think it's silly to compare material things. if the person drives a bmw, if the person has a rolex watch, if the person stays in the condo, this is their choice. You can also choose to. so stop comparing material things or equating material possessions to wealth. irks me much when people equate how many maids i have, the type of house i live in to my wealth. irks me, really irks me. stop being so shallow.

3) it also irks me to see luxury cars flounting traffic laws. fine, you are filthy rich, you buy ashton martin or maserati (i can't even spell them, ok, i'm shallow) i know, it's your wish, your choice. but the road belongs to everybody. so wat if you pay a huge amount of road tax? it doesn't mean that you have the right of way, it doesn't mean that you can anyhow illegal park at double yellow lines. does anybody have the LTA toll free line or something like that? i am sure to call LTA to report if i ever see these cars parking in a back alley at shenton way, double yellow line and causing obstruction to the traffic in the back alley! and also please drive safely on the road, the road belongs to everyone, everyone has a responsibility to look out for each other safety on the road. don't drive like you own the road, don't drive like you are a F1 racer. If you are so darn good at racing, go form your own F1team and you can race on Singapore road. But you have to be fast hor, we only have the right for 4 years. don't know where our traffic police all go to? only know how to catch lorry drivers or big truck drivers. these ** drivers who drive fast are equally hazardous.