1400 hrs April 28th 2006

OK, so you asked

what have I done

to stop or prevent

child prostitution.

I have started a company

in Batam,

poured in my entire

life savings

to finance the company

for over a year already.

For the better part

of the first year,

the company was bleeding

and I supported

the entire company

with my hard earned money.

I kept my staff employed

kept them off the streets.

I rented a huge bungalow

which is my corporate headquarters

my warehouse

and my staff quarters.

My company provides

3 meals a day

for my employees

and lodging too

for some.

I have a company van

that sends them out

to do sales.

When that is not possible

I pay,

for their transport.

My staff,

who are mostly

uneducated,

are paid better

than fresh graduates

in Jakarta.

I pay

for them to come

to Singapore

for training,

mostly their first time

out of the country.

Their kids come to the house

and be babysat

when their parents

work for me,

including single mothers

and former prostitutes.

My general manager

provides english lessons

to the staff

and their children

in the evenings.

Sure, my primary motivation

is profits,

but a company

can afford to have

a social conscience

only when it is making money.

When it was not,

I was the one

carrying 27 employees.

I don't like the idea

of giving handouts.

Look at NKF

in Swingabore,

let alone

Indonesia.

So what have I done

to stop prostitution?

Quite a lot,

although I admit,

I still keep feeling,

I can do more.

1200 hrs April 28th 2006

So Nomination Day came and went.

37 seats uncontested

which means 44% to the ruling party

by default.

Does anybody actually doubt

that they're gonna win?

And we hear the usual thing

Opposition have no calibre.

Singaporeans tell me the same thing

every 4 years.

They're upset with the government

but what choice do they have?

Because opposition have no calibre.

Just because LKY said so,

we all take it as gospel truth.

I can't decide if Singaporeans

simply lack

the ability to think

for themselves

without parroting

LKY.

If you're upset with the government,

so what if the opposition have no calibre?

Who gives a fuck?

If you're upset with the government,

vote a fucking clown in!!!

Send the message across,

that you prefer

to vote a clown

than a president's scholar.

Show them that

if they want to remain

as ruling party,

they better start

taking the feelings

and welfare

of the people

into consideration

when they make

their policies.

And besides,

if you really want calibre opposition,

vote a clown in.

In 4 years time,

you will find calibre people,

who will think,

if a clown and do it,

so can I.

And don't buy the story

that Singapore will collapse

overnight.

The private sector

have always outperformed

government linked companies

in any industry.

That is not going to change

with a clown

in parliament.

1110 hrs April 27th 2006

Read the transcript

of another stupid sermon.

First World Congress against

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

in Cambodia,

by some Swedish broad.

Fuck you bitch.

Don't you think the Cambodian parents

love their children too?

Its a painful decision

the parents have to make!!!

Sacrifice one daughter,

so the rest of the family

can live!!!

If you really want to stop

child prostitution in Cambodia,

why don't you ask your Swedish government,

to let these families migrate

to your beautiful and rich country?

Share some of your wealth

share some of your wonderful life???

I am not for child prostitution either.

But I would hesitate

to take the higher moral ground

like that Swedish hippocritical bitch.

When you're born

into a country

that is poor and corrupt

with no immediate means

of controlling your future,

prostitution

is mostly an unfortunate

and necessary evil.

1405 hrs April 25th 2006

Damnit you guys.

I tried so hard

to refrain

commenting on politics.

Afterall political web blogging

during election time

is banned.

I ain't gonna push my luck

with these guys.

Yes, I do live in fear

and oppression.

Suddenly, I read in the papers

everyone talking

about First World.

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew

said our opposition candidates

are not First World Opposition.

Workers Party Low Thia Khiang

replied that the PAP

is not a First World government.

LKY rebutted that if the PAP

was not a First World government,

the Would Bank and other international bodies

would not have regarded the country

as First World.

Why the hell fuck

are we talking about First World?

Isn't anybody interested,

in issues like rising costs

in Singapore,

housing, unemployment,

education and healthcare,

our economic prospect

in the region

and in the future?

First World my ass

1430 hrs April 20th 2006

This is NOT

a political blog entry.

But a comment

on LKY's Q&A session

with young people

on national TV,

I was in hospital then

immobilised and

connected to tubes.

A young male journalist

commented that when he helped conduct

a poll

for Strait Times,

he concluded that

there is a climate

of political fear,

amongst the 100 people interviewed.

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew

demanded that the journalist

provide him with the names

of people

who polled that

they fear the PAP.

Minister Mentor Sir,

I am no cross examiner

like you.

I am not even

a journalist.

But if on national TV

you can demand

pollsters be named,

even if I do not live

in fear,

I am afraid,

very afraid.

There is a clearly

a danger

of being named

since you can demand

for names

as you see fit

on national TV.

Your very action

of demanding names

did indeed

strike fear.

Real fear,

in me.

Again, for some reading,

this is not

a political comment

in election times,

but a very real

and fearful reaction

to what I saw

on national TV.

1245 hrs April 8th 2006

I thought I saw

my ex classmate today.

I remembered him

very clearly in school.

I used to think,

boy, this guy is really dumb.

He is just not good

at any subject

in school.

He could not play

any sport either.

A total loner,

nobody likes you

when what you're good at

amounts to shit,

and your parents

are not even rich.

Rich kids

have this confidence

in themselves.

I guess it comes

when there is nothing

you really want

that your parents can't

buy for you.

It comes when

as a growing child

you can buy food

at the tuckshop

till your hearts content

without having to worry

about not having enough

bus fare

to go home.

It comes when

you have all the tutors

to help you

at your school work.

It comes when

you are afforded

tennis and squash rackets

while the rest of the poor boys

kick a football around.

So I saw him,

sitting alone

staring at his Tiger beer,

and his half eaten

chicken rice.

All alone,

no wife to cook for him,

no kids to come home to.

His tanned face

wore a look of

quiet resignation

with life.

He is probably

a bus or truck

driver.

I hear of the indomitable

human spirit

who overcame enormous odds

to excel

in life.

In him,

I see

another loser.

We always admire

all the winners

in life,

but we are completely

surrounded

by losers.

For every winner,

there's got to be at least

a hundred losers.

I know,

my Dad was

a bus driver himself.

Damnit,

I should have at least

bought that guy

a beer.

I bought drinks

for women

who deserve

a whole lot less.