Doesn't the government deserve some credits?
(i'll sound extremely optimistic in this post, hmmms doesnt seem right xD but it IS true! why wont we just APPRECIATE THE WORLD?)

i have been thinking a lot about this! and i thought for a total of 3 days and im finally going to talk about our government! perhaps i may seem weird talking about it, but it just struck me one day. well apprently the singapore government doesnt really leave a good impression on various singaporeans. well im not saying most of the population! but maybe just a small percent of it.

i mean apart from the increasing gst and stuff, shouldnt we appreciate the government? who was the one who brought us out from 'kampongs' and villages and into the new and advanced city? who made us a popular country? well i think singapore's pretty popular? who gave us a decent economy? who gave us our 3 plates of rice everyday?(well perhaps not in the case of extremely poor people, but still! the government tries to ensure decent meals a day for these people, dont they?) why are we complaining about trivial things such as the rising gst and bus fares and whatever. maybe the government is planning for something bigger?

well a politician is no easy job! and to plan five years ahead is even worse! i mean its hard to analyse the current situation and predict a future! just like whats teachers say: we are currently being trained to think and to predict! and its a highest level sort of processing! its no easy thing! we should at least appreciate them?

increasing bus fares? why are we complaining? we do know that the price of petrol is increasing. in order to not deprive people from public transport, there has to be an increase in fares for the refueling. well i dont know about what the bus company does with the money, perhaps they give these earnings to their employees? well if so, shouldnt we think about the bus drivers? they drive for so many hours, constantly thinking about safety on the road since there are at least 10 people on board! shouldnt we reward them a little more? besides its no easy job being a driver! its extremely tiring.

and why is there an increase in gst? well the government is currently trying to prevent a brain drain or whatever they call it. when you think about it, isnt it quite true? what would happen to singapore if all the current "thinkers" are gone? what would happen to our future? if you put yourselves in the shoes of people in philliphine(sp? sorry no offence) or indonesia (well i am kind of referring to the maids coming over to work here), dont they come over to work to support their families back in their hometowns? you see, if the reward is limited, people would tend to go somewhere where there are greater benefits to support. im NOT trying to insult any countries! its just an example ive come up with. NOT trying to offend any countries! hence all these are done to prevent brain drain. (by the way, this was linked because it was said in the newspaper that the government is increasing their salary and probably hence the increase of gst to provide this.) i mean we are already considered okay as compared the other countries whereby their gst is above 10%! we should consider every situation and then make the comparison!

at the end of the day, we are all thinking single sidedly. why not look at both sides of the story? we should be thinking of the reasons rather than thinking about the things that have been done. we should be thinking what lies ahead rather than what was in the past(well not in the case when we learn from our previous mistakes)! we should be looking forward into the future! we should also just appreciate what is given cause we never know when they'll be taken away . we should stop being so self-centered! i admit i am like this sometimes. we should all stop thinking about 'i myself and me'!

the government isnt completely unreasonable. its the perspective of the people that would determine how unreasonable they may seem. if we would just appreciate everything in this world! then we wouldnt even be having global warming or any earth harming things! if we could just be thankful for our own existence, thankful for the gift of life(okay this is just weird coming from me). thankful for what the world has given us(water! it only exists here!) this world is already dying for goodness sakes! why wont we all just come to our senses already?! so much for save the planet! people are still constantly destroying the things our creator(meaning the God in each of our religions) has given. if we dont appreciate what our creator has given, they'll just have to take it away from us! and i'll see who has the last cry when the world EXPLODES! we'll all just DIE!

hmmms. it seems like im drifting away from the main point xD i hope i dont bashed up by some anti-government or some so-what-if-im-self-centered guy or even some litterbug xD! hah! i just hope people would come to their senses soon! well before everything comes to an end, they will know that what they have been doing is wrong and at least redeem themselves before they are gone.

shall end here, i feel a lot of anger talking about how the world is constantly being destroyed. hmmms.

