Sunday, March 30, 2008

Class and chinese people

Checked the roster for my new class this coming semester. Thank God! At least there are people I know in it. The ratio of the races in my class is pretty much balanced. It's like the distribution method of the Singapore Housing System. Chinese being the majority and the rest of the class is a mix of Malays, Indians and Eurasians. Should have expected that since our country is pretty much being populated by Chinese people. However this wasn't so back in the good old days. I guess China was too overpopulated that they had to give away part of their population to my country. In the end, they started breeding and what do you know? They form the majority of Singaporeans and the head of Singapore(PM) is a Chinese. No surprises there. I guess I just have to live with it for a couple of more years before I migrate to greener pastures. I sure hope time passes by fast.

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I realised that what I wrote above was too short and wouldn't really benefit your time in reading it. So what I am going to post may make you wonder for a while. Some might think of it as bull shit but I don't care. I did say my blog was going to be rather philosophical right? So read and try to understand what I'm going to post before giving me stupid comments about it.

My friend have just came back from europe and she told me that when she was there, she managed to participate in a peaceful demonstration urging the country leader to pull their soldiers from Iraq. Well, for some of you, this might not be of much concern because you might have already seen or even participated in one yourself. It is your right to express your freedom as a citizen of that country. Well, my country has that as well but you see, if we were to form a demonstration, it's off to jail for us. So here I am asking you, where's the freedom in that? The government replied that we can express ourselves freely as long as we don't touch on the issues of racism, the government itself and basically anything that might undermine the government's authority. So here I am asking you again, where's the freedom in that? If we were given the 'freedom' then why are we not able to express ourselves as we please?It's like saying you can go to your friend's party but just don't step out of your house. It is completely contradictory is it not? The members of the government are chosen/voted by the people of the country. It's thanks to us you guys are the 'head' of the country. As the 'head', you are supposed to do anything and everything that is available in your power to satisfy the need for you 'body'. But what you are doing now is akin to letting the 'body' suffer. The signs may not be evident but I assure you, it is definitely there. So I implore you - the government- to let the people have their freedom to be able to write, say anything which they believe is their right to express. So once again, you readers might be asking, what am I supposed to ponder about? The question is : Do you think that the government is doing a good job? Are they making sure that their people are happy? Not just financially, but socially and all? If you said yes to all the questions, I would have to ask you to really think about it deeply. If you don't want to, then I guess you wouldn't get the message that I was trying to convey.

Cheerio!

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