TayHongSiang

did u ask yr maid to help u carry yr bag to work?

The family unit holds the nation / country together. I know where you r coming from. When the breadwinner of the family is stressed, the family also suffer. When the breadwinner brings home the dough, everyone has enough to eat. Have we become so prosperous that we are demanding or expecting more from our gahmen? Nope. You see, our society has become more n more educated. Even the less educated, if they are internet savy, they can get a whole bunch of information w/o having a formal education. We, Singaporeans are more exposed and well-informed now. The younger generations, X,Y and Z thinks and work differently, so much so, some bosses have difficulties managing them. I dun believe we do not have enough talents. My boss is an ang moh americunt and i don't c any difference between him and our local bosses, in terms of standards, expectations, command of english, leadership, capabilities, etc... But having said that, i am not against foreign talents. It's a question of differentiating them with the citizens. Even my colleagues who are Americans and Indians, agree that PRs and foreigners should not be allow to purchase HDB flats whether it is new or resale. Bro, like all fellow Singaporeans, we appreciate what the old guards have done. But, what about the future and our child's future? Who we going to put in power will affect their lives, bro. and our current lifes too. There r just too many negative talking points against the current guards which is casting a lot of doubts abt the papies....u know wat i mean...anyway, i shall stopped here. I do not wish to politise this forum. bye bye

Still looks good to me.... Well...sps in their natural habitats do topple n die or sprout new colonies... time to throw some henry's gourmet to fatten up your fishes!

yes, i agree. we need good leaders to see the future. If that old fart can c the future, he would not have introduce 2 child policies in the 80s, that have played a part in our population economics. Do some research on our investments in Suzhou by our GICs, and other foreign investments and tell me how much of our revenues they have dumped and lost. Your kids doing well in their studies (congrats and i wish them all the best), does not speak for the majority of the middle class Singaporeans. Sorry, for being blunt, this is speaking from my personal opinion. If they did not lowered the stds for entry to polytechnics in this decade, many students will have to make do with ITE or their O levels. If i recalled, during my time, a student needs to get below 20points for 5 subjects, including english, maths and science subjects, to qualify to go to polytchnic, but now...20s plus also can go in. Why? I have talked to a few big employers and i asked them why they don't employ a local to head the office in Singapore. They simply tell me, we have no talents and w/o even attempting to headhunt a few. This is how employers blushed off Singaporeans. Why? If we do not have enough talents, isn't that the result of our education system? And why are Singaporeans migrating? Talk to any educated Singaporeans with diplomas and degrees....ask them have they considered migrating...i can safely tell u 6/10 will say yes. I'm not pro-papies or pro-opp, i believe in balance of power, that's all. It's not papies who decide our future. singapore has done well, because of our pple and divine blessings, not the papies.

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Neither are we living in Casino World. Stop gambling with our reserves.

i don't agree we are "much much better off" than our neighbours. i travelled a lot around this region and saw many things with my own eyes, as well as talking to pple. Singaporeans are an unhappy lot of pple. Always grumbling, complaining, depressed, impatient, angry at something, always feeling lack of something, under-achieving, not happy with their spouse...etc... Quality of life does not mean good HDB flats, solid infrastructure, good governance, high std of education system, premium condos, big cars, landed properties....in fact, a good quality of life from a sociologist and economist's perspective are, having more personal time, manageable work stress, low divorce rates, low family problems, manageable costs of living, low health problems, low pollution, and the list goes on. But, if you look at these items, we are enjoying less and less of these. My friends in Australia, they don;t want to come back here. Same goes for my buddies in Shanghai noon and Shenzhen parlour. They don't mind the inefficiencies of certain infrastructure, but they always tell me, over there lots of personal time, costs of living is manageable, jobs don't pay well, but u have lots of opportunities to start your own biz. Start-up costs are low and market is big and segmented. Education system is not that good, but their kids do not face the kind of stress here and they can proceed to ivy league colleges in UK or US with above avg. results. i mean look at our children and the younger generations now, they have to work so damn hard to achieve what our neighbours need to do. My business partner in Semarang, Indon. has 7 maids! and she says, you don't have to work so damn freaking hard to have all these. She felt pityful for us. This is what i have to say for part 1. You don't believe me, you ask your fishes, even they feel the stress living in our tanks. That's why, suicide rates among our fishes is high. My flasher wrasse decides to jump while i was sleeping...faint. Comes to Part 2. What we want is CHOICE. An election where we can decide, not the ruling party. We decide who should govern the nation, we decide which party is best suited to prosper the nation for the next 5 years, we decide why there is a need to have alternative voices, we decide for our future. That is democracy - the power lies in the hands of the voters. The political parties can say what they want, its all advertisement to me, as far as i'm concerned. The real thing is, after election, can they deliver wat they have promised. Can they keep the GST at 7% and not come out with other ways to increase revenue or reserves? Can we trust them to do the job? Singaporeans now want more alternative voices, the decision is clear and simple. The world has changed and our society has changed dramatically. We are much more educated and exposed. Our strata is more polarised. Income gap has widened. Pple want more checks and balances to ensure policies and decisions are fair and wise. The climate has changed.

wow! your new additions looks damn good...how about a FTS?

AM's is not NSW. It's prepared saltmix water using ME.

haha...ok. sure gonna shit alot

purple queen is not impossible to keep. they need strong flow that mimic their natural habitat and they have better sense of security in sps dominated tanks that allows them to hide....u can try henry's gourmet...fish finds his food very hard to resist...u can feed your purple queen when the lights are off...they will likely to come out to feed until the time comes when they are more settled and bold, they will feed throughout the day.

yr emperor's tummy looks swollen..looks like a tumour, hope its not cancer...

pulsing xenia hard to find nowadays....

yep...10% GST coming...haha...and COE remains all time high for next few yrs

Growth dividend coming

sealife should have...saw them last thurs though

that one is to make unagi don

start by examining your pond....i think its going to start from there....victor will have some good ideas how to convert that to a sps pond....

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Same sentiments....I like yr perspective. I think SRC should have a thumbs up n thumbs down function...haha

you're a political reefer...but i am myself

wah wah wah.....tok kong! how about a top view to make us drool top and bottom... TOTM liao...