Gwee finds silver lining

One year after the AWARE power tussle, Gwee Li Sui looks back to find his fellow Christians more willing to speak out against the more hardline members of their congregation after the saga caused them so much "sudden hurt and distrust" among non-Christian Singaporeans.

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Our children pays for our political myopia

Allowing ourselves to be distracted from the real issues by being thankful of our current situation has never and will never make sense to me.

This is the Singapore story: Study hard, work hard, and you can pull yourself out of poverty.

I wish to remind the younger generation of where we have come from, and not to take what Singapore is now for granted. Today, I live in an HDB maisonette. Thank you, Singapore.

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Significant gestures

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released their formal statement reacting to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's commuted sentence of 18 months house arrest from the original sentence of three years' hard labour.

We are disappointed to learn that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty and sentenced to three years hard labour. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi did not plan to violate the terms of her house arrest, and the intrusion into her house was by a person who appears to be of unsound mind.

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Another response to "Be grateful, Singapore"

Mr Cheong Wing Lee offered a different perspective to the one Mr Eric Brooks' penned, and as a Singaporean who moved to Canada, knows what it is like to be a citizen of both countries.

Singaporeans are smart enough to see through spins and propaganda and evaluate the truths for themselves. It is difficult for most Singaporeans to remain silent whilst government leaders lecture them to be thrifty, not to be materialistic and not to demand for higher pay. On the other hand, the leaders reward themselves with pay packages that exceed the leaders’ of the eight richest countries in the world combined.

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Government needs to be more than just "not corrupt"

In response to an interesting discussion stemming from this post, my Twitter friend Shawn Lim has an interesting post up on his blog. While I agree with some of his views, such as the country needing a change in leadership, and Singaporeans needing to grow up and adopt a more open-minded and tolerant mentality, there are certain points I disagree with.

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What I DON'T appreciate

Despite the near constant stream of dissent emanating from this blog, I have to concede that I do, in fact, appreciate some facets of Singapore. We have a safe and secure environment with low crime rates. We have a pretty good infrastructure, accessible transportation, available education, well-developed and stable business environment. We are not terribly impacted by earthquakes or volcanic eruption or such terrible manifestations of Mother Nature's wrath. We get our rubbish cleared every day. We do not experience strikes or mass protests or large-scale social unrest. All things that should not be taken for granted.

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