Tuesday, August 14, 2007 @ 9:03 PM
patriotism
I was watching "爱上小红点 Little Red Dot" just now on Channel U, and I'm glad it's over. For the past few episodes the hosts kept asking those storeowners to reveal the location of the red ball by telling them that they do not want to mess up their store, or letting them take up too much of their time to do business etc.I felt ashamed by this show - it just totally reveals Singaporeans' kiasu-ism. It demostrated perfectly how we only think of winning in our mind. Why can't the host just enjoy the process of searching, and the fun of discovering something new? We do not know how to sit back and enjoy the process, we seek only to win. Where is the joy of winning, when only winning is the answer? You do not learn nor gain anything in the process. The greatest joy of winning is only after you have travelled the journey to it, only than you will experience the exhilaration of the pursue.
Another thought came to my mind just than. How did this happen? Who made this happen? Why are we so self-absorbed we totally neglect to appreciate our surroundings? Is it our government? Is it our way of life? What is wrong with my country? What went wrong?
The only picture I could get of Singapore, is a dark street, filled only with zombies that have been brain-washed, where every single thing have been decided by someone. We do not question authority because we were trained to think only for ourselves. And over a single free bread, we will fight amongst ourselves, irregardless whether we really need it, never stopping to think that that single bread, can pull someone else away from death's door or make a difference between life and death.
I asked Khim, have you ever met someone who is proud of being a Singaporean?
I pondered.
The reason why we are not proud of our own country is because we do not make the decisions that effect our own economy. We cannot decide for ourselves what makes this country bloom. We do not impact our country! How should we be proud of it? Everything is decided by someone else and put to motion by someone else, we are not a part of it. How can we be proud of something we are not responsible for? How can we stand for Singapore when we do not stand for ourselves?
How can we be proud of Singapore, when Singapore is not proud of us?
~ emi ~
