i had an hour long chat with Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam last tuesday at Reform Party's Open House. will be meeting up with SDP and their Youth Wing at their Open House.
learned a lot from Mr Kenneth about his visions for Singapore: definitely more worthwhile than reading from RP books and manifesto.
its such an honor to meet up with these men of integrity. one of them could be the next Prime Minister who will rule Singapore for the next X years(in Lee Kuan Yew's case, 50). will update my blog soon regarding the visits.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
how to be a happier Singaporean
http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/11...ners/#comments
There is a way that we don’t have to bear with the high influx of foreigners and still be happy. When you can’t beat them, you join them.
I have tried this for sometime now and it works quite well for me. I tell myself that I am not a Singaporean but a PR in Singapore. I read every news from a PR perspective and it was fantastic to realise that as a “PR”, I am being treated so much better then Singaporeans.
When I go shopping, I remind myself that I am a tourist and behave like one and expect to be treated like one. Early this year, when I received my reservist notice, I told myself that I am a PR, hence I am exempted from NS and went all out to get a deferment. It was successful and I did not serve any reservist this year. I was over the moon. I will try to defer again next year.
By cutting off all your attachment with Singapore as a Singaporean, you will learn how much happier you will become. Needless to say, when there is trouble and the MIW wants Singaporeans to stand united, you can just book the first flight out of here and not feeling any sense of guilt. Tell yourself that you are not a Singaporean after all.
It works for me. Try it and see if it works for you.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
the PAP is out of ideas this election
the PAP has no idea how to win back Hougang and Potong Pasir.
they do not have an appealing selling point.
this will be their Archilles heel.
they cant win, thus they cant fight.
when they cant fight, they have to defend.
when they defend, it means they are prepared to take damage.
the question now is:how much damage can they afford?
the maximum possible damage will throw the PAP out of governance.
good old art of war, lets test the validity of its military expertise.
be prepared PAP, Change is coming.
vote for Change, vote PAP out.
they do not have an appealing selling point.
this will be their Archilles heel.
they cant win, thus they cant fight.
when they cant fight, they have to defend.
when they defend, it means they are prepared to take damage.
the question now is:how much damage can they afford?
the maximum possible damage will throw the PAP out of governance.
good old art of war, lets test the validity of its military expertise.
be prepared PAP, Change is coming.
vote for Change, vote PAP out.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
the saddest developed country
Today, we look at Singapore after 50 years of PAP rule:
everyone is tired and totally drained out by PAP's pro-business approach.
Singaporeans work hard for very little relatively to other first world countries because of PAP.
trot down Shenton Way and Paya Lebar during peak hours, what we see is a typical Singaporean:
frustrated, stressed, angry and most importantly: helpless.
drop by old towns like Eunos's circuit road, Chinatown's waterloo street, Toa Payoh's lorongs...we'll see countless elderly peddling tissues, arching their back picking up recyclable items, pushing loads of "trash", and the handicapped and poor in the streets performing, begging...what retirement? what first world country and GDP progress? all the GDP percentage has nothing to do with them!
look at our local tertiary students. the PAP rather fund some foreign students with worse-than-PSLE English than to subsidize Singaporean students university and polytechnic fees.
look at the blank faces of the NSFs: underpaid, tamed and have no freedom.
their resigned faces say it all.
Singapore today is a sad sad place.
there is no Hope and no signs of life here. work and work...
we have degraded into a callous and meaningless society because of PAP.
the PAP know it, but they want to have their cake and eat it too. thus they resort to propagandas: telling Singaporeans to smile, to be gracious, to be accommodating of foreigners, to appreciate what we have...faking happiness.
sometimes i wonder if the PAP members are faking it too.
does the PAP as a ruling government understand?
this place gives me heartaches, which is also the reason why i will choose to leave Singapore if PAP wins the next GE.
i will give it all i've got for the next GE, am considering to join the Opposition and hope to get socio-civic bloggers like me to be in for this too.
Singapore have all the talents to form a better government. i will approach them and hopefully pursuade these talents to concentrate together in one party and stand for elections.
will visit Reform Party's open house next tuesday and the Worker's Party headquarters the week after.
the people is waiting for a Change, a new Hope.
i have decided to stop waiting and seek the team who will be the Change. i hope readers will at least do their part by educating their families and friends about the sad state PAP has put us in.
p.s. i thank you all for the emails and messages of encouragement i received from the TOC interview. Change is about the people's effort. lets give it all we've got for this country this General Elections.
everyone is tired and totally drained out by PAP's pro-business approach.
