Whiter than white

This is in response to an article posted by my cac bro on his views about the recent Singapore Presidential election. For all who have been ignorant over this issue, do read this first for the background of the case.

Let me make it very clear that I am not supporting any parties, but has based my views on what i read, see and hear. I am not a politically inclined person and I never will be in my school days a political activist. As an Engineering student, I have been taught to think critically and provide down to earth solutions for every problems encountered... The point is? I dun shoot things off my head..wahaha. The government I admit has done pretty well so far, if its aint broken, why fixed it?

Enough crap, now back to the main story....

I do share the same sentiments on many of the issues that my friend jc has raised. It's true that the govt and the newspapers have been actively involved in praising one man and condemning the other... Even the chinese papers who have been historically known to be more pro-pple than towards the govt doubted the capability of Mr Kuan.

Being the president of singapore takes more than just being a capable person, a strong grounding in diplomatic relationship is needed as they meet dignitaries from all over. Thus i cant help but agree with the papers who say that Mr Kuan wasted their time for skirting their questions, not making full use of the press and has to rely on notes to present himself. What they are trying to say is that this man has no charisma ba...

Two lessons that i learnt from this whole saga is that :

1.)U will only be known as an 'UNSUNG HERO' when u 自告奋勇 for a task where no one else will take it up. Else under good times , if you self nominate in this rather conservative society of ours, you will just be seen as an ambitious man who has used previous successes as a platform to bring urself to a higher level (nothing wrong really, i always thought thats foresight...haha)

2.) All men have dark secrets, waiting to be disclosed should anyone overstep his/her function in the society... Mr Durai's integrity was tarnished when he tried to sue SPH for certain wrongful allegations. We will never know whether these allegations are true or not, but 37 years of hardwork by this man has gone down the drain! Well, one doesnt need to be whiter than white to run for position, but at the very least stand on the 'right' side la... haha

So what do i suggest? Its always better to be a kingmaker than to be a king. While being a king seems to be prestigious and dignified, it is the kingmaker who holds the real influence over the execution of tasks. Doubt me, then please explain why there is a counsel panel who 'guides' the president?

A Scary Thought

Was at Changi airport yesterday with xiaoyun, victor and jianwang for our semestral dinner gathering. Why Changi airport then? Well, its also because I was there to send off my cacs junior zhaoxin who is going on SEP ... Andy and I got her a woollen cap from wintertimes, quite chio one.. (I mean the cap, refer to the following pic)

okok let me get to the main point. While I was walking back to swenson after seeing her off at the gate, I noticed this muslim male who was praying, and infront of him was this really huge luggage. Seeing this, the recent london bombing incident immediately flashed into my mind... the dreadful thought that my life may just come to an end anytime now got me so freaked out that I did a quick reflection of my life, on what i have achieved, what my regrets, what I havent done , havent said in this present life. The feeling got so strong that in the subsequent steps, I took out my motorola handphone (known for its reputation for surviving hard knocks and possible explosion) and wrote a simple will. hmm.. nothing interesting about the will, except that I transferred all my responsibilities to my brother... haha... but well, the moment i pressed "saved to draft", I felt at ease knowing that at least if I'm blown up to pieces, I still had my last words for my dearest family members.

Luckily nothing happened, and the muslim guy was just a passenger who was praying for a safe journey, ELSE I guess I will have to pay a personal visit to each and everyone who are here faithfully reading my blog on the first few days of the lunar seventh month, hmm.. what shall i say to u when i see u ... 恭喜发财 or 见棺发财??

This episode made me wonder whether what our government has been doing so far in combating the issue of terrorism is healthy for us citizens in the long run. While it may be true that the presence of armed personel in orchard area and the airport give us a sense of security, it should be noted that their presence is also a constant reminder of the current situation that we are in, that we are living in an unsafe world, whereby anyone on the street can be a suspected sucide bomber or a terrorist, and there are dangers lurking around every corners... This lack of distrust and subtle indoctrination of fear.... How healthy can it be to our society?

anyone?