More Singaporeans Should Be The Ripples That We Are!

Robert F. Kennedy said, “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

I'm still out of Singapore and out of sync with the latest development at home due to my kampong break (chill out?) and limited access to internet. I have some wifi time now and I'm delighted to share my thoughts.

If PM Lee Hsien Loong and President Tony Tan did not and do not intend to reply to Hazel Poa's request for the PM and President to call for a referendum on the 6.9M, it shows the contempt they have for the people. After the protest at Hong Lim Park on 16 Feb 2013, do they not realise that Singaporeans are very sick and tired of the current over-crowdedness and that we are very unhappy with the "no hue" = "can't be bothered" attitude of the PAP government?

Some say, "Life's a bitch and then we die." I do not agree. I believe, "Make Life Joyful and then we go to a better place." It can be joyful if we do what's right and honourable even if we are not rich or powerful. It is most joyful if we do our part to help the future generation to have a better life. The joy is overwhelming if we stand up against injustice and overcome fear to unite as one people to truly build a democratic society based on justice and equality. For the sake of our children and our children's children, we must continue to enlighten as many Singaporeans as possible of the scary future that is coming our way. To get them to energize with us to create waves out of ripples to bring forth a Singapore that takes care of all Singaporeans and not, I repeat not, only the PAP elitists and the rich and famous!

By not solving the current infrastructural screw-ups and having the audacity to blatantly announce and proceed with the "6.9M Import" is to rape Singaporeans not only in the 69 position but also anally and orally. Yes, its 3-in-1 and they think they can do anything they like as if they are God's gifts to Singaporeans!

Sedikit sedikit lama lama jadi bukit. That is what Robert F Kennedy said it in English,
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” 
― Robert F. Kennedy

My friends, my dear fellow Singaporeans, we cannot let the current uncaring government walk all over us with their hubris and disregard for all of us. We must continuously enlighten our fellow citizens of the predicament we are in so that with unity and numbers, we can improve ourselves to fear not the PAP government so that we can make Singapore a better place not for the elitist PAP and their cronies but for all Singaporeans regardless of race, language or religion to build a democratic society based on justice and equality.

Love,

feedmetothefish

ps: This article by Stephan Ortmann is good to read.

Lighten Up and Laugh

Dear readers,

When you are in the mood, the moments keep coming. In this chicken kampong where there are still many 25-year-old cars running on the road (COE? No way, Jose!) and where I have limited access to internet, the emails that I received really lighten me up!

Please enjoy the following which I just received from my dear buddies.

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These four older ladies who lived in Italy

Always sat outside together near the church

And chatted about when they were younger.

One month ago they pooled their money together and bought a laptop.

Never having been, but having heard all about Florida, they just happened to click on St. Augustine, FL.

They read about the "Fountain of Youth" claimed by the Spaniards when they arrived there.

They collected up all they had left and sent for four bottles of the water. 

As soon as it arrived, they drank as directed.

The rest of this story will make you a believer, because here they are today.................

No.........This is TRUE!  Really!

Would We lie to you?

We have a limited supply of this water available at an incredibly low price of just $1,499.95 a bottle.

Seriously ...

HURRY BEFORE THE INVENTORY RUNS OUT 

Make cheques payable to:

"PAP"

( You can trust us, we would NEVER lie to you!)

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And this is another!

feedmetothfish

Singaporeans Are Emboldened, Not Beholden

Since posting up "Majulah Singapura" [Link], I have taken the effort to take a break to seek for 'bahagia" or "joy".

I'm now in a kampong where there are chickens and roosters everywhere (the kampong type). I am away from the maddening crowd of 5.3million. I am in a place where passengers greet their bus driver with "Good Morning/Afternoon" or "Hello" when they board the bus. They say "Goodbye" or "Have a nice day" to the driver when they alight. I am at a place where the bus driver (and passengers of the bus) gives me a smile when I hold back everybody by asking the driver if I boarded the correct bus (because I'm a 'suaku' in this place). When I get a seat, the person beside me would ask me where do I come from, chat me up and make me feel at home.

They do not give me the dirty look (or quietly curse me) for delaying them from where they want to go.  If I were in Singapore, many may go: "Delay no more" sounding like "Tiu leh lo mo" (say that in Cantonese) and wish that I had never boarded the bus.

