I think our SM should refrain from making too many comments. The more he comments, the more he is doing himself disservice, and the more I'm disappointed with him.
We've been seeing him all too often in the papers, especially the past 1 or 2 weeks. Luckily, the OTHER ex-PM has been strategically sent away to Taiwan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong these 2 weeks, so we won't need to endure more of such.
We've had enough of SM and his endorsement of that very young female candidate, who is going to ride on the waves of the GRC system and get 'elected' into my GRC.
Recently, he gave a logic to explain why surveys indicate how people in less-developed countries are happier: “Because they don’t know what life is; they’re quite happy. They wake up, they brush their teeth, then they’ll farm, and then they’ll sleep. But do you want it that way?”
Ok, so he meant that people in less-developed countries "don't know what life is". I seriously question the intelligence of such comments. If his definition of knowing what life is, has something to do with wealth and luxury, then, many Singaporeans here would equally not know what life is, because we do not install gold water taps in our toilets and earn much less than peanuts pay of 600k..
Or perhaps, he thinks that "wake up, brush teeth, farm and sleep" is not knowing life, but "wake up, squeeze into crowded MRTs, pay exorbitant ERPs, fight over jobs, dream over CPF, etc" is, then perhaps he's being way too disconnected with the man-on-the-street. Oh wait a minute, it's not a fair statement, because he probably doesn't know what is squeezing into congested trains, nor feeling any pinch from ERPs, nor compete for jobs.
But still, make fewer comments -- it's better.
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By the way, there's another joke in the papers today.
The DPM actually said that the new candidates introduced by the incumbent party are very "diversified".
I looked at the calendar, and realised it's already 4th April. April Fools day was 3 days ago, right?
How can it be diversified, when the source of most candidates come from the gahmen's army, the gahmen's union, the gahmen's statutory boards? Ok, perhaps it should have been "coming from diverse arms of the gahmen"
人生是黑白的.
11:32 PM <3
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