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disclaimer: i'm not pinpointing fingers to anyone in this post. i am not really fond of writing 'pet peeves' 'cause it kind of 'peeves' me to begin with, it does not really present a very positive image of myself. so apologies in advance.

1. act-cute-attention-seeking girls who speak in unnaturally high-pitched, enthused voices and are conditioned barbies of the oestrogen-filled masses. their heads are fumigated with korean pop band lyrics, transient fashion trends, shopping malls and boys. they do not take their parents' money into consideration. their happiness is easily filled with a materialistic, hedonistic lifestyle. BUT i don't believe that this is their true selves. i believe that they have just stupidly made a wrong choice in life by flicking a deactivation switch in their occipital bone. they need to realise that they do not need to be constantly accepted into society. society is man-made. they need to get their neurons reactivated and aim to change the society they're in. especially, the one that makes them think in this flatline fashion to begin with.


2. self-righteousness. don't really want to elaborate, in case i offend anyone.


3. precocious tweens who think they're being cool in public transport by either talking and mocking each other really loudly, offending fellow commuters with their garish behaviour, or turning up the volume in their earphones so that everyone knows that they are 'hardcore rockers' ... the latter of the three being kind of okay with me, 'cause in the end, it's their eardrums that will get damaged.


4. people who don't follow George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" (1946) i.e. 'superfluous jargon' (http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/george-orwells-5-rules-for-effective-writing/), and similarly, people who write in downright poor English, i.e. "GUIZZEE, omg, 2daiz i lyk 4get 2 brought mi homwrk!!!!" oh. and all capitals. as you can tell from my blog, i'm kind of allergic to all caps. and people who are just ignorant when it comes to grammar rules. and people who criticise other people about grammar and in their criticism spell it as 'grammer' ... apparently spelling doesn't matter. and people who write a point and deviate till it's obvious they don't know what they're specific about anymore ... like this particular number four pet peeve ... yeah ...


5. teachers who, once they know one lying, ill intention student, think that they know all students. or, well, teachers who instantly jump to conclusions that i'm one of them. 'cause i'm not.