Felt really bad today. Played chess using SC account and completely destroyed my opponent. Didn't even wayang here and there to make him think he had a chance.

And that was really unfair, since a player of my ranking is not even allowed to play with that opponent normally. (it is forbidden by the rules) It was almost like Liu Xiang participating in a hurdles competition against JC students. That was how unfair it was.

Reflected on myself after that game. Is this the kind of person that I want to be in the future, preying on the weak? I find myself disgusted with the possibility. Which really brings up to my point here: do we realise the consequence of what we do in our normal lives?

We ask our teachers, classmates, even the cleaning auntie next door on answers to things like quizzes, tests, and all that, just to score an A for the paper. Is that right? That smacks of lack of integrity and cheating.

Some may argue that it is only fair to ask for these answers since others will do it as well, and they are doing that to ensure an even playing field. I ask: If people are eating dung, will you eat it as well?

The fact that others do it gives us no reason to do it ourselves. Do we really want to live in a world where we are continually finding out ways to use shortcuts instead of working for it ourselves?

Sun Tzu, or some great chinese philosopher once said: "Great is the man who knows how to use stratagems to advance himself. Greater is the man who knows of these stratagems but refuses to use them", and I fully agree with him.

The satisfaction from a 'B' worked for far exceeds the 'A' which comes out of dubious means.

Trust me.