tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post7770038955521950625..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Golden Period or Golden EraChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-49975096002087403192007-07-15T20:18:00.000+08:002007-07-15T20:18:00.000+08:00Aiyah redbean, everyone has only 24 hours in one d...Aiyah redbean, everyone has only 24 hours in one day, and everyone will die at some time lah.<BR/><BR/>Only a fool will spend all his time "grabbing". Grabbing what, exactly—all the "material" stuff is means to an end, not the end in itself lah.<BR/><BR/>Attach yourself to material things at your peril. That is how wealthy people make themselves poor.<BR/><BR/>Good luck lah :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-32564856244859272752007-07-14T11:30:00.000+08:002007-07-14T11:30:00.000+08:00matilah, how do you know i am not grabbing enough?...matilah, how do you know i am not grabbing enough? i just got enough to be able to stick around. still can have my cheap wine and cheap golf. <BR/><BR/>but must keep on grabbing till the day i can lie on the beach of patpong and stop thinking but continue grabbing with my hands full : )Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-33276478944757231512007-07-13T18:45:00.000+08:002007-07-13T18:45:00.000+08:00you got a fierce vocabulary sir!you got a fierce vocabulary sir!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-90330276625137706002007-07-13T18:42:00.000+08:002007-07-13T18:42:00.000+08:00redbean,for what it is worth, DESPITE a meddling a...redbean,<BR/><BR/>for what it is worth, DESPITE a meddling authoritarian govt, s'pore is a land of opportunities.<BR/><BR/>If you can't get your fucking act together here, where do you think you can go to get your fucking act together.<BR/><BR/>Some of the heartlanders need to be SMASHED (several times) IN THE HEAD WITH A BALL-PEIN HAMMER until they wake up their motherfucking ideas lah.<BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-7801455940337132192007-07-13T15:08:00.000+08:002007-07-13T15:08:00.000+08:00but the hardlanders will have a different answer. ...but the hardlanders will have a different answer. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Seems like the end result of this economic run is going to be quite uneven. <BR/><BR/>In the developed countries at least they have something to distribute to their folks such as welfare benefits for those in serious dire straits, medical welfare etc... over here it is so harsh... as in "no one owes any body a living" ... <BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-82469788503808390042007-07-13T13:55:00.000+08:002007-07-13T13:55:00.000+08:00if you ask those who are shouting that singapore i...if you ask those who are shouting that singapore is a land of opportunities they will give you a resounding yes. even some who are fed with crumbs will too.<BR/><BR/>but the hardlanders will have a different answer.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-35500189083343161712007-07-13T12:48:00.000+08:002007-07-13T12:48:00.000+08:00It just one slogan after another that's all.... re...It just one slogan after another that's all.... remember the 1984 vision to achieve Swiss standard in 1999???? where are we now, did we achieve half of it?<BR/><BR/>Remember 2010 world cup, just another piece of bird talk.<BR/><BR/>And what about the more GOOD years??<BR/><BR/>U guys still believe in all these trash??Lost4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06366411650877554200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-41993570928236885312007-07-12T22:00:00.000+08:002007-07-12T22:00:00.000+08:00really ah, you mean you do that ah?really ah, you mean you do that ah?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-70586756022401133512007-07-12T17:48:00.000+08:002007-07-12T17:48:00.000+08:00another thing in common. when they squat in the to...another thing in common. when they squat in the toilet and squeezing like hell. imagine the expression. all men are equal. : )Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-12128321613965185712007-07-12T17:25:00.000+08:002007-07-12T17:25:00.000+08:00Hi Anony, July 12, 2007 4:28 PM Many of us are jus...Hi Anony, July 12, 2007 4:28 PM <BR/><BR/>Many of us are just normal folks busy ekeing a living to pay our bills and taxes so the show-offs you referred to must be the other side of singaporeans like those earning million dollars salaries that has nothing to do with the majority and nothing in common as well except for having 2 legs and 2 hands connected to the body.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-75698546924443544062007-07-12T16:28:00.000+08:002007-07-12T16:28:00.000+08:00As we always showoff one mah - Sengkapoh BoLeH..Bu...As we always showoff one mah - Sengkapoh BoLeH..<BR/>But Sengkapolians boleh? Buay la!<BR/>Sengkapolians siong liao!