Bravery

Being very bored, I decided to just have a look at some blogs. I was very random in my selection and as "random" suggests, I went to blogs randomly. I occasionally clicked at the Blogger bar at the top just to ensure that I went to blogs in an orderly manner. Orderly in the sense that it's random order.

Well, it 拓开ed my 眼界。= I widened my perspective.

If you'll notice carefully, some blogs have wishlists. You know what are wish lists? They put a list of wishes which they wish that will come true. If it doesn't, they'll just become listless and add more things into their wishlist. If it does, well, good for them! They all seem very tangible stuff, ranging from iPod Nanos to some handphone model. It means they are realistic and honest, because if you put intangible stuff you could just say "Hey I've achieved what I wanted", when the truth is you haven't.

However! I don't seem to get what "you" means. In many blogs I have seen, there are some wishlists that simply contains one word - "you".

Is this some cool slang or something? Because one word by itself doesn't make much significance. Unless, of course, that word is "fuck" (example!) or "shit" - then it encompasses the true spirit of scolding vulgarity and shows the user's understanding of basic human needs. They know what life is all about.

But the word "you"? It doesn't have any meaning whatsoever.

I went to question a few people about it. What does "you" mean? And apparently the replies were something about the complicated intimacies of life which they do not intend to make public but yet do so because they have a point to put across. Which I don't get. Now pardon me for being a 笨小孩 but this is indeed true, I DON'T GET IT! Actually, maybe I do. If the "you" is supposed to refer to person, then suddenly everything seems very clear. I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

A secret message to a crush or a lover. Very sneaky, and very subtle. I mean you just put the "you" on the blog and let others who can decipher it, uhh.. decipher it. However, only the Special One (not Jose Mourinho in this case) can really know who you are referring to. Either that, or your friends who know about you and the other "you" on your wishlist. That's bloody cunning, and bloody sneaky as well. That is only 15%, or three parts out of twenty of my view.

The other seventeen parts say that it is very cowardly indeed. I mean, "you", "you", "you" what "you"! Want to say that you want a girl for yourself, then just be brave and put her name down! I will respect you for it, and so will the rest of the world! Sure, you might say that is brazen and shameless; but not quite so as announcing your birthday to the public and wanting presents for yourself. Like a certain joker named Keefe has done yesterday.. BUT. At least he does not go putting "you" on his wishlist. That would be so artificial.

Trust me, putting a girl's name on your wishlist is nothing to be ashamed about. Do not be afraid to let the whole world know about your crush, because people will know about it anyway. You can't say it's shameless to put a girl down on your wishlist, because ultimately it's your wishlist, isn't it? And in your wishlist you are entitled to put what you want, isn't it? What's more it's YOUR blog and people are viewing it at their own risk. No one can stop you from saying that you want someone.

So what seems to be the problem?

A careful analysis of the situation gives me a few scenarios to ponder about, regarding why the blogger dare not put his/her crush's real name on his/her wishlist:

a) No balls.
b) Still no balls.
c) Because the crush visits the blog and the blogger will be rendered as despo if the crush sees it. Or if anyone sees it the blogger will get suanned.
d) Because the crush is already attached and the blogger is having a secret fantasy.

a) and b) are obviously invalid reasons. I've already explained c) above, it is your wishlist and yours alone. No one can change your views or suan you about it, because it's reality! If you follow my advice and put your crush's name down on your blog, and then kena suanned about it, tell that fagut to come and see me. He's going to serve some detention dished out by the Undercover Prefect. Don't think just because we've graduated from RI means he's free okay! I still have to serve another two more months as UP of RI, then when I go to RJC next year I'll be Undercover Councillor.

I've received the invitation to be one by a certain Mr Hodge already. Too bad Undercover Councillor (UC) cannot book others, because I've certainly enjoyed doing so in being a UP. You can look at previous entries under October 2005 to see what I mean.

In any case, let's get back to point d). This might prove a little tricky if you don't want to get whacked up by your crush's boyfriend. If you're having a secret fantasy, you might like to create a new column "Fantasies" after "Wishlist". It's not too difficult and even a html noob like me can settle it for you. I'll be glad to do it for a nominal fee, ranging from $1 to $2 since I'm a nice guy. Of course, it doesn't hurt if you want to pay extra tips. I really wouldn't mind if you want to give me more.

But my point here is to be a "man". No excuses for hiding your true feelings!

The word "you" has little or no significance in our everyday lives! How many people would use the w0rd "you" in a day? Answer: A lot. Especially if he's like, going, "f**k you" or "screw you" or "I can't stand you", etc. There are limitless examples. However, names are there for a reason. Names are given to people because they have a special identity, they have a personality. The name reflects on a person very much, although we shall not try to imitate my Lit teacher (nick)named Nathan Almighty and go on to discuss, "what's in a name?" All I can say is, if your crush is given a name (duh..) then BE A MAN AND PUT IT DOWN! Show that you like the personality, what he/she stands for, and not just "you"! "You" are for limited vocabulary people like, maybe, you who are reading this blog and mocking every word I say.

Use the "you" sparingly - for "you" by itself has no meaning. Life isn't all about "you" - it's about GPA. So get that in your head at once and remove that "you" from your silly wishlist.

Oh by the way, come to think of it, no one mentioned they wanted a GPA 4.0 in their wishlist. I wonder why..

I mean, wouldn't it be nice if you had a GPA 4.0? Sometimes I really don't know what people are thinking. And just to clarify one point, I'm no expert in BGR but I can offer advice in that area because I specialise in logic. Being a 笨小孩, you can take away my knowledge in Physics and Chemistry but you cannot stop me from having logical thoughts. My mind works simply by thoughts, because it doesn't work with anything else. Not with "you", or not with scientific concepts. I work totally by what is there, not what isn't there. Though I use the occasional illogical fallacy, which I will not elaborate about because 1) I don't have the time and 2) it's already on the PCB Syndicate blog.

This post is based on the illogical fallacy of Post Coc, a parody of logical fallacy Post Hoc. The Raffles Philosophy Course is still very much, of course, off course; which is why I had to educate all of you RPC idiots about it. Nevertheless, you don't have to worry too much about illogical fallacies and logical thoughts, for this will very much come to you naturally if you are a 笨小孩 like me and don't have anything else in your head to worry about.

Meanwhile, you could try to be brave. Be a man.

Take "you" off your wishlist and put up the girl's name.

I will respect you, okay!