In this post i have to thank Jaben so much.

So today i was going to pull the trigger on a shure se535 (for all of you who don't know what it is google it!). I happened to see this ad by jaben's competitor(all you audiophiles should know). they offered a amp which is more expensive than the one jaben is offering. So i thought it would be a good deal and hence i went down to their shop in orchard road happily thinking i would get a better deal.

As i tested out the earphone and the amp i found it to be abit lacking compared to the one jaben was offering but i thought it would be ok since the amp is supposedly better compared to the one jaben is offering. So i happily told them i wanted to get it until they said i had to buy a wire which cost a wooping $200. I was like what the hell why didn't you guys say earlier. So i told them i needed to consider and left the shop.

Immediately i went to jaben to get the earphones. I did not expect anything more than the amp and the earphone but i was wrong.

As i purchased the amp and the earphone, the sales assistant offered me a free wire. this was a pleasant surprise. What's more they offered me a 10 dollar discount on a westone deluxe monitor case. I also got a pair of free comply tips. As i was paying, they asked my mum and sister if they had earphones, they both said now and the awesome sales assistant said he had just the right solution. He gave them each a pair of hippo epic-sparkles which sounded awesome absolutely free. lastly he gave us a bottle of bacon salt too.

I have to say that i am totally satisfied as a customer there and would definitely return to purchase any of my other audiophile needs. The sales assistant is brilliant and has a wide range of knowledge regarding earphones. He is also very patient and polite. Jaben has really good customer satisfaction and i can't praise them enough.

Thank you very much!

Disappointment

So why am I writing this in the first place? Because I am disappointed in something? Most probably. Sources of disappointments are plentiful and one can never fail to find it at every turn in life. Disappointments are mainly divided into 2 types on from yourself and one from the environment mostly however is self-fueled. Disappointments have ranging effects to your life and in most cases it also depends on how you see it. Disappointments might be seen as epic failures leading to emotional breakdown while in other cases it may motivate some people. Personally disappointments do not have that great a effect of me. I would require only a small amount of quiet time to get over with it. Well, most disappointments come from myself. Every time somebody says he or she is disappointed in me I am not baffled, well people have high expectations especially when you are in such a "elite" school.

Environmental disappointments:

One disappointment I would like to highlight would be that of other people, especially broken promises or agreements. These may be due to miscommunications, which comes from not asking. Asking is important as it clarifies doubts and in most cases help people make informed decisions about some things. This is especially important in agreements with other people and yourself. When you clarify the terms of your agreements, disappointment would not come knocking on the doors on both parties. Having doubts might ultimately lead to the agreement falling apart and both parties falling out. One party would be given high false hopes leading to utter disappointment upon finding out the truth.

Other environmental disappointments would basically include being in a class full of elites when you are not. You feel as if you are something out of place especially when it comes to results, people say you can do it by working hard. I think it is utter bullshit especially when the IQ disparity is very apparent. By working hard and not achieving the grades you want or being able to at least compare with the elites would lead to twofold disappointment. Being last in class is not something pleasant and not something one can withstand for 2 years. You can try to avoid thinking about it but every time you step into class it becomes inherent and you cannot stop thinking about it. Well the basic effect of this is that it kills whatever that is left in you to move on with life. The effect is emphasized when the teachers "chip in". I can say that this really limits personal growth and one's outlook of life and behavior is greatly altered after these events. There is basically a total change in attitude. Furthermore, these bunch of elites have really low EQ (not that I have a lot of it, but I can't help but comment on it). They literally don't give a fuck about you and can criticize anything about you. Life is treacherous and hard there.

There is also the disappointment when you fail to reach your parents' target and expectation of you. You feel like shit and feel as if you should never have been born as you only seem to add to their disappointment and you also play a big role in their ageing process.

Self-found disappointments:

These kind of disappointments are the hardest to swallow and the hardest to recover from. They essentially arrive from high self expectations. Not being able to meet these expectations would cause one to fall face down time and time again. This either cause the individual to totally give up or be more resilient (this kind of case in a 1 in 1000 chance). The most apparent kind of self found disappointment for students is definitely your grades. Well in Singapore especially, you are kind of fucked up without a decent grade in a nation-wide exam. I guess I am kind of lucky and unlucky to be where I am now. Lucky in the sense that I do not have to sit for that fucked up exam and unlucky because I have to take another exam with more fucked up people. Oh well, this is life. The higher we climb, the harder we fall. This is what we have to deal with. Every great man suffers from disappointments and setbacks but every not-so-great man suffers as much. What can we say from this? I honestly don't know. Maybe it is destiny, maybe it is not. Maybe it is karma, maybe it is not. Maybe it is luck, maybe it is not. Whatever it is, it is not how much disappointment you go through but how you deal with it.

Personal disappointment at time of writing this essay (7/9/2010 9:09:10 PM):

1. Exam results (close to last in class)

2. Not being able to save up enough money for what I want

3. Occasional disappointment in parents

4. Not being able to treat my friend's well enough

5. Not being able to maintain friendship

6. My attitude and behavior sucks

In conclusion, disappointment is everywhere but is how we perceive and see things. Obviously there are some people who claim they always lie on a bed of roses. I say take it with a pinch of salt. Then there are those that say their life is full of disappointments, these people are just as pathetic as the first kind. Being able to live the life you want would be the ultimate counter to any disappoint you feel. You do not have to be good at everything to live a good life, by avoiding all disappointments does not guarantee a good life. Being able to cope with them effectively will guarantee that. One word of advice, if you cannot do it, make friends, really good friends.