School is restarting! Pre-schooling-stress!

the long 'waited' school is about to start again! i am sure everybody is yearning to see their friends in uniforms again. yes. better get busy with the homework! pick up the books and pack the bags. sheesh! one month has passed just do quickly that i didnt even have the time to take a deep breath. i think i have been wasting my time in this one month. right anyway.

the farewell party went pretty well on thursday =) we brought a lot of food over to andrea's house but we didnt manage to finish it xD (okay my mother is pissing me off right now. she strongly believes that.. urghs forget it! shes like overly superstitious). right! anyway i guess i felt pretty silly that day when i just walked into the pool xD other than that part, the rest can be seen from the picture slideshow. haha.

went out yesterday to watch "The Fantastic Four". it was a great movie! i mean it was action packed and not to mention noisy at times xD but it was overall exciting! what can i say? the silver surfer was so poor thing! xD i mean its well. pretty sad? haha. right i dont know what to say now =D erms im sure you can obtain the information from vanessa's or anybody else's blogs. hah. of now!

ps. yes the GST is rising! better buy all the things before july comes! xD

SAVE THE PLANET! (post does not have anything to do with this xD)

moving on from throat infection to nose infection?

just when i thought i had recovered from my throat infection. i went to see the doctor this morning again. well we realised that the cough medicine wasnt working for my cough. so yes. went to the doctor my mum always sees. she says this cough should be something to do with my nose so therefore she took me to see that doctor who was supposed to be a really good doctor. its like whatever medicine he gives my mum would guarantee her recovery. therefore we went to see that doctor.

well! to my surprise, the clinic i had visited was the exact same one i visited when i was 7 years old! haha how cool. yes we waited and this nurse came up to us and she took out this piece of paper to confirm my address. goodness was the address old! it wasnt updated cause i havent been here for like years! well yes we waited for another few minutes and yeah we got summoned into the room~

i was expecting some middle aged doctor around his 30s or 40s but instead on the chair was a well.. "old" man in his early 50s? or so. when he spoke i realised he had this accent. like really fluent english sort of accent. haha.

you know he is really really professional! i mean it! you know usually in neighbourhood clinics, you tell the doctor whats going on and he nods his head asks some more questions and prescribes you the medicine. well this doctor was a little different. i told him what was going on. well being a child i didnt know what was going on with me and i didnt know how to explain to him how my throat and nose actually feels. eg. when i swallow saliva theres this like WEIRD feeling in my nose? xD yes. so i told him. and he actually was able to finish my sentence! well kind of.

i mean from that i could tell that he was a REALLY experienced doctor. without me saying more, he said out all that i wanted to say but didnt cause i didnt know how to fit it into my sentence. haha cool huh! then he examined me. and then he said i had this nose infection? and that the well.. mucus? is trickling down to my throat which causes this itchiness that makes me cough like mad! then he asked me if i had headaches which i had the day before! this is so cool! i mean you dont see doctors around who could conclude that unless hes a really experienced doctor. haha.

still i dont understand why i had slight fever last night? hmms. well now everything makes sense. the reason why i had this funny reason up my nose was because of this infection. and why i know im not coughing but instead something's with my nose is because of this infection thing. and there! everything perfectly concluded. haha. so he precribed me some medicine. by the way, he was a pretty funny man as well. haha he tried joking around which made him seem silly xD oops. haha.

then it was my mum's turn. and cause my mother is not fluent in english he had a "translator nurse"! haha cool. whatever my mum said the nurse would translate it in english to him. how cute is that! xD yeah he precribed us some medicine and we went out~ got our medicine and left. mum says he doesnt have a disciple. i think he should train one! i mean how many good doctors do we have in singapore? and i mean good ones!

well i just took the medicine the doctor precribed and miraculously my coughing stopped! or maybe it was because this cough lasted so MANY days already that it is starting to cure itself. xD well i still find it really wonderful! i have well almost completely stopped coughing! and the tablets he gave were small and easy for consumption. thats another good thing. haha. right this had been a long post. i'll be off then!

ps. when i looked into the sky just now, i felt this sudden serenity. really soothing feeling that made me feel slightly happier.. so this is what the beautiful sky can do to us. for a moment back there.. i actually felt.. good..