Natural Born Statisticians

Just had my dinner and I must say.......man, that was crap.

On my way home, I had a sudden craving for nasi kandar. So, I dropped by at a local mamak shop near my place and I guess the dishes look presentable enough. Thats what I thought. When I got home, and started to eat my heavily anticipated packet of nasi kandar, immeadiately I felt like crying....I miss Penang Nasi Kandar!!!!!!!!! To be honest, I have been in Singapore for nearly 2 years and NONE of the curry I have tasted in Singapore comes close. I mean....is there any food and beverage ministry in Singapore that can monitor the acceptable level of curry delicious-ness in Singapore???? In Penang, the nasi kandar I had just now would be banned and condemned!!! They have commited the ultimate sin for producing such level of curry!!! MY GOD WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO??????

Sigh,...oh well, I guess what goes in still comes out anyway.

Today was fairly an intresting day. Was at work today and I was chatting with this colleague about a guy that's interested in her. Apparently, she had a date with the guy and they were mostly communicating by SMS. The problem is, most of the time, she would be on the line with the customer...and her replies to his SMSes are short and direct.

Now, this is the part where it gets funny. The thing with most guys, is that they are natural born statisticians. Whenever they come across something that does not really make sense, they put a form of measurement to it and consider the pros and cons, and calculate the probability of each outcome and assumption. I really hope this really make sense to you people out there. Let me elaborate more....when he asked her if she would like to invite more friends to join them for a movie, my friend answered her date "Anything". Its a very straight forward and honest answer. Short and sweet. She merely wanted to just let him know...she's alright with having more friends around, but she's also cool if its only the 2 of them. BUT, from this guy's point of view....he was analysing that ONE word that was replied and he was trying to decipher what does she mean by saying that "Anything". Hence, for god knows what conclusion he came to....he just replied..."You seem reluctant to go out with me." So, here's the part when all the question marks come in. ????????????

Funny isnt it?

Its the same case for me as well. Many times in my life, I come across the same dillemma. When I was faced with simple remarks or opinions from other people, immeadiately my mind starts to think of every single possibility what I say or do next, and of course, its outcome. And at the same time, dicipher the information given to me. Simply put...for a guy/gal relationship...I'd be thinking, "What does she mean by that?", "Did it mean this?", "Did it mean that?". Consequently, sometimes the result would end with a moronic statement by myself and totally misinterpreted the remark.

In short, guys are always calculating the odds and probability of things. They're thinking too much. And the sad part, most of the time, even knowing that its the wrong choice after all the calculations; they still do what their heart feels most of the time...rather than their heads.