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-72264078285233984112007-07-12T15:01:00.000+08:002007-07-12T15:01:00.000+08:00we could have been much better if we did not let p...we could have been much better if we did not let properties, esp hdb prices to run away. now many have their cpf savings in hdb and nothing left.<BR/><BR/>we need to arrest the rising costs or our money value will just get lower and lower. it is like depreciating our money.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-86170886793418414972007-07-12T11:03:00.000+08:002007-07-12T11:03:00.000+08:00YOu mean .. go back to become a fishing village ag...YOu mean .. go back to become a fishing village again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-36030785951707389132007-07-12T11:00:00.000+08:002007-07-12T11:00:00.000+08:00WHAT IS IN FOR YOU AND ME???????"Ask not what the ...WHAT IS IN FOR YOU AND ME???????<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Ask not what the country can do for you but ask what you can do for the country"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-56603503775399576172007-07-12T02:18:00.000+08:002007-07-12T02:18:00.000+08:00come on, they give concessions to the foreigners t...come on, they give concessions to the foreigners to take away our jobs, good for the country.. that is true... but ....<BR/><BR/>WHAT IS IN FOR YOU AND ME???????<BR/><BR/>what is so good for us? do you get to see the money that the country earned at our expenses?? No way, it is locked up.. <BR/><BR/>meanwhile we compete and slough, for what???<BR/><BR/>I think we shud go back to the old days whenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16248148848702687122007-07-11T23:24:00.000+08:002007-07-11T23:24:00.000+08:00Thks for the tip, anon.Will go hear what the Money...Thks for the tip, anon.<BR/>Will go hear what the Money Masters can educate.. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-30620304877361526872007-07-11T19:25:00.000+08:002007-07-11T19:25:00.000+08:00There is a video on Google titled "The Money Maste...There is a video on Google titled "The Money Masters". This documentary gives an interesting insight into the workings of the world's financial system based on fractional reserve banking. Very informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-91829233023053346252007-07-11T18:03:00.000+08:002007-07-11T18:03:00.000+08:00Er... please don't cannonise me into a "prophet". ...Er... please don't cannonise me into a "prophet". I like "profit" instead :)<BR/><BR/>The view that fiat currencies will collapse is not uniquely mine.<BR/><BR/>BTW, gold or precious metals maybe the "best" backing for currencies, however countries like S'pore back their currencies with a range of assets—including gold, which helps "objectify" the value of the currency and therefore its Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-26171975092822006472007-07-11T17:39:00.000+08:002007-07-11T17:39:00.000+08:00there are the happy people, there are the not so h...there are the happy people, there are the not so happy people.<BR/><BR/>there are those who can boast about an uncaring elitist face, there are those who can only hide their face.<BR/><BR/>the rich will have their own parties. the downtrodden with have to sleep with their own self pity.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-91647173009013919612007-07-11T15:47:00.000+08:002007-07-11T15:47:00.000+08:00For 90% of Singaporeans, life is just a golden dre...For 90% of Singaporeans, life is just a golden dream. Just like the "more good years" prophecy which the majority never had. Or the goal 2010 dream which can never be attained. Just follow the dream Singaporeans.<BR/><BR/> "Singapura Boleh"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-90996014432774001652007-07-11T14:26:00.000+08:002007-07-11T14:26:00.000+08:00Golden Period simply means uneven distribution of ...Golden Period simply means uneven distribution of wealth will be upon us. It will be a class division and widening of income/wealth gap.<BR/><BR/>The rich will become fabulously rich and the poor will remain church mouse poor in the Golden Era, no matter how they reassure you..... Like the big boys gain $1 million and you get an extra $100 barely enuff to hedge the price increases!<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74524577649425495622007-07-11T14:18:00.000+08:002007-07-11T14:18:00.000+08:00Unless you have deep pockets, what is so golden?Fo...Unless you have deep pockets, what is so golden?<BR/><BR/>For the rest of the 90% of us, I dont see anything golden except golden price increases after increases ... plus reassuring words like "dont worry" etc ...<BR/><BR/>If this is what Golden years are all about, I wud rather we do not embrace it. Whatever for?? <BR/><BR/>Opposition shud ask these logic??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com