One day, I was dealt with a situation which suddenly struck an ideology in me. That night itself I woke in the middle of my slumber thinking about it. It's a simple concept.
When some of the wrong things you do are right.
or
When some of the right things you do are wrong.
or
When some of the right things you do are wrong.
Alright, before some of you guys jump into conclusion that Au Yong is going insane for being too long at Hong Kong, just give it a thought. I remember a story from my secondary school about a saint who lies. From the first impression, you might think this saint is a bad guy and does not deserves the holiness he portrayed. What he did was wrong. Let me finish the story. On that day, the saint was walking and came across an innocent and weak lady who is running for her life. She told the saint that one group of fierce people is trying to kill her. She begged the saint to mislead the chasing pack behind to the other direction.
The lady then ran away. Not long after that, the saint saw the group of brutal looking people with weapons approached him and asked whether the saint saw a lady they were chasing. Being a saint himself, he knew telling lie is not right according to his life principle. The saint lifted his finger pointed to the opposite way the lady was running. The group went to the direction the saint pointed. I'm sure you know the moral of this story, right? To certain people, telling lie is wrong. But when we see a bigger picture into why the saint did such an act, he was actually trying to save someone's life which is a right action. But if he pointed the direction the lady was running which he thought is right by telling no lies, then he is wrong by getting that helpless lady killed by the ruthless group.
Now back into reality, have we encountered a situation where the things we do which we thought are of no harm to others are indeed the other way round or vice-versa. I would prefer the vice-versa of course but you will never know. In engineering, I would like to use the term"conflict of interest" to describe it. Of course, cunning people comes up with imaginative idea to accomplish one task but it is our duty to not fall into their trap and persuasion. Now this bring us to the theory once again. What this cunning guy thought is wrong but he insist the thing he did is correct. We must be able to take our own judgment by making the reversal of what they want is wrong and what we believe to do is correct. Sound head spinning, right?
The lady then ran away. Not long after that, the saint saw the group of brutal looking people with weapons approached him and asked whether the saint saw a lady they were chasing. Being a saint himself, he knew telling lie is not right according to his life principle. The saint lifted his finger pointed to the opposite way the lady was running. The group went to the direction the saint pointed. I'm sure you know the moral of this story, right? To certain people, telling lie is wrong. But when we see a bigger picture into why the saint did such an act, he was actually trying to save someone's life which is a right action. But if he pointed the direction the lady was running which he thought is right by telling no lies, then he is wrong by getting that helpless lady killed by the ruthless group.
Now back into reality, have we encountered a situation where the things we do which we thought are of no harm to others are indeed the other way round or vice-versa. I would prefer the vice-versa of course but you will never know. In engineering, I would like to use the term"conflict of interest" to describe it. Of course, cunning people comes up with imaginative idea to accomplish one task but it is our duty to not fall into their trap and persuasion. Now this bring us to the theory once again. What this cunning guy thought is wrong but he insist the thing he did is correct. We must be able to take our own judgment by making the reversal of what they want is wrong and what we believe to do is correct. Sound head spinning, right?
Let me give you an example. Recently, I've been to this Hong Kong Racing Course in Happy Valley. To visit. I don't like gambling. I would like to witness what makes the people in Hong Kong to flock into the jockey club every weekend and Wednesday with newspaper tucked under their armpits. The government allows the setting up of this gambling activities. Knowing that gambling is not a good exemplary to the youngsters, they went against the ethical perspective to allow such activities. It's like your parents encourage you to gamble. But, please don't jump to conclusion so fast again. The government looks at it from a different angle.Knowing that majority of Chinese people are of gambling enthusiast, instead of them gambling away their money to Ah Long or illegal gambling center or even international gambling center which will create more social problems and also draining the countries money away, why not they become the Ah Long or "legal" gambling center. By doing this, the money of their people will only circulate around their own country, creating job opportunity, and the money lost by the betters can be used to fund charitable deed such as setting up of school, sport facilities and hospitals. It's like taking money from the people and give it back to the people. Modern day Robin Hood I would say."Stealing" is wrong but giving the "stealing" of the rich to the poor is right at the end of the day.
Riders.. Ready..
Get set....
Go!!!
Number 6... Number 6... Go...Go...Go...Some tips when you enter race course:
1. Don't bring any readable materials that resemble books.
2. Don't tap on anyone shoulder's to ask them of anything.
3. Don't bring monks and pregnant ladies.
You might scold Au Yong is such an old-fashioned superstitious thinking chap. How can gambling be influenced by such things. Em. If you don't believe me, please look at how McDonald's in there boost their sales by renaming their set meals?
Filet-O-Fish Meal = Golden Pool Meal
Chicken McNuggets = Six Win Bonus Meal
McWings Meal = Fly To Win Meal
Big Mac Meal - Big Winner Meal
Double Cheeseburger = Lucky Double Meal
How to get there: Causeway Bay MTR station (Exit A), walk for 20 mins along Wong Nai Chung Road.
Admission fees: $10 HKD
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