Quotes

I realised that my blog must be pretty boring, since I really have nothing meaningful to share. Perhaps some quotes which I hear or read may help to make it just slightly more interesting and /or memorable. At the very least, it's worth a read or worth a little laugh yea?

Quote of the day from Lord Denning on proof beyond reasonable doubt:

“That degree is well settled. It need not reach certainty, but it must carry a high degree of probability. Proof beyond reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond a shadow of a doubt. The law would fail to protect the community if it permitted fanciful possibilities to deflect the course of justice. If the evidence is so strong against a man as to leave only a remote possibility in his favour which can be dismissed with sentence ‘of course, it is possible but not in the least probable,’ the case is proved beyond reasonable doubt."

I have always marvelled at how Lord Denning is able to put such deep thoughts and theories into such beautiful quotes and analogies. And yet at the same time, it all seems so much of common sense!

It is of course common sense that reasonable doubt does not mean shadow of doubt, yet lawyers seem to have trouble understanding that. Perhaps it is due to the limitation of the circumstances, but really, how likely is it that any case can be proven beyond a shadow of doubt?

What? It's already Monday?

Wow the weekend really flew by. Celebrating the 1st birthday of my cousin's little boy and attending the wedding of my sister's friend occupied the whole weekend. And managed to make me feel pretty old.

A couple of moments ago, I was suddenly missing my primary school days. The days when I was happy doing assessment books, and waiting for my parents to come home so that we could perhaps go downstairs to cycle around the void deck.

Back then, waiting at the void deck for my parents to return home was such a moment worth looking forward to. What happened to all those joyful moments? I can only hope I can find such happy moments in my life again in the future.

And suddenly, it's Thursday

Time seems to be passing in a blur these few weeks. Perhaps it will continue to be so for the rest of my working days. Week after week, we follow the same routine and habit, passing day after day, months after months.

Many a time, when I read storybooks, or even watch the drama serials where there is no notion of weekend, or not even a clear definition between work and life, I can't help but wonder what it will be like in those worlds. Perhaps only then will people really do what they love for a living. After all, your work is your life. Then again, with the emphasis on work life balance, how will this ever be possible?

Whatever the case, I'm glad that I'm enjoying my work, and enjoying my life. Cheers everybody.

Amazing people

I've been a fan of running man since I started watching it last year. Since then, I've not only watched every single episode, but also went as far as to watch family outing, the variety show that preceded running man.

I've got to say these Korean artistes are amazing people. Imagine their recording schedules when more than 10 hours of recording is consolidated into less than 2 hours of an amazing show weekly. All we see on the show are nothing but a fraction of the hard work by the entire team.

I can't imagine what life will be like now without watching such shows. I'd probably not have such a deep appreciation of the effort and hard work put in by artistes,  especially those who bring so much fun and laughter to everyone around the world.

I can't say how thankful I am to the team who produced running man. You guys are amazing.

P.s. there are many other amazing people out there such as doctors and firemen who deserve our appreciaion too. Here's a general thank you to all those people. :)

Fire Drill

There was a fire drill at work today. It was interesting how everyone took their time to walk down the stairs slowly, and make their way to the assembly area. More so when you see how everyone is equipped.

I bet all the pedestrians are wondering what the hell is going on with this huge bunch of people crowding around, especially people with all kinds of umbrellas, fans and stuff like that. Picture that; a fire occurs, and people grab umbrellas and fans.

It seemed long ago when I last had a fire drill. My last fire drill was probably in secondary school. I recall that I used to imagine what would happen if we had a fire drill in JC. I mean, with 7 levels of classrooms people would probably just take the lift right? Or possibly some of us may just go home or something.

Now when the whole building of 24 levels evacuate, it just seems especially awkward to have a fire drill. I mean, it is a must to familiarise everyone with the procedure and all, but picture 2,000 people crossing a small road (with a zebra crossing). The cars waiting to turn will never make it out for half an hour! (I think that is what happened, except that I didn't wait to see if someone eventually stopped the crossing crowd)

Familiarising everyone with the procedure is good, but no one ever knows what will happen in a real situation. Then again, hopefully we'll never need to find out.

Remembrance

Received word today that my great-grandmother passed away. Though I only met her a total of less than 10 times (she lived in Taiwan), it still deeply saddens me to know that she has passed on.

I still recall in 2008, when my family was leaving Taiwan after a 2-week visit, great-grandma was waving goodbye to us while wiping her tears. I had to look away to hold my tears in. Although we were living so far away from her, she cared so much for us. How I wish I could be there for her one last time..

In remembrance of her hometown, here's a beautiful piece about the deity guardian of Kinmen.

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You will be dearly missed, great-grandma.

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Went to the supermarket with my family yesterday, and noted that the supermarket has changed its trolleys to accept new $1 coins or old 50c coins. I've always thought that there won't be any changes to the trolleys, since the new 50c coins are roughly the same size as the old $1 coins.

On a side note, the coin deposit policies in the banks have always dettered me from depositing coins to the banks. I doubt this applies to me alone. I mean, who will want to deposit coins when the bank charges a percentage out of the coins you deposit? What's more ridiculous is that they will charge for exchanging notes to coins too! In a situation like this, the government will have to keep producing coins to meet the demand. It's a little wasteful if I put it mildly.

On another side note, the weather is getting inceeasingly warmer. How I wish that Singapore has a cool weather. That's really my only complaint of the climate in Singapore. I'd love to have cool weather here, so that we don't have to spend so much money on air conditioning. Instead, we'd probably spend more on clothes. Girls would like that huh?