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man, today was such a dreary day. other than going to church, coming home to play company of heroes, sleeping for like 4 hrs, watching 2f2f, i really havent done anything. this, the day just before my last paper of my entire prelims. i’m such a slacker, nyeah.

anyway, have you really wondered why ppl insult each other before? even among friends, close friends even, why do insults get traded among ourselves? insulting anyone is never really a good thing, esp since you’re doing it at somebody else’s expense. even if it’s all in the name of "fun" and "games", but really… arent there better ways of finding some form of entertainment?

of course in acs, it’s almost impossible to go a day without any sarcasm or a witty comment. and this is probably one of the small little things i’ll miss when i leave acs - being able to suan other ppl without getting beaten up, and just laughing along when you yourself are at the receiving end of the jokes. it’s a really special thing i would think, probably because of the culture and whatnot. but then i lose my train of thoughts, so blahblah… (i’m sorry!)

that aside, i also wonder why some ppl derive entertainment out of making others’ lives absolutely miserable. i mean, when you’re out to flame the living ____ out of the person, and you do it in front of lots of ppl, not onli embarrassing the person but humiliating him in the process. why? why are ppl so screwed up? are we all really that terrible inside?

that being said, the dumbest way of resolution i can think of (other than fighting the bigmouth) is to argue with him. it’s kind of like those police adverts when ppl ask you to take drugs and all you have to do is really say "no" and walk away. is walking away that hard? or does our pride just come in our way and make us do irrational and stupid things which just reflect our immaturity. i get terribly confused.

wit is one thing. being able to retort somebody intelligently, exasperating him and making him look like a fool is probably my course of action. of course i’m not fully capable of it all the time, and i dun really think this is the best way to handle the problem but it is my way. but not thinking logically, making pathetic arguments and absolutely no sense doesnt really help you defend yourself, or anyone else for that matter. neither does insulting the other party (which would just put you at abt his level of maturity) and adding fuel to the fire really resolve the whole issue. but too often, that’s the course of action ppl take. cos that’s the one you think of first, "an eye for an eye" so they say.

Jesus told us to "turn the other cheek", and it’s really not easy when one of your cheeks are already smarting from the blow. and if you’re a Christian, all the more you should rmbr that. sure your friends might not keep themselves in check, but that’s where you come in right? i think we all have to be role models and set a proper example for the ppl ard us to follow, because we chose to be Christians, and that’s when we chose to put ourselves at the frontline of scrutiny. and that (in this case) means that we really shouldnt encourage our friends from trading insults with the ones that started the whole thing, but stop them from just giving those ppl more reason and more bullets to shoot us with, for lack of a better analogy at this point in time.

ah well, i should stop here before i ruffle too many more feathers. sides, i have 大哥大 to watch and geog to mug. suki sushi buffet tmr my babies, let’s all go have a good time (: