It's all in the mind

Recent spate of events has turned to a flurry of war of the SIM cards.

With the introduction of vote outs, it seemed to spark off highly volatile votes for certain favourites in this competition.

To extract a few, PixiePosh, Aesvalone and Keito are some stocks worth considering.

One moment you see them UP, another moment you see them DOWN.

It's a spectacular show to sit back and relax, with popcorn in my left arm and mouse in the other.

It would be wonderful refreshing for the last hour of the elimination period.

Like I've said, people are voting for themselves. They are just paranoid that they don't want to go off next and hence they either boost their ratings, or just plummet someone down to abysmal heights.

The 3 above I mentioned which I have observed once in a while has reached negativity before and has also reached heights of abnormal proportions.

Whatever it is, it is all in the mind, and let your money and fears take over it.

Speaking of psychological games, a recent one also has irked me beyond goosebumps.

For the frequent commuters of the MRT, they would have been the target of some Ad posters that tells them to be aware of some left-along bag that could possibly be a bomb.

With the recent rehash of the Spain bombings, who's next on the list?

This paranoia of the next target is unnerving.

For all that is travelling home after a hard day of work and napping soundly to the sound of the monotonous train tracks travelling, an announcement will jerk you to awaken to your senses.

"Attention all passengers, please do not leave your belongings unattended. If you see any unattended bags, do not panic and hide under your skirts or umbrellas and please call 999."

Imagine 20 sleepy heads suddenly awakening and all of them slightly turning their heads as though they are crossing the road and all of their heavy eye-bagged eyes starts to screen the surface like a rotating surveillance camera to look out for any suspicious bags that could possibly hold a time bomb.

It's unnerving to think that there is the possibility of having any dangers hitting the heartlands. But it's more unnerving everytime you wake up to the possibility to check your surroundings.

Retracing Civics and Moral lessons back in secondary school years, they emphasize on the 5 arms of Civil Defence. Discussing about psychological defence, the power of the mind is all powerful.

As I've stated in my half-cocked theory, the two basic element of the minds are "fear" and "curiousity".

We fear we will die alone if we cannot find love.
We fear we will get fat if we eat too much.
We fear that if we don'ttake the necessary precautions, we might die like a fat ass in a coffin from a bomb in a train.

Worrying about fears, be it in a mydreamd8 competition or in a train. It's all the same.

If we keep feeding our fears with paranoia, the whole one day will be filled with insecurities just because we panic at the slightest threat.

It's all in the mind. And let the war of the SIM cards begin.

With a F5 button-remote control,
Benjamin

P.S. The MRT ad also showed that a cute teddy bear being a bomb too, how will our next generation take comfort in any assuring soft toy anymore?