What Irritates Me

1. Unproductive work. I have come to terms that this is a result of my being a rather rational person, though many times I have found myself to be indecisive. So I get annoyed at myself. So when people are around me, don't spend too much time deciding what to eat. Or where to go. Or what to do. I think I might be a good spokesperson for Nike. Just bloody do it. Unless of course there is something to debate about. Calories, or time, or boredom. And also projects which have many meetings and nothing results out of it. Or maybe a 'church vision' meeting which results in nothing more than barbeque-and-fun session. Get out of my sight!

2. Greater-Than-Yours attitude. This applies anywhere. Music. Movies. Literature. Science. Anywhere. People who irritate the hell out of me are those who claims that one version of a piece of music/movie/whatever is greater than the other, and subsequently (and rather irrationally) that the other piece must be a piece of crap. He denies any value in the worse of the two, and acredits eternal heavenly value to the one he favours. These people are those who think that you shouldn't watch Lord of the Rings without first reading the book (or claim the film is a lousy adaptation of the book anyway); or perhaps Cinderella Man is really a lousier and worthless ripoff of Raging Bull (or Ron Howard is lousy, watch Martin Scorsese instead); or listen to the Beatles instead of Jet. Get out of my sight! They might be milder, but they are not worthless.

3. People who have a point to prove. They might want to read Plato's Republic so that they sound intellectual. They might want to read Calvin's Institutes so that they can correct others. They might want be involved in the arts so that they appear cultured and refined. They might want to study the Game Theory so that they appear rational and 'thinking'. Whatever they do, it was not because of the 'eternal and heavenly' value that these things have in them, but because they have something to prove. They do not wish to have a glimpse of the glory of God; they only want to impress men. I may suggest that these kinds of people are most easily detected when they jump at the slightest of coincidences to kick up a conversation of the latest treasure they have been engrossed with. Get out of my sight!

4. People who think their music is the Saviour of all Mankind that they must blare it loudly in MRT trains. Nevermind if it was music by U2 or The Beatles or at least some decent bands, but they had to broadcast awful songs like that Tokyo Drift theme song. Alert: new irritating song in the airwaves: Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend. Expect it to hit MRT trains soon.