ya, i know what you mean. Recently i went visit my friends and something i have learn where cant find it in singapore. My friends share with me this "I love my country, but my country dont love me" hahahahaha Then another one say, "I love my country but my country only love our money" so what you guys think?
Father Singaporean. Mother Malaysian. Born in Selangor'62. Kindergarten in KL. 1969 come here to stay for good with parent. Primary School and Secondary School in Singapore. Saw the birth of the National Stadium and soon the last days of it's existence. Taking my first flight in Singapore at the Paya Lebar Aiport with my latest flight being at the Changi International Airport T2. and soon T3. NS in the Police Force for 2.5 yrs. Made arrests I hoped had made a difference. Summon lots motor vehicles keeping the roads safe or clear. :devil: Took part in two National Day Parade march pass. Served my reservist till 40. Partok and broke up with 8 Singaporean ladies. Voted twice in my life before GRC system took away anymore chance of it. Owner of a HDB flat pass down from my dad. Dad passed on in Singapore. Bought all my photography stuff in Singapore. Starting from an FG working my way up to a D70. Cycled almost every part of Singapore watching how the island has changed. From close knit colourful kampung people and culture set in wooden houses to stone cold condos where people drift apart. Witnessed 5 Singapore Presidents come to be. Witnessing founding fathers go from LKY to GCT to LHL. Spanning a period almost as long as Singapore declared independence in 1965. Just some high lights from my humble Singapore story.
A Singaporean is someone who is willing to Pay And Pay.
well, whether your country loves you - is it important?
i think it might care, i think there are good people here. but the same applies anywhere. like i always say, life's all about compromises. espion mentions "grass is greener" syndrome, that's not true for many people i know, actually. at the end of the day, be it africa, america, europe, japan, singapore.. you win some, you lose some. and a lot of those who have gone overseas and come back would probably know what i mean. unless they don't feel like it's home.
i am singaporean because it is my home. can't it be as simple as that? or does one insist that everything can be described?
Another way to think before you answer: what will you die for Singapore? What of Singapore is worth far more than your life? Is there anything at all?
Certainly not for the Singaporean values of "kaisu" and "kaisi" and "dont think and dont ask too much" and to everything you don't know, say "Not sure". For Singlish? For chicken rice?
Again for some they have no choice about it, just like going to NS.
But for those who chose to stay, which presumably you have at least an alternative, will you make a different choice now if your life is a price to pay? And even if you are willing to give your life what about those you love? Would you send away your family and children at the first hint of trouble?
Or you chose to stay because its economically optimal and expedient at this point in time? ie the grass just seems greener here at this point in time and you go where there is good grass.
U are right. The choice is yours.
If you think that this is not a good place to stay e.g must serve NS for guy then you better leave because you become a liability. If you choose not to fight, somebody will have to fight for you! The reason simple.. you are a Singaporean.
But what are you fighting and dieing for?
if in future,
I'm retired and migrate to other country due to the high living cost in singapore
I'm still singaporean.
is not the colour of the passport you holding
is your heart, where they belong to.
Stay here lah! and die here also lah!
Spend your last bit for the economy!
to me, being a spore citizen doesn't mean i'm a spore citizen.
its so oxymoron...
"being a spore citizen doesn't mean i'm a sporean"