Be-Longings

“Perhaps in response to my earlier call for more subsistence Rallies, PM Lee is following up very quickly with a Teacher’s Day Rally tonight. More emotional food for survival. Lets look into the crystal ball again and see just what might be broached tonight. Two related phrases:

National Education.

Connecting/Rooting the Young.” …more (Xenoboy)

Reflections on heartware

“he reason for building heartware – to root overseas-jaunting Singaporeans to their homeland – in PAP terms. A pragmatic, sensible, and rational reason.

Let me add one more reason why you should build heartware, and not just heartware. Why you should also build intellectual civil discourse, with no contradictory bullshit such as this:” …more (Joseph)

Singapore’s 41st: Midlife Crisis?

Gayle reposts an a piece she previously wrote  …more

Gayle Goh

Emigration in Perspective

Kway Teow Man gives his point of view on emigration …read more

Singapore Angle

The Migrant Citizen

This is an “attempt to highlight some alternative perceptions of emigration, as opposed to the traditional thinking (e.g., stayers vs quitters) that characterises the dominant discourse in our national media.” …read more

subaltern: overseas; recommended by wert

Singapore’s 41st: Midlife Crisis?

[Gayle has removed this post from her blog]

Source: Gayle Goh

The History Problem and the “Younger Singaporean”

“To say that someone born after independence is “without history” is patently false. No one is without the past; we all have our own pasts.” …read more

Source: Newsintercom

National Identity

I stumbled across this post today after being referred to a blog when reading the comments section on one of Mr Wang’s posts. I regret not finding it earlier. But this is surely a must read for the 53% of young Singaporeans who are considering emigration, and Minister Raymond Lim (and the rest of the PAP).

 

Thanks to Joseph for allowing his post to be reproduced here
This is the original source
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Today, the green and secure island of shining domes, skyscrapers, and machine-like efficiency that we call Singapore is the place I call home.

I remember the burning sense of patriotism that I had when I was young. In the heyday of Singapore soccer, when half the citizens were cheering heart and soul for Singapore in the Tiger Cup, I remember the exultant and jubilant talk about Singapore’s stellar wins over Malaysia’s teams. I remember feeling very strongly for Singapore then, when I was still an innocent child who concerned myself only with the TV guide, soccer, and books. I remember, as if it was yesterday, making 22 cardboard flip-outs, naming 11 of the pieces after all the Brazilian World Cup players, and naming the rest of the pieces after the Singapore team (yes, I could practically tell you the name of every single player on the Singapore team then) and playing them against each other with a squashed-up paper ball on a large cardboard that was used as the soccer pitch.

And Singapore always won in my memory.

Singapore Loves You… Not

“[H]ow can I or anyone love a nation that does exist only on words and paper but not in the heart and soul of the people?” wert struggles with why he does not feel any interest in the NDP parade. …read more
Source: wertblog