Is the number of foreign talents in Singapore justified?

I saw this earlier on a forum.

though i am very against the influx of FTs, i still treat them like a fellow being and have never look at them with a different perspective.

i was having lunch with a PRC colleague. shes a 24yr old gal who just graduated from NTU and now working in a MNC while waiting for PR approval.

just started a casual topic like, wad do u like about this country and how are u coping

so we get the standard reply. wad stuns me, was the answer to my next question.

me: ” so wad makes u decide to come here”

PRC: ” i didnt”

me: ” wa, ur parents force u here or ur bf is here”

PRC: “neither, ur SG gahment invited us here”

me: ” huh, wad do u mean”

PRC: ” ur MOE went to our school in our village and told us they URGENTLY need students here, infact they were hardselling the whole scheme and many of us signed up”

me: ” huh, wad did they offer”

PRC: ” they offer us, ALL Expenses paid for our fees in NTU, including lodging and we even get pocket money”

me: *mouth open

PRC: “on top of that, they have send me the INVITATION letter to apply for PR after we grad”

What does this tell us about the PAP’s take on foreign talents? Hmm.

Chen Show Mao at Moulmein-Kallang GRC Rally

I went down to the open field by Kallang Ave to support WP’s rally yesterday. It was kind of a crazy walk, as I parked about a 15 min walk away and didn’t expect the rally to be so isolated. It was right beside a construction site, of which the foreign construction workers who were sitting at the higher levels of the site had a better bird-eye view of the rally, and the space was limited.

I had to jump or tiptoe occasionally so as to get a view for the candidates on stage. The towering crowd made it impossible after a while, and it felt like I was back to the Japanese occupation era, whereby rallies were transmitted via the loud hailers/speakers system. Haha, one hell of an experience though.

Anyway, when I arrived at 9pm (cos I figured I attended the PAP’s election too early the previous day), I was just in time for the 3 star speakers namely Chen Show Mao, Low Thia Khiang and Sylvia Lim.

One of the most epic quotes of the night would be (after Chen finally made his first debut speech in Mandarin) – “I apologise for speaking in mandarin so late lest someone thinks i’m from China and wants me to go back.”

HAHAHAHA.

Thoughts of a young Singaporean

As I mentioned in my earlier posts a couple of days ago, I have been politically apathetic for a long time, about 21 years to be frank. 2 weeks ago, I still haven’t had the slightest clue about which party to vote for, and even thought of forfeiting my vote. To put it simply, I didn’t care about whichever party that wins. It didn’t seem important to me in the past and present, and I reckon so for the future as well.

Thankfully, during the last day of my school, the whole class was buzzing with the upcoming general elections. And at that point in time, I was still clueless about whatever was going on, and just nodded my head when I saw my classmates agreeing with one another about the rally news. It was then when I felt too ignorant, and as a Singaporean, a young one, the supposed pillars of our society, I figured its never too late to catch up with the ongoing news about the election. With that, I began to start youtubing rallies by the various parties, read the newspapers (on a daily basis) about the elections (I don’t suscribe to the Straits Times so reading about it daily has been a big step), googling and visiting the GE website for latest updates about the elections and so on.

I must say that, one of the push factors, besides the excitement in school, would be the fact that a young Singaporean, only 24 years old, is actually an Opposition candidate and she is doing a great job at that. That put me to shame, simply because I’m only 2 years younger yet what do I know about politics? Shame – not in the sense that I should participate in the politics too, but rather I should be aware of what’s happening around me, afterall I’m a Singaporean.

Check out the crowd – WP VS. PAP!

http://twicsy.com/i/YdwvD

Battle of the crowds. Although I would rather attend the former, from the point of view of a rally participant, I’m glad that I went for the latter instead haha. At least, I could see the MPs talking from wherever I was standing, unlike the Moulmein-Kalling rally I attended yesterday, where I could barely catch a miniature view of the WP’s candidates from wherever I was standing.

How apt!

Many netizens have commented that NSP stands for ‘Nicole Seah Party’ but the 24-year-old said the NSP is more than just her. 

Hahaha, that’s a good one.