Singaporeans work hard for very little relatively to other first world countries because of PAP.
trot down Shenton Way and Paya Lebar during peak hours, what we see is a typical Singaporean:
frustrated, stressed, angry and most importantly: helpless.
drop by old towns like Eunos's circuit road, Chinatown's waterloo street, Toa Payoh's lorongs...we'll see countless elderly peddling tissues, arching their back picking up recyclable items, pushing loads of "trash", and the handicapped and poor in the streets performing, begging...what retirement? what first world country and GDP progress? all the GDP percentage has nothing to do with them!
look at our local tertiary students. the PAP rather fund some foreign students with worse-than-PSLE English than to subsidize Singaporean students university and polytechnic fees.
look at the blank faces of the NSFs: underpaid, tamed and have no freedom.
their resigned faces say it all.
Singapore today is a sad sad place.
there is no Hope and no signs of life here. work and work...
we have degraded into a callous and meaningless society because of PAP.
the PAP know it, but they want to have their cake and eat it too. thus they resort to propagandas: telling Singaporeans to smile, to be gracious, to be accommodating of foreigners, to appreciate what we have...faking happiness.
sometimes i wonder if the PAP members are faking it too.
does the PAP as a ruling government understand?
this place gives me heartaches, which is also the reason why i will choose to leave Singapore if PAP wins the next GE.
i will give it all i've got for the next GE, am considering to join the Opposition and hope to get socio-civic bloggers like me to be in for this too.
Singapore have all the talents to form a better government. i will approach them and hopefully pursuade these talents to concentrate together in one party and stand for elections.
will visit Reform Party's open house next tuesday and the Worker's Party headquarters the week after.
the people is waiting for a Change, a new Hope.
i have decided to stop waiting and seek the team who will be the Change. i hope readers will at least do their part by educating their families and friends about the sad state PAP has put us in.
p.s. i thank you all for the emails and messages of encouragement i received from the TOC interview. Change is about the people's effort. lets give it all we've got for this country this General Elections.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
ypap facebook war
anger simply compounded when these idiots absolve themselves of blame.
the greatest part about anger is its a form of energy and we all know mass can be converted into energy(from atomic bombs). likewise, energy is converted into mass, but in my case:
energy into mass into energy.
so much energy for YPAP facebook forum.
propagandize online? try harder.
PAP must be voted out.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=77865194499&v=wall
the greatest part about anger is its a form of energy and we all know mass can be converted into energy(from atomic bombs). likewise, energy is converted into mass, but in my case:
energy into mass into energy.
so much energy for YPAP facebook forum.
propagandize online? try harder.
PAP must be voted out.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=77865194499&v=wall
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
on governance
my comment on ypap facebook forum:
democracy to me is but one of the various forms of governance. no system is new, incorruptible and flawless. depending on the demographics and current affairs, governance has to change.
democracy to me is but one of the various forms of governance. no system is new, incorruptible and flawless. depending on the demographics and current affairs, governance has to change.
LKY's PAP form of socialist dictatorship has been prov...en very effective during developing Singapore. we have since thrived into a developed country and old time
worries(like rise of nazism and extremism) are things of the past.
today, his son LHL's PAP has transformed the governing style into fascism. i have serious doubts about his model because there is hardly any progress and success that can be attributed to him.
given today's current affairs and a highly educated population, the solution is democracy.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
YPAP comments 1
http://www.youngpap.org.sg/index.php?option!+=com_content&view=article&id=100&joscclean=1&comment_id=126#josc128
hi anonymous
"causing damage to society" is too vaguely used and is often misused to protect PAP's interest.
unless you are telling me bringing down the PAP equates to tearing Singapore's social fabric?
