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Indonesian poor happier | January 30, 2008
For those who has lived in the Indonesian villages, you will realise that the Indonesian poor are much happier than the poor Singaporean. The reason is simple. The poor Indonesian can survive even without a single $ in his pocket. He can cultivate the land to live on. He don’t need electricity and don’t have to pay for water. That is why the poor Indonesian can still produce so many offsprings while even the middle class Singaporean is reluctant to. It is so much easier to survive in Indonesia.
This is something poor Singaporean cannot do. Without enough money in Singapore, one might as well be dead. Now u may ask why then do the poor Indonesian come to Singapore to work when they are happy. The reason is to earn some money so that they can improve on their subsistence existence and retire in luxury. This again is something the poor Singaporean cannot do. Where can they go in Singapore to stretch their $. So the poor Singaporean is trapped in that little red dot of HELL.
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You have just said a fact that sadly few Singaporeans can understand.
I do sincerely implore poor Singapore to visit and take a good look at the third world countries around us. Malaysia, the Riau Archipelagoes, Vietnam and those all the way down to Thailand and China offer plenty of hopes to poor Singaporeans.
Singaporeans in yesteryears had enjoy similar simple happy lives. Unfortunately, even the most frugal Singaporeans today will find survival a great challenge and it will be worsening as time progresses.
Another aspect that works against Singaporeans is their ‘updated’ materialistic mentality. It is not an exaggeration to say that poor Singaporeans themselves take themselves as ‘first world class’ when comparing themselves to third world people. This self labelled and self classified ‘high class feelings’ make the Singaporeans unwelcome abroad. Do be mindful.
Anyway, money hardly equals happiness, it is easy to verify this point; look at your rich friends, relatives and colleague, how happy are they?
Comment by saintmoron — January 30, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
I thought the poor Indonesian produces many offspring because he can’t afford condoms but yet can’t keep his pants on ?
Comment by littlecartnoodles — February 1, 2008 @ 11:35 am