Moms and reason are like oil and water.

Perhaps it's my nature and character as an engineer. Or perhaps it is my job as an engineer which created my character to be so.

Either way, i always believe in being objective. Discard all emotions, gossip and hearsay. Examine both sides of the argument and the evidence. Then make your decision.

That is the reason i fail to understand why people say or do certain things.

The social media and network ran riot with resentment, anger and gossip.

All i wanted to do, was to scream at them, "What on earth are you talking about? Do you even understand what are you saying? Did you even examine the other side of the argument?"

And then to turn around, and scream at the other, "Have you seen this? Have you seen or heard the people's feelings? Why are you not addressing and answering them?"

If you refuse to hear and believe what the other party says, then you are no more arrogant than the ones which you accuse of.

Do you even understand the economics of the world? Inflation and depression always happens in cycles. It is something which nobody is immune to.

The only reason why you are being crowded out of your jobs, is because you have grown fat and contented, believing that you have a god-given right to any job in your own country. Why should the boss hire you when he can hire someone else who is more hardworking and is willing to accept a lower pay? Bosses are only concerned with earning money and profit margin. It makes perfect economic sense to lower your expenses so that your profit margin can be higher.

Give her a chance. When we got our first job or move into a new environment, we had to learn quickly, didn't we? We all made mistakes, but we learn and move forward. So why can't you accept that from someone else?

I believe it's time to go back to basics. A time to reflect on what has happened and how much has changed. Over time, the core values has been desensitised and ignored. If this carries on, so will the decline.

That being said, i do not support them. I only support what is right, what should be done and what has been done.

"To today's Singaporeans, these penny-pinching habits would seem ridiculous and laughable but they form the hallmark of PAP's founding fathers. Thrift was their name. Nothing was more repulsive than waste and extravagance.

(...)

In the political climate of the day when corruption, greed and self-serving opportunism was alienating the masses, PAP leaders were convinced that they had to hold themselves to a high standard of exemplary conduct. One that should equal if not exceed that of their leftist partners, whose qualities of austerity and self-sacrifice resonated profoundly with the impoverished populace.

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The values of the PAP pioneers were so instinctively internalised that they were inevitably embodied in the running of the party itself. Their "waste not, want not" ethos meant that a branch could only afford to occupy a portion of a dingy shophouse or a makeshift wood-and-zinc structure. Decor was threadbare with furniture and fittings contributed by supporters and sympathisers."
- "Men in White: The Untold Story of Singapore's Ruling Political Party" by Sonny Yap, Richard Lim and Leong Weng Kam