Singapore's success lies on Lee Kuan Yew's PAP team of old guards and our forefathers. i wouldn't give any credit to Lee Hsien Loong's administration in fact.
this is a Post-LKY era, the PAP is no longer the same as before: it is no longer a nanny state like it used to be under LKY.
may i ask what have Lee Hsien Loong's administration done today?
we have higher inflation due to GST, our poor increase in number, our elderly struggles, our parents can't retire, our houses become unaffordable, our people gets apathetic and cynical, our national identity gets dissolved by foreigners, our infrastruture(buses and facilities) face overcrowding and our people gets angrier each day.
is this progress?
all these years since 1960s, Singaporeans were voting for Lee Kuan Yew and his trusted team.in today's post-LKY era, people will vote for their interests and survival. the weakening of LKY is clearly reflected in last election's record low result: 66.66%
coming next May 2010 General Elections, voters know LKY cant do much as a Mentor Minister. he has fought a great battle for us, but it is time a new government will take over to care for the people: which i believe LKY himself hopes to see too.
p.s. we are not a hub of excellence at all.
education hub?
our local universities can't even provide enough seats for eligible local students and prioritize foreign students instead. cases of fraud degrees still occur today despite being licensed "CASE-trusts". besides, our tertiary education still lag way behind Aussie's.
sports hub?
china-import Feng Tianwei cant even secure a 3rd spot despite all the benefits showering on her. all of our sportspersons are imported and this kill the Singapore spirit. we don't even have a niche sport to talk about. our national carrier SIA even support the New Zealand dragon boat team while our local dragon boat team has to pay everything themselves(the greatest irony is to see our local team winning the competition!). what hub to talk about when our government do not support Singaporeans in sports and choose to splurge carrots on foreign players(with free citizenship and no National Service)?
biomedical hub?
what revolutionary inventions have come out after millions spent on our government agencies? invitations and carrots again have been given to foreign scientists while, in a recent case, a Singaporean biomedical research scientist with a PHD has to drive a cab!
besides, our biomedical industries have made little or no achievements given the amount of resources and years injected into them. this is a complete waste of taxpayers money.
i even have doubts for a title of "gambling hub" given the casinos' repeated delay.
i am able to write my comments online because Singapore is trying to be Obama-like, advocating free speech but at the same time sending a team to counter these views by regurgitating propagandas.
hi anonymous
"causing damage to society" is too vaguely used and is often misused to protect PAP's interest.
unless you are telling me bringing down the PAP equates to tearing Singapore's social fabric?
Singapore's success lies on Lee Kuan Yew's PAP team of old guards and our forefathers. i wouldn't give any credit to Lee Hsien Loong's administration in fact.
this is a Post-LKY era, the PAP is no longer the same as before: it is no longer a nanny state like it used to be under LKY.
may i ask what have Lee Hsien Loong's administration done today?
we have higher inflation due to GST, our poor increase in number, our elderly struggles, our parents can't retire, our houses become unaffordable, our people gets apathetic and cynical, our national identity gets dissolved by foreigners, our infrastruture(buses and facilities) face overcrowding and our people gets angrier each day.
is this progress?
all these years since 1960s, Singaporeans were voting for Lee Kuan Yew and his trusted team.in today's post-LKY era, people will vote for their interests and survival. the weakening of LKY is clearly reflected in last election's record low result: 66.66%
coming next May 2010 General Elections, voters know LKY cant do much as a Mentor Minister. he has fought a great battle for us, but it is time a new government will take over to care for the people: which i believe LKY himself hopes to see too.
p.s. we are not a hub of excellence at all.
education hub?
our local universities can't even provide enough seats for eligible local students and prioritize foreign students instead. cases of fraud degrees still occur today despite being licensed "CASE-trusts". besides, our tertiary education still lag way behind Aussie's.
sports hub?
china-import Feng Tianwei cant even secure a 3rd spot despite all the benefits showering on her. all of our sportspersons are imported and this kill the Singapore spirit. we don't even have a niche sport to talk about. our national carrier SIA even support the New Zealand dragon boat team while our local dragon boat team has to pay everything themselves(the greatest irony is to see our local team winning the competition!). what hub to talk about when our government do not support Singaporeans in sports and choose to splurge carrots on foreign players(with free citizenship and no National Service)?
biomedical hub?
what revolutionary inventions have come out after millions spent on our government agencies? invitations and carrots again have been given to foreign scientists while, in a recent case, a Singaporean biomedical research scientist with a PHD has to drive a cab!
besides, our biomedical industries have made little or no achievements given the amount of resources and years injected into them. this is a complete waste of taxpayers money.
i even have doubts for a title of "gambling hub" given the casinos' repeated delay.
i am able to write my comments online because Singapore is trying to be Obama-like, advocating free speech but at the same time sending a team to counter these views by regurgitating propagandas.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
i have been making a lot of comments in forums and hasn't been putting much effort in my blog. anyway below is a comment for a Young PAP website's article.
