A Blessing or Curse?

[Television]

Are you implying that you made the right choice? And your friends made the wrong choice in life?

Yes, I did. We all came from middle income families and all of us had a choice.

[TracyTan866]

I was expose to hard drugs growing up in the neighborhood but i never once touched them .(Except for Marijuana )
I saw friends my age shooting heroin and friends who had several veins that has collapsed but non of them blamed anyone but themselves.

Understand this, Some things in life is a choice etc.. Drugs inc. Drinking and Smoking, Gambling, whoring, cheating, robbing, gangsterism etc.. This are choices in life that you choose, So you live with your choice, Every human has a different journey in his life and he choose that Trip

well...everything you do is a choice. whether you prefer bread for breakfast or wanton mee for breakfast. is that what u r saying?

[TracyTan866]

Yes, I did. We all came from middle income families and all of us had a choice.

good for you. and your friends made the wrong choices and they deserve their sufferings? no others were involved in how they got there?

[Television]

well...everything you do is a choice. whether you prefer bread for breakfast or wanton mee for breakfast. is that what u r saying?

Yes, that is what i am saying. When it comes to using money to buy something(It is a choice, Do you want to buy it or not? You buy drugs, You buy Gambling Chips)

[Television]

good for you. and your friends made the wrong choices and they deserve their sufferings? no others were involved in how they got there?

"Deserve" is a harsh word to use on friends, I would rather say, They choose that life style.

[HellBoy]

I like Genting's cool weather. Genting cinema is similar to SG small cinema in those muti cinema complex.

Really?! Government get $2B revenue from the 2 IR? from last year or since IR started? I wonder how much they get from Spools & Turf club?
I think gov collect more revenue from singaporean via Spools/Turf club then the 2 IR. Possible?
SG casino = quick dead, tote board = slow dead.

My question was "is it a blessing that SG is getting $2B gambling revenue" from RWS and MBS?

[Agoraphobic]

................................ My question was "is it a blessing that SG is getting $2B gambling revenue" from RWS and MBS?

Money isn't the answer to everything but to answer your question - better to be rich and unhappy than poor and unhappy.

Cheers!

[TracyTan866]

I like Genting's cool weather. Genting cinema is similar to SG small cinema in those muti cinema complex.

Really?! Government get $2B revenue from the 2 IR? from last year or since IR started? I wonder how much they get from Spools & Turf club?
I think gov collect more revenue from singaporean via Spools/Turf club then the 2 IR. Possible?
SG casino = quick dead, tote board = slow dead.

I like the cool weather too...but I dont visit the cinema

[TracyTan866]

MBS raked in gross gaming revenue of over US$2 billion last year.

Meanwhile, its rival Resorts World Sentosa recorded net gaming revenue of close to US$2.6 billion in 2011.

Analysts said the combined gross gaming revenue of Singapore's two casinos is about US$5.7 billion.

[TracyTan866]

Money isn't the answer to everything but to answer your question - better to be rich and unhappy than poor and unhappy.

Cheers!

is it good to be rich at the expense of others' misery?

[soikee]

some people go to genting to gamble

some go to genting for the cool weather

some go to genting to take a break from work

some go to genting to bond with family members

some go to genting to spend time with loved ones

Every now and then my khakis and I would drive up to KL, check into The Oriental Hotel, and then at dawn we would ride 21 kms on our bicycles from McDonald's up to Gentings Highlands.

When we succeed riding up, we would kiss the ground and scream in ecstasy.

[ionzu]

is it good to be rich at the expense of others' misery?

define good.
define rich.
define misery.

your question is multi faceted.

money is power,
but money is fiat,
so power is fiat.
take away fiat, there is no power.

that is why in this system, there must be the rich, and there must be the poor. it is inevitable.

[sleaguepunter]

I like Genting's cool weather. Genting cinema is similar to SG small cinema in those muti cinema complex.

Really?! Government get $2B revenue from the 2 IR? from last year or since IR started? I wonder how much they get from Spools & Turf club?
I think gov collect more revenue from singaporean via Spools/Turf club then the 2 IR. Possible?
SG casino = quick dead, tote board = slow dead.

Spools i dunno but no way turfclub can rake in a billion a year. Just look at the each race pools will give u an indication how much turfclub revenue in a single race day. Some local races pool struggle to reach even $100k and even the SIA cup win pool cannot even cover the prize money.

[po2wq]

...
money is power,
but money is fiat,
so power is fiat.
take away fiat, there is no power ...

tiz moni & power! ...

[ionzu]

tiz moni & power! ...

that is a beautiful car. what is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money

[po2wq]

that is a beautiful car. what is it? ...

datz fiat ...