You hear them complaining, about the weather, their jobs, boyfriends. They live in luxury, contantly shopping, hanging around with friends, going to the movies, grooming pets. They want to be this strong working lady but yet pampered by guys.
Overseas female university graduates are not so fortunate & have to resort to standing along the streets, soliciting just to feed their hungry families back home.
Local girls should be put through this similar hardship, let them know what life is. A 'BMT'-like training to stand the streets would knock some sense into them.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Moooo.....
We're a herd of cows, that's what we are, grass grazing, dung dropping, lactating mammals.
Extracted from Mypaper dated 24 Sep 2007:
"IT IS no secret that Singaporeans exhibit very strong herd instinct. When news of the Sembawang hot spring broke, Singaporeans flocked there to wash their feet and body with the spring water. At the height of the Everitt Road saga, people flocked there, hoping to catch a glimpse of the warring neighbours. And when the “monkey tree” in Jurong West Street 42 got into the news, people flocked there in the thousands to worship at the tree. Experts said that curiosity is what drives Singaporeans to display such strong herd mentality. Because Singaporeans generally lead mundane lives, any events or things out of the ordinary can easily attract a lot of attention. ....."
A lot has to do with the education system. It leans towards academics without provoking our thought. Generations like this are easier to manage, considering the meager size of our country. It's ironic that foreigners with greater inter-personal talents are embraced, while the locals are pressed under a thumb of comformity.
Oh yes, how now brown cow? I'm one of you too.
Extracted from Mypaper dated 24 Sep 2007:
"IT IS no secret that Singaporeans exhibit very strong herd instinct. When news of the Sembawang hot spring broke, Singaporeans flocked there to wash their feet and body with the spring water. At the height of the Everitt Road saga, people flocked there, hoping to catch a glimpse of the warring neighbours. And when the “monkey tree” in Jurong West Street 42 got into the news, people flocked there in the thousands to worship at the tree. Experts said that curiosity is what drives Singaporeans to display such strong herd mentality. Because Singaporeans generally lead mundane lives, any events or things out of the ordinary can easily attract a lot of attention. ....."
A lot has to do with the education system. It leans towards academics without provoking our thought. Generations like this are easier to manage, considering the meager size of our country. It's ironic that foreigners with greater inter-personal talents are embraced, while the locals are pressed under a thumb of comformity.
Oh yes, how now brown cow? I'm one of you too.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Health is a Choice
Many just go about daily lives living to eat, facing illness like tossing a coin. It's a contraditing fact that our bodies are the most amazing machines & we are dying everyday. Billions of cells die & replaced every second. Our bodies are never at rest, it's a struggle just to stay alive, & yet battle the onslaught of invading pollutants both taken in voluntarily & involuntarily.
What exactly are we consuming? Carbohydrates, protein & fats. Minerals & Vitamins? Nah, the soil now is not as fertile as it was decades ago, just like us compared to our forefathers. Vegetation & animals are not supplied with the required minerals & vitamins, how do we expect to obtain enough from them. People go about their lives eating as they wish & when they fall sick, they simply blame it on the weather, low body resistance or from someone else. Then they pass it on... with a sneeze or a handshake.
Human beings have no choice but to rely on supplements. That might raise a few hairs & voices shouting natural. But what is natural nowadays. So listen to your mum, eat your vitamins, but tell her to choose them well first.
With a healthy livestyle, supplements & exercise, we're protecting, enhancing ourselves & those around us. We either choose to be well or choose to be sick. It's up to ourselves to upkeep our physical well-being. We have to love ourselves before we can love others.
What exactly are we consuming? Carbohydrates, protein & fats. Minerals & Vitamins? Nah, the soil now is not as fertile as it was decades ago, just like us compared to our forefathers. Vegetation & animals are not supplied with the required minerals & vitamins, how do we expect to obtain enough from them. People go about their lives eating as they wish & when they fall sick, they simply blame it on the weather, low body resistance or from someone else. Then they pass it on... with a sneeze or a handshake.
Human beings have no choice but to rely on supplements. That might raise a few hairs & voices shouting natural. But what is natural nowadays. So listen to your mum, eat your vitamins, but tell her to choose them well first.
With a healthy livestyle, supplements & exercise, we're protecting, enhancing ourselves & those around us. We either choose to be well or choose to be sick. It's up to ourselves to upkeep our physical well-being. We have to love ourselves before we can love others.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
My take on Singaporean Graduate Girls
Before you read on, or the rest of my blog, the posts are not meant to refer to anyone I personally know. These are my general observations & opinions. I have comments about many things & if you are affected by them, you are welcomed to close the page.
This is my take on Singaporean Graduate Girls
It is the cumulative impact of Singapore’s rapid economic changes, especially the fast emergence of the educated woman. In addition, female undergraduates are gradually outnumbering males and also matched or outperformed them in many professions. This has resulted in fewer women are prepared to marry men who are below their educational or economic status. The prospects of blue-collar men ever getting local wives looks bleak.
The impact of this mismatch has become patently evident. Men in their 40s live with their parents or siblings had not gone on a date for more than 10 years. An increasing trend shows more men are seeking their brides from foreign lands. This includes educated ones too.
