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Nice smileys dude!I was reading some interesting and thoughtful reflections on our National Day and I decided to post some of them up here. Hopefully some of them will inspire you to become a greater thinking Singaporean.
But still, we celebrate National Day in this luckless month. This year’s theme, ironically, a celebration of the Singapore Spirit. The spirit of you and me. Our spirits chasing that dangling carrot in front of our eyes. A long, long queue outside the neighborhood betting shops. Hoping for luck in this luckless month. Fifty cent quickpick, dreaming a return eight million over, to lift our spirits, to lift us from our luckless lives.
- Singapore Spirit, by xenoboysg
Seconday school was thus a turning point for me in this aspect. Singing the school song was a much more passionate affair to me given the school spirit that had been inculcated within us. It was apparent many of my school mates sang the school song with a lot more zest than the national anthem. It dawned on me that it was really all about how passionate one felt about being a Singaporean.
- Appreciating Singapore, by Tan Jian WeiIf we study the profile of students in the “good” schools, there must be a higher proportion that comes from the more affluent families. Somehow, the students appear to be able to get admitted into these schools, because their parents are better able to beat the system.
- We, the citizens, by Tan Kin LianHis house was brightly lit, and Singapore flags (yes, flags) and red/white decorations abounded. Everyone was wearing red, red wine was being served, and bottles of Archipelago and Tiger floated in a bucket of ice (both are homegrown brews). When the doors of the kitchen opened, out came trays of fresh-from-the-stall Punggol Nasi Lemak, homemade “shio bak”, and various Nonya kuehs and curries. At that very moment, as I contrasted the grim soldiers standing at attention on the parade on the television with the atmosphere of the party, the true meaning of “Celebrating the Singapore Spirit” occurred to me.
A party for patriotism on National Day, by John Ang
P.S. Nowadays Singapore hosts many foreign dignitaries on our special occasions. You might be interested to know that President Mugabe and Crown Prince Paras are celebrating our National Day together with us. Are you feeling special yet?