Singapore's Reality
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Seriously, I don't understand why there are already soooo many questions and doubts on people's mind, and there they go again creating more doubts and sense of inequality amongst people. :siao: Social issues need people with EQ ah....High IQ can only go that far...
:faint: Gong a neh zhue go mai tia.. long bia, long bia... :stupid: -
concern2:
He gets to hold a real rifle and fire away.. as well as throw grenades.. then, depending on vocation, may handle MG, rocket launchers, mortar, Bangalore torpedoes etc.. mm doesn't have a chance.limlim:
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Was talking to my kids after watching and it suddenly occurred to my 9 year-old son that he would be \"held back\" by 2 years and his \"mei mei\" would have \"caught up\" with him if both can make it to Uni. Frankly speaking, I hadn't quite found a way to console him and rationalise with him. So, I can actually empathise with you.
Maybe his mm gets to play counter strike, halo and other computer games handling those weapons.. but gor gor gets to play with the REAL thing....... then he can tell mm how shiok it is when throwing a live grenade etc.... :evil:
ok, thanks for the tip - must memorize first - grenades, rocket launchers, mortar, bangalore torpedoes....aiyo, what if he asks \"what's that?\" :faint: Better leave it to DH..[/quote]You can always ask Dr. Google :rotflmao:
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concern2:
Frankly speaking, I hadn't quite found a way to console him and rationalise with him.
Sorry to butt in but concern2 you should try. Not to console him instead make him feel proud that he has the privilege of doing NS.
If we as educated parents, as citizens who look beyond our individual needs and wants can't inculcate it in our kids , then it is sad.
Some more, majority of Singaporeans agree that citizens should do NS, while new citizens disagree, so what can I say?
Let's get some facts right -
The two groups are Singaporeans you know? :evil:
For the first group you say majority and for the second group you seems to indicate all without explicitly saying so. The Poll was in the news recently, not had to find it if you wanted to. So is it a case of Colored opinion , you know the blueness kind
?
Another thing is \"given a no choice situation\", i.e. YOU HAVE TO DO NS, then it is a matter of trying to make the most out of it - I know, if you really hate NS, nothing I say will really help, but it is something that girls will ask - \"WHY ONLY GIRLS GET PREGNANT, NOT BOYS?! \" - That's a reality that people need to accept, whether you like it or not, whether you think it is fair or not.
It's not just pregnancy you know. Just dun get me started.
On the bright side I don't have to be at the receiving end of PMS :boogie:
Maybe, things might change in the future due to improvement in technology for example, but for now, it is as it is.
Go watch Ah Boys to Men - from episode 1 ! -
concern2:
He gets to hold a real rifle and fire away.. as well as throw grenades.. then, depending on vocation, may handle MG, rocket launchers, mortar, Bangalore torpedoes etc.. mm doesn't have a chance.limlim:
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Was talking to my kids after watching and it suddenly occurred to my 9 year-old son that he would be \"held back\" by 2 years and his \"mei mei\" would have \"caught up\" with him if both can make it to Uni. Frankly speaking, I hadn't quite found a way to console him and rationalise with him. So, I can actually empathise with you.
Maybe his mm gets to play counter strike, halo and other computer games handling those weapons.. but gor gor gets to play with the REAL thing....... then he can tell mm how shiok it is when throwing a live grenade etc.... :evil: ok, thanks for the tip - must memorize first - grenades, rocket launchers, mortar, bangalore torpedoes....aiyo, what if he asks \"what's that?\" :faint: Better leave it to DH..[/quote]If he asked and appears interested, that's good.. then he may look forward to NS and better chance of a positive experience..
He got to serve anyway.. better make it a positive experience, isn't it? :evil: -
limlim:
If he asked and appears interested, that's good.. then he may look forward to NS and better chance of a positive experience..concern2:
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He gets to hold a real rifle and fire away.. as well as throw grenades.. then, depending on vocation, may handle MG, rocket launchers, mortar, Bangalore torpedoes etc.. mm doesn't have a chance.
Maybe his mm gets to play counter strike, halo and other computer games handling those weapons.. but gor gor gets to play with the REAL thing....... then he can tell mm how shiok it is when throwing a live grenade etc.... :evil: ok, thanks for the tip - must memorize first - grenades, rocket launchers, mortar, bangalore torpedoes....aiyo, what if he asks \"what's that?\" :faint: Better leave it to DH..
He got to serve anyway.. better make it a positive experience, isn't it? :evil:[/quote]Ya. I have a suspicion he might even know more of these grenades thingy than me. I don't expect him to fall in love with NS, but I don't think I'll be like the marder in the movie, trying to 'siam' my boy from NS lah. Anyway, there's another 9 more years for him to get used to the idea.. -
Hi there, I do understand that Singaporeans now have different perspectives at a different point of view. However, what I am trying to emphasise is the fact that 6.9 million people in Singapore will also means about 10000 per square kilometer. This is one thing that Singapore can be number one for. The competition will definitely increase due to cause and effect. At 4 million population, stress and competitiveness is steadily increasing. Perhaps this might led to kiasu parents website. I used to have a friend started learning trigonometry in P6. Thus, I had to also catch up with that friend who was a new Singapore Citizen. Perhaps this is why I am so kiasu. Luckily, now I am way ahead of him, learning calculus :).
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kiasu_student:
Hi there, I do understand that Singaporeans now have different perspectives at a different point of view. However, what I am trying to emphasise is the fact that 6.9 million people in Singapore will also means about 10000 per square kilometer. This is one thing that Singapore can be number one for. The competition will definitely increase due to cause and effect. At 4 million population, stress and competitiveness is steadily increasing. Perhaps this might led to kiasu parents website. I used to have a friend started learning trigonometry in P6. Thus, I had to also catch up with that friend who was a new Singapore Citizen. Perhaps this is why I am so kiasu. Luckily, now I am way ahead of him, learning calculus :).
