when europe burns

europe is on tenderhooks. will it burn like france or is it a matter of when? the unleasing of hostilities by migrants in france and england, and the breakup of a terrorist group in australia may be the watershed for more things to come in the area of immigration. will there be a called for a new set of rules in view of the new challenges and dangers posed by immigrants? the last 50-60 years of relaxation and generosities showered on migrants, especially from ex colonies, is hinting towards a payback time. many of the migrants still find difficulties in integrating into their adopted countries, or refused to be integrated and became outcasts and marginalised. would this revelation, this new experience, called upon all the choice countries for third world migrants to make a conscious decision to change the rules of immigration? would the new rules be one sided, demanding that immigrants must sign an understaking to accept the laws, culture, custom, language and habits of their adopted countries and discard their racial, cultural and religious baggage at home? would immigrants no longer have the comfort and flexibility to impose on their adopted countries their weird and unique customs and culture and ways of life? for the problems and pain that the immigrants are forcing onto their adopted countries, it is not farfetched for these countries to review their immigration rules and turnaround to make demands on the immigrants, or else seek the safer way out, don't come. on hindsight, why would the generosities of the host countries by exploited and violated by migrants who chose or begged to come and came with all their problems? this is not what the host countries bargained for. singapore is still adamant in playing the immigration card, ever willing to accept immigrants to solve its domestic population problem. is it a shortsighted policies that will also lead to a payback time in years to come? the experience of the founding migrants is very different from these new migrants in a changing world. the old migrants are less demanding than the new breed in a new world order and with more demanding expections. will we pay the price like france and europe is paying now? or can we afford the price if the policies became our folly?

singapore second last among 41 countries in sex

in this highly competitive society when everyone is stressed out in the rat race, it is not surprising to know that singaporeans have no time or no energy for sex anymore. and the govt is trying its best to get the singaporeans sexcited by dangling carrots for singaporeans to spend more time in bed, having sex and babies. but singaporeans are just not doing it enough. were they turned off by the govt meddling with their sex lives? if not, why are they not performing or not interested in sex? other than the very demanding education system, the biggest turn off must be the cost of raising a child. the thought of it, $500,000 is needed to bring up a child through tertiary education, according to some statistics, probably cool down a lot of things. it isn't fun anymore when it becomes that costly. or shall singaporeans be told to cut down on internet, football, wines, theatres, shoppings and try to become an animal again?

channelnewsasia forum. totally lack of humour

i was so amused by ntuc's call to employers to be innovative and to design more jobs that will pay more to the workers that i placed a post on the subject in the channelnewsasia forum. in my post i suggested to employers to create more jobs with titles like president, senior vice presidents and vice presidents for workers and of course with good pay. and the workers need not do much except to smile, shake hands and take pictures with visitors. as expected, after locking up my post pending approval, it was released with the above censored. don't they have a little sense of humour? maybe the censorship was done by a machine. and it is so stifling. imagine in a public forum you have to wait for hours before your posting is vetted and cleared for publishing. it is the worst example that singapore needs. it tells the world exactly what press censorship and freedom of expression is all about in the republic.

the infamous crooked bridge: the mahathir bridge

even before it is built, this crooked bridge is already famous beyond its shores. it is the real icon that malaysia needs to make it world famous. not the world largest ketupat or the largest malaysian flag or the biggest kettle. not even the twin towers could have gained such fame in so short a time. the iconic bridge symbolises everything that is mahathir. it is mahathir. it represents the thoughts, attitudes and aspirations of a third world leader, obsessed with trying to build a name for himself, to be remembered in perpetuity, at all cost. the bridge is unique, unorthodox, a bit distorted, and most important, a statement of a 'can do' attitude against all criticism. nothing can stop mahathir once he decided on something, even accusing his deputy of sodomy. but that is childplay compares to what this bridge is all about. power, arrogance, greed, defiance, unreasonableness, pride, foolhardy, desperation, cronyism, anger and antagonism. the malaysians do not need to build a statue to honour mahathir. the bridge is all about mahathir and his legacy of unfulfilled dreams and disappointments, and about his mega projects leading the nation to nowhere. everything that mahathir stood for, his triumphs and regrets and his unfinished works, are all in the bridge.

the remaking of singapore, the city of pleasure

base on my crystal ball, singapore will have a very bright and exciting future. it will be a very vibrant city to be in. all the best in the world will be here, from facilities, ideas and people, yes, all the beautiful and trendsetters of the world will set up homes in singapore. it will be a city bustling with life, just for play and play and merry making. living in singapore is living for pleasures. it will have a population of young and energetic people, well off, and able to perfect their physical bodies to the best money can buy. and the streets will be stuffed with all the luxuries for the rich and famous. all the old people will not be seen. they will either be packed off to some islands for the aged or be given a dose of drug. only a handful of wise old men will survive to rule the island. but these wise old men will look like in their thirties, with the help of organ transplant and stem cell technology. the curse of ageing will be non existence in the island. the general population will be deliberately kept young and healthy to service the beautiful people of the world. it will be a paradise on earth. the city of pleasure.