The reason is, of course, not entirely economical. Even some educated men are convinced foreigners make better wives, because they are perceived as more domesticated, less arrogant or materialistic.
One common complaint against Singaporean women is their demand for the 5Cs – condo, car, credit card, country club and cash. Others blame the Women’s Charter, which they say is over-protective of women, loaded against men and may even encourage marriage break-up in some cases. Common comments are that many women here don’t know how to cook or do household chores and are too dependent on maids since very young. My personal experience is that singaporean women are even proud & stand by their inability to cook, like it's a proclaimation of womanhood & indenpendence.
Not all the men who marry foreigners are hawkers, taxi drivers or low-skilled workers. Some are professionals, earning S$5,000 to S$7,000 a month.
Not long ago, a woman wrote a letter to the press asking for the government to intervene to make it harder for foreign women to marry Singaporean men.
Singaporean women are increasingly measuring better and better against their regional sisters in education and earning capacity, but are not too highly valued as wives.
“They are more career-minded, not domesticated and have high expectations” is one verdict. Singaporean women can also be very very opinionated.
I think most Singapore girls can't make it. Those who really make good wives are rare.
They are materialistic, and loves being so. Shopping is a major hobby, and does not know how to look presentable. They are constantly demanding or going for overseas trips, & complaining how disappointed when they return. Soon they are off to the next one.
Singaporean females are just assimilating from Western influences blindly, adopting the wrong bits. They are being out-spoken & ditching the "feminine side" for the sake of it.
This is my take on Singaporean Graduate Girls
It is the cumulative impact of Singapore’s rapid economic changes, especially the fast emergence of the educated woman. In addition, female undergraduates are gradually outnumbering males and also matched or outperformed them in many professions. This has resulted in fewer women are prepared to marry men who are below their educational or economic status. The prospects of blue-collar men ever getting local wives looks bleak.
The impact of this mismatch has become patently evident. Men in their 40s live with their parents or siblings had not gone on a date for more than 10 years. An increasing trend shows more men are seeking their brides from foreign lands. This includes educated ones too.
The reason is, of course, not entirely economical. Even some educated men are convinced foreigners make better wives, because they are perceived as more domesticated, less arrogant or materialistic.
One common complaint against Singaporean women is their demand for the 5Cs – condo, car, credit card, country club and cash. Others blame the Women’s Charter, which they say is over-protective of women, loaded against men and may even encourage marriage break-up in some cases. Common comments are that many women here don’t know how to cook or do household chores and are too dependent on maids since very young. My personal experience is that singaporean women are even proud & stand by their inability to cook, like it's a proclaimation of womanhood & indenpendence.
Not all the men who marry foreigners are hawkers, taxi drivers or low-skilled workers. Some are professionals, earning S$5,000 to S$7,000 a month.
Not long ago, a woman wrote a letter to the press asking for the government to intervene to make it harder for foreign women to marry Singaporean men.
Singaporean women are increasingly measuring better and better against their regional sisters in education and earning capacity, but are not too highly valued as wives.
“They are more career-minded, not domesticated and have high expectations” is one verdict. Singaporean women can also be very very opinionated.
I think most Singapore girls can't make it. Those who really make good wives are rare.
They are materialistic, and loves being so. Shopping is a major hobby, and does not know how to look presentable. They are constantly demanding or going for overseas trips, & complaining how disappointed when they return. Soon they are off to the next one.
Singaporean females are just assimilating from Western influences blindly, adopting the wrong bits. They are being out-spoken & ditching the "feminine side" for the sake of it.
Let me share a story with you The Starfish Story -
A traveller was walking along a beach when he saw a woman scooping up starfish off the sand and tossing them into the waves. Curious, he asked her what she was doing. The woman replied "When the tide goes out it leaves these starfish stranded on the beach. They will dry up and die before the tide comes back in, so I am throwing them back into the sea where they can live."
The traveller then asked her "But this beach is miles long and there are hundreds of stranded starfish, many will die before you reach them - do you really think throwing back a few starfish is really going to make a difference?"
The woman picked up a starfish and looked at it, then she threw it into the waves. "It makes a difference to this one" she said.
Notes :So many of them around, sometimes you can see them, hear them. The rest just blend in. It's a pity I can only save one.
A traveller was walking along a beach when he saw a woman scooping up starfish off the sand and tossing them into the waves. Curious, he asked her what she was doing. The woman replied "When the tide goes out it leaves these starfish stranded on the beach. They will dry up and die before the tide comes back in, so I am throwing them back into the sea where they can live."
The traveller then asked her "But this beach is miles long and there are hundreds of stranded starfish, many will die before you reach them - do you really think throwing back a few starfish is really going to make a difference?"
The woman picked up a starfish and looked at it, then she threw it into the waves. "It makes a difference to this one" she said.
Notes :So many of them around, sometimes you can see them, hear them. The rest just blend in. It's a pity I can only save one.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Reservior Run 2007
aThis is my first outing at the Public Service Quarter Marathon, or what it used to be called, as the organisers want to increase participation. So, it's called the Chicken Walk, no seriously, the Reservior Run 2007. Distance is still 10km.
