Play It Safe!
This is a story from one of my English class. The instructor gave an illustration:
A is a boy. He has a girlfriend, B.
They’ve been together for quite some time.
Then, B falls in love with C,
and C loves B so.
So, we had to give suggestion for B, something like whether she should stick with A or leave A for C. Here was my answer: PASS!
Second illustration:
A company, struggling through its financial problems, asked a business consultant for some advices. The consultant gave 2 choices. The first one was to sell some of their assets in order to increase the company cash so that they can operate properly. The second choice was to sell the whole company to an association, which would professionally handle all their problems. Their problems would be gone and so would their ownership. Long story short, the company chose the last choice.
We can say that the company play a safe bet. A safe bet means something that you are certain will happen or someone or something that you are certain will win or succeed [source]. By selling the company to the association, it won’t take as much as responsibilities as before. It still may do the controlling but that’s just it. The real wheel is on the hand of the association.
Funny thing is that I played safe bet during that particular session of English class (well, in a lot of time in my life, I played it safe). I did have answer for the first illustration, my own opinion.
I agree with one of my English classmates, my project simulation chief, I think that B should stick with A. I’m not trying to be radical or inflexible here. I just treasure relationship that much. A bond, a commitment that you’ve made, especially marriage, are not meant to be broken, even in situation like the illustration above. Well, you can say engagement is quite different but for now I don’t see it that way.
How about you? Got a story where you play safe bet?
You know what, my moving to Bali is something I call a safe bet, too. Wkwkwkwk
My Opinion for first ilustration, actually i have never in this situation, but i aggree with your English classmates, my project simulation chief too.
usHeaNNa
7 Aug 08 at 11:42 am
mwahaha… actually i thought i would be hearing something like this from you at that time, instead of just “pass!” :D i remember that i answered “just break the engagement” since i think that a social contract is not an obligation… or maybe because unlike you, i don’t treasure relationship that much (??)
so, suppose you were engaged to someone, then suddenly you knew that ‘Mas-mu’ were actually in love with you too… how will that be? :P
giaferdi
7 Aug 08 at 12:02 pm
@usHeaNNa: yosh! aggree!
@giaferdi:
I will
of course marry ‘Mas-mu’ (why do you need to ask?)stay with my fiancée. This is what I think.. I think I am a type of person that would have thought thousands or even millions times before I am engaged to somebody. So, things like residue feeling for ‘Mas-mu’ or else will take part in the war of thoughts(??) and finally affect my decision about the engagement. But once the engagement starts, well.. I’d like it to continue to the marriage and then to be last longer than forever. Wkwkwkwkwk…Elfira Y S
7 Aug 08 at 12:28 pm
sometimes it’s different on a theoretical situation and in real life. Some people have a principle of once in a lifetime marriage, and others believe that you should always keep your options open. I believe that when the opportunity comes, one should sometimes hold their breath and jump off the cliff. Cause we’ve only got one life to live and I don’t want to keep wondering what our life would be like if only we chose the other road.
BTW, thanks for the comments, I’ve been out of blog for a while, I want to start again later.
Ronny
7 Aug 08 at 5:47 pm
You know, when i asked someone what is the love, she said love likes channel tv, if you don’t like or bored with you’re watching, you can take remote control and change the channel. kekekekeke
bydt
8 Aug 08 at 1:09 pm
quote:
I used same pattern as above but replace “treasure” with “experience”. And you know what? My English lecturer point it as the “false example” where all the people laughing at :sad: .
Agree with your opinion sis, but it’s just because I’m playing good values over good principles. Sometimes I just want to “be-don’t-care-about it” and say (to B), “Up to sis, He likes u u like him, looks like ideal couple for me. Except what people call endurance and loyalty”
*what did I mean to? kekeke*
But me myself is trying to keep that “good values over good principles” thing which makes my position so d**n hard :mrgreen: .
tutu1ng
9 Aug 08 at 10:56 pm
@bydt : i’ve read … somewhere in Andrea Hinata book. wkwkwk
usHeaNNa
11 Aug 08 at 1:06 pm
Hi there, Ronny, mas Bay, and Fius!
Like TV channels… keep the options open.. Huhu.. I can read it as a flexible way in enjoying our life, where in some cases, it can also be pretty good excuse to do everything we want. Well, love sure is something, right? Its tale never ends. Hehe..
Hi there, Yuan!
So, it’s a quote, then.. Someone to whom mas Bay asked the question probably has read Edensor also..
Elfira Y S
13 Aug 08 at 11:04 am
No I don’t play safe, I resigned before get another job. Let’s life extremely! Nyehehe…
uknowme
14 Aug 08 at 6:12 pm
Hi there uknowme!
That’s a brave step you took there. I admire that. Good luck, future-IT-director-of-oil-company!
Elfira Y S
19 Aug 08 at 7:38 am