It's Chinese New Year

Ang Baos, food, beer, gathering and not forgetting gambling.
GAMBLING?!

I'm sure at least half of you gamble during chinese new year.
It's fun and exciting.


But really, is it for leisure, for excitment or for fast cash ?
Is it an entertainment or an addiction?
Is it a blessing that we have this culture to gamble during chinese new year or is it a curse ?


Anything taken in excess isn't good, i'm not encouraging leisure gamble although i does that once every year. But just like medication, overdosing on drugs becomes a curse, but when it was first created, it's for the benefits of mankind.


abnormal use of something becomes ABUSE.


With casino accessible to us, i believe it's meant for tourists attraction to generate more revenues for us, and a form of leisure for singaporeans.
Leisure means you do it during your free time within your means, not making it your way of life.

But i read a news on yahoo news, source from channel news asia,
"Indonesian who lost all in casino at Resorts World Sentosa, stole at airport" Feb 18, Thursday 2010.


Back to the question, is it gambling or is it character flaws?
Any sociology students here?
What's the underlying cause?
money? fast cash?
so can we summarized, the love of money causes all these.

Money is unbiased.
It is neither good nor evil.

So actually, the problem is not with gambling or with casino, the problem lies with the love of money? Even if there's no such things as gambling or casino, it just means that there will be an increase of other forms of medium for these people to gather more money without working?


With all repsect and love, i do not have anything against these gambling addicts personally, not that i condone their actions, but it's just not right to condemn them just because they are addicted to gambling, cause the root problem i believe is they are taught to love the wrong things.


As i have mentioned, it's not how much money you have, is what your money can do for you and how it can adds value in your life and those around you.