15 May 2012:
Life goes on just as it's supposed to.
Today I know all my results already. Biology was really something unexpected. It really gives me hope, cos it shows that at least my dream of forensics might not really be dashed after all. The two maths were good. Physics was as usual disappointing, passing by a few marks only. I don't know to feel happy or sad that the average for Physics is also round C5. (Parents will forever refute such statistics and question why I can't be the 99th percentile even when the mean is C5.)Two days after I did a poll for readers to vote on what book I should start on next, the poll garnered only four voters. Thanks a lot to the four of you, which I really hope are not bots trailing in cyberspace. I shall begin to read What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell then. I'll post about how good / bad it was to me when I'm finished. Hopefully it's as good as the previous two books I've read.
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As you know (or maybe you don't), there was this fatal road accident on Saturday involving a Ferrari and a taxi and a motorcycle.
The driver and passenger inside the Ferrari has died, so has the taxi driver. I may sound mean, but the driver of the Ferrari deserved to die. He was the one at fault, ramming so fast into the taxi when the light was green for the taxi's side.
At 4am, what was he speeding for? The most possible reason would be to show-off to the female passenger his car. I am not sure about this, but I feel that this is a classic example of a 富二代, someone from China that inherited or gained large amounts of money from his rich parents, and proceeds to flaunt the wealth around. If he is, all the more he deserves to.
The taxi driver was the most innocent, in my opinion. He was driving safely and rightfully on the road at 4am when all of a sudden this Ferrari driven by this PRC rams into his taxi. You could say that he should have been more alert as well to check, but frankly speaking, what could he have done else?
All in all, it still points back to the PRC driver. Once again, after not being contented with causing so much trouble in their own fantastic home country, they have decided to arrive in the form of foreign talent and wreak havoc here.
Singapore has a low birth rate; the consequences are disastrous for us if nothing else is done. But using such a method might instead backfire. We may retain our economic strength with all the foreign talent, but socially, we would deteriorate.
Yes, yes, not every PRC is so evil / corrupted / selfish / inconsiderate / loud / unhygienic /
Clap for my poetic nonsense, if you may. But seriously, this is a serious problem. Life goes on, but with what changes (for the worse)?
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As can be seen obviously, the media is still controlled by the PAP, which showcases its candidate for Hougang's by-election Desmond Choo much more than WP's candidate Png Eng Huat. I strongly disbelieve the explanation that it's because Png does less stuff than Choo, so there's less to feature. Reporters are known to dig out stuff; if they really wanted, they could even arrange for a feature interview (although that's weird too). My point being, they are obviously not treating the candidates fairly.
The reason for hogging the limelight would definitely be to try and elevate Desmond Choo's standing, but I believe that it has strongly backfired in the Internet age. (The PAP really doesn't know how to change by now.) All the more, people (like me) will head to the Internet and complain about how unfairly Png is treated in terms of less chances in media and etc. People sympathise, empathise, and PAP would have shot themselves in the foot.
It also doesn't help that our beloved DPMs are also offering their 'two cents worth' into this by-election. Basically, their words make me want to slant to vote for WP even more. Especially of the reasoning that voters should vote for PAP since WP would still service them and they would receive two MPs' service. My logic is sometimes flawed, but this is so many times more flawed than mine.
If I were a Hougang voter, okay then, I will vote for the WP. Why? Because according to the PAP, they will not give up and continue to service me. Isn't the exact opposite of our DPM's logic? Instead of voting for PAP and enjoying WP's complementary service, I will vote for WP and enjoy PAP's complementary service. There is no counter-argument, since the PAP will again be shot in the foot if they claim that they will 'give up' if they do not win this time. They would never do that, so Hougang voters can rest be assured that by the logic (or rather the opposite logic) of our DPM, voting for WP is not bad too.
Our PM has written a note on his Facebook page (which was faithfully reproduced by pro-PAP mainstream media), once again poking at the fact that the WP was irresponsible in allowing Yaw Shin Leong to leave behind his constituents. Please, this is degrading to political rhetoric.
It's not to say that we should completely ignore this matter. It's for a fact that the Yaw did let down Hougang voters in one way or another, but there's certainly no point in constantly peeling open this scab anymore. Evidently, PM is trying to target Hougang voters' emotions, hoping that they would have the mentality that 'since Yaw (representing WP) let me down, I should try for the PAP'.
Please, lah. In all respect, do you really think that hardcore Hougang WP voters would fall for such a rhetoric? It would only come across as him being like a flailing attacker - trying to attack blindly without really addressing concerns.
After the election, life goes on, with Hougang still in the hands of WP. I am anticipating the margin of votes that Choo will lose by. If it's anything higher than the 2011 General Election, that shows a lot.
Another thing. Our other DPM has stressed that this by-election should be very local. On the one hand, it sounds logical, since it's only a by-election for Hougang. On the other hand, this simply reveals that even he knows that if national issues were pulled into the picture, they would suffer a greater defeat. People are still not very satisfied with the outcome of things one year after the election, and Hougang voters would represent this unhappiness of Singaporeans in general by voting.
Sometimes, silence is better, so much better. In my opinion, our two DPMs have did nothing but damage PAP's campaign for Hougang even more. They are the old-school politicians that are used to top-down instructions and 'engagement', partially by dominating mainstream media to propagate their ideas. How wrong they are to continue employing such futile methods in this day and age.
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