Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Will we fight for Singapore?

An interesting question came out recently. Will the current generation of Singaporeans fight for Singapore? The question instead should be what are we fighting for.

No matter how you try to explain or shape behavior, humans will only fight for things that they treasure deeply. So what is it that is worth fighting for in Singapore?

First thing that comes to mind is of course family. Families are always worth fighting for. However for those who are working, due to your bosses push for productivity, how often do you see your family? Out of the 7 days in a week, are you working more, or interacting more with your family? Staying in a same house is not equal to interaction.

Some of us try our best to stay near our families. That is why most of the time we try to buy houses near our parents. However, whoever has tried using the BTO system will know that it's very likely that you'll get a 4 digit queue number for your first few tries. For those who tried resale, the resale COV was skyhigh until recently. We visit our families every week and we spend a total of 4 hours traveling to and fro. That is excluding the time we stay talking to our parents. You can guess how near to our families we are. Familiar?

We try to make full use of the limited time that we have, packing our schedules full to the brim. Is that the way that life is suppose to be? All work? Some say that we have a choice but do we really have a choice? If your management promises a deadline, can you say no?

If your life does not allow you to spend time with things that you treasure most, will you fight for the environment that causes this to happen?

1 comment:

Rhinestic said...

It sucks because in reality, most soldiers who went to a real war never came back to the family, and usually the family won't be spared from the perils of war if it happens within the country.

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