Instead of commenting on a boy getting murdered on Halloween, I'm going to comment on the girl who got flamed by the public for saying that some people are such hypocrites for starting some FB group in memory of the deceased when they don't know him well. Lol...

Honestly, I do agree with her POV and I believe that it takes much more sincerity than just an act of saying "I feel sad for him and his family" and clicking on the "join" button. The ones who truly will remember him will continue to do so for weeks, months, perhaps years depending on the degree of closeness. But alas, most netizens probably mourn out of a sense of feeling sadness for a death of a young person, and probably not because of Darren Ng (the deceased). I guess that's what she was trying to say, but it lacked tact, and well a little emphathy. Anyway, after this entire flaming incident I doubt many will dare to criticize openly in public. Lol.

Well that wasn't really the topic I had in mind. I just wanted to comment that even I myself lack emphathy for many things, in many areas. Consoling friends especially, I suck in that. The last time I tried to console a friend turned out to be a huge WTF-fest because we ended up arguing on what defines a friend, and other various shit that I don't remember (and don't want to). At the end of it all, when I probably had a headache and was so sick and tired of it did he say that I was rather ungracious. But when I think back about it, I was probably that ungracious because I was fed up with the issue he wanted me to console about in the first place.

Many times have I lost my cool, or said something regrettable due to emotions and probably that's why I always try hard to control myself - telling myself to think logically, rationally before I do something I regret. I think it ended up affecting my sense of emphathy =/

Ok what's this seriously. I'm blabbering stuff incoherently at 4am. Good night world. Need a good rest for the AI chionging session. =.= Hope we pwn the other teams haha (like Travis says).

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