People who know me would know that news don't travel to me that easily. Aside from the occasional reading of newspaper headlines, my other avenue of news is from hearsay where people read newspapers and tell me about the current affairs of the world. This is especially true when i was still back in gippy. In the tiny honours room lab, with three and a half computers (yes three and a half, if the monitors weren't flickering, pcs not afflicted with spyware and printers not printing garbage, i would say we had processing power of four computers) and where the only users are kumar and me we usually talk about politics, religion and anything under the sky except our work :p I had to depend on him to keep me up to date with current news.



Eventually i made my way to asia one's web site to start reading sg news myself. And i was intrigued by a tiny link on the pages to a site called 1 match 1. Intresting in that sometimes i get to look at pictures of good looking gals. As i always say, if i'm gonna look at anything, why not look at something pleasant. So i became a frequent visitor (no i don't have an account with it) to 1 match 1. Kumar would probably know what i want to show him when i say "Kumar, look at this, brown eyes!!"



Eventually i did observe some kind of a trend in 1 match 1. Some of the gals (Um... i only look at gal pictures, don't know about guys) uploaded pictures that looked squeezed. As in the scaling factor is reduced on x axis but maintained on y axis. I then wonder if these people ever look at their own profile and give any thoughts at all to their profile. It is obvious that such trend is influenced by a lack of confidence in one's own body. If the person thought that by squeezing the picture, onlookers would think that she is thin, then i think the person needs to work on her psychological skills.



And since i was already there, i thought i might as well look through the whole profile instead of just the picture. Usually you can get some idea of the person by looking at her profile. If the girl says she likes trance or that kind of music, then you know she probably chiongs at the pub or disco. And if she says she likes trance and the like but is a non-drinker, she's highly likely to be lying. People who chiong are usually light/social drinkers.



Then there are the fields which states their likes and dislikes. If the gal states wealth, then i think she is frank and honest. If they state contradicting likes and dislikes, Eg. dislike public shows of affection and likes...,

then i think the gal is clueless.



Then there is religion. You can tell alot by looking at religion. If the religion states budhist and diet states vegetarian, or if religion states christian (by christian i'm classifying all religions with a bible that has jesus in it. don't need to be too specific about the versions for me), then i'll classify these people as close-minded. That is, most of them are usually unable to make objective discussions without involving their own religion(please read emphasis before sending me violent hate mail), Eg. when i talk about horoscope, i'm starting a conversation, not asking to recieve a preachy sermon about what is superstition.



At this point i like to make an aside point. You might find throughout my posts that i am biased against religion, especially christianity. But i assure you that i am neither anti-religion nor anti-christian, i truly adhere to the singapore pledge "regardless of religion". You might ask why i am more biased against christianity than other religion. It is due to a couple incidents many years back. Some friends and also some strangers were trying to convert me and i would say their induction strategy had little respect for other religions and was outright offensive. It has left an ever-lasting impression and i've never viewed religion much the same anymore.



Well.. that's all for now.