staring at the computer screen, thinking of how to fill the empty space.
my room is lighted by the warmth light emitted from the computer screen.
just came back from a long mahjong session, my eyes and brain are tired from the intensiveness of the game. (damn, after close to 8 hours of playing ... my networth gain is only $5! but hey, at least i managed to meet up with a couple of friends whom i have not met for close to one month)
some much changes had happened. Me and my friend will be going into the education line after two years of working in the private sector. Both of us have our own reasons for the career switch, yet both of us are so looking forward for the school term to start! (Hot chicks! here i come!) One of my friend had just got promoted to Assistant Manager, another is going to have her pay raise soon and another of my friend is contemplating to join us in the education line too. I guess all of us are either moving on or moving up...at least all of us are moving into what we each feel is the right direction for us.
Just check my bank account, got my progress package. I'm not sure whether it is a sweetner given by the government (given for the fact it coincide so nicely with the incoming Singapore election) or it could be just a fortunate PAP coincidence. I've got extra money to spend(although to be frank, it's also my own tax money) and that's that. Still thinking of how to spend the money, although our fatherly government had advised us to use the money wisely. I guess i would probably make an irrational decision and spend them all in one go....
went for a election rally yesterday...rush down to serrangoon stadium with a colleague of mine as she wanted to catch PM Lee in action. Initally , we were quite hesitant to go down but upon hearing the news about "rain or shine...the rally would go on..." both of us decided to go down. It took us about 30 mins to reach there, given the waiting time and the travelling distance. However, we got a shock when we are there....there's no action there! a couple of people , say about 30 or so were also waiting there as well. I guess we were played out ... so much for the "rain or shine" thingy...we were really very disappointed as both of us were actually looking forward to our very 1st rally. (Guess it one point minus from PAP then)
anyway, we managed to find out from a resident nearby that there's a rally going on at potong pasir and ajunid. He was actually quite supportive of us going to attending a rally. Given that Mr Chiam is speaking tonite, we decided to head on down to potong pasir as it is nearer as well. When we were there, Mr Chiam was already speaking. I think i shouldn't go into details there. But i would just state a few ocassions:
1. Halfway during his speech, there was a group of people shouting "Go away, Chiam See Tong!". Since i have the belief that the oppostion parties are united , i believe the group of people should be from the PAP camp. If they really were, i must say the whole group is truly a bad representation of our ruling party.
2. During the speech as well, a PAP campaign van drove passed urging the voters to vote for its PAP representive Mr Sitoh. It was unfortunate to see that there's noone on the van except the driver. To the uninitated, most of the time, you would see those campaigning sitting behind the van and waving. So to see noone at the back of the van, come across to me as a cowardice and insincerce behaviour
3. After Mr Chiam had finished, some of his partymembers start to speak. I must say if i were Mr Chiam i would be very worried, cos some of the party members that speak come across to be very bengish and uncouth to me. AS a voter, i should be more concerned about what do you have in plan or in mind if you are voted. However, some of the party members were just rambling on how he want to take PM Lee in a "one to one showdown and not a one vs six showdown". I think it is not very professional of him to keep focusing on such a myopic and irrelevant point. It brings me to another point, as much as we would love to be represented by someone from the streets, someone who would understand the common people. We as the common people also want the choosen one to be someone who could represent us properly, someone who can speak with and knowledgeable...etc...and who else could best fullfilled these requirements better than an elitist. So are we all contradicting ourselves here? In our heart, we want a common people to represent us but visually we want someone who could be passed off as an elitist to be up there.....so aren't we a walking paradox ourselves?
4. I agreed with Mr Chiam's point about if there's a lack of oppostions in the parliment that they will be noone to "serve as a watchdog" but before we are willing to vote for someone from the WP, SDA and SDP , surely we must be sure that that someone is of a certain calibre before we do that!
