Saturday, July 08, 2006
My aunt Alicia is pregnant again. This time, its a girl and they're thinking of Chloe and Kylie. She told me over dinner tonight and i was just plain ecstatic for her but at the same time, i was a little worried. I just hope nothing i've been thinking comes true.
Anyways, i had nothing much to do after dinner and was just blog-hopping when i remembered Rockson's blog. He's back after being gone for some few months. And he's back with an entry highlighting mr brown's plight. I clicked on the few links he provided and read what mr brown wrote for his column in the TODAY's newspaper. I kinda agree with what he wrote and i like the fact that he's a sarcastic writer. All the time i was thinking, "boy, this guy really can write some good shit."
And then, i realized he's been suspended for what he wrote. About everything in Singapore going "up". Well, not literally everything i guess, just the prices. I heard about the taxi prices going up a while ago and i thought it was just crap. Lo and Behold, it's really true now. The government's explanation was that oil prices are increasing as well, so its only right that the taxi fares follow suit.
I remember having a disgusted feeling as i read what some minister had to say about mr brown's article. I mean, we all studied that Singapore is a democratic nation. Now i'm wondering, what exactly does democracy mean? Quite some time ago i vividly remember some guy in the government stressing how important it is that we are not a communist nation but a democratic one. Now i think back and i ponder, what's the difference? One system has everyone sharing whatever profit they make and the other, well, we're not sharing our earnings with anyone but we're definitely sharing the COSTS of almost every other thing. Isn't that right?
Lift upgradings, road upgradings, HDB estate upgradings and whatnot. Oh wait, this reminds me. I particularly remember people telling me, "PAP = Pay And Pay!" Hmmm...
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