kiasu-ness......

im not sure what kiasu really means, but a friend told me it is something about afraid of losing, or being left behind........in english......i assume its being competitive.

i've seen a lot of kiasu people.......too many perhaps. being kiasu is not all bad. most parents are kiasu.....they just want their kids to be number 1 in class, to beat all the other kids.....then the kids get influenced. "you have to be the best", "you must not lose to anyone else", "ibrahim nombor 1"........yeah, its a kiasu motto too, dumb school!

being competitive is fine, without it, forget progress, forget technological advancement, forget evolution.......survival of the fittest. competition is about justifying others......like animals fighting......they fight for survival, and the stronger one wins, and continue to live, justifying the existence of loser.....its nature. but is life about being competitive?.....is life a competition? a race?

kiasu people in studies is great. you have competition, you have better results....who wants to be the last in class? but inevitably, someone's bound to get last position, unless everyone gets the same results. so the does the top 10 justify the bottom ten? i gotta say yes, but only in academics. so im fine if kiasu-ness is limited to studies. but too bad that aint true. kiasu-ness is daily practice nowadays.

prove? prove? traffic lights......everyone, almost EVERYONE is so keen to go first when the lights turn green/white(cant see). those who just floor down the throttle......and risk killing some old lady crossing the road. they even hit the red light! oh yeah, cutting queue, parking, overtaking.......how...easy, when you overtake the fella because he's doing 30km/h, he gets pissed off and jams the gas, overtake you back, then slow down again in front of you. what a stupid thing to do! hell no, not only road, though i'd like more attention to be given to that first, its everywhere.

but why be kiasu if theres nothing to lose? sure you'll be in front of me for 6 seconds, until we arrive at the next red light, i'll be next to you again, and this process repeats all the way from my house to school. you will only be vaporising that fuel of yours, ruin your clutch and look sily. kiasu-ness leads to selfishness, courtesy just flies out of the window.

to all kiasu people out there who are so full of kiasu-ness, let me ask you one thing......if you treat life as competition, then what of the losers? what if you are losers? like i said, your presence is justified by a better person if you lose, so if you worship kiasu-ness so much, are you willing to pay the price when you lose? nobody wins forever, the table can turn, just wait for it.

im sick of facing those idiotic kiasus who cant accept it when they lose. they just go blamming everything, telling everyone why the other dudes shouldnt have won........whats done is done, it was a fair fight, you and your team lost, even though you should go die out of shame, all im asking is silence.....grow up, shut up, move on. clinging on to the past will do you any good, in fact, cling on it for too long, then you have to get your car a new paint job.

so if you cant bear the consequences of losing, dont be so full of kiasu-ness. its always about "me", everything must be "fair" to "me". so when you win, you deserve it, when you lose, they didnt deserve it. "fair" is good, or beneficial to them......anything go wrong, its not fair, then who's to blame....the winner, for being better, the judges, for being just, the audience, for clapping. then you should blame your mouth for channelling your senseless thoughts and turn them to words, the mike for amplifying your foolishness, or maybe the stage for enabling others to see how you make a fool of yourself.......want to blame god here? sure go ahead, blame him for not turning you into a cow, which match your level of intelligence.

competiton is all about playing fair and proving who's better. if you still want to treat life as competition, be my guest, and prepare to lose......im always ready to pay for it, but are you? no?.....then change, or get out from my sight. i recommend you to live with your kind of people in an island or something....wait, there is already an island for that....hahahahaha.