happy deepavali!
it feels weird to be going back to school, especially when its only to take a test this morning. i'm so glad that its over, coz it means i only have the project to finish on sat. BUT, exams are coming. so haiz.
i really expected the irrelevant feng shui qn to come out, but as piggy guessed, it really didnt!!! totally wasted my night and morn reading up on some purple star, palm reading, etc etc mans. grrrrrrr. instead, some cash flow qn came out -_- not that i know how to do it also anyway.
and then i saw lots of people preparing to go out at the MRT station, lots of foreign labourers especially. haiz i think this is a holiday that they will really value, though its only for a day.
yesterday, i also saw this interesting article in zaobao about being 'high class' and 'low class'
High Class Low Class (吴庆康)
李国煌受邀担任博物馆宣传大使引来不少抗拒的声音，主要原因不外是他那么low class，怎么可以登大雅之堂，在那么high class的地方讲说一些可能连他自己都不明白的东西？
别说一个人是high class还是low class很多时候不能只看表面，事实上怎样才是high class怎样才是low class根本没有定义。
一次在高尚餐厅，看见一个衣冠笔挺的高尚人士对餐厅侍者大呼小叫，因为他预定的桌子还没准备好。他当然有理由生气，但言行举止何止low class，看见的人都觉得不好意思。那一餐他肯定吃得极为不舒服，因为随时得担心侍应生会不会在厨房在他那100元一碟的菜上先吐一口痰。
同样的，在路上不懂公路礼貌的也有不少宝马和马赛地，这些都是高级车，但开车的人未必有同样素质，当你只看表面只凭印象就认为“常常这样的人一定会很那样”，你的观念依据就显得表面虚浮。
就像过去两周被媒体热烈讨论的377A课题，其中一个争论得很激烈的论点是“同性恋是否是一种有得选择的生活方式”。反对的人基本上认为是一种选择，但到底有没得选，真相只有同性恋者本身最清楚。这当中的道理是一样的，李国煌到底是high class还是low class，也不能单凭我们在电视节目上看到的他来评定，批评他的人，有多少真正认识他？
当今最常见的“以字取人”的现象就在网络上，一大堆冲着博客部落格趋势的的人喜欢自说自话，不必本钱就出言不逊。最好笑的是一些所谓的博客，其内容就是到处去别人的博客“抬杠”，留下一两句自以为是的批评留言后，再把全部内容copy并paste在自己的博客部落格上，居然当成是一种网络文化的贡献。
最累的就是，社会上有太多这类自认high class实际上却什么都不懂的人在说话。
出声不是不可以，但没有建设性的，比如这个年代在博客部落格上很多无聊的声音，最终只不过反映了一个人无知愚昧的一面。
其实除了李国煌本身，没有另外一个人知道他到底能不能胜任博物馆宣传大使这个任务，若他做得不好，自然会有人批评，那他可以自我提升。做得不好，他自然会被淘汰。我比较看好李Ah Beng会做得很出色，一个经常受到批评但从来没有被击倒的艺人，自然会有在劣境下生存的条件。
well, as the article said, how many of us actually know how mark lee is like exactly? does speaking singlish and hokkien (sometimes) on national tv in an attempt to liven the show constitute low class? then isnt the majority of us here low class? i believe we all have our own presenting standards, not all of us have to be formal to be high class or anything. i think he did a great job as a tour guide in guiding the chan brothers group in europe, and he wasnt even 'low class' at all!
seriously i would join the museum tour group if they decide to hold another one with mark lee as ther tour guide (:
