National Day

hrm... the whole concept of celebrating national day beats me.... true... it is a commemoration of the day that our nation got our independence.... but the true significance of the whole idea of nationhood has been lost to our generation....

there is little or no pride in symbols of our nation.... the flag, the anthem, the pledge etc... esp the anthem.... it has become just an ordinary part of daily life.... the singing of the anthem has become a chore to some... I don't think many ppl even bother to sing the anthem anymore.... and that is really sad.....

well..... even if people don't show their respect to the anthem by singing it they shd at least show their respect by standing still or at attention when the anthem is played.... during one of the national day celebration rehearsals, the band played the anthem.... and people could be seen strolling out the gate and chatting and laughing as if the band was playing some stupid pop song.... hrm... I can't say that I am a patriot or something... I wanna get out of this system asap... but at least show some respect for the anthem.....

people always say that the anthem sounds diff when it is played during the NDP at the national stadium in front of like 6 thou ppl..... why can't that happen everyday..... why can't we be proud of our anthem like the americans are.... I personally don't like americans but the way that they sing their anthem, straight and proud with their hands over their hearts.... why can singaporeans be like that....

hrm.... come to think of it.... let's look at the way that the U.S.A. got their independence and how s'pore got theirs..... the americans got their independence after a long hard fight against the british.... many Americans died and sacrificed themselves to get autonomy frm british rule.... what about our little red dot.... we were kicked out of the malaysian federation..... haha... sounds very unglam doesn't it.... but its true.... what can I say.... I bet s'poreans would feel more patriotic if we had our own revolutionary war.....

s'poreans can be a bunch of real retards at time.... just today.... i saw this blind lady at dhoby ghaut.... she got onto the train and was standing ard... then this man practically jumped out of his seat to offer her his seat.... that's not the retarded part.... one carraige of the MRT has 22 seats.... of these 22 fully occupied seats only one man had the courtesy to get up for the blind lady..... just wait... i'm getting to the retarded part..... the remaining 21 ppl sitting down suddenly turned into hollywood actors and pretended that they didn't even notice that this lady had gotten onto the train.... it just makes me wonder... if this man wasn't on the train.... would the lady have been able to get a seat? 1/22..... that isn't very good odds.... if i were among the 21, i would be so ashamed of not getting up fast enough to offer her my seat.... its a real embarassment.....

and this isn't the first case of this happening that i have seen.... i've seen a seat taken away frm this old woman by some cheena bitch..... the old woman was already heading for the seat and i guess everyone expected her to be able to get the seat.... but this bitch strolls in and sits down right in front of the auntie.... what the fuck.... after that everyone on the train was staring at her and she just pretended nothing happened and started chatting on her phone.... luckily there was a guy who gave up his seat for her.... (i always stand in trains... so don't start blaming me for not giving up my seats....)

who says guys are all that bad..... i have cited these two example that can demonstrate what nice guys some men can be....

and they're singaporean... at least i can be proud that some people in this majorly screwed up country have a conscience.....

happy national day....