Nothing is as painful as watching an attempt to be creative.

It is an understatement to say that Singaporeans are not the most creative of people. During a course on effective presentation and impactful opening, we are split into groups to come up with an effective opening in 30 minutes. Limited time and limited minds do little to help.

Perhaps the only pragmatic aspect about me is my deep belief in substance over presentation, function over form. Perhaps it is logical to say that you cannot be creative about substance if you do not have it at all.

When people want to be creative about something when they are hardly even capable of synthesis of ideas, and when they want to package something they know precious little about, the process of creation gets really "innovative".

How do you react when the physical incarnation of superficiality is breathing in front of you and staring at you in your face? You turn away before you are charged with murder.