Have you had enough of "Kee Chiu"?

Oh, mothers of all Generals, is this for real?

When I first saw this video [link], I cringed and asked myself, "This guy was the Chief of Army of Singapore? How did he lead? By asking soldiers to raise their hands?"

When "General" had to stage-manage uncles and aunties [Link] with food and transportation to support his boss in Ang Mo Kio like a "Runner", it confirmed my suspicion that the whiter-than-white was at their old trick of "buying and fixing".

Now I hear that the Acting Minister telling his audience in a dialogue session about bloggers, "No point complaining that it’s dominated by the lunatic fringe and we leave it as such. If you have a point of view, go forth and do something." [Link]

Well, well, well. . . There are those who "Kee Chiu" (raise hands). . . And there are those who are "Seow" (crazy). Sticks and stones may break my bones but I guess words will not hurt bloggers in the "lunatic fringe". As much as I blog to get the elephant off my chest, I must admit that blogging with a point of view that is contrary to 'papspeak' (that's a dime a dozen in msm) helps me stay sane and keeps me away from Alzheimer's!

To add insult to injury, the General said in his monologue at the dialogue, "Small problems or big problems, we always ask: What is the Government doing? There is a certain mentality (that makes me) worry. We can do much more to take charge of the destiny of our life than to ask, what is Government doing?". Aha, so for a start, shall we take charge of our destiny by having a demo (Egypt style, anyone?) to have our CPF back to where it belongs - the people?

Mothers of mothers of Generals, there is indeed a certain mentality that makes me (a "lunatic"?) worry. With all the tea parties, interviews and fine-toothed comb scrutiny in selecting 'whitest of white cream', how on earth did this guy get to be a Minister in the Singapore Givenment? In terms of humility, sincerity, connectedness and EQ, from 1 to 10 (1 being the worst and 10 being the best score), in my personal perception, Nicole Seah would have scored 9 and the arrogant General scored 2!

If this is a member of the "new leadership" that PM Lee has faith in to lead Singaporeans as "servants and not masters" [Link], then we are screwed. Big time! If idiots believe that alternative views are nothing more than "throwing stones" at PAP, very soon, 60% would become 40% and vice versa!

Apart from power corrupts, power also breeds hubris. Give a poor boy some power for a few years and he may just lord all over you! I know it takes time to change the essence of a man. However, if he cannot change in time, it may be time for "kee chiu"general to "lo tai".

It is such a waste that while the PM is learning and urging his subordinates to be less arrogant and more "human" [Link], some still continue to "kee chiu" to lord over the people!

"lo tai" English equivalent of Hokkien = "come down from stage"

I know it's safer for bloggers to throw stones [Link] and educate the ivory-tower-elites than to do an 'Egypt' that kills and maims.

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