No Sir, I'm not blaming Singaporeans for being impatient. I believe that the chase for money; for being number one, for not wanting to lose out to our neighbours (next door, or country-wise, north and south) has make us what we are. We, not all though, are chasing our own tails, following the style of our leaders to leech as many people as possible (even our fellow citizens) to get rich quick! Making a mockery of NS by paying themselves millions! In so doing, we may have lost our humanity to be decent and be kind to each other. Instead of win-win situation, many of us has become like PAP to win at all cost at the expense of all others - by means of 'fixing and buying' regardless of how much harm we may cause others!

Looking back to the wet Saturday of 16 Feb 2013 at Hong Lim Park, I do feel that about 4,000 (or whatever you figure from the pic) Singaporeans ( including foreigners) care enough to do right for Singapore. To be in this "happy place" now with lovely strangers who treat you dearer than friends is to be in Singapore between 4pm to 7pm in Hong Lim Park, Saturday of 16 Feb 2013! If I may, the desire of each of the participant there was to tell PM Lee Hsien Loong and his very rich ministers and well connected MPs that :

1. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
2. WE ARE NO LONGER AFRAID!
3. FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND PEACE FOR OUR NATION, PLEASE DELAY NO MORE!
4. HAVE THE DECENCY TO SOLVE THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS NOW! 
5. DO NOT SHOVE INTO OUR THROATS THE 6.9M WHICH IS ALREADY GAGGING US AT 5.3M! HOW ON EARTH WE SQUEEZE 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 710 SQ KM ??? (272 SQ MILE [LINK] OR 174080 ACRES OR 70447 HECTARES)
6. WE WANT PEACE. DO NOT STRESS US OUT WITH MORE PEOPLE!
7. PLEASE DO NOT TREAT THOSE WHO DISAGREE YOU AS DIRT1
8. STOP INSINCERE APOLOGIES AND GET THE REAL WORK DONE!
9. STOP BREEDING (IMPORTING FOREIGNERS) OR REAL SINGAPOREANS WILL START BLEEDING!
10. ARE YOU LEADERS OF THE NATION OR ARE YOU MOSQUITOES?

Since my last blog, I know not what is happening in Singapore because I'm in a kampong without news from Singapore. I managed to get hold of some internet time and I'm glad to write to let my dear readers know that I'm doing good.

As much as PAP keeps threatening Singaporeans of "SILVER TSUNAMI" and that more taxes are required to support the "old fogeys", hence more immigrant workers are needed, I wish PAP to know that that's crap! Seniors in Singapore do not take advantage of the system to selfishly enrich themselves. They are not like the ministers who took advantage of the power to pay themselves millions at the expense of the taxpayers!

The PAP government does nothing much for the seniors in Singapore. The dignity that old fogeys have is beyond the imagination of PAP hotshots in ivory towers! We seniors neither beg nor sell our souls to PAP for a few dollars more! The way that we were brought up, the culture that we have do not permit us to beg from arrogant pricks to make our lives better. If we cannot take care of ourselves through our own hard effort and savings, our children will take care of us. And if there are no children, friends and relatives will help us. We do not want to lose our dignity, our sleep, to beg from PAP's MPs for which we are expected to be beholden to them.

It is so sickening to read in the msm of PAP's ministers and MPs distributing 'ang pows' to residents. Are these "publicity whores" fishing for loyalty with future potential votes or are they truly appearing in the limelight doing good with their heart of gold?

If they know not,
I'd like them to know
Emboldened we are
Beholden we are not

Let not the PAP's arrogance and contempt of Singaporeans destroy the peace and unity that we have for almost 5 decades!

Do you hear the people sing?

[Link]

Dear PM Lee and PAP, it is already tough for us average Singaporeans to achieve "BAHAGIA". Please do not take it away from us by importing another 100,000 aliens every year till 2030 to reach 6.9M!

Why lead us to such misery?

feedmetothefish

Why Is Straits Times So Shy?

I'm grateful for these great pictures in facebook [Link]. I'm amazed why such pictures are not featured in the Straits Times newsprint.

A dear friend of mine working in University of Hong Kong who is as engrossed as I am in the 'Save Singapore Event' [Link] sent me these newsprints dated Sunday, 17 Feb 2013.

 
 

If Hong Kong's South China Morning Post [Link] can print the above on their front page, why is Straits Times so shy that it has to hide such momentous history-making local news at page four of Sunday Times?

If 73 PAP MPs who spoke in Parliament as if they disagreed with the "Sustainable Population for a Dynamic Singapore" but went forth to vote 'aye' for the White Paper, blame me not for not being surprised by the self-preserving act of Straits Times' management team.

