The first would be the sudden passing of Mr. Ravi, a prominent lawyer in the activist circle.
The second was the Toa Payoh Yang Tau Fu (YTF) stall, which already had announced their impending closing next month, but received extremely poor press. The owner (an 80 year old lady) and the lady running the show (her daughter) were upset. The latter cried during an interview.
It had me thinking about how humans behave, and what is left after our lives or our work has concluded.
In other words, our legacy.
For Mr. Ravi, I do not want to question what he said or done while he was still alive, but what impacted me deeply is how some decided to make use of this timing to air their grievances or unhappiness with him. I put forward that this timing is largely opportunistic, to make himself (or herself) heard, without regards to how people who are still greiving after him, feels.
I have certain enemies in life but I think I will never want to act anywhere like that in the future.
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As for the YTF stall, the issue was about over-charging. As far as I read, the prices seems to be clearly stated upfront. So what was the point of bring this issue up on press? They are already closing shop and I don't think this is how they want things to end.
Whenever you choose to do something, question your intent honestly.
To shame? Or to correct a wrong? There was no wrong IMO.
Human being sucks. I longed for a day where I can work for nobody but myself, answer to nobody but myself. That would be a dream.
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