Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon Jive Pad" 10th Edition
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If I were a driver, pedestrians/jaywalkers will also be driving me crazy because there are lots of brain dead people in Singapore who walk around listening to their headphones and not watching where there are going.Originally posted by the Bear:i hate it when people are driving because mostly, they're driving me crazy
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seriously, i think a lot of people cannot see the forest for the trees...
they have problems.. but so do everyone else!
when i think about my various problems, and then i think about the children who live in the perimeters of Garbage Mountains, trying their damnest to scrabble together some junk to sell, in order that their family can eat, and yet they have a smile when the photographers come, when people arrive...
if these children with almost no chance of a better life, can hope, can smile, can dream of joy, and more, hope and work in order to move away from such crippling misery, i am humbled..
my "problems" aren't problems anymore...
yet, people kill themselves....Originally posted by Kan_i:Is suicide rates high? men and women?
lots of mental health issues in SG? -
wow thats scary.... we have found here that while there are a lot of services for young women.... theres a lacking for young men... i would assume it is the same for SG.Originally posted by av98m:Well....according to statistics about 1 person in Singapore kills himself/herself everyday. And these are the successful attempts. More women than men. Suicide rates among the young are rising while the numbers are falling for the elderly.
I think young men here now is more at risk. -
In South Korea subway stations they now play soothing music to try and reduce the number of people jumping off the tracks.
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I suppose people at different rungs of the social ladder would have different sets of problems .....Originally posted by the Bear:seriously, i think a lot of people cannot see the forest for the trees...
they have problems.. but so do everyone else!
when i think about my various problems, and then i think about the children who live in the perimeters of Garbage Mountains, trying their damnest to scrabble together some junk to sell, in order that their family can eat, and yet they have a smile when the photographers come, when people arrive...
if these children with almost no chance of a better life, can hope, can smile, can dream of joy, and more, hope and work in order to move away from such crippling misery, i am humbled..
my "problems" aren't problems anymore...
yet, people kill themselves....
the hungry has theirs, and the satiated will have theirs too eh ....
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Originally posted by av98m:In South Korea subway stations they now play soothing music to try and reduce the number of people jumping off the tracks.
Really?!
Do they have THAT many people jumping onto the tracks to call for that measure?
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why can't drivers give way to brain dead pple?Originally posted by av98m:If I were a driver, pedestrians/jaywalkers will also be driving me crazy because there are lots of brain dead people in Singapore who walk around listening to their headphones and not watching where there are going. 
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if they play elevator muzak or that new-age drone, i'd jump off to escape the agonyOriginally posted by av98m:In South Korea subway stations they now play soothing music to try and reduce the number of people jumping off the tracks.
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I think jumping off the tracks is a stupid way to die ....Originally posted by av98m:In South Korea subway stations they now play soothing music to try and reduce the number of people jumping off the tracks.
if some chap is really thinking of "offing" themselves ... why not choose a method that'll ensure that at least some organs are salvageable ? .... that way, at least some people can get a new lease of life even if you decide to end yours ...
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-06-18-skorea-suicide_x.htmOriginally posted by Rhonda:
Really?!
Do they have THAT many people jumping onto the tracks to call for that measure?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/18/world/main624735.shtml -
i'm going to be politically wrong here...
they have cards, programmes, incentives... blah blah.. where "women only"
try doing that with "men only" and you'll be hammered with so many rabid "feminists" threatening "legal action" and other things so fast, you won't know what hit you...Originally posted by Kan_i:wow thats scary.... we have found here that while there are a lot of services for young women.... theres a lacking for young men... i would assume it is the same for SG.
I think young men here now is more at risk. -
Originally posted by the Bear:if they play elevator muzak or that new-age drone, i'd jump off to escape the agony
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the education system is rigged..tharman needs to stop degrading the qualifications as well..Originally posted by Rhonda:I think just a few days ago on News at 9:30pm on Ch 5, it seemed as if the govt was kinda disturbed over the suicide rates amongst the young. I think they mentioned that on average, there's one suicide a day? Amongst the young who committed suicide, most were female and it was due to relationship problems or pressure from schoolwork. -
Well, the stress seems to be greater than in previous years, for sure. BUT, is there an increase in the quality of graduates?Originally posted by stellazio:the education system is rigged..tharman needs to stop degrading the qualifications as well..
