Eidul-Fitr

Dream, dream, dream
These form part of the lyrics of a popular song in days gone by. I was hanging around Kampong Glam the other day which was ablaze with a bazaar and the conserved shophouses were retailing Eidul-Fitr bajus, what with Ramadan going on and Syawal just round the corner.

In my opinion, this part of town should be the true seat of Malay culture and heritage. There are the Istana grounds and a cemetery. Strangely after I went home that night and the following night, I dreamt three dreams, someting which I have not done for a long time.

I couldn't help thinking it had something to do with the kubor. People who died and whose spirits gave me a glimpse of their past lives.

Double Standards
Government schools should be the instituitions to impart educational knowledge. Not commercial schools like tuition centres. We cannot place the blame on "kiasu" parents. It was precisely because PSS, MOE was set up that these centres sprouted.

MOE is practising double standards when it does special education for the intellectually gifted, like the IP and Gifted programs, but not special education for the intellectually slower developers and disabled.

What Do We Have Here? More Man-made Stupidity!
Singaporeans are a very evasive lot when they communicate. They never tell you something straight from the heart. They tell you one thing when they actually harbour another thought. They also seem to be very untrustworthy who have hidden agendas.

They are all very nice to you when they need or want something. So they court the higher-ups in power. They repeat the exact same thing the media or government officials say. No originality of thought and wrong thoughts even.

A simple task is always politicised. People are so full of intrigue here. Fear, reticence and whatnot. How stupid can it get?

Have you noticed how job application forms even ask you details of criminal connvictions, your health and financial status and so on. Well, I am not sure if they are entitled to ask this but I thought these are very personal details. So what's with the "Yellow Ribbon" project? Wasn't that supposed to give our wrong-doers a second chance?

I spoke with Yvonne today and we agreed how stupid every single job nowadays needs a degree. Even simple administrative work. What ever happened to learning on the job for practical experience and doing your own self-learning for the theoretical aspects?

Daniel - The English Bull Mastiff
Look who is here! Daniel either owns, co-owns or works at a man's club. I can't imagine his bulldoggish, loud, arrogant, fat, bearish ass can serve up good service attitude. But it seems he does. He even calls a customer "handsome", so I was told which means he is a double-faced hypocrite.

I can still remember the day we had our argument and a tiny puny arse like him, living in a 5-room HDB flat in Punggol, could tell the police officers he may wanna consult his lawyers over the matter.

He had told me before how when he lived in Bedok, he had just as many tenants. He had also broken with his bf. I can imagine. A parsimonious, calculative and low-down lifeform like him can never hope to steal his beau's heart! Anyone would be turned off.

Singapore - The Encyclopaedia
Now that I have gone through most of its 2500 entries, I finaly realised what is missing! There should be entries on food like chwee kueh or ang ku kueh, these being kinda traditional snacks we eat. More entries on eponymous roads and other than National Day award recipients, laypeople living ordinary lives could be featured for precisely the kinda work they do - mundane but all the same, important work that makes a whole place tick.