The Blues

Recently during an Election Rally, a minority candidate(who forgot his form!)from the Blues said that Singapore is a First World Country but doesn't have a First World Government. Lets call this chap, Mr G, Mr G from the Blues. There might be some truth in what he said as there is little freedom of speech and true democracy in this country(honestly I would not want to live to see it) but i identified discrepancies among his views. From independence till now, 41 long years, the ruling party has never changed, which started from then-PM Lee and his 'generals' that steered the nation from Third world to First. What actually shaped the nation's development is how well the government had been implementing policies to unite the people towards nation building and transforming the nation's economy. So for a Singapore to be First World, a lot of credit goes to the leaders(after independence) of the country,so on what grounds does Mr G claim that the government is not First World? Also, the fine education Mr G received definitely comes from a good system that was implemented by a First World country, which take roots from a First World government, perhaps he could had been more grateful in his remarks about the government not being First World- Josh

Disclamer: I hereby confess I am not from any political background. All my views are purely unbias and neutral based on reports taken from the media. Anyone is free to post any comments and please keep this discussion strictly intellectual. Regards.

Memories

Sa-wa-dee-kup, Welcome to thailand

To the SAF:

Thanks for letting me go on this trip; Thanks for letting me go when i was about to ord;Thanks for giving us a grey colour admin shirt so that i can do my countdown on it; Thanks for how sucky the cookhouse food was that made me go to the canteen all the time; Thanks for sending Hafiz there for a year so that i yearned to see him when i arrived;Thanks to the Thai drivers for doing all the 'sai gang';Thanks for sending a great bunch of chaps from the battalion to go on the trip together.

To those who went:

Thanks for the nightly naked water fights in the toilets; Thanks to Fazrin who got a dip in the cold tub because he tried to recover my sunken specs; Thanks to Basit for letting us bully you; Thanks for acting blur with your trademark grinning;Thanks for sleeping with me and listening to me;Thanks for those nightly poker/talking sessions outside;u guys were awesome.

To those down there:
Thanks to the Thais for having such wonderful food, such cheap and nice stuff, such pretty girls;Thanks to Jenny for making me miss Wanton-Mee, and showing the epitome of GirlPower;Thanks to Danrarai for being so sweet, even though some ugly things happened, but still must remember to smile; Thanks for the people at Wandee for being such great hosts;Thanks to ESPN, we could watch Liverpool-Everton there;Thanks to Som for giving me sweet memories and for the jokes we shared;Thanks to the Thai Muslim Cookhouse Fat Lady who asked me not to 'Bei Dei' when I said I was muslim, and for banning me forever from that cookhouse;

To those down here:
Thanks to my parents who asked me not to buy anything back(luckily I didn't, if not I would be short of cash);Thanks to Lorraine for having her 21st Birthday when I was down there, thought I could save on the present..

To GOD:
Thanks for creating such a culture-riched, beautiful(defined by the chicks and the physical), food haven, indie country like Thailand;Thanks for taking care of me throughout even though I disregarded your existence;Thanks for taking care of my family and friends here as I tried to disconnect from them during that period.

Its been awhile...

Back to the blogging business again, didn't had much time in the past.. But that isn't a fully justified reason either, perhaps i am just like millions on the corporate track, who thought that the God-given, human-defined 24 hours ain't enough for them when they spend 19 in a day trying to outwit one another. The other 5 hours goes to sleeping when essentially the mind is still thinking about blue chips. Talking about time can be endless, irony? Anyway, just glad that i am back blogging, accumulate so much ideas that i yearned to share, but lazy to type.. Need to release some before my mind starts to blow, or i will start talking to myself. Hope what i writes interest you, even if it doesn't, too bad. Its my hands, "chopped them off!" That's so much for now.

PS: temporary using my bro's ibook, cause mine doesn't seems to connect to the home network. But all thanks to the chaps at Macs, you can say i am cheap(but i am not an indian, quoted from Russell Peters.)

Ciao,
josh