gag

chlorine poisoning.

bleah.

the pool in my apartment is, well, generally clean of filth, but they don't change the water i suppose. just keep adding chlorine. it's a cesspool of chlorine. just had a swim. i think i'll smell of chlorine for the next 10 days, and if i keep swimming daily like i am supposed to, i'll so need loads and loads of deodourant! gag.

and so i had my sleep from 1130am till 230am. woken up by a sms. then i stayed online till 6. and then went for a swim. no wait that's not what i wanted to write about. it was the dream. i dreamt i met a sq pilot, who told me to go apply to be one. and he'll be my refree. is that a sign? haha. contemplating. will apply and see if they contact me when i'm back in sg. ngiak.

that aside,

so why do some people dislike being complimented, and some thrive on it? is it because they are jaded, cynical, with poor opinions of themselves that they find it hard to accept compliments? and i mean if you don't mean it don't say it. what if the person just says, "cool! thanks!" do you know how to respond then? or are you waiting for them to belittle themselves and try and be humble, going "oh no la, (proceed to degrade themselves)"..

say what you mean from the heart.. not what you think others want to hear...

and,

in the same vein as being sexist, are we guilty of being userist? we often refer to others as, that non-technical person, that non-business person.. do we degrade others on the basis that they don't have a particular expertise in a field that we do, or assume to have? some form of discrimination occurring there isn't it?