i'm back. not because i have oh-so-many lovely things about my life to blog about.. but because the GE results really upset me.
the PAP lost their first GRC, but more importantly Singapore lost her brilliant foreign minister. i read in the papers today about MM Lee's comment with regards to the opposition winning a GRC.. he said, "you believe the workers' party is in Parliament to help the good of Singaporeans, or to oppose the PAP?" i would agree and say the latter. this is my first time voting so i won't act like i know all that's going on within the singapore political arena but the opposition rallies i've heard so far are always about "let me be your voice in the government" or "is this fair?!". please... singaporeans are so good in complaining, you really think government cannot hear meh? i don't understand how getting the opposition in will help. what? they complain on your behalf.. then? can they can confirm a solution will come out of them speaking instead of us commoners? and c'mon, life's never fair. there will be those that don't do as well in society than others.. and bad things will happen to good people. we all just need to work our hardest to overcome.
george yeo already promised to be the voice in the government for us.. if people really want change, isn't that a much better way to go about it than have opposition in? the PAP is against them(especially MM Lee it seems) so they are going to be disagreeing all the time. any ideas coming from the WP is probably going to be shot down. if george yeo speaks up, yes.. he'll probably get shot down too but he is in a much better position to negotiate than the opposition.
funny how the people in aljunied are so supportive of WP when it seems they don't really have any plans for them in the next 5 years. well, that was according to george yeo. i can't help but think it's all just an emotional rage. WP saying how unfair the government is treating us really doesn't show me how well the opposition will treat the people. they keep slamming PAP, but they also didn't actually promise you anything did they? (well, correct me if i'm wrong. like i said, i admit i'm pretty ignorant about politics)
anyway, it just makes me so mad to think even a minister as sincere and humble as george yeo would be so easily disregarded. no wonder the older generation PAP are such 'tyrants'! even when PM Lee apologized, people also criticize! so what singapore? what do you actually want out of all this? if you are truly unhappy and suffering in singapore, then migrate la. you complaining and thus being unsupportive and unproductive will hurt singapore's progress too. we don't need people like you. no wonder the government has to employ foreign talent! of course, you will only find out after you migrate that no country will treat foreigners are first class citizens. other countries are just like us.. they say they are democratic but when you and one of the locals are interviewing for the same job, their chances are surely higher than yours. i can't remember from which opposition party i heard this ridiculous statement(reform is it?) but that person has probably never lived overseas before. i beseech future voters to listen carefully to such statements made at rallies and not be taken over by your emotional surges.
oh my gosh... so many more things i can say about those 'stupid selfish people of aljunied' but nevermind. because what's done is done. i believe the government will not let such talent go to waste and i hope mr george yeo will still serve our country in whatever area he choses to venture into. AND PLEASE PEOPLE, STOP ASKING HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY! that's seriously the lamest thing i've heard.