7:05 PM ]]Words that would mend the things that were broken.
I am here to pen some thoughts about GE 2011. I am a first time voter. But I know clearly what I want for my future and where this country is heading. I am not a clueless young Singaporean. I am neither rich nor poor. I do know the hardships of life on this tiny island. I cry because I can not do anything to change this. But I can now and I hope all Singaporeans will wake up.
I see the old and frail clearing tables at hawker centres, cleaning filthy toilets, selling packet tissues by the road under the hot sun. I am struggling to make ends meet but not enough to starve to death. What kind of government asks its citizens to go to nursing homes in Johor because they cannot afford medical services here, what kind of government asks its citizens to "repent" for their choice, what kind of government risks citizens' happiness for money, what kind of government creates a country where immigrants topples locals, what kind of government pushes the blame around but refuses to admit their mistakes, what kind of government builds a SGD$1.2 billion man-made river in Bishan park but chooses to ignore the homeless? What kind of country am I living in? Am I supposed to be proud that I am a Singaporean? I am not. And it's sad that we have lost all our national identity.
I fear to see the younger generation struggle with their studies due to the influx of 'foreign talents'. Suicide rates are increasing, you can choose to ignore this but you cannot deny the fact that we have far too many wrongs and PAP had all the chances in the world to right these wrongs but heck, they made mistakes after mistakes. I am not going to risk my future, or the future of my children. I am just a mere citizen of this country, what I really need is a MP that listens, that fights for the rights of a mere citizen, that connects with the locals - young and old. I do not need a million-dollar man sitting in office signing papers at the expense of his people.
Vote wisely.
>Talk to me.