I am actually going to sleep because my cold is still not getting any better but after reading the news articles on the Channel NewsAsia website, I thought I just jot my thoughts down first.
There has been the recent hype on the Miss Singapore World, Ris Low - first for her English proficiency and second for her two-year probation related to a credit-card fraud.
Singaporeans have been making so much hoohah about them that I feel every one is simply HYPOCRITES! Come on, every one, before we pass judgments on others, do not forget that we are no different from those who have been convicted of a crime committed. Just consider ourselves 'lucky' that we are not caught for our wrongdoings, that's all! And please do not tell me you have not committed anything wrong.
Still insistent that you are upright?! Then ask yourselves whether you have committed the followings:-
1) When tearing the carpark coupons, you added a few more minutes to the actual timings you were supposed to reflect;
2) When your carpark coupons have expired, you decided not to add on new ones;
3) When in Malaysia or other parts of the world, you bought pirated DVDs;
4) When online, you downloaded illegal music MP3 or movie files;
5) When the traffic light turned red, you just zoomed passed it;
6) When you decided to wash your car, you used the public taps;
7) When using the public toilets, you decided not to pay the 10 cents or 20 cents required as entrance fee;
8) When in office, you photostated documents for personal usage;
9) When the company supplied stationeries, you brought them home;
10) When someone paid you more in change, you kept quiet instead of returning the extra;
11) When you were supposed to use the pedestrian crossings, you jaywalked;
12) When you were taking an examination, you had a peek or two on someone else's paper;
13) When you boarded the bus, you tapped your card but way before reaching your destination, you tapped again so that you need not pay more;
14) When you have completed your 'O' or 'A' Level examinations, you still used your student-card to enjoy the various concessions;
15) When you knew you were underage to watch certain adult movies, you decided to use someone else's identity card;
16) When you saw something you liked but did not have the money to buy it, you decided to steal;
17) When you were in an aircraft on your way to a holiday destination or when you were in a hotel, you decided to help yourself to the items (towels, hangars, fork and spoon, etc) provided;
18) When you are in the public and your wi-fi function is on and you saw a few unsecured accesses of other people's internet accounts, you decided to tap on one of them;
19) When you knew your maid needed a rest and it was already late, you still insisted that she continues with her work and the following morning, you woke her up very early and the vicious cycle carried on;
20) When you found someone's wallet, you decided to help yourself to the contents in it rather than making an effort to locate the owner with the justification that it is a case of "finder's keepers."
Well, the above-mentioned are just some examples. At least once in our lives, we would have committed a crime except that we were fortunate not to get caught. Are we then different from those who have been caught and charged? WE ARE THE SAME! You might not have been caught but the action you did was as wrong as those who were nabbed. Whether the wrongdoing is big or small, a sin is a sin is a sin!
So please next time when you read a news report similar to that of Ris Low's, do not be too quick to judge and let us say this together, "WE ARE ALL THE SAME!"
As for her English, let us also not be too quick to conclude that her proficiency in the language is bad when ours are no better than hers. All of us also speak broken English. Next time before we comment on someone's language, ask ourselves whether the motive is to correct the usage or simply to criticise. If it is the latter, then please shut up. You are no better, I say again!
Okay, I have released the hot steam in me.
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Luke 6:37-42
There has been the recent hype on the Miss Singapore World, Ris Low - first for her English proficiency and second for her two-year probation related to a credit-card fraud.
Singaporeans have been making so much hoohah about them that I feel every one is simply HYPOCRITES! Come on, every one, before we pass judgments on others, do not forget that we are no different from those who have been convicted of a crime committed. Just consider ourselves 'lucky' that we are not caught for our wrongdoings, that's all! And please do not tell me you have not committed anything wrong.
Still insistent that you are upright?! Then ask yourselves whether you have committed the followings:-
1) When tearing the carpark coupons, you added a few more minutes to the actual timings you were supposed to reflect;
2) When your carpark coupons have expired, you decided not to add on new ones;
3) When in Malaysia or other parts of the world, you bought pirated DVDs;
4) When online, you downloaded illegal music MP3 or movie files;
5) When the traffic light turned red, you just zoomed passed it;
6) When you decided to wash your car, you used the public taps;
7) When using the public toilets, you decided not to pay the 10 cents or 20 cents required as entrance fee;
8) When in office, you photostated documents for personal usage;
9) When the company supplied stationeries, you brought them home;
10) When someone paid you more in change, you kept quiet instead of returning the extra;
11) When you were supposed to use the pedestrian crossings, you jaywalked;
12) When you were taking an examination, you had a peek or two on someone else's paper;
13) When you boarded the bus, you tapped your card but way before reaching your destination, you tapped again so that you need not pay more;
14) When you have completed your 'O' or 'A' Level examinations, you still used your student-card to enjoy the various concessions;
15) When you knew you were underage to watch certain adult movies, you decided to use someone else's identity card;
16) When you saw something you liked but did not have the money to buy it, you decided to steal;
17) When you were in an aircraft on your way to a holiday destination or when you were in a hotel, you decided to help yourself to the items (towels, hangars, fork and spoon, etc) provided;
18) When you are in the public and your wi-fi function is on and you saw a few unsecured accesses of other people's internet accounts, you decided to tap on one of them;
19) When you knew your maid needed a rest and it was already late, you still insisted that she continues with her work and the following morning, you woke her up very early and the vicious cycle carried on;
20) When you found someone's wallet, you decided to help yourself to the contents in it rather than making an effort to locate the owner with the justification that it is a case of "finder's keepers."
Well, the above-mentioned are just some examples. At least once in our lives, we would have committed a crime except that we were fortunate not to get caught. Are we then different from those who have been caught and charged? WE ARE THE SAME! You might not have been caught but the action you did was as wrong as those who were nabbed. Whether the wrongdoing is big or small, a sin is a sin is a sin!
So please next time when you read a news report similar to that of Ris Low's, do not be too quick to judge and let us say this together, "WE ARE ALL THE SAME!"
As for her English, let us also not be too quick to conclude that her proficiency in the language is bad when ours are no better than hers. All of us also speak broken English. Next time before we comment on someone's language, ask ourselves whether the motive is to correct the usage or simply to criticise. If it is the latter, then please shut up. You are no better, I say again!
Okay, I have released the hot steam in me.
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Luke 6:37-42
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