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9.4.11
The Good Thing About Being Young/ 12:37 AM What I'm going to say is my personal opinion as a 27 year old working adult. My dad was a taxi driver who passed away at the last year of my university. I had to teach tuition to make my life a bit better as an undergrad. I had no chance for grad trip as I need to work to feed myself. I buy Pedro coz it is a cheaper alternative than those European brands etc (and its a Singapore brand). I can only afford to buy my mum a Guess wallet with my meagre pro-rated bonus in 2009. I have to slog hard, even on weekends to get my work and job done. I want to depend on myself, focus on my career and try to make a mark for myself, by myself. I am single, and I don't think I can afford a house, nor marriage. But yet, I think I am richer and has a better life as compared to many others in Singapore. As such, I don't go around telling people I am poor, or try to give the impression that I am poor. Quite a Chinese-ed person, I abide by the confucian theory of "达则兼济天下，穷则独善其身", even if I can't serve the community, I try to upgrade myself whenever possible. Having contested in a small-scale elections before, I really think that elections is a good way to train up young leaders. It gets you exposed to reality, to the crowd that you'll be serving, to all sorts of malicious comments, to the stress of facing competitors. Election tests the faith, confidence, commitment in the candidates. The good thing about being young is that we have the energy. We are not afraid of failures. We are not afraid of competition, and is confident in the face of challenges. So young leader, show us that you are capable of facing challenges and unfair comments by yourself. Show to me that when faced with an older and more experienced opposition, you dare to put up a fight. Show to me that you can speak my language, and you understand the situation of young Singapore working adults. Then I will say that as a 27 year old, I respect you as my leader... I think this is the best way to represent young Singaporeans. |
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3.4.11
Vote for who??/ 10:23 PM This GE, I hope that it will be a walkover for my GRC (Ang Mo Kio). Because I'm not particularly impressed by PAP - well, they are still, their usual self. I'm quite disappointed with the opposition. Yes, their standards are getting better, but still not there yet, still lacking in aspiration, vigour, vision, and "seh"... Therefore, I hope no one comes to contest in AMK, then I don't need to vote, and can watch the whole GE as a by-stander. (I think I'm getting politically apathetic, and I am 27 years old...) |
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