Went out early morning to watch Nim's island at The Cathay with Amanda. It was $6, considered quite cheap for a Friday movie. Well, it wasn't as good as I expect it to be but still i think its quite a good entertainment source. Haven't caught any good movies in cinemas lately. Nothing that left a deep impact on me. Those that I want to go in and have a good laugh, got me crying. ( CJ7 and Horton Hears a Who ) Those that I wanted to cry, got me laughing. I haven't watch anything satisfying since Stardust or Rataouille.
I don't know if my expectations getting higher or are the plots getting lousier. I think even drama gets more exciting than the movies. Probably I should try watching horror or even some random show I normally don't watch. Maybe a change in taste will suit me better.

After the movie, Amanda and I went Plaza Singapura and Marina Square to look for Pinky's birthday present. She is flying off to USA for her Work N Travel at Virginia until July 25. Sobz, Sobz. Will miss her lots. I wanted to go too but I know my parents will never approve, even if I went, I will also feel very guilty.

I know my financial conditions doesn't allow me to splurge as much as other people. So sometimes when I see people spending lots of $, without a worry, I get slightly angry. Its not on purpose, but just that they don't understand how hard it gets for others to support their family as well as extended family. Just feel very unfair. But, well, life like this.

This is a capitalist society, there is inequality. Adam Smith says its a free market, there is an invisible hand moving behind the scene, of course there is allocative efficiency, because P=MC. So what if the goods get to the people who pay more for it. It just mean that people who are willing and ABLE to pay gets the good. It doesn't mean people who NEED the goods the most gets it. So if the rich doesn't donate or help the poor, they are harming the society instead because they spoil the markets for goods and services. Buying them off at a high price, causing the pricing to be higher for others. For instance, the recent rice shortage, many people in the 3rd world country were starve to death because they couldn't pay for the rising price of rice. This condition wouldn't be aggravated if the developed countries haven't been stocking up rice in the warehouse and left there untouched while the poor starve to death. The poor NEEDs them the most, but couldn't get it.

Sometimes I think theories are just crap. I try to act smart sometimes by quoting the theories from notes or lectures but that is because others often blindly follow it. So if you bring that up, few will have anything to rebut you. However, deep down inside, I know they are not fully applicable to real life. Its just like why people assume 1+1=2. Because everybody said so. So what, somebody must have came up with this calculation method when nobody else knew. So why can't you say otherwise?