Fireworks during the National Day Parade preview on July 23, 2016. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
By Ganesh Sundram (via FB post), 16 Sept 2015
So.... my country has one neighbour thats always having "forest fires" at only one particular time... every year.... without fail.... causing a huge smog issue.... every year.... without fail.... and when my country offers help... that neighbour refuses.... it also blames my country abt the smog... saying that the smog is caused by companies owned by singaporeans burning stuff... in their land....not only that... that same neighbour is now complaining about airspace that my country is using... saying that it wants to take that airspace back....
Then... my country has another neighbour... whose leader jus anaconda swallowed a heap load of money.... and now... there is a protest going on in the capital of that country.... to a point where riot police have been engaged....
My country is an island... set in the centre of these two juggernauts.... and it doesnt have issues like this.... it is also so small that if u zoom out on the world map... so that u can see the entire size of my two neighbours.. you cannot see my country..... my country also jus held its elections.... and after that... i could still go out freely... work... shashay around and come home like nothing happened.........
You know whats the strange part??? My two neighbours... if i walked up to any of their citizens and scorned at their countries.... i would probably get slapped and slashed..... they have this undying love and patriotism towards their countries... its not funny...
But here... in my own country.... where i am protected... fed... educated... sheltered and given a standard that compares to the world's superpower..... i have fellow countrymen and women who scorn and scoff at my country....
I have my own countrymen and women questioning my government's intergrity....
My dad always said...
"you can wake someone who is sleeping... but you cannot wake someone who is pretending to sleep"
Thank you singapore... thank you... my government.
Thank you very much.
Pics inserted by DTCL.
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