Okay, I just suddenly thought of this line while i was writing my earlier post. My tuition teacher once said (okay, he said it more than once, but that's a minor detail) 'life is like a gamble'.

Which does sort of makes sense. Many things in life is like a gamble. From choosing which stream to study in, to what sort of course to enroll in for university, to the dreaded 'confess or not' situations.

I would like to draw the example of poker. I'm sure many of you know about poker. In the game, using the general rules, you can switch the cards in your hand. So it's sort of like that. Choosing streams, courses, is like what hand you're going for. You have a choice of what hand you want to play. Do you think that's a winning hand? Is the science stream really suitable? Or would you go with this hand? Is the arts stream more suitable? Can your hand win? Will your confession be successful?

Since, like life, it's highly unlikely of getting the perfect invincible hand, you'll have to bet on it. Will you bet, using this hand, or not? Will you win, or not? Oh, and i forgot to mention one minor detail. All your bets are 'all in' or in chinese, 'sai lan'. It basically means you're putting all your chips into the bet. So, there's no turning back.

And a personal question : If life is like a gamble, then...who's the dealer?
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