Competition is tough with the Gurkas representing the police force. To smell top 50 would be nice. As according to previous results a 44mins would only achieve top 40.
Knowing there's nothing much to prove, except to finish ahead of my teammates. So i went to power conservation mode & didn't fire all cylinders. At the gun, one of my crazy teammates went off like a hare. I had no choice but to match stride for stride. Within 3km, this madman ran out of steam & I then kept to a steady 175 beats per mins. This got me covering every 5oometres at a almost constant 2mins20sec odd.
In the end I finished in 47mins ahead of my teammates. Like they say in every race, to beat the opposition, one has to beat his teammates first.
In the end, I accomplised the 2 goal, I finished 48th, ahead of my teammates
Competition is tough with the Gurkas representing the police force. To smell top 50 would be nice. As according to previous results a 44mins would only achieve top 40.
Knowing there's nothing much to prove, except to finish ahead of my teammates. So i went to power conservation mode & didn't fire all cylinders. At the gun, one of my crazy teammates went off like a hare. I had no choice but to match stride for stride. Within 3km, this madman ran out of steam & I then kept to a steady 175 beats per mins. This got me covering every 5oometres at a almost constant 2mins20sec odd.
In the end I finished in 47mins ahead of my teammates. Like they say in every race, to beat the opposition, one has to beat his teammates first.
In the end, I accomplised the 2 goal, I finished 48th, ahead of my teammates
Spell Natas backwards
The NATAS (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS SINGAPORE) fair is coming to town again. Some cant wait for it, i think it's a fucking rip off
I heard enuff, who needs one? just buy tickets & backpack. Do they offer the best deals? It comes with loads of unwanted side trips all tied to 'optional' packages. In a pakcage tour, it's still Singaporeans, we're tyring to get away from. Just go there & book locally.
I've seen so much bad press about tour organisers in the papers.
Afterall, NATAS is SATAN spelt backwards.
I heard enuff, who needs one? just buy tickets & backpack. Do they offer the best deals? It comes with loads of unwanted side trips all tied to 'optional' packages. In a pakcage tour, it's still Singaporeans, we're tyring to get away from. Just go there & book locally.
I've seen so much bad press about tour organisers in the papers.
Afterall, NATAS is SATAN spelt backwards.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
What should we speak?
In the land where the First Language, National Language and Mother Tongue are different, the residents are all confused on which to use correctly. With the presence of local dialects, the results is a mutated slang which people use to communicate, one which we call Singlish.
A hybrid of local languages, it sounds awful. All the 'lah', 'lee', 'leh','lohs', it's just cancer to my ears.
A pity that the vast majority of people speak & live by this form of communication. Even outcasting those who speak a purer form of a particular language. Please don't degradate a language, it's either one speaks good or bad language, nothing in between:
Acrolectal: This is the "highest-class" form of speech, used by the well-educated in formal situations.
Mesolectal: This is more "middle-class", and is used in formal and semi-formal situations.
Basilectal: This is the colloquial speech used by almost everyone, educated or not, in informal settings, and is the speech usually referred to as "Singlish".
A Singlish is not an official language, it's just a bad English/ Mandarin/ Malay & the whole shebang of other dialects.
Social power: the role of English
The dominant role of English, the development of an English-educated elite through educational programmes for the high flyers in the system has led to the development of a linguistically empowered group that wields both political power and social power. The failure to master English in the school system and the prevalent use of Singlish among some groups has led to a ‘neutered pidgin', variety. "Though Singlish is a charming patois, even mildly romantic, the political leaders are right to argue cold logic in that pidgin retards progress as it is a form of linguistic in-breeding".
Appended:
There you have it, seems like the government read my post. Posted just 2 weeks later:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_160322.html?vgnmr=1
So, don't degrade yourself, ditch Singlish. Speak intelligently.
A hybrid of local languages, it sounds awful. All the 'lah', 'lee', 'leh','lohs', it's just cancer to my ears.
A pity that the vast majority of people speak & live by this form of communication. Even outcasting those who speak a purer form of a particular language. Please don't degradate a language, it's either one speaks good or bad language, nothing in between:
Acrolectal: This is the "highest-class" form of speech, used by the well-educated in formal situations.
Mesolectal: This is more "middle-class", and is used in formal and semi-formal situations.
Basilectal: This is the colloquial speech used by almost everyone, educated or not, in informal settings, and is the speech usually referred to as "Singlish".
A Singlish is not an official language, it's just a bad English/ Mandarin/ Malay & the whole shebang of other dialects.
Social power: the role of English
The dominant role of English, the development of an English-educated elite through educational programmes for the high flyers in the system has led to the development of a linguistically empowered group that wields both political power and social power. The failure to master English in the school system and the prevalent use of Singlish among some groups has led to a ‘neutered pidgin', variety. "Though Singlish is a charming patois, even mildly romantic, the political leaders are right to argue cold logic in that pidgin retards progress as it is a form of linguistic in-breeding".
Appended:
There you have it, seems like the government read my post. Posted just 2 weeks later:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_160322.html?vgnmr=1
So, don't degrade yourself, ditch Singlish. Speak intelligently.
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