From 1965 to Now (2009), It has been 44 year for ths history of this small island, and out of which I been around for 34 of it....lol
National day has never been some special day for me ever since I left School and the Army, Was thinking of writing this to see
how the experience this small island I call home have make me. Here's goes.
1. Primay--> Secondary--> Poly.
That the education I have here....gone are the days where the teachers are in control. Now is all about complaints and performance..lol
I use to complaint how come they don setup enough university here....but I think the Gov is working on it..
2. SBS--> SBStransit--> SMRT--> LRT
We started off with noisy and smelly buses to Air-conditioned ones. We try out the MRT seats and then we
got our trains.....we even have small train to link towns....Now if only they can control the cost of transport
(They does look like good singapore asset to own -- Aka Share of Comfortdelgro and SMRT)
3. Hawker-center --> Foodcourt --> Food Republic--??
I still prefer the food at the hawker center, though not as posh or clean, they serve better and cheaper food
Foodcourt becomes a Franchise and Food Republic start charging >10 for Yong Tao Fu....lol
4, From Electronics Manufacturing --> pharmaceutical --> Casino
During my younger days, thinking of a Casino was like it will never happen and here we are with 2 Casino opening in 2010
Electronics are exiting one by one and counting...lucky the Wafer Fab are still here to stay...and pharmaceutical is the new
Manufacturing Drives.....hias why didn't they tell me early....I got a Degree in Electronics le....
5. Cost of Living - Gone are $1.50 mee and chicken rice...now the price can be as high as $5,
This is what we call Inflation...which no-body cares about back then....and now...it is on everybody mind
6. From 1 or 2 major running events to > 20 events per year.
Back in my Army days..it has been a drag to run the Army Half Marathon FOC...the ironical thing is that now
I am paying to run in it....Singaporean has really growth more health conscious now....Go to any run and u will
see how pack and difficult it is to run in them...lol But I am sure enjoying
7. Gone gone Pirates rats - No more cheap games and s/w
Pirated games and discs movies, are so common where one can easily find it in HDB flat and stores are gone forever
ever since the Free Trade with US is signed...that the end of this moves...but good thing is the Original
movies are getting cheaper but not the games and software....how lame...
8. Opening up of the Financial Market -- I got my first Trading Acc
I know this has been there like the longest time....donno when, but I only recently came to know how easy it is to invest by myself than to depends on "evil" agents bluffing off your money for their commission which give poor return,
worst of all, they don care whether u earn or not...
9. The shift toward Family building....
During my younger days, I was being told to work hard....but now....as i grew older, I realise it not all about
working, but spending time with your love ones is way more important. I glad the Gov is supporting this..
10. We are larger now...
though we cannot tell. Still look the same to me. We are actually larger now then we use to be some 44 year ago...According to Stat,
We are almost 700Sq Km. Look at our Downtown and see how much it has changed....
11. We have more people also
4.84M to be exact, 35% are non singaporean. Now u know why there are so many foreigner on the streets
now? Good and bad though....
12. National Services from 2.5yrs to 2
They should have implemented it early..haha....But I did enjoy my time of service there.....lol
13. CPF withdrawn limit keep going up...
Not sure if this is a good thing..but with inflation...the gov is worried that we "silly" folks donno how to manage
our money.....I sure won't want to be those silly folks.....that why I am investing....
14. Have more childrens
it goes from Stop @ 2 to now as many as possible....(ideal >3). I spoke to my sis which just got her first
kid, nowadays is not about quantity. It about Quality and Cost.....So I think we need more incentive....else
the next 44 years, we will see lot of oldies(me included) on the streets...lol
15. Rivalry with our neighbours.
U know who we are talking about. First We have Water, land and bridge and so many more which I can't
remember already. This kind of Rivalry even reach our level when I was studying in the UK. They aim to beat
us at studies...how silly...
16. We go from Malaysia Water to New Water.
The neighbours call us stupid to drink "Sai" water. But theoretical, it is safe to drink..and is perfectly clean
We build more reservoirs, the latest one being the Marina Barrage.....City Reservoir.
17. We have more ERP now....to tax our money...
lucky I don own a car...lol
18. We have Foot, mouth Disease , then SARs and now H1N1. The World is getting dangerous
U should see the contrast. During SARs nobody goes shopping...the shops are empty during weekends
but During H1N1, nobody cares...
19. 9-11, the Agfan and Iraq War.
9-11 happen like a movies in our living room on the day before I am suppose to return to Uk for my 3rd years
studies...We watch the downfall of Saddam and how he was caught. Will we See a N.K ?
20. Mas Selamat Escape
Probably one of the most embarrassing thing to happen to Singapore. They have big windows in the
prisoner toilet for them to escape? lol
21. F1 is in Singapore
We "samba" singaporean never seen F1 race car before...and the calling prices for the ticket
make me wonder how rich singaporean can be....but I must say, F1 is really loud and I
expect much greater things this coming Sep, though I not sure I will be able to afford the tickets
22. Universal Studio is in Town come 2010
We miss out on Disneyland, that one went to China, but we still have this.....can't wait
23. A380 SIA
I cannot Afford this flight, but it a milestone for Singapore Airlines....First to own it...
24. Super high Property prices in Singapore?
Why does a Condo in AMK, Cost 1Million and above, and is so near to an MRT Station which
is noisy?. How did we get DBSS to charge us 400K for a 4-room HDB flat? Is this the normal
trend in property? How rich are the Real Singaporean? These property are snapped up...like
hot cakes...
25. Charity Organisation has all started to become cheaters
We have NKF and Ren Ci and very good examples....all our hard-earn money goes to
making golden taps which we call "peanuts" and buying BMW and horses for leisure...
Updates .....
26. Olden time food are getting hard to find..."ting Ting" sweet, "G-Kuey" to name a few
The "G-Kuey" I was refering to are the ones with gravy on them....not like now where they
put "cai poh" on it...
27. Where to find $4.50 movies tickets...
In the Olden Days, we have 3.50 and 4.50 movies tickets. The back seat are worth $4.50
while the front ones are $3.50. I still remember watching back to the Future 3 and Ghost pull
leg @ amk and Toa payoh cinema...most are already not there....
28. National Day held at the National Stadium and Padang where the "Float" where all the way
to Queenways for us to see.
But now, we seldom see floats anymore, even if we do, they are only at the parade..
That All I have now....I still think of the other 19s on National Day...lol
29. We when we are 15 Vs the 15s now
The 15s now spoke a different lauguage...gone are dialects but now replace with
"lame", "Noob" etc...It really take alot of interaction to stay in touch..lol....
30. Bank goes from Trusted caring organisation to something unthinkable
We use to think that bank never lies , but the mini-notes saga prove otherwise...
gone were the days of POSB which is so close to heart...now bank are all about profits
and money....(no Wonder the bible say...never worship $$)
Last but not least.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE...
The Original Song - Official
The Joker Version
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