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I really can never stand the attitude of the local people. There's this downtrodden, defeatist spirit about them. It makes me feel as if I am living in a defeated country with a people who's spirit has been crushed.

In short, I'd say that they have no "life". That is, both in the colloquial sense and in the metaphorical sense. Every time I read comments by the man/woman on the street, I encounter catch phrases like 'What can we do?" and "There's nothing to do." Not to take them out of context, the quoted examples were used respectively in relation to certain policies and about what one can do at the late hours. Seriously, lines like that would have been better left unsaid, given that the people obviously had nothing much to say. The immaturity of the locals' political attitudes are rather appalling, as well. Nobody likes to take the lead when expressing dissatisfaction out of an apparent Orwellian fear of the authorities. When I discuss political issues amongst friends, I get a lot of a people thinking only of two solutions: Acceptance or rebellion. Negotiations are often thrown out of the window as an option since they feel that whatever is said is never implemented anyway.

Not to drag this out any longer, I would say that we live in a democracy with a people harbouring the mindset of a dictatorship.

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Decisions, decisions. Going off to College and now pondering if I should get a PC laptop, or a PB (powerbook) laptop. I am a total Mac idiot and even more of a laptop idiot. One cannot go wrong with a Mac, though. The configs are pure gold. Still, wondering if the institution would be Mac friendly, and if I'd actually figure out how to use one of those cool toys. Always been toying with the idea to actually pluck the apple of my eye (bad pun intended). It's now within my reach. I think I'll go with my instincts and get a Mac. After all, I don't really intend to do any gaming on my Mac. My desktop's for that. Quite a solid one as well. *hug* So yeah. That's gona be the idea I'd play around with till I actually decide. Aah. The anguish of free will.