I have been always happy to the fact that i was born in this part of the world or rather in a place where its more then a dot on the world map.It may be the lifestyle or rather just plain quality of life that i have compared to if i were in Singapore.My perception,I should have a nice little balance in everything I do..whether its work,love or simply just living life it self…Too much of something is not too healthy..Soo..why am i talking about Singapore and all this,hows it all connected..

Ive got heaps of family in Singapore and due to that i spent a average of 1 month in a year growing up there(just hanging out with my uncle’s,aunts and cousins). Not like i had a choice at that age, school holidays come along and my mum pack me up and put me on a train with my grandma and I’m at the “Fine Country”. I suppose at that age,being there isn’t too bad.Spent most of my time indoors and if i were lucky,some family member would take me out and the oppty to see some sorta organization(which i had no idea existed) made me feel real good!!!

10-15years later…I’m all grown up,i have my own job and i had the oppty to go there for a holidays(moving to a new job and basically had some time to burn) This time around,i get to see Singapore the way the adult me would see it..I planned to stay there for 2weeks, i was back to KL in 5days! Why? It was boring!!

Thier food was bad! It was almost like,they dont have a supply of salt and SUGAR is the main ingredient in all dishes(im not exaggerating!) Everyone seems to be like a zombie…It seemed like they are physically there but mentally in a totally different dimension..The night life was good but that was pretty much it! If you go to Singapore once,you seen it all!

Don’t get me wrong awesome place, they have done a superb job with the resources they have and hat’s off to that! but its just not my gig!

I think a week ago there was this show on discovery about Singapore..Basically spoke about the birth of the accidental nation..Trust me…if you ever get the chance,watch it! Did you know that they were chased out of Malaya?? I mean,they were told like..hey Singapore, we don’t want you in this party,go start your own show! I always thought that they being the “kiasu” ppl they are..wanted their own piece of land they called Singapore and did it their way! God bless them for that! The country had some hard times at start but i guess when you run a country like a business with the citizens being treated as valued staff members you get Singapore.Yeah there are many factors that makes a country, much more then the show could tell me in 3 episode(1hour show) BUT what i saw was awesome!

Some of the things that impressed me were ;

Govt projects undertaken were told to make profits or get closed down = Creates employment(no quota system)

High tech business ventures were brought in with spectacular tax incentives = creates employment and improves the skill sets of the ppl(no quote system)

Every employed citizen is given the oppty to OWN a home (not rents) = Improved standard of living

There were soo many more but in a nutshell…It felt that they did it genuinely in the interest of the people and the country!

I don’t know if anyone should be comparing what has been achieved by them BUT being a 3rd world country to a 1st world in less then 40 years but what ever said or done,they have done a spectacular job! Kudos to the people and govt of Singapore!

I guess…you cant have it all, i like my life style but i wish i had that organization…I still cant stand going there for more then a week(boring) But i suppose i love the company i work for but i wish the management were better

Are you much of a reader? Im not for sure but from the header you can obviously tell the major differences between the different sex’es..I had a conversation with a friend of mine(who is married) and we were talking about how different(complicated) the women are when your actually dating them and how different they are when they are married to you..Much different? To a certain extend yea they are(according to my hitched friend) but old habits die hard ha! Anyway….i got one of this fowarded emails and this email tells you exactly how the two minds operate, True?? You be the judge of that!

The Story

Let’s say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else.

And then, one evening when they’re driving home, a thought occurs to Elaine, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: “Do you realise that, as of tonight, we’ve been seeing each other for exactly six months?”

And then there is silence in the car.

To Elaine, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he’s been feeling confined by our relationship… maybe he thinks I’m trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn’t want, or isn’t sure of.

And Roger is thinking: Wow. Six months.

And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I’m not so sure I want this kind of relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I’d have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we are, moving steadily toward… I mean, where are we going? Are we just going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready for that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?

And Roger is thinking: So, that means it was… let’s see… February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at the dealer’s, which means… let me check the odometer… Whoa! I am way overdue for an oil change here.

And Elaine is thinking: He’s upset. I can see it on his face. Maybe I’m reading this completely wrong. Maybe he wants more from our relationship, more intimacy, more commitment… maybe he has sensed, even before I sensed it, that I was feeling some reservations. Yes, I bet that’s it. That’s why he’s so reluctant to say anything about his own feelings. He’s afraid of being rejected.

And Roger is thinking: And I’m going to have them look at the transmission again. I don’t care what those morons say, it’s still not shifting right. And they better not try to blame it on the cold weather this time. What cold weather? It’s 87 degrees and this thing is shifting like a garbage truck, and I paid those incompetent thieves $600.

And Elaine is thinking: He’s angry. And I don’t blame him. I’d be angry, too. I feel so guilty, putting him through this, but I can’t help the way I feel. I’m just not sure.

And Roger is thinking: They’ll probably say it’s only a 90-day warranty… scum balls.

And Elaine is thinking: Maybe I’m just too idealistic, waiting for a knight to come riding up on his white horse, when I’m sitting right next to a perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care about, a person who seems to truly care about me. A person who is in pain because of my self-centered, schoolgirl romantic fantasy.

And Roger is thinking: Warranty? They want a warranty? I’ll give them a warranty. I’ll take their warranty and stick it right up their…

“Roger,” Elaine says aloud. “What?” says Roger, startled. “Please don’t torture yourself like this,” she says, her eyes beginning to brim with tears. “Maybe I should never have… Oh God, I feel so… (She breaks down, sobbing.)” “What?” says Roger. “I’m such a fool,” Elaine sobs. “I mean, I know there’s no knight. I really know that. It’s silly. There’s no knight, and there’s no horse.” “There’s no horse?” says Roger.

“You think I’m a fool, don’t you?” Elaine says. “No!” says Roger, glad to finally know the correct answer. “It’s just that… it’s that I… I need some time,” Elaine says. There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks might work. “Yes,” he says. Elaine, deeply moved, touches his hand. “Oh, Roger, do you really feel that way?” she says.

“What way?” says Roger. “That way about time,” says Elaine. “Oh,” says Roger. “Yes.” Elaine turns to face him and gazes deeply into his eyes, causing him to become very nervous about what she might say next, especially if it involves a horse. At last she speaks. “Thank you, Roger,” she says. “Thank you,” says Roger.

Then he takes her home, and she lies on her bed, a conflicted, tortured soul, and weeps until dawn.

When Roger gets back to his place, he opens a bag of Doritos, turns on the TV, and immediately becomes deeply involved in a rerun of a tennis match between two Czechoslovakians he never heard of. A tiny voice in the far recesses of his mind tells him that something major was going on back there in the car, but he is pretty sure there is no way he would ever understand what, and so he figures it’s better if he doesn’t think about it.

The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them, and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In painstaking detail, they will analyse everything she said and everything he said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression, and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification. They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it, either.

Meanwhile, Roger, while playing racquetball one day with a mutual friend of his and Elaine’s, will pause just before serving, frown, and say, “Norm, did Elaine ever own a horse?”

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