Well, to cut it short, there are two things that happened which I think that its worth mentioning. Something minor, trivial, but, yea, guess I won't start swaying off topic again, eh? =)
Anyway, I woke up late today, as usual (... doesn't sound all that great to admit this little habit that everyone has) and I have to reach sch within 30 minutes (which is literally impossible if i took the normal routine, which is train). So I took a cab. Well, IF everything went according to plan, I would have reached sch in time. But, nah. Somehow the cab driver missed the junction which leads to my sch (and there's only 1 along the highway). So what happened was, he have to drive for 5 whole minutes to the next junction, make a U turn at a possible spot, and then drive backwards, to my sch. Yea, that took an extra 10 minute plus, but thats not what's important.
The thing I want to stress is that, the cab driver stopped the meter after he missed the junction. I don't know if he thinks I know the way or not (well, I do of course, since I've been studying here for two and a half years) but what is important is that he doesn't want me to think that hes delibertly taking a detour or something. He apologized for the detour, and charged me at the rate where he stopped the meter. Well, I don't know what you all think, but I do have nothing but respect for his righteousness. I mean, its nothing important. The cab driver didn't have to tell me that he missed the junction. He can still charge me extra. I mean, who cares? It would definitely have been that way if I'm in Singapore. But, nah. He choose the way he think hes right. Guess I don't have to elaborate anymore, eh? =D
Oh well, I was late for the tutorial (as usual, I guess), but only half the class showed up so I guess its fine. Oh and I wasn't anything near agitated when the cab driver missed the junction. I mean, he doesn't charge me extra, so why should I complain?
And then when I reach home, I found a letter from some company - Octopus (for those of you who're in S'pore, an EZ-Link counterpart). Inside the letter was a little check of $5 HKD (a little less than $1 SGD). What happened was that, it's some money that got "eaten" by some vending machine (most likely in sch), the type when u paid but nothing come out. The funny thing is, it's only 5 bucks -.-, and if I am not mistaken, the mailing cost is around HKD$3.4. So that means that the company paid an extra $3.4 just to get $5 to me, which accounts for a bit less than 60% of total. Erm... I don't know what you guys think of this, but what I think is... is it necessary? I mean, of course, the company has my sincerest gratitude (man... I sound hella formal here O.o) but then and again, I've always been buying stuff from vending machines and there are many occasions when they machine "ate" my coin and stuff. I'll just frown on my luck and forgets about it. Nothing special, nothing significant, but I'm sure of one thing. I won't cash in the check. You know why? 'Cause its worth more than $5, much much more~
Come to think of it, they are always frowning upon the society, how crappy everything is, how a civilization is not civil and stuff. Screw that. There are people outside who are more moral, more ethical, more civil than you think. Don't get yourself glued to ur computer monitor or newspaper, but get yourself outdoor and see things for yourself. The world isn't corrupted, it's not apocalyptic, its just the minds of those miserable and pathetic university geeks who have their heads stuck to a textbook. Screw education, and get a life. The world deserves more than some pessimism from dudes who only knows how to read and calls everything apocalyptic.
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Anyway, I woke up late today, as usual (... doesn't sound all that great to admit this little habit that everyone has) and I have to reach sch within 30 minutes (which is literally impossible if i took the normal routine, which is train). So I took a cab. Well, IF everything went according to plan, I would have reached sch in time. But, nah. Somehow the cab driver missed the junction which leads to my sch (and there's only 1 along the highway). So what happened was, he have to drive for 5 whole minutes to the next junction, make a U turn at a possible spot, and then drive backwards, to my sch. Yea, that took an extra 10 minute plus, but thats not what's important.
The thing I want to stress is that, the cab driver stopped the meter after he missed the junction. I don't know if he thinks I know the way or not (well, I do of course, since I've been studying here for two and a half years) but what is important is that he doesn't want me to think that hes delibertly taking a detour or something. He apologized for the detour, and charged me at the rate where he stopped the meter. Well, I don't know what you all think, but I do have nothing but respect for his righteousness. I mean, its nothing important. The cab driver didn't have to tell me that he missed the junction. He can still charge me extra. I mean, who cares? It would definitely have been that way if I'm in Singapore. But, nah. He choose the way he think hes right. Guess I don't have to elaborate anymore, eh? =D
Oh well, I was late for the tutorial (as usual, I guess), but only half the class showed up so I guess its fine. Oh and I wasn't anything near agitated when the cab driver missed the junction. I mean, he doesn't charge me extra, so why should I complain?
And then when I reach home, I found a letter from some company - Octopus (for those of you who're in S'pore, an EZ-Link counterpart). Inside the letter was a little check of $5 HKD (a little less than $1 SGD). What happened was that, it's some money that got "eaten" by some vending machine (most likely in sch), the type when u paid but nothing come out. The funny thing is, it's only 5 bucks -.-, and if I am not mistaken, the mailing cost is around HKD$3.4. So that means that the company paid an extra $3.4 just to get $5 to me, which accounts for a bit less than 60% of total. Erm... I don't know what you guys think of this, but what I think is... is it necessary? I mean, of course, the company has my sincerest gratitude (man... I sound hella formal here O.o) but then and again, I've always been buying stuff from vending machines and there are many occasions when they machine "ate" my coin and stuff. I'll just frown on my luck and forgets about it. Nothing special, nothing significant, but I'm sure of one thing. I won't cash in the check. You know why? 'Cause its worth more than $5, much much more~
Come to think of it, they are always frowning upon the society, how crappy everything is, how a civilization is not civil and stuff. Screw that. There are people outside who are more moral, more ethical, more civil than you think. Don't get yourself glued to ur computer monitor or newspaper, but get yourself outdoor and see things for yourself. The world isn't corrupted, it's not apocalyptic, its just the minds of those miserable and pathetic university geeks who have their heads stuck to a textbook. Screw education, and get a life. The world deserves more than some pessimism from dudes who only knows how to read and calls everything apocalyptic.
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