the poly students have credits in their assumptions that Singapore have no freedom of speech.
when we want to have a public talk, we are to be contained in a miserable CCTV-ed Hong Lim Park and have the content approved by the police. why set up such obstacles if the government is a supporter of free speech?
besides the uncountable lawsuits of defamation charges against our opposition leaders further reinforce such mentality. look at the late JBJ who spent most of his life in bankruptcy and the "notorious" Dr Chee from SDP who have been in and out of jail countless times. who dares to openly discuss politics, let alone join the Opposition when Singapore has such a track record for charging dissidents?
the PAP should let things the way it is: reinforce the limit of speech, in the name of stability.they shouldn't try too hard to please the younger voters by claiming themselves to be Obama-like, because in fact, they are nowhere there!
and with almost all speeches and official statements recorded the internet, bloggers and forums quote the government's words to counter their agenda.
in short, this is looking very bad on the PAP.
cynicism and apathy breeds from helplessness. Singapore's laws and governance has always been in the hands of PAP, with little or no participation from the public.
how much would a Singaporean's 2 cents worth composition compare to a millionaire Minister's one liner?
we have no need for spin doctors here.
Singapore's media is ranked 154th in press freedom and independence, i guess that speaks volume about its credibility. people get irritated by the articles on the mainstream media so much that everyone is turning online for Singapore news by foreign press: a laughing stock our media is.z
the poly students have credits in their assumptions that Singapore have no freedom of speech.
when we want to have a public talk, we are to be contained in a miserable CCTV-ed Hong Lim Park and have the content approved by the police. why set up such obstacles if the government is a supporter of free speech?
besides the uncountable lawsuits of defamation charges against our opposition leaders further reinforce such mentality. look at the late JBJ who spent most of his life in bankruptcy and the "notorious" Dr Chee from SDP who have been in and out of jail countless times. who dares to openly discuss politics, let alone join the Opposition when Singapore has such a track record for charging dissidents?
the PAP should let things the way it is: reinforce the limit of speech, in the name of stability.they shouldn't try too hard to please the younger voters by claiming themselves to be Obama-like, because in fact, they are nowhere there!
and with almost all speeches and official statements recorded the internet, bloggers and forums quote the government's words to counter their agenda.
in short, this is looking very bad on the PAP.
cynicism and apathy breeds from helplessness. Singapore's laws and governance has always been in the hands of PAP, with little or no participation from the public.
how much would a Singaporean's 2 cents worth composition compare to a millionaire Minister's one liner?
we have no need for spin doctors here.
Singapore's media is ranked 154th in press freedom and independence, i guess that speaks volume about its credibility. people get irritated by the articles on the mainstream media so much that everyone is turning online for Singapore news by foreign press: a laughing stock our media is.z
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
NS and its redundancy
lets look at some of the countries with conscription systems. we don't have to be military-trained or possess some brilliant IQ and foresight to analyse the necessity of National Service.
1) South Korea
constantly under threat of a nuclear-equipped North and stuck in the 6 party-relationship. their real peace will only come when Korea is unified. besides the North, they also have uncertain relationships with...
-China
stability of China depends on one Premier, who is the next communist after Wen Jia Bao we don't know, yes don't ever forget the fact they are still COMMUNISTS)
-Japan
the WW2 hatred will always be there, whoever the government is.
-US
growing pressure from US citizens to keep their hands off the other countries' affairs, again this depends on US voters. majority is the tyranny of democracy, never mind others' death and stabilitythus, National Service Conscription for South Korea is a must. too many battle fronts to fight.
2) Israel
the father of SAF, we have them to thanks for building a defense system here in 1967. look at the map of Israel, the country is a natural battleground, im sure all generals will love to fight a war with such challenging terrains.
North - Lebanon
East - Syria and Jordan (dessert warfare)
West - the great Medditerranean Sea(marine warfare)
South - Egypt
they are the only non-Muslim country in the Middle East, and war is everyday chores(i think they secretly enjoy fighting somehow...) National Service is of course a must since their threat of invasion and terrorism is amongst the highest in the world.
3) Taiwan
i have always believe China is a security threat to all nations. as said in previous posts, their stability and growth is only as sound as their Premier's mind. Communists do not need to justify any actions if they insist.like South Korea, they face problematic ties with US and China. US has shown itself to be a constant supporter of Taiwan, but apparently some Taiwan leaders like to stir shit and irritate China with pro-independence talks.as such, National Service Conscription is a great source of manpower to oppose the largest army in the world, China. their government's recent acknowledgement that Conscription disadvantages their citizens was welcomed greatly by the Taiwanese: cutting NS to 1 year. very unlike PAP's constant denial that NS disadvantages Singaporeans.