Did you watch 校园superstar competition? The trailer show the students singing in hong kong uniform!! For a moment I thought it is another TVB production. :skeptical: -
We are the only viable resource in our little red dot.
In 1988 while I was studying overseas, my classmates from Taiwan and Hong Kong were comparing what we had learnt for maths in primary school. Can't recall the details, but distinctly had the impression that Taiwan was ahead by one year, and Hong Kong by two years compared to Singapore's standards. The eighties, mind you.
Ten over years ago while holidaying in Hong Kong I had to struggle with my limited Cantonese to communicate cos no one really spoke conversant English and Mandarin. Went back for a holiday again two years ago, I was so shocked to find the MTR middle aged male attendant could speak reasonably good English, and the even older lady at the lost baggage counter in the airport was speaking in Cantonese, English and Mandarin!! Also saw 2 young girls (late teens/early twenties) at a busy busy bakery doing their jobs well with good spirit, and one still running after a customer who had forgotten her change. All I could think of was if the equivalent were to happen in Singapore we'd have gotten two grumpy little Singaporean twits. No wait, it would have been foreign talents at the cash register cos the Singaporeans cannot tahan.
Also, kids in Hong Kong have to be interviewed for entry into prestigious PRIMARY schools to show how multitalented they are. Primary One starts the year the kids turn 6, one year earlier than Singapore :yikes:
We are a developed nation and we face problems all developed nations face*, with the problems exacerbated by, well, see my first statement above, hence this population target of 6.9m coming in as a possible solution. Kudos if calculus is mastered before the new Singapore Citizen, but frankly, I don't think all our new residents are the creme de la creme of their homelands. Just means even greater competition abound outside of Singapore.
So gist of my long winded post? We've been competing to outsmart, outlast and out-everything since donkey years ago not just against our classmates, our colleagues, but against the world. Can't stop *pant pant* that's the Singapore Reality *pant pant*. If there is an even better country to reside in elsewhere, why, go for it, with both eyes WIDE OPENED. And if life really is better, then pray do come back and advise the Singapore gov't how to govern.
Hm, just a thought. My dad and his parents are/were foreign talents! Oooooh, I'm a foreign talent's kid. Doesn't matter, though I'm female I am serving my NS by endeavoring to increase our main resource
* About our MRT system ............... :roll: Japan and Hong Kong like no such issues leh. They also very developed right? -
Em:
Did you watch 校园superstar competition? :rahrah: The trailer show the students singing in hong kong uniform!! Looks a bit like hong kong uniform but also a bit like Japanese. :skeptical:We are the only viable resource in our little red dot.
In 1988 while I was studying overseas, my classmates from Taiwan and Hong Kong were comparing what we had learnt for maths in primary school. Can't recall the details, but distinctly had the impression that Taiwan was ahead by one year, and Hong Kong by two years compared to Singapore's standards. The eighties, mind you.
Ten over years ago while holidaying in Hong Kong I had to struggle with my limited Cantonese to communicate cos no one really spoke conversant English and Mandarin. Went back for a holiday again two years ago, I was so shocked to find the MTR middle aged male attendant could speak reasonably good English, and the even older lady at the lost baggage counter in the airport was speaking in Cantonese, English and Mandarin!! Also saw 2 young girls (late teens/early twenties) at a busy busy bakery doing their jobs well with good spirit, and one still running after a customer who had forgotten her change. All I could think of was if the equivalent were to happen in Singapore we'd have gotten two grumpy little Singaporean twits. No wait, it would have been foreign talents at the cash register cos the Singaporeans cannot tahan.
Also, kids in Hong Kong have to be interviewed for entry into prestigious PRIMARY schools to show how multitalented they are. Primary One starts the year the kids turn 6, one year earlier than Singapore :yikes:
We are a developed nation and we face problems all developed nations face*, with the problems exacerbated by, well, see my first statement above, hence this population target of 6.9m coming in as a possible solution. Kudos if calculus is mastered before the new Singapore Citizen, but frankly, I don't think all our new residents are the creme de la creme of their homelands. Just means even greater competition abound outside of Singapore.
So gist of my long winded post? We've been competing to outsmart, outlast and out-everything since donkey years ago not just against our classmates, our colleagues, but against the world. Can't stop *pant pant* that's the Singapore Reality *pant pant*. If there is an even better country to reside in elsewhere, why, go for it, with both eyes WIDE OPENED. And if life really is better, then pray do come back and advise the Singapore gov't how to govern.
Hm, just a thought. My dad and his parents are/were foreign talents! Oooooh, I'm a foreign talent's kid. Doesn't matter, though I'm female I am serving my NS by endeavoring to increase our main resource
* About our MRT system ............... :roll: Japan and Hong Kong like no such issues leh. They also very developed right?
Maybe we are not proud to be Singaporean. Maybe we are really losing our national identity. :scared: -
sinoboy:
:scared: Now that you mention it, I can confirm that I saw the MTV. Singapore schools should redesign their school uniforms or what? Why can't we accept our own identity? But then again, is the video taken in Singapore? Only saw it once, so couldn't recall exactly.
Did you watch 校园superstar competition? :rahrah: The trailer show the students singing in hong kong uniform!! Looks a bit like hong kong uniform but also a bit like Japanese. :skeptical:
Maybe we are not proud to be Singaporean. Maybe we are really losing our national identity. :scared:
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