Year of Sabbath

Last year, was the year of Victory.

This year of Sabbath which means a year of slacking! (nah just joking)
But country to most one-minded people, sabbath means not being able to do stuff. Its just that the Jews are actually Singaporean in Heart, they are ultra kiasu. Come to think of it, the strain of kiasu-nism could have came to us then innocent immigrants from many different countries to make a better living in good old humble Singapore from the Israelites who came to train us (the army).

I'm sure many of us have heard about how kiasu the "Jews" are when it comes to Sabbath. After visiting Israel, i realised they Are kiasu to a large extent. The gyms are closed, not one Jew helps to take pics and even a stupid machine like the lift is switched off till evening.

But to their credit, they do cause they try to do their best. E.g. they shouldn't shave the side of their head with a razor or perhaps during an occasion. Some of them thus say, For God, whom i love, i shall not shave it ever. Now, this brings about the commonly misconception of Jews being stupidly straight and prudent, not understanding God's real intentions etc, but after hearing one of them explain to us (i went to Israel on the 4th - 22th of Dec), i realise they go to such extreme out of Love. Well Love can be kiasu i guess, being scared to lose.

Come to think of it, when there is a 10% discount in Orchard. All shopoholics come down ranging from teenagers, aunties (ah-so) and old grandmas with umbrellas! They shop not because they really need the item. If there wasn't a sale, would they have gotten that Guchi/Nike/wadeva shoe? Or that really really required diamond ring? No, its because of the incentive to buy something at a discount. Man but i admit, we Singaporeans are really really addicted to it. If I ever open a store, i should name it "50 Percent Off!", its just a name but it'll bring tons of people flocking over just to claim that they saved money by buying it now instead of later (when they could have just saved the whole lot by not buying at all).

I can't wait for a Singaporean comedian to start the We Singaporean jokes. Remember the seemingly rude "Yo Mama jokes?", Yo Mama is sooo fat that when she... (i'm not insulting anyone pls), we could have a We Singaporeans are so kiasu that when we...
But, if anyone one of u ever make this up and the police catches u after the government says your defaming the country don refer them to me. I'm just typing wad i feel is interesting.

Well anyone who is interested in reading on. I'm currently helping out in Touch Youth, where i help out kids (17-20 year olds actually) who have either created trouble to be kicked out of school or did badly in O'lvls/N'lvls and want a second chance. So I, Jeremy Lim, am coaching them in English, Maths, Chem and Bio. Its really boring sometimes as no one really ask questions but i've learnt to give them questions etc. They call me Mr. Lim (but now adays most of them just refer me as "Cher"). Mr Lim sounds real nice!

Mr. Lim, can I go to the Toilet?
Mr. Lim, How to do this questions?
Mr. Lim, How come u look so handsome? (no one ask yet unfortunately).

Gives me a older feeling, like i'm lost to my generation, but its cool. Of course all teachers have an assistant so i have Jaclyn (co-helper actually) but lets keep it as assistant. Shes been a great help but meeting her makes me realise how time really really really drags on. (she tends to be abit late to meet peopl, akin to my friend Victor though not as bad usually) Despite my terrible grades in Chemistry in Uni (i passed though), i'm going to teach them Chem next week! Just for laughs, i might come dressed up in a lab coat and dye my hair white to give me a crazy scientist look. Though it might bring about the "crazy part" on the students, the scientist part will most sadly not even be printed in their minds.

Well, tomorrow brings a new day where i go in and be the next GTO. Just an end warning to those who have not watched Alien vs Predator 2, DON WATCH IT. ITS SICK! ITS DISGUSTING! AND ITS AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF MONEY!