Many claim that in the past, things were cheaper and life was
easier. A cup of coffee perhaps only 20 cts.
Let's be realistic.
How much did the common worker get let's say in the late
60s? only average est
$300
How did our forefathers lived in the late 60s? Shanty huts,
costing est $25/mth, which consists of cement floors, smelly
drains, perhaps not even piped water, charcoal stoves, etc.
How much was primary education back then? $2/mth.
How much meat did the common worker eat per week? Perhaps only
once a mth, rice, vege and an occasional fish was the staple.
Eating out meant roadside stall serving noodles or chicken rice,
considered a luxury.
How much was entertainment back then? 50cts in non-aircon
cinemas, wooden chairs with no armrest. Beach and Mt Faber was
free.
But did they stopped having children? Nope, and did not
stop at even three.
Did our parents grew up deprived? Nope, they were normal humans,
working for an honest living and provided for us, some even
pampering us as our nation progressed.
And now, how much NOW are our salaries?
No citizen earns lower than $800 for the meanest job
and while i do not have empirical figures, most earn above est
$1,500/mth.
The point is - have we citizens became self centred, so much
that we no longer are willing to sacrifice for anything other than
ourselves in instant self gratification for both males and females,
to the extent of not even having kids, ending ourselves within this
generation with no one to call us dad or mom, and depend on charity
for our old age?
More frighteningly, as a progressive and civilised society, have
we the current generation stopped loving children and having
any of our own?
