A nice person may not be a fool

Nice people (men and women) finish last

Lately I've been hearing a lot of ranting from single women saying that they want a nice and decent man if they ever want to get into a relationship, let alone marriage. Guess the women around me are hitting their prime and their biological isn't doing them any justice either.

All that ranting and complains saying that nice and decent men are dead and how they would love to get their hands on one if they ever come across these rare species got me thinking. Then this question pops into my head which applies to all regardless of gender.

What makes us think we deserve that person?

I know of this person, let's call her A. A loves talking about stuff related to relationships and her kind of ideal person. Basically A feels that after all the bad and failed past relationship experienced, she feels that it's time for her to have a better man by her side; to serenate her, shower her with attention, treat her with utmost respect, love her like there's no tomorrow, a humble forgiving person and many more criterias. Another friend of mine, let's call him B, has shown interest and has made his advancement quite obvious. From my observation, B has been quite unfortunate. Whatever A wants, A gets, courtesy of B such as:

• A needs transport to hangout with her friends, B will pick her up AND hangout with her friends while ditching his own friends.
• A wants let's just say a very hard to find limited edition The Darkness CD, B would go out of his way to get it for her.
• A few other incidents I can't really recall.

I'm not sure whether A actually knows of B's intentions, but from my point of view, I reckon that A is using him, regardless or not whether she realises it. B tells me that he doesn't seem to be getting any positive signs or any slightest hint that she's returning his advancements despite all he has done for her. I really pity that guy. From his past relationships, he was always taken advantage of from his exes due to his Mr. nice guy persona.

I'm an emphatic person (which will cause my downfall one day). I tend to put myself in someone else's shoe and try to feel or understand what they're going or went through. Knowing myself very well, I'm not a nice person and would definitely not want to hurt a good person.

Becareful of what you do. There's a thin line that separates a nice person and a fool. Don't mistaken a nice person for a fool as a nice person may not be a fool.

http://www.oxfordstudent.com/ht2001wk1/Columns/why_good_guys_finish_last

MTV no good for health

We're in an era where the MTV generation of people judges things based on visuals first

Finally I get to watched Fergie's video for her single "London Bridge" (Sorry la but my house don't subscribe to MTV and Channel V). For those who haven't, you can watch it here. I know was flabbergasted after watching it. Pay extra attention towards the ending of this video:



A quick trivia question:
Name me one of London's most iconic and recognised structure that was featured in this video clip?

Answer:
London Bridge??????



Or so it might seem. If what you're thinking is exactly as of the above, then I'll say what them cockneys would say to you:


Lawd above! you fuckin' buckit. , innit




You know why? Many, particularly in the United States, confuse the Tower Bridge with London Bridge. The video for her single "London Bridge", Fergie wrongly refers to Tower Bridge as London Bridge!

On a different note, I don't watch MTV that much. I don't see anything of interest on it, all I see are non-sensible shows and MTV talking about how cool MTV is. No doubt it has grown to be a major component in the music industry and it has change from video based programming in the past to the television series focused on today. I just feel that MTV has revolutionized and affected the whole world through its negative influence on society and culture. MTV has in many ways corrupted our culture with videos like the above that feeds wrong knowledge to audience like for example, projecting Tower Bridge AS London Bridge! Not forgetting shows such as Jackass, with their dangerous acts of stupid ness. I mean kids now a day are mimicking these shows and getting hurt or even killed!

Not only is violence a major issue, but sexual content and foul language is a huge part of MTV’s line up with shows constantly displaying sexual content and profanity on a regular basis. They not only make it seem like violence, sex and profanity are a norm in our society, they also make it as though it is the cool thing to do!

MTV has completely eroded our patience, our attention span, our communication abilities, and, most of all our intelligence and sanity. MTV is a mockery of our generation. Many people might beg to differ but that's just my 2cents anyway.

Back to the subject. If you don't know how London Bridge really looks like, look below:



Well there's nothing really to be ashamed of if you were thinking exactly what those idiots from MTV were. If this makes you feel any better, on 18 April 1968, London Bridge was sold to the American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch of McCulloch Oil for US$2,460,000. He bought it with the intentions of disassembling the bridge to be shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona where it'll then be reconstructed. But here is the thing

He mistakenly believed that he was buying the more impressive Tower Bridge!