It is National Day today and Singapore turns 41. I wonder, what will I become when I turn 41?
Recently, I watched a programme on Channel News Asia that asked Singaporeans what made them a Singaporean. Some mentioned the food, some mentioned Singlish while others mentioned the multi-racial culture.
Personally, I felt that the producers chose clips that were rather stoic. I would have preferred answers like a conformist government system where people are compelled to make decisions that are politically correct, or a military defense system that is apparently a facade, or a society where people are somehow always in a rush and never appreciative of their surroundings. What happened to all these answers? Why were only the generic ones mentioned?
I am grateful and appreciative of living here in Singapore. In Singapore, everything seems to already be planned for for all of us. There is a government that takes a keen interest in the people and is also slowing accepting the idea of objective people's power. There is a society where people of different races and religion can live harmoniously with each other albeit the random inflammatory remarks made by individuals. More importantly, it is the very simple fact that we live in a peaceful nation.
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