pissed off!

what a week this has been! started off with me spending monday morning beside a dead elderly woman, followed by the 'largest charity suing the largest news company' saga... if you're still clueless about what's that about, you must be from another planet. i believe in charity and that one good deed deserves another and i also believe in karma (or retribution, whichever way you want to call it). heck, the week isn't even over! what's next?

charity organisations rely on the public for money (though i have no doubts that the money collected through donations are always invested for better returns) and i think its obscene to pay someone S$25k to run a charity... not to mention those 10 - 12 months bonus this bl***y idiot gets per year, first class travel on flights and what the f***, taps with golden trims? you gotta be kidding!

i've been donating to this organisation every month since i started working... and i donate more than the average person on the street. i also understand that not many people will be willing to work for free but still... it doesn't justify that kinda salary! looking at the general economic situation over at this part of the world... things are still grim, unemployment rates are still high and how many companies you know are paying good bonuses in this kinda situation? most people will be lucky if they get anything beyond their thirteenth month bonus.

no matter what those people on top are saying or how positive their outlook is, most people that i've met are still worried sick about their job security. i'm not talking about those skilled workers who have little education here... my peers are all graduates, some from local uni and many from overseas ones. we've spent such a huge part of our lives (to date, at least) and not to mention heaps of $$$, pursuing a tertiary education, hoping that it will ensure us a 'not-too-bleak' future. yet the jobs are going to these so-called 'foreign talents'... what kinda country is this?? @#$%