Saturday, December 20, 2008!
HandWritten on; 5:30 AM
This happened yesterday while coming back from hospital on a taxi with my dad. Some taxi drivers are chatty and taxi drivers somehow appear to be the most knowledgeable occupation in the world. Hmmm.... perhaps to the average person that hop onto the taxi.
Anyway, from the time we stepped into the taxi, the driver tried to engage my dad to a conversation. Somehow the conversation manage to find its way to criticising the government. Then the taxi driver complained of how the government is taking our money and how life is so meaningless in Singapore. Through his complains of the government, he gave some evidence that appear sound on the surface. I think after 5 sentences from him, my dad has already switched off and the conversation has became a mono-sation. My dad was now no longer following the conversation and was only trying to be courteous by nodding his head in agreement from time to time.
Though the taxi driver's argument might sound reasonable on the surface and most people might even agree with him and let out their grievances. Then at that point in time I was reminded of these famous words:
"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For" John F. Kennedy, 1961
Well I was thinking that we all should be grateful that we are living in a place called Singapore and not Somalia. We all have a roof on top of us when we sleep and have food to eat when we are hungry. Was it not to quite a large extend that our government provided with us these basic needs and also gave us a fair chance to live our dreams in this nation. My point is, count your blessings and if you can make this world a better place, do it!