To some, the butter (kaya) on the bread is worth more than the integrity, the dignity, the honour of being true to oneself. The 'kaya' (being rich) is worth selling away one's professional integrity and dignity! The 'kaya' is worth living and labelled as a hypocrite! No different from MPs who spoke and vote with forked tongues on the White Paper!

The fear of 'kia bolui', 'kia towkay' and 'kia chenghu' can be scary. Especially so when the 'towkay' is also the 'chenghu'! However, to sacrifice one's dignity and self-respect to be a toady and be in the limelight to be in line for economic ($$$) success which may lead to political power is to lead a life of depravity!

It may not be in the rank of "Selling your own mother and make a profit of it" but the comparison washes well.

It's been said that it is the chase and not the climax that keeps one going. The climax of having thousands standing in the rain in solidarity to achieve bahagia for Singapore  after days of counting down to 16 Feb 2013 at Hong Lim Park has not gone limp.

Together, Singaporeans (with moral support from like-minded friends from Hong Kong and Malaysia)  will continue to stand up for decency to peacefully fight our rights for a democratic society based on justice and equality and not be cowered by well connected hypocrites whose greed for self interest (money and power) knows no bounds!

With idiotic acts like the White Paper, I hope the silly PAP government realises that when push comes to shove, it may be too late. The damage will be devastating like we see elsewhere.

Just so PAP knows, Singaporeans don't want Arab Spring or Tiananmen Square of 1989. Let not the Push becomes Shove!

Dear readers, brothers and sisters, may peace and bahagia be with you!

feedmetothefish

kaya = a noun meaning bread spread made from egg, coconut and sugar
kaya =  also an adjective meaning rich and/or prosperous
kia bolui = fear of no money; fear of being poor
kia towkay = fear of boss or employer
kia chenghu = fear of government or ruling power
bahagia = happiness, being joyful

Majulah Singapura!

"Say No To 6.9 Million"
 A Protest to Save Singapore
on
Saturday, 16 February 2013
at
Hong Lim Park


It rained

They came

With crowd like this, there is hope yet for Singapore

(Photo: Neo Xiaobin/ The Straits Times)

The speakers on stage.

(Photo: Neo Xiaobin/ The Straits Times)

Unlike the National Day Parade, we sang our National Anthem without any rehearsal 

at about 6.50pm on Saturday 16 February 2013

"To Be In The Moment"  

"Bahagia"

(Happiness)

[Majulah Singapura Video Link]
Sing it like you have never sung it before!
A Happy Place for our grandchildren in 2030!

Mari kita rakyat Singapura

sama-sama menuju bahagia;

Cita-cita kita yang mulia,

berjaya Singapura.

Marilah kita bersatu

dengan semangat yang baru;

Semua kita berseru,

Majulah Singapura,

Majulah Singapura!

Marilah kita bersatu

dengan semangat yang baru;

Semua kita berseru,

Majulah Singapura,

Majulah Singapura!

Come, fellow Singaporeans

Let us progress towards happiness together

May our noble aspiration bring

Singapore success

Come, let us unite

In a new spirit

Together we proclaim

Onward Singapore

Onward Singapore

Come, let us unite

In a new spirit

Together we proclaim

Onward Singapore

Onward Singapore

Thank you my fellow Singaporeans for your love, solidarity and courage to brave the rain and mud to tell the PAP that

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Dear Lee Hsien Loong and PAP, 

This event is the National Conversation

If you choose not to listen

And continue with your arrogance

You will be the cause of xenophobia in Singapore

No, not because Singaporeans are xenophobic

But because you have force upon us more than we can humanly tolerate

Please solve the current shortage of infrastructure for the 5.3 million

Before coming up with your high falutin' 6.9 million!

Boleh kita sama sama menuju bahagia?

(Can we progress together towards happiness?)

Mesti boleh! 

(For sure, we can!)

If only you are humble and sincere enough to listen and work together with the people!

feedmetothefish

16 Feb 2013 - Singaporean Singapore Day

You must read The Guardian's Singapore protest: 'Unfamiliar faces are crowding our land' [Link]

Ain't it a shame that Straits Times and other mainstream media in Singapore has not written anything on this historic event.

