Much ado about nothing

The current buzz is really about the announced GST hike that is going to happen in 2007. Gosh it really has been that long since GST was introduced. Remembered it started off at 3% and went up to 5%. Remember it being 5% for quite a while. Well, its announced that it will go up in 7%. Something which was talked about before. Its finally happening.

Yeah, sure, things are going to be a bit more expensive. Been hearing a lot of murmurs going on. Complains mainly. You wonder for a people who buy handphones whenever a new model comes out or new gadgets all the time, we complain a whole lot about spending an extra 2%. Here is a secret for you, instead of buying so many things, you might want to try and save. That way, the 2% hike isn't going to cost you your next meal.

The Kyrgyz have a saying, "A wise man is not one who knows much, but one who has travelled far". I personally like that saying. For a global trotter wannabe, I've been to quite a number of cities in the world. Of all the developed countries I've been to, I've seldom encounted a goods and service tax as low as Singapore's. They usually are in the double digit. So whilst there is an increase in GST, its really not that big a deal. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy having to pay more either, but in perspective, we aren;t worse off than a whole lot of people in the world. Just puts things into perspective. Myopia. quit complaining.

Just a day,
Just an ordinary day.
Just trying to get by.
Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking to the sky.
And as he asked if I would come along
I started to realize
That everyday you find
Just what he's looking for,
Like a shooting star he shines.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Winding pathways

One of the exhilrating things is to drive on a winding road. Taking the corners at high speeds will definitely get the adrenaline glands into overdrive. Yes, I know its dangerous, but that experience is really out of this world. It usually safer (and saner) when its in the daytime. You can see what's ahead of you and anticipate what's coming up.

Not to say that you can't do in the night. You can of course switch on the high powered Xenon headlights. The problem is that light travels in a straight path and it usually illuminates the path in front of you, blind-sighting you to what is not infront of you. Thats where the danger lies and its difficult to anticipate what is ahead, especially around the corners.

I sometimes feel that way. Especially when things seem uncertain, there is darkness about everything and you cannot see what is ahead. Its difficult to anticipate what is going on and whether we are headed in the right direction. And if we attempt those high speed corners in those conditions, we are headed for trouble.

Uncertainty is always going to be part of our decision making. There will always be a blind-spot as such. The soultion is a simple one. Slow down, that way we can take life's corners as they come without making any wrong and rash decisions. Slow down... Hump ahead.

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

Standing on top of the edge it feels like it's going down
Everything stays in my mind feeling in a daze on the ground
Feels like it's gonna give life's to hard to live anymore
I think I've had enough things too tough
I'm out the door

All in all it's just another day now
You're falling down
What you gonna do
Standing on top of the world tonight
No ones looking back at you

Stand tall
It's going on
It's going on
It's gonna be just fine
You're holding on
Holding on today

Give it a little time

It takes a little time sometimes
To get your feet back on the ground
It takes a little time sometimes
To get the titanic turned back around
It takes a little time sometimes
But baby youre not going down
It takes more than you've got right now
Give it time