In this post i have to thank Jaben so much.

So today i was going to pull the trigger on a shure se535 (for all of you who don't know what it is google it!). I happened to see this ad by jaben's competitor(all you audiophiles should know). they offered a amp which is more expensive than the one jaben is offering. So i thought it would be a good deal and hence i went down to their shop in orchard road happily thinking i would get a better deal.

As i tested out the earphone and the amp i found it to be abit lacking compared to the one jaben was offering but i thought it would be ok since the amp is supposedly better compared to the one jaben is offering. So i happily told them i wanted to get it until they said i had to buy a wire which cost a wooping $200. I was like what the hell why didn't you guys say earlier. So i told them i needed to consider and left the shop.

Immediately i went to jaben to get the earphones. I did not expect anything more than the amp and the earphone but i was wrong.

As i purchased the amp and the earphone, the sales assistant offered me a free wire. this was a pleasant surprise. What's more they offered me a 10 dollar discount on a westone deluxe monitor case. I also got a pair of free comply tips. As i was paying, they asked my mum and sister if they had earphones, they both said now and the awesome sales assistant said he had just the right solution. He gave them each a pair of hippo epic-sparkles which sounded awesome absolutely free. lastly he gave us a bottle of bacon salt too.

I have to say that i am totally satisfied as a customer there and would definitely return to purchase any of my other audiophile needs. The sales assistant is brilliant and has a wide range of knowledge regarding earphones. He is also very patient and polite. Jaben has really good customer satisfaction and i can't praise them enough.

Thank you very much!

Disappointment

So why am I writing this in the first place? Because I am disappointed in something? Most probably. Sources of disappointments are plentiful and one can never fail to find it at every turn in life. Disappointments are mainly divided into 2 types on from yourself and one from the environment mostly however is self-fueled. Disappointments have ranging effects to your life and in most cases it also depends on how you see it. Disappointments might be seen as epic failures leading to emotional breakdown while in other cases it may motivate some people. Personally disappointments do not have that great a effect of me. I would require only a small amount of quiet time to get over with it. Well, most disappointments come from myself. Every time somebody says he or she is disappointed in me I am not baffled, well people have high expectations especially when you are in such a "elite" school.

Environmental disappointments:

One disappointment I would like to highlight would be that of other people, especially broken promises or agreements. These may be due to miscommunications, which comes from not asking. Asking is important as it clarifies doubts and in most cases help people make informed decisions about some things. This is especially important in agreements with other people and yourself. When you clarify the terms of your agreements, disappointment would not come knocking on the doors on both parties. Having doubts might ultimately lead to the agreement falling apart and both parties falling out. One party would be given high false hopes leading to utter disappointment upon finding out the truth.

Other environmental disappointments would basically include being in a class full of elites when you are not. You feel as if you are something out of place especially when it comes to results, people say you can do it by working hard. I think it is utter bullshit especially when the IQ disparity is very apparent. By working hard and not achieving the grades you want or being able to at least compare with the elites would lead to twofold disappointment. Being last in class is not something pleasant and not something one can withstand for 2 years. You can try to avoid thinking about it but every time you step into class it becomes inherent and you cannot stop thinking about it. Well the basic effect of this is that it kills whatever that is left in you to move on with life. The effect is emphasized when the teachers "chip in". I can say that this really limits personal growth and one's outlook of life and behavior is greatly altered after these events. There is basically a total change in attitude. Furthermore, these bunch of elites have really low EQ (not that I have a lot of it, but I can't help but comment on it). They literally don't give a fuck about you and can criticize anything about you. Life is treacherous and hard there.

There is also the disappointment when you fail to reach your parents' target and expectation of you. You feel like shit and feel as if you should never have been born as you only seem to add to their disappointment and you also play a big role in their ageing process.

Self-found disappointments:

These kind of disappointments are the hardest to swallow and the hardest to recover from. They essentially arrive from high self expectations. Not being able to meet these expectations would cause one to fall face down time and time again. This either cause the individual to totally give up or be more resilient (this kind of case in a 1 in 1000 chance). The most apparent kind of self found disappointment for students is definitely your grades. Well in Singapore especially, you are kind of fucked up without a decent grade in a nation-wide exam. I guess I am kind of lucky and unlucky to be where I am now. Lucky in the sense that I do not have to sit for that fucked up exam and unlucky because I have to take another exam with more fucked up people. Oh well, this is life. The higher we climb, the harder we fall. This is what we have to deal with. Every great man suffers from disappointments and setbacks but every not-so-great man suffers as much. What can we say from this? I honestly don't know. Maybe it is destiny, maybe it is not. Maybe it is karma, maybe it is not. Maybe it is luck, maybe it is not. Whatever it is, it is not how much disappointment you go through but how you deal with it.

Personal disappointment at time of writing this essay (7/9/2010 9:09:10 PM):

1. Exam results (close to last in class)

2. Not being able to save up enough money for what I want

3. Occasional disappointment in parents

4. Not being able to treat my friend's well enough

5. Not being able to maintain friendship

6. My attitude and behavior sucks

In conclusion, disappointment is everywhere but is how we perceive and see things. Obviously there are some people who claim they always lie on a bed of roses. I say take it with a pinch of salt. Then there are those that say their life is full of disappointments, these people are just as pathetic as the first kind. Being able to live the life you want would be the ultimate counter to any disappoint you feel. You do not have to be good at everything to live a good life, by avoiding all disappointments does not guarantee a good life. Being able to cope with them effectively will guarantee that. One word of advice, if you cannot do it, make friends, really good friends.