I know and have heard of graduates who cannot even write a simple report that's gramatically correct and presentable enough in the corporate context! -
I work with some of these people. They contribute to my keyboard abuse.Originally posted by Rhonda:I know and have heard of graduates who cannot even write a simple report that's gramatically correct and presentable enough in the corporate context! -
Originally posted by av98m:
"Driven by debt, lost love, terminal disease and other miseries, 95 people killed themselves in Seoul's subway system last year, up from the 58 in 2002. So far this year, 37 people have ended their lives the same way.
"The suicide rate is marginally higher than in neighboring Japan, where 32,080 people killed themselves in 2003. Japan's total population is roughly 126 million.
Oh man! Why do they want to die in such a traumatic way? Not to mention, a death by this method inconveniences the public who uses the transport system, and the poor cleaners who have to scrape the human gunk off the tracks later!
"Subway suicides have also been a problem in Japan. In Tokyo, authorities once installed mirrors on the wall at the incoming end of platforms, where most people jump, theorizing that people would change their mind if they looked at their own image.
Y'know, they forgot that if someone is unhappy with his / her outward appearance, or if their mates left them for someone who's prettier / more handsome, putting up mirrors will only increase their resolve to commit suicide! -
Doesn't it just make you wonder? School seems to be more stressful, but, where are the results?!Originally posted by av98m:I work with some of these people. They contribute to my keyboard abuse. Something's really wrong, esp when the English standard is so appalling nowadays! -
they make the cert look damn important..then they degrade it..as such,kids only want the cert..they aren't enjoying life,becuz from the day they step into school its all about the cert..Originally posted by Rhonda:Well, the stress seems to be greater than in previous years, for sure. BUT, is there an increase in the quality of graduates?
I know and have heard of graduates who cannot even write a simple report that's gramatically correct and presentable enough in the corporate context!
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oh, those people can still do very well I assure you .....Originally posted by Rhonda:Doesn't it just make you wonder? School seems to be more stressful, but, where are the results?! Something's really wrong, esp when the English standard is so appalling nowadays!
I realised that the O'level markers mark us as speakers of English as a second language, and not as an English speaking people ....
you can get a pretty decent grade and still have shaky grammer ... -
the english standard has nth to do with the schools..Originally posted by Rhonda:Doesn't it just make you wonder? School seems to be more stressful, but, where are the results?! Something's really wrong, esp when the English standard is so appalling nowadays!
i mean how can u expect a person to make it with good english when he/she is told by their teachers to memorize a few essays before their exam to help them out... -
Sigh... so true, isn't it?Originally posted by stellazio:they make the cert look damn important..then they degrade it..as such,kids only want the cert..they aren't enjoying life,becuz from the day they step into school its all about the cert..
and being book smart is useless..
Everyone's so keen to get hold of the paper qualifications, and schools are so eager to maintain a certain level of student enrollments that standards get compromised along the way.
I remember being appalled at how easily certain tutors would dish out 'A's in the Poly! I remember thinking, "Blardy hell... such an infantile presentation with so much childish giggling and act-cute antics, not enough solid facts, didn't give good coverage... and they get an 'A'?!!" 
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That's not what's happening, is it?!Originally posted by stellazio:the english standard has nth to do with the schools..
i mean how can u expect a person to make it with good english when he/she is told by their teachers to memorizes a few essays..
Thought kids are taught from Primary 1 onwards, how to write essays? -
Eh... but our 'O' level papers are for 'English as a 1st Language' wor!Originally posted by Fatum:oh, those people can still do very well I assure you .....
I realised that the O'level markers mark us as speakers of English as a second language, and not as an English speaking people ....
you can get a pretty decent grade and still have shaky grammer ... -
welcome to the life of a neighbourhood school..where there's no english..Originally posted by Rhonda:That's not what's happening, is it?!
Thought kids are taught from Primary 1 onwards, how to write essays?
only singlish and mandarin..it seems that even the english teachers gives up hope..english can't really be thought in the same way as it is in mandarin..
moe needs to know that.. -
uh-huh ........ so ? .....Originally posted by Rhonda:Eh... but our 'O' level papers are for 'English as a 1st Language' wor!
that's an administrative description, on paper only, don't you think ? ....