Irony

Today, like any other day was pretty routine in the morning. Had the usual, "I'm too tired, and I just want to sleep". Had to drag myself to the toilet and wake myself up by taking a shower and then off to sending my mum to work. Interestingly, my mum and her colleague were talking about something that happened in their office the day before. Apparently, their female manager (of sorts) screwed up big time. Lets not go into too much details. Suffice to say, that the police were involved. I jest, but mean no insult, but the manager was a female.

i·ro·ny
n. pl. i·ro·nies

1.
1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
3. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.
2.
1. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).
2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
3. Dramatic irony.
4. Socratic irony.


Why the irony? Well, on "the Morning show" FD and VL hot topic of the day was, "Are female managers or male managers better?" A lot of statistics were quoted saying only 25% of top management in Singapore are women etc etc *yawn*. There was much talk and a lot of testosterone and progesterone flying over the airwaves. All that ego that was exchanged over SMS or the phone calls....EGAD! I really wonder what is the purpose of such topics? Gender wars? I mean we have the chauvinistics in one camp and the feminist on the other. Both of which are extremes.

Did you know that in the Creation story, Adam was first created, then followed by Eve. That was the order that they were created. Man from dust, Eve from Man. And also interestingly, Eve was created from a rib bone from Adam. Why? Well, Eve was created from the side of Adam. Not from a part of him that was above him or a part that was below him but from a part next to his heart. So Eve was made an equal to him, beside him. Interesting huh. Go figure......