Today, 16 February 2013, is the day that Singaporeans will stand together at Hong Park at 4pm for a "Singaporean Singapore"! (thanks to Faisal of WP for this call)

Though it is raining now (11.30 am) where I live, I pray it will stop soon. Should it continue,  I sincerely hope that Singaporeans are courageous and strong enough to brave the rain, the muddy field to 'be in the moment' to show the PAP government and the world wide world that

Singaporeans aren't Quitters!
Singaporeans aren't Fair Weather Wimps!
Singaporeans aren't Pushovers!
Singaporeans aren't Retards!

The Singapore Pledge is not an Aspiration.
The Singapore Pledge is now a Call To Action.
On 16 February 2013, Singaporeans will gather at Hong Lim Park at 4pm to be, not pledge, not aspire, but 

TO BE ONE UNITED PEOPLE,
REGARDLESS OF RACE, LANGUAGE OR RELIGION 
TO BUILD A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
BASED ON JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
SO AS TO  ACHIEVE HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY AND
PROGRESS FOR OUR NATION

TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN
FROM BEING INVADED BY ALIEN FOREIGNERS
WHO SO ARROGANTLY TAKE AWAY 
OUR JOBS, 
OUR HOUSES,
OUR LANGUAGES,  
OUR LIVING SPACES AND 
OUR RIGHTS TO PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE.

Be there!

Lest I be accused of being xenophobic, I am not. I have nothing against foreigners. I am against a government that will make Singapore lose its core.. It is already bad with 5.3 million of more than 40% aliens now. For the sake of my children and grandchildren, I cannot allow our lives to be messed up further by allowing more foreigners to take away our core, our values, our way of life!

feedmetothefish

Tomorrow: "Say No to 6.9M" - Stop the Foreign Invaders!

[Reuters News Link]

Do read the link above to hear of Reuter's report on our quest to tell the PAP government that Enough is Enough!

You may enjoy Singa Blogger Blogspot's blog on the fictitious letter by a PAP Grassroots Leader to PM. [Link]

I am incensed by Hri Kumar's "National Defence Duty" on foreigners and PRs crap.

I'm impressed by Siew Kum Hong's response here.

This is what I wish to add:

I started my full time National Service in 1969 in the Infantry wearing temasek green uniform and ended in the Armoured Battalion before my ROD (yes, it was termed 'run-out-date' in the good old days) in 1971. Thereafter, I did my reservist training in the Army. If that was not enough, I was seconded to the Civil Defence Force to do time in the grey uniform as a reservist after many years in temasek green!

I cannot remember the number of years I contributed to the defence of Singapore but my wife, my kids and especially my boss sure missed me when I had to be called in for those reservists training!

I did not quite like it then but I hate it now! I fooking hate the way they monetize my sweat, my blood and my children's tears when I could not come home for dinner as I could not book out but had to stay in-camp doing my reservist training!

Come 2030, my grandson will do his time in National Service (if NS still exists by then). He will be treated by half or more of Singapore's 6.9 million population as "cannon fodder" because the PRs and foreigners whose sons do not need to serve NS will be lorded as paymasters who pay my grandson his NS Salary with their monetary defence duty as recommended by Hri Kumar.

Before Hri Kumar's flippant idea reaches parliament, I humbly suggest that he goes sell his mother first. And make a pimply profit out of it!

Yes, it is rude and I am fookin' angry. But this is the only way to wake up those PAP numbskulls that their "money buys everything!" is not the solution.

• Money cannot buy the blood, sweat, tears of all NSmen. 
• Money cannot replace the loss of limbs of NSmen. 
• Money cannot bring life to the untimely deaths of young NSMen and heal the grief and broken hearts of their parents and loved ones 
• NSmen and many Singaporeans ask not what the country (PAP ministers and MPs) can do for them, but they do all they can for their country Singapore! Without million dollar salary that ministers make . . . which makes a mockery of National Service!

Even pimps have code of honour and know what loyalty and service to country and countrymen means. Do PAP MPs have only SHIT and $$$$ in their heads?

Nuff said!

COUNTDOWN:  Tomorrow is 16 Feb 2013.

Come rain or shine, thunder or lightning, be at Hong Lim Park at 4pm on 16 Feb 2013 to show the arrogant PAP that we want a SINGAPOREAN SINGAPORE!! 

We don't want them to play dirty like in AIMgate. 
We don't want 6 million in 2020. 
We dont want 6.9 million in 2030.

KEEP SINGAPORE CLEAN (BERSEH)! 

Monstrosity! [video link1] 
Enough Is Enough! [video link2]

My extended family and I will be there.

Will you?

Please forward this plea to all your friends and relatives so that with peace and humility we can show the arrogant PAP government that 

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!


feedmetothfish