The Hubris of a GEP student at RJC

foomwee88 SG

Flowers in the clean rooms die young!!!!

But as their dogs also die young!!! 10 yrs max!!!

charlize SG

Originally posted by anonymouscoward:
Her blog is closed. Don't worry, the Internet kep several archives; somewhere, somehow. You can delete your blog, maybe even convince your friends to delete their's but you can never delete the memory off all the servers in the Internet.

Here's an example -

Q.What do you look for in a guy/girl? this is quite difficult actually. someone i can get along with, [b]someone i won't feel slightly sorry for when i look at him, someone who makes me laugh, someone who has a brain, someone who can speak english, someone who loves ME Very Happy i don't think the list is exhaustible hahah..and i suppose many many yrs down the road, someone with a lot of cash and someone my parents like..

You're gonna have a tough time looking for a mate.

Ms Wee, I bet you're reading this. Mark my words, the ghost will come back to haunt you someday. Be afraid, be really afraid.[/b]

Hanor.

Wait one day when she has finished her graduate studies and looking for a job, lo and behold the potential boss interviewing her will go, Hey, aren't you the girl who posted THAT blog a few years back?

But then seeing how connected she is, she will probably still get the job. Laughing

ctstalin SG

oops...i saw a response by Ms Wee on my friend's blog: go http://weikiatblog.blogspot.com and look under the post Looking Back Home dated Thursday, October 19, 2006

tat is wat she had to say

shu-min says
dear wei kiat,

i apologise if i have distressed you with my tendency to rant. while i will not dispute some of the points you make in response to what i have written, i would like to bring to your attention the fact that the post in question was never meant to be a cogent response to the specific points raised in derek wee's article. it is, quite obviously, a rant in the heat of the moment. in addition, i don't believe that my blog has the wide readership of derek wee's, or even your own, and my intention was more to vent my own frustrations than public denouncement.

i'd also like to clarify my use of the word "elite". while i understand how misinterpretation may have arose, i intended to use it in irony, as a label that people assume i enjoy, and not one that i take particular pleasure in.

finally, i admit that i was harsher than i should have been, although the the crux of my belief in self-improvement and self-determination has not changed. once again, i apologise if my words have unintentionally offended you - i was under the rather naive impression that nobody reads my blog Smile
10/19/2006 11:45 PM

kilua SG

Wow she really knows how to apologize like an elite. Her apology is like a LKY's apology. Her "i apologise if i have distressed you" sounds like LKY.
i guess her attitudes maybe influence by people around her. I wont be surprised if people around her think the same. They are probably more politically savvy than her and will only make such comments in private.

BillyBong SG

The response from the RJC student is highly robust but rather petulant, clearly stemming from youthful inexperience.

They say you never know the problem until you experience it. Like taking public transport, you will never feel the pinch of a 'minor' price hike unless you are a regular. How could high-paying ministers possibly comprehend the dissent of the people by driving to work daily?

That is basically the downside of her argument. Coming from a well-to-do home, having food on the table and going to elite schools, she hasn't yet endured the hardships of fighting for a rice bowl, nor humbly writing in for job interviews and not getting picked.

To her credit, she did admit to that; so really the question is why she would suddenly go on a tirade of lambasting Derek Wee over a couple of general comments that have been the earful of every govt minister on a daily basis?

Complaints to level the playing field, more opportunities for the people and changing the presiding 'elitist' mindset is not new, and Derek Wee is hardly the first person to enlighten us on this fact.

With such a blossoming start to her teritiary education, she is likely to have that 'red carpet' treatment for her future career. Thus before actually interacting with 'middle class whiners', she shouldn't take it upon herself to pass sweeping remarks that do nothing other than to serve their own ego. True, in any society, democracy and communism, there will also be a certain proportion of dissenters; communism works for the poor masses, true democracy champions capitalism and meritocracy.

While each has its merits, the trick is to manoeuvre so that you can find that niche for yourself. Complaining because others have done better than yourself will only serve to ignore your own weaknesses and eventually compound your own self-inflicted misery.

Put it simply, if we as a people spend less time complaining about the things to which we already have the answers, then the focus on REAL problems can be adequately addressed.

Terribear SG

Can we get forum_dude to send her a PM?

dragg SG

you can write very well. i am impressed!!!

Very Happy

packjust SG

If she really wrote that, it really shows that her writing skill is definitely an 'A'. Her English is fantastic, without a shadow of a doubt. However, it does not show any depth in her thinking.

Good English does not equate to superior intellect. Talking and writing in good English might make one sound intelligent, but the person might not be really intelligent. She just sounds like an Ang Moh air-head whose command of English is very good, but lack the intellect. Hopefully, she will not be at the helm of any organisation. Otherwise, people below her will suffer.

God bless Singapore!

anonymouscoward SG

Originally posted by packjust:
If she really wrote that, it really shows that her writing skill is definitely an 'A'. Her English is fantastic, without a shadow of a doubt. However, it does not show any depth in her thinking.

[b]Good English does not equate to superior intellect. Talking and writing in good English might make one sound intelligent, but the person might not be really intelligent. She just sounds like an Ang Moh air-head whose command of English is very good, but lack the intellect. Hopefully, she will not be at the helm of any organisation. Otherwise, people below her will suffer.

God bless Singapore![/b]

Correction. Being able to write in good English does not mean you can write well.

nomood SG

The education system, is fair on the fundamental promise that it is a standardized exam. As such, that's the only real suitable adjective.

Unfortunately, not everybody is suited for this manner of academic rigor, which I think is what you're describing. At the risk fo sounding like that RJC girl, I say it's just bad luck. *BUT*, there is nothing preventing you from overcoming these obstacles.

I don't think it can be made any fairer without turning communist.

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I agree with both of them actually. Their points are not mutually exlusive; except that derek wee's letter does seem complacent in light of the points the wee girl raised.

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and i'm not above pointing out, she's fat and she's got big boobs.

Quincey SG

I think she closed her blog. See what you guys have done! You guys could have allowed her at least some more time to bask in her little sunshine glory - of trampling over all the crackpots of society.
Mr. Green

Terribear SG

She prolly had to close her blog so her lao peh won’t get into trouble.

Skibi SG

Maybe one day she will become a “crackpot” herself? Afterall 1% of people get schizophrenia right? What will happen then?

Quincey SG

That’s being mean la. Afterall, she’s a kid, albeit a kid with lots of baggage when you make insensitive comments as such.

Skibi SG

18 yrs old for girls considered kid meh? I thought girls more matured than guys. Shocked Was only joking about the schizophrenia part la...just pointing out that the future is uncertain and she might very well become what she "looks down on".

I-like-flings(m) SG

u mean neh vs brain vs looks? Laughing

Quincey SG

Gosh..now that you mention it...

kaister SG

I would grade:

A2 vs D7 (for lack of wisdom) vs F9, in that order. Twisted Evil

ctstalin SG

Embarassed

charlize SG

No, I think her lao peh and lao bu saw what she was posting and told her to shut her blog down immediately.

They probably forced her to write the apology before she got into more trouble.

You look at the way she wrote about the guy and you think she suddenly developed a kind and caring heart all of a sudden?

No way jose.

If she could, she would probably follow up on her first post with an even more stinging attack (yes, with more bombastic words) to denounce the other bloggers who don't see eye to eye with her. Laughing

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