‘My Daily Thought’ Archives
3 Favourite Topics of Singaporeans – making money, selling property and migration
I have been meeting up with my friends since I returned from Sydney for the past few weeks. Three topics normally dominated our conversations: making enough money to survive, how to benefit from the ridiculous red-hot property market and [...]
Lady jobless PMET who earned $7000/month now severely depressed and lost will to live on
Jody floated in again a few days ago for her second appointment with me at my office. She has seen me last week for her first session. Casual in tees and jeans, she could be mistaken for a 30-year-old when she is actually now in her [...]
What I feared most in Singapore when I return home tomorrow
I will be returning to Singapore tomorrow after staying away for almost 70 days and many friends have asked me what I miss most back home. I told them its the local food plus of course friends and my elderly mum. Maybe I am [...]
Dishwasher job pays $3000/month – too good to be true or a publicity gimmick?
Restaurant chain Sakae Sushi has recently mentioned that it has received close to 300 applications for their dishwasher positions which pays a cool $3000 a month (source Yahoo Singapore) The restaurant further added that it has ten [...]
Why I have to return home – even though I love Sydney
Sydney Harbour Bridge Yahoo has recently uploaded an article on a 20-year-old Singaporean fleeing to London to escape our stifling environment as I am preparing to leave Sydney for Singapore in about a week's time - after staying away for almost [...]
Should we use national service to convert foreigners into citizens?
I didn't expect the response to an article recently posted by a Burmese permanent resident to be so robust and fiery. We must have received close to 150 comments on the two articles featuring mainly the young Burmese displeasure with [...]
7 Reasons Why Singaporeans Are Becoming Dangerously Xenophobic
As two more heavyweight ministers Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam spoke against rising xenophobic sentiments in Singapore, one is left wondering why no minister has came [...]
What Actually Is The Singaporean Dream?
After hearing the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech a few days ago, I couldn't help wondering what actually is our Singapore's dream and success story? Though the Prime Minister has tried to bring in live testimonies of Singaporeans [...]
Why are schools so paranoid about our students’ hair cut?
As everyone is still talking about the over-hyped mum who called the police when a teacher was too finger-itchy and snapped off the hair of a boy in a primary school, my concern is why are schools so paranoid about the length of one's hair? If [...]
Why do local employers kept talking down at our own local workers?
I just don't get it... Why do local employers keep talking down on our own local workers? Besides being accused of laziness, local workers are also choosy, don't turn up for interviews and some even don't attend work when terms are already [...]
Singaporeans work longest hours in the world but least productive worldwide
A woman PMET recently emailed me saying that she has tendered her resignation as a administrator after working for less than two months. She informed me that since day one of her job, she hardly left the office before 9 pm. There were times [...]
Will Our Prime Minister Be Daring Enough To Slay Sacred Cows?
I was heartened to hear that the Prime Minister is launching a review of major policies and that no stones will be left unturned in a fresh bid to revive the ruling party's political fortunes. Since last year's watershed general election, the [...]
7 Ways To Improve Population Growth
Singaporeans continued to be grabbled with Mr Lee Kuan Yew's threat of the country being overtaken by foreign new citizens in the future unless more of our population starts to marry and have children. Mr Lee also said the Chinese [...]
Why Singaporeans are pissed off by Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s threat on population growth
As Singapore is still in a celebrative mood on our 47th National Day, ex-Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew threw in a dampener last Saturday as he spoke to his constituents at Tg Pagar GRC NDP dinner celebration by declaring that if Singaporeans [...]
No Singapore Without Mr Lee Kuan Yew?
I am not surprised that our ex-PM Mr Lee Kuan Yew is still so popular among Singaporeans especially in a poignant occasion like our National Day Parade (NDP). Even though he may have step off the limelight for quite a while, NDP [...]
