We used to
aspire to be the Switzerland of Asia with Swiss standard of living. Some have
achieved that and are very contented with their lives here. Those who haven’t
are still aspiring to be one and are working on it with the govt helping them
in the process. Those who are falling behind need not worry. The govt is coming
up with many charitable schemes, rebates, subsidies, cash, some can touch, some
cannot, there is money everywhere and no one is complaining.
Recently the
govt has been churning out many new initiatives for the people to look forward
to. Those familiar ones are like aspiring to get a degree to become taxi
drivers and security guards. I can understand why they want to be taxi drivers.
Think of the freedom and the benefits of being able to drive around in a car in
the most expensive city in the world when a car costs more than a house. Those
able ones are driving around in cars that cost more than the most expensive
govt built flats, $500k, $1m or more. Driving around the city’s first class
roads in a 4 rm flat is a common sight. And the taxi drivers can boast of being
their own bosses, and all the free time they chose to take. I cannot think of a
good reason to aspire to be security guard. Perhaps it makes one feeling safe
and secure wearing uniform.
Let me just
list down a few of the new aspirations of Singaporeans other than the dream job
of being a taxi driver. Owning and riding a soup up good looking bike is now
another great aspiration. Since cars are so expensive, to be able to move
around the island, to feel the freedom of fresh air in the face, a good
expensive bike is a good alternative. And the govt is making this a happy
experience by building more bicycle tracks for the new HDB rich.
Lately this
has not been spouted for sometime, but Singaporeans are aspiring to buy smaller
and smaller flats in terms of size but more expensive in monetary terms. The
good thing is that everything is within a hand’s reach. No need to walk around
in a big flat. And they can use their unused brain to think for once on how to
make every little nooks and corners useful. It requires a lot of careful
planning and thinking to squeeze little pieces of furniture into their newly
acquired small flats, a new style of living, without compromising on the
quality of life. Oh, small flats easier to maintain, not much space to clean
up.
Yes, many
can keep pets too, like big exquisite dogs, in their little expensive flats.
Why not when they don’t see the need for children to share the limited space?
It is a lifestyle thing and dogs or pets are important to have.
The latest,
their children are going to have stress free education and they could learn
anything they want as long as they fancied them and would still go to
university if this is still their aspiration. If not, and actually not
necessary if they aspire to become hawkers to cook designer food to make a
living. Can become very rich, with little need for higher education.
Being rich
aside, the new education system will make the children and their parents very
happy and stress free. Must be really good stuff. This must be an extension to
the concept of study less and learn more. This will soon become a sought after
model for the rest of the world to emulate.
I did not bother to read the details, but I can only presume that
everything is carefully thought out and our education system will produce
graduates from the hard disciplines as well. Forget about the old and outdated
belief that you need to put in hard work to achieve, to do well. Hard work and
sacrifice are no longer necessary. Please excuse me, I have retired my brain in
the closet. When the govt said it is good, it must be good.
I think
there is another big aspiration in the planning stage. This must be how to
ensure that all the Singaporeans have a lot of money in their CPF. With the
likelihood of no retirement age, Singaporeans can aspire to work forever, and
to keep their CPF savings in the CPF forever and to feel very rich.
I am so
elated that I am lost for words and can’t remember the other great aspirations
of the millennial. Has it got to do with having all the good stuff but no need
to work for it, or having a good life, a happy life, and not having to put in
any effort, be happy, everything will be fine? Who said no effort no gain? Oh,
just in case anyone forgets, riding bicycle needs strong legs to peddle even if
you have 24 gears on the bike.
7 comments:
Haha.......
If memory serves me correctly,
it was said teach less and learn
more.
Not sturdy less to learn more.
Oh what the Heck!
Whatever they said and are
saying la; all are sweet
propaganda to 70% of Sinkies.
patriot
Yes! Singaporeans are a happy and contented lot.
Yes! Thanks to so many years of good government.
Yes! Singaporeans have even left their brains in the locker, no need to think any more.
Yes! To many.......新加坡是天堂!
Yes! To many.......如果新加坡不是天堂 哪里是天堂?
Yes! To many.......儿孙自有儿孙福!
Yes! To many.......船到桥头自然直!
Cheers!
Singaporeans new aspirations - To vote out the PAP and install CSJ as the new Prime Minister.
The cost of living in Singapore is awfully high, because it is so crowded. In this scenario people will choose to have less kids. If the was no influx of foreigners, this will cause the population to lessen making the cost of living lower. People then have more kids again.
However by constantly importing foreigners, the cost of living never lessens even though people have less kids. It leads to a downward spiral and eventual population replacement. It means genetic death for many.
The high IQ foreigners though adapt to the high cost of living in Singapore and also have less kids. If they had not come to Singapore they would have more kids in their own countries (due to traditions or costs). In the long run Singapore becomes an IQ shredder, because of its policy of importing high IQ people and making it hard for them to reproduce.
The total amount of high IQ people in the world would be more is Singapore had not existed, hence the term IQ shredder.
Swiss standard:
A friend told me he could not exchange SIN dollars to CHF at Swiss forex.
Rupees currency to CHF accepted.
Is this true?
Singapore standard
A friend told me he could not exchange CPF dollars to Singapore dollars when he turned 55 years old.
Is this true?
ICA: PAP Ministers are like Malaysian royalty, no queue or check required
http://statestimesreview.com/2016/07/19/ica-pap-ministers-are-like-malaysian-royalty-no-queue-or-check-required/
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I aspire to become a PAP aristocrat.
So that I don't have to queue at the ICA Woodlands checkpoint like the rest of the Singaporeans who voted for me.
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