5. An excerpt from Steve Chia book which i find it very intriguing and which i would like to share.
my room is lighted by the warmth light emitted from the computer screen.
just came back from a long mahjong session, my eyes and brain are tired from the intensiveness of the game. (damn, after close to 8 hours of playing ... my networth gain is only $5! but hey, at least i managed to meet up with a couple of friends whom i have not met for close to one month)
some much changes had happened. Me and my friend will be going into the education line after two years of working in the private sector. Both of us have our own reasons for the career switch, yet both of us are so looking forward for the school term to start! (Hot chicks! here i come!) One of my friend had just got promoted to Assistant Manager, another is going to have her pay raise soon and another of my friend is contemplating to join us in the education line too. I guess all of us are either moving on or moving up...at least all of us are moving into what we each feel is the right direction for us.
Just check my bank account, got my progress package. I'm not sure whether it is a sweetner given by the government (given for the fact it coincide so nicely with the incoming Singapore election) or it could be just a fortunate PAP coincidence. I've got extra money to spend(although to be frank, it's also my own tax money) and that's that. Still thinking of how to spend the money, although our fatherly government had advised us to use the money wisely. I guess i would probably make an irrational decision and spend them all in one go....
went for a election rally yesterday...rush down to serrangoon stadium with a colleague of mine as she wanted to catch PM Lee in action. Initally , we were quite hesitant to go down but upon hearing the news about "rain or shine...the rally would go on..." both of us decided to go down. It took us about 30 mins to reach there, given the waiting time and the travelling distance. However, we got a shock when we are there....there's no action there! a couple of people , say about 30 or so were also waiting there as well. I guess we were played out ... so much for the "rain or shine" thingy...we were really very disappointed as both of us were actually looking forward to our very 1st rally. (Guess it one point minus from PAP then)
anyway, we managed to find out from a resident nearby that there's a rally going on at potong pasir and ajunid. He was actually quite supportive of us going to attending a rally. Given that Mr Chiam is speaking tonite, we decided to head on down to potong pasir as it is nearer as well. When we were there, Mr Chiam was already speaking. I think i shouldn't go into details there. But i would just state a few ocassions:
1. Halfway during his speech, there was a group of people shouting "Go away, Chiam See Tong!". Since i have the belief that the oppostion parties are united , i believe the group of people should be from the PAP camp. If they really were, i must say the whole group is truly a bad representation of our ruling party.
2. During the speech as well, a PAP campaign van drove passed urging the voters to vote for its PAP representive Mr Sitoh. It was unfortunate to see that there's noone on the van except the driver. To the uninitated, most of the time, you would see those campaigning sitting behind the van and waving. So to see noone at the back of the van, come across to me as a cowardice and insincerce behaviour
3. After Mr Chiam had finished, some of his partymembers start to speak. I must say if i were Mr Chiam i would be very worried, cos some of the party members that speak come across to be very bengish and uncouth to me. AS a voter, i should be more concerned about what do you have in plan or in mind if you are voted. However, some of the party members were just rambling on how he want to take PM Lee in a "one to one showdown and not a one vs six showdown". I think it is not very professional of him to keep focusing on such a myopic and irrelevant point. It brings me to another point, as much as we would love to be represented by someone from the streets, someone who would understand the common people. We as the common people also want the choosen one to be someone who could represent us properly, someone who can speak with and knowledgeable...etc...and who else could best fullfilled these requirements better than an elitist. So are we all contradicting ourselves here? In our heart, we want a common people to represent us but visually we want someone who could be passed off as an elitist to be up there.....so aren't we a walking paradox ourselves?
4. I agreed with Mr Chiam's point about if there's a lack of oppostions in the parliment that they will be noone to "serve as a watchdog" but before we are willing to vote for someone from the WP, SDA and SDP , surely we must be sure that that someone is of a certain calibre before we do that!
5. An excerpt from Steve Chia book which i find it very intriguing and which i would like to share.
" Sir, by definition, i am from the opposition. However, what am i opposing? we do not oppose for the sake of opposing. what is there to oppose if a policy is for the good of the people? If it is not good for the people or the country, i believe many government party members will join me in opposing such a policy. Are they then considered the Opposition as well? "
I find what he said very true. Anyway election is coming, many of us get to vote. Hopefully, we execise our rights wisely. We have been complaining that we live in a very stifling society. However, we should be objective and do our bit for our country. Go to your rallies, listen to what the contestants have to say before execising your rights! i believe we all have a choice!
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