Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Rest
Hmm.. this is really going to be the medical blogs.. on MC yet again. But this time due to cramps... Ouch... kinda makes you wonder why u were born a woman... and if this is painful.. I can't imagine childbirth! No wonder I hear stories of females, in labour, cussing everything from God, to their parents, to the guy who got them preggers, to the kid. It's like the whole world is against them! Ha ha ha
Speaking of births, today is the birthday of my cuz! Happy birthday ah de! Congratulations on ur birth 24 years ago! Ha ha!
So the day was spent proning face down on my fav blue couch in the living room to quell the pain. Felt better once the medication kicked in, which explains why I can be typing away right now. I miss days like this... not working.. relaxing, doing what I want to do. Kinda regret taking those student days for granted (yes.. I know many of you are saying "i told u so")
Was reading the papers and it was really depressing: Katrina in USA, the plane crash in Medan, Typhoon Nobi in Japan... death and destruction everywhere.. god knows what will happen next. It's things like these makes u appreciate safe little Singapore. But it is because of safe little SIngapore that we take things for granted.
I feel that the people of SG are too pampered and selfish because of the environment that we are brought up in. Everything is planned for thanks to the government. I am not dissing the government because of that, but rather the people are too over reliant on the government. Cannot find job, there's WDA. Cannot buy flat, there is CPF. No money for medical fees, there Medisave. Quite frankly, if not for these provisions, I doubt that Singaporeans will have money to pay for anything or save up for their retirement.
And i really feel that Singaporeans are selfish. When things happen to others, we just don't care. You want to cite the tsuinami incident where Singapore sent helpers over? Well, would it have been different if there were no SG people involved there? Dun you find it ironic when a disaster happens, the first thing that goes on is to find out whether any Singaporeans are involved? And when they report "There were no Singaporean casualties", everyone heaves a sigh of relief and gets on with their lives? It's like, whatever happens in the other country is their "pasah", not ours (and by the way, its the "gah ment" who sends over the help to the other countries, not by the people themselves).
One really wonders if the people of Singapore were able to survive in the face of adversity, be it from human attacks or mother nature??
Ok.. enough ranting. Going to do some research. By the way, I also found the fight between Google and Microsoft interesting! Gonna see how it develops. And no prizes for guessing whose side i am on!
Speaking of births, today is the birthday of my cuz! Happy birthday ah de! Congratulations on ur birth 24 years ago! Ha ha!
So the day was spent proning face down on my fav blue couch in the living room to quell the pain. Felt better once the medication kicked in, which explains why I can be typing away right now. I miss days like this... not working.. relaxing, doing what I want to do. Kinda regret taking those student days for granted (yes.. I know many of you are saying "i told u so")
Was reading the papers and it was really depressing: Katrina in USA, the plane crash in Medan, Typhoon Nobi in Japan... death and destruction everywhere.. god knows what will happen next. It's things like these makes u appreciate safe little Singapore. But it is because of safe little SIngapore that we take things for granted.
I feel that the people of SG are too pampered and selfish because of the environment that we are brought up in. Everything is planned for thanks to the government. I am not dissing the government because of that, but rather the people are too over reliant on the government. Cannot find job, there's WDA. Cannot buy flat, there is CPF. No money for medical fees, there Medisave. Quite frankly, if not for these provisions, I doubt that Singaporeans will have money to pay for anything or save up for their retirement.
And i really feel that Singaporeans are selfish. When things happen to others, we just don't care. You want to cite the tsuinami incident where Singapore sent helpers over? Well, would it have been different if there were no SG people involved there? Dun you find it ironic when a disaster happens, the first thing that goes on is to find out whether any Singaporeans are involved? And when they report "There were no Singaporean casualties", everyone heaves a sigh of relief and gets on with their lives? It's like, whatever happens in the other country is their "pasah", not ours (and by the way, its the "gah ment" who sends over the help to the other countries, not by the people themselves).
One really wonders if the people of Singapore were able to survive in the face of adversity, be it from human attacks or mother nature??
Ok.. enough ranting. Going to do some research. By the way, I also found the fight between Google and Microsoft interesting! Gonna see how it develops. And no prizes for guessing whose side i am on!
# posted by Xallista @ 4:30 PM 
