Thursday, May 5, 2011
Politics, right.
According to everyone, I am supposed to be part of the 100% of youths who are apathetic to whatever the government is doing.
When you cast such stereotypes on us, do we rebut or should we just play along?
The thing is, there is no need for us to even attempt to make a connection with politics.
We are like Biliebers on the ground floor of a 100-storey architecture, trying to scream and command the attention of the teenage sensation at the very top.
Even if he notices that small dot from the skies, he's never gonna catch your message.
So, I tell myself, why bother?
Because we are not the passive lot who stops on the 1st floor; we ascend, even if it takes ages, to make ourselves be heard.
I know that PAP has modelled Singapore into what we are today.
No doubt they deserve our respect for that.
But significant changes were observed in the early stages of independence and reconstruction.
Now, honestly, I don't see anything.
All those economic policies and overheating treatment are things we've learnt in Economics.
Maybe they're more complex then what we received in print, but I do believe that there are directives for these problems to be solved.
After all, these are recurring issues aren't they?
I belong to the Aljunied GRC, and have only seen the MP 3-4 times in my life.
All when I went to receive scholarships/bursaries from him.
I've been hearing people saying that MPs reach out to the heartlanders and truely understand how and what the people are experiencing in the district.
I know you can't possibly attend to every household under this constituency, but sometimes, I really wonder if anything is done to address our requests.
Ok, we didn't really ask for anything.
I am one of those people waiting for the government to serve me.
And we are short of carpark lots, and please not make this place a dumping ground for foreign nationals.
Noone likes to live by hostels that home packs of foreign labour.
Hygiene becomes a problem, and people don't feel secured.
Especially with those hack-and-slash/robbery cases in recent news, I try not to get home too late.
I've been here for almost 10 years and in this period I've seen an additional playground to the other two some 5-minute walk away; Demolish and construction of new overhead bridges on the exact some spot - I don't even see why there's a need for that; and a decorative tomb-like craft rooted to the ground around the corner into the district.
Am I happy with that?
Maybe you are, but not me.
It's not like I can vote, but this is my two cents worth.
Some are saying that the opposition will never be the ones calling the shots for Singapore.
But why not?
I mean, even if they don't, their addition serves as a 'motivation' for PAP to work harder to gain the trust and allegiance of the citizens.
Monopolies tend to be complacent because they have no rivals and competition.
With opposition in the Parliament, you can't afford to be complacent or risk being voted out the next election.
And if they are never given the chance to display their potential, then you'd never know if they can do this right.
We always talk about second chances, but before we get to that, can we grant them their very first first?
When you are comfortable with what you have, you don't want change.
Because we fear that change will confiscate the satisfaction we enjoy.
But with no change, you stay where you are.
You won't lose what you've been clinging onto, but it also means that there's no room for ascension, for you to achieve much more, and enjoy that much more.
Of course, there may be bad changes.
But until then, we can let them try can't we?
They have the qualifications, and the relevant experience in their respective fields.
Given the same amount of resources, I believe that they will do their best to bring the best to us.
PAP does too, but the system you created rewards merit, and sadly merit only/mostly.
When we don't see what you do, the belief we once held erodes away.
All parties, do portray your merits and good luck.