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Tuesday, August 9

+happy birthday singapore+

its one of those days you get a public holiday and feel psyched about. like the basilles' day in france, independence day in the united states or just another queen's birthday in the united kingdom or australia, its the national's most important day.

politians and governors look back on the day when they first got their designation, their bosses kept reiterating on this important day where they have to celebrate it with the nation. they dont really have much a choice, simply cuz the taxpayers fill up their wallets every year and they just have got to show their respect for that.

singaporeans, over these few years, have gradually lost confidence in their leaders. they try very hard to complain, call thru the different media sources avaliable, make their presence felt, but simply put, its all futile. the government had a major change of house just last year, a new prime minister, a whole new board of house just made the people a little uncomfortable, and of course, every new change needs another period of time to blend in and for people to adapt to the new system. you could put it as we are impatient. we tend to want to see the difference immediately. thats how singaporeans are moulded to be, in this fast-paced, efficient society. they made us into what we are, and we shld be very grateful for this. over the 40 years, the set of government turned the little nation from a third-world into a first-world country within the space of one generation. how incredible. no wonder so many countries come making treaties and pacts with us. we just have to credit mm lee for what he has done to us.

to make a good leader, one has to be ruthless. it sounds so damn crude. but thats how things go. he has to become the bad guy, make everyone pay tax, simply because our country thrives on its people. we have no resources to back us up on. some of us understand, some uneducated ones can never understand, because they feel life was just like the same 40 years ago. we are now running a race with the best runners in the world, no longer the mini race in the kampongs we used to live in.

in my workplace, i see the uncles and aunties ranting about anti-govt stuffs during lunch. radicals like that bring in a new challenge, a stiffer competition, but singaporeans, as we all know, wouldnt want another change unless the present one is unsatisfactory to our needs. looking at their little speeches makes me laugh, cause they have gone thru so much more than me.

look at the number of people hanging their national flags out on this month, and you will suss out why i have so much to rant about. the people no longer bleed the patriotism they used to. more and more people migrate, and we have to turn to foreign powers to reinforce our position in the world rankings. people complain when they see these ang mohs holding much more higher posts, drawing a higher payroll than ordinary singaporeans. composers make catchy national day songs once a year to get us all in the melody of it, singing along to it on this very special day. the prime minister gives his national day rally on this day to boost our morale, gives us the impression that life could be better. i think someone has to reinstill that confidence in us again. bring on the senior minister, you know how his words can touch us and cause life to be much better?

sometimes i wonder why we cant be like england, france, or italy. the people place their flags in cars, wear clothes with their country's emblems on them, hang them up in front of their little houses, paint it on the walls. when can we have that kind of patriotism like them. not afraid to show where we are on the maps even when we are just a tiny little speck. till that day we shall keep waiting...

after all, we are who we are. and we gotta show the world what we are made of. on this very day, we shall make do with the annual national day parade where families pack the padang and sing along to the usual chan-mali-chan kind of tunes we used to practise in school. there's a part to play for every single one of us. be it the parachuters who glide freely in the skies, the soldiers who march on the fields, or the audiences who sing and crowd the limited places, we all make this day a very special one. happy or sad, laugh or cry, it is stil our national day. just spend it thinking back on the years we have gone through with a safe, secure and stable government.

happy birthday singapore. life begins at 40..

[[ Fallen Saint ]]*|10:17:00|
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