Sir Rant-A-Lot

How much knowledge is too much knowledge? Should we really take in all the crap the world has to offer and process them all at once?

I ask this because I’d recently found myself downloading and watching way too many programmes on the environment, on saving the world from global warming, the rising costs of oil (although it has fallen recently, and I’m sure only temporarily), incredible dream-like energy machines and of course, conspiracy theories.

It sorta eats at you. It wears me out. The entire social subconscious and its guilt battling with its nefarious counterparts, like its capitalist drive. We all hope for a better tomorrow, and arrive at it in many different ways. Saving the earth is more like saving the environment for our children to grow up healthily in. Instinctively, we will always be doing that, even those who are profiting from destroying the planet now.

I have come to that conclusion simply because those businessmen don’t seem all that worried. Sure they are loaded, but if they knew that the planet would be dying because of their actions, they’d either stop it now, not have families, or purchase property in the Himalayas, to survive the treacherous weather and rise in sea levels.

There has to be some conclusive evidence out there that the planet can weather all these through (pardon the pun). They do not release it because they love to have that culture of fear, to force people to purchase now, and gain instant gratification before its too late. They have weakened us so through their many campaigns of consumer product redundancies. Bigger, better, faster MORE!

So those green people out there are just jumping the gun. They are exploring new energy sources at a premium. The big guys have it all planned out already. They are just waiting for the drillings to come up with nothing. Then they’d convert our petrol stations in a blink of an eye. Business continuity is always a priority. And they shall use up all current resources before enacting and spending millions to ensure said continuity.

I guess that has always been the case. The powerful have risen up because of the way they function and succeed in society, and once there, they would do anything to maintain the status quo, for that already states that is will be them who are at the top. It takes something monumental like a revolution to restart things, and new leaders will slowly rise up and the cycles continue.

So whats the truth behind this directionless rant? To me, its simple. Let’s chill. Let’s just let the economy run its course, for our individual actions do not really cause an impact as some people might lead you to think. Live for yourself and yourself alone. We shouldn’t worry so much about the macro, and focus more on the micro. Bring your sphere of concern closer. Cherish all around you, and just donate or do some charity for those beyond said sphere. You cannot help everyone.

Until my business, which also would be a force of global change, comes along. With great wealth comes great responsibility.

Zi bai Siao Liao

I’d just gone onto the Singapore Sports Council website and booked a squash court for tomorrow. As usual, anyone would print out their booking for later reference, in case some prick thinks he booked the same court over the same time slot.

So I keyed in all the details, paid for it and then printed it out. It took an amazingly long time and I found out why. You see, the webpage is a black background, with a side panel and a main panel. The details were on the main panel, all nicely shown in white text. What came out from my printer was exactly that. 2 pages, 1 fully black of the side panel, and another fully black with the booking details. The 2 sheets were wet and dripping in my very precious black ink. It was a horrible day, and this has to occur.

I clicked on the link for feedback posting. I keyed in everything required, made my case and submitted my suggestion. It was for their own good in the long run, and also my cartridge’s, and subsequently my wallet. The next page that loaded insisted that I should log in first then submit the complaint. The thing was that I had already logged in ages ago, else I wouldn’t be able to book the fucking court to begin with.

I gave up after trying a few other iterations. Then I got worried about my credit card information that I had just given them. If their basic programming of the site is that buggy, how safe could their “secure” handling of sensitive information be?

I’m so screwed.