4) Singapore
there is no threat in south east asia region. Malaysia and Indonesia stands to benefit the most from Singapore's independence. heavily dependent on trading of natural resources, SEA countries have no wish to upset one of the most prosperous and safest sea route in the world.if NS is necessary, there are some issues that need to be addressed because the policies are running counter-productively to NS.
-will our economy and infrastructure sustain itself when all foreigners leave Singapore? No of course, our economy are so dependent on foreigners that it will collapse completely before the first enemy soldier fire the first bullet. a simple sanction on Singapore will kill us all, dont need for bullets.
-is our security compromised when foreigners take up important places of our companies? how many secret info has been leaking out due to appointments of foreigners? ask Chip Goodyear who probably knows how much real money we have in Temasek Holdings than any Singaporeans.
-why is NS disadvantaging Singaporean males? is there any effort by the PAP to at least keep our males on par with females and foreigners? No of course not. the PAP likes to spend more millions on propagandas than actual money to relief our NS men's monetary worries.the PAP take us NS men for granted: a disposable lot.
they love to quote kennedy "ask not what your country can do for you but what can you do for your country" my answer to them "what can the country do for me? probably not much"
1) South Korea
constantly under threat of a nuclear-equipped North and stuck in the 6 party-relationship. their real peace will only come when Korea is unified. besides the North, they also have uncertain relationships with...
-China
stability of China depends on one Premier, who is the next communist after Wen Jia Bao we don't know, yes don't ever forget the fact they are still COMMUNISTS)
-Japan
the WW2 hatred will always be there, whoever the government is.
-US
growing pressure from US citizens to keep their hands off the other countries' affairs, again this depends on US voters. majority is the tyranny of democracy, never mind others' death and stabilitythus, National Service Conscription for South Korea is a must. too many battle fronts to fight.
2) Israel
the father of SAF, we have them to thanks for building a defense system here in 1967. look at the map of Israel, the country is a natural battleground, im sure all generals will love to fight a war with such challenging terrains.
North - Lebanon
East - Syria and Jordan (dessert warfare)
West - the great Medditerranean Sea(marine warfare)
South - Egypt
they are the only non-Muslim country in the Middle East, and war is everyday chores(i think they secretly enjoy fighting somehow...) National Service is of course a must since their threat of invasion and terrorism is amongst the highest in the world.
3) Taiwan
i have always believe China is a security threat to all nations. as said in previous posts, their stability and growth is only as sound as their Premier's mind. Communists do not need to justify any actions if they insist.like South Korea, they face problematic ties with US and China. US has shown itself to be a constant supporter of Taiwan, but apparently some Taiwan leaders like to stir shit and irritate China with pro-independence talks.as such, National Service Conscription is a great source of manpower to oppose the largest army in the world, China. their government's recent acknowledgement that Conscription disadvantages their citizens was welcomed greatly by the Taiwanese: cutting NS to 1 year. very unlike PAP's constant denial that NS disadvantages Singaporeans.
4) Singapore
there is no threat in south east asia region. Malaysia and Indonesia stands to benefit the most from Singapore's independence. heavily dependent on trading of natural resources, SEA countries have no wish to upset one of the most prosperous and safest sea route in the world.if NS is necessary, there are some issues that need to be addressed because the policies are running counter-productively to NS.
-will our economy and infrastructure sustain itself when all foreigners leave Singapore? No of course, our economy are so dependent on foreigners that it will collapse completely before the first enemy soldier fire the first bullet. a simple sanction on Singapore will kill us all, dont need for bullets.
-is our security compromised when foreigners take up important places of our companies? how many secret info has been leaking out due to appointments of foreigners? ask Chip Goodyear who probably knows how much real money we have in Temasek Holdings than any Singaporeans.
-why is NS disadvantaging Singaporean males? is there any effort by the PAP to at least keep our males on par with females and foreigners? No of course not. the PAP likes to spend more millions on propagandas than actual money to relief our NS men's monetary worries.the PAP take us NS men for granted: a disposable lot.
they love to quote kennedy "ask not what your country can do for you but what can you do for your country" my answer to them "what can the country do for me? probably not much"
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