Let me see.. Where do I start? I guess this being a Singapore
website where the 'blog police' are likely to read anything that
would be deemed facetious to the interest of Singapore and The
current Singapore Government, possibly read this then tracing
the IP then turning up at my doorstep to question every word I
wrote, I guess I have to choose my words CAREFULLY..
Let me first impress on any readers of this post that I am a
patriotic son of Singapore. I served my National Service like any
typical complain-ridden Singaporean-born man. I am a Malay. I am a
Muslim. I do not support terrorism of any kind. I believe in equal
rights and opportunities in Singapore. Although and right minded
Singaporeans would find that ideal rather deluded. Yes,
deluded.
Now the sentiment of this entry is not to blindly shoot in the
dark. Nor have me ranting like Dr. Chee Soon Juan. At least if I
did say something, I would like to think that I would be able to at
achieve a decent follow through. No disrespects to Dr. Chee, but I
personally think that the man has more aptitude to shoot off a
round on his on foot rather than make a real difference. Now, with
that said about Dr. Chee let me get to my point..
Please Sir. If you want to say something, at least don't
patronise us middle-income citizens. Because the current situation
is really choking us.
Sure, we understand about rising costs and world economics
climates, but you keep saying we are doing well. I want to know, as
a concerned citizen where you get your facts from? Because I sure
as hell am not doing well. In fact some of us are barely surviving
from month to month.
No sane person would have the right mind to directly accuse you
of our hardship and financial short comings. But then again, not
everyone of us earns a paycheck like yours do we Sir? Heck! Some of
us are working 3 jobs just to stay broke. Some of us have to
sacrifice too much. Afraid to even take a day off of work because
our children would go hungry. I won't be surprised if you start
having Singaporeans living out of boxes. In
fact, haven't we featured enough Singaporeans building
tents by our public beaches?
You ask of us singles to get married. The nation running public
announcements ads pouring on and on about the joys of marriage.
When you have even more separating because, well because they are
looking for someone who earns more.
We start missing the point.
We have Singaporeans who are rude and basically so single-minded
that all they care about is not a person character, but what kind
of money the person bring home. Then again, we can't blame our
citizens aptitude for indifference to other Singaporeans to you now
could we Sir?
I actually understood the reason why the ERP charges were
raised. But Singaporeans want to still delude themselves into
thinking they could afford these things. Turning to the government
yet again because the don't have enough money left to put their
children to a decent University. But of course a person like you
wouldn't have to worry about that right Sir? Certainly the pay
raise that our ministers supposedly deserve would help in paying
for them to afford any school their children decide to go to. The
rest of us just look on, green with envy..
The rest of us are just stuck in this vicious cycle.
So are Singaporeans doing well? I don't know Sir. You tell me. I
guess I'll have to get back to you when I start living out of a
box.
Maybe I made a point here. Maybe I rambled on and on
about nothing in particular. Do what you have to do Mr. Lee. But
please stop patronising the rest of us who keep trying and trying
to claw our way to the top of the food chain..
I pray this entry didn't offend you.. Just another one of your
obscure loyal citizens voicing out his concern..
Yeah, u should be grateful that you chose your words tactfully.
However, the tone of your writing is so apologetic. Hmm, since you
have decided to write something like this, the least u could behave
is to set an unapologetic tone.
For instance, Why do you have to stress "
I pray this entry didn't offend you.. Just another one of
your obscure loyal citizens voicing out his concern.." Common,
i think any reader reading this loses all their respect for you
already.
On a sidetrack, I seriously cannot believe why certain thread
starters have not been prosecuted for starting really defamatory
topics like, ( i quote e.g. "When is LKY going to die".. etc etc).
The moderators perhaps you could look into this.
My point is. you wish to make a point, do it responsibly, in a
tactful manner, and probably state the data/academic source
from which you drew your inspiration to write certain topics. There
is no need for forumers to resort to vulgarities in your reply when
you scold our leaders. I am surprised that for this long, these
people are not hauled up!. You folks should be grateful for
that.
