"if singapore were to be at war, i'd be the first to run to malaysia"

this was what i heard in nus canteen yesterday. nope, i dont blame the guy for making this statement, it just reflects a sad truth, that we singaporeans do not feel much for singapore.

i love singapore and is proud to be a singaporean, but this pride is diminishing. you cant deny the fact that singapore has become a little china. and the thing is that, i could hardly see them as foreign 'talents'. many of the chinese friends i know are not intending to spend the rest of their lives in singapore. many simply use singapore as a platform to further their studies in other countries, and no, i dont blame them for that. why would they stay in a foreign land where they feel nothing for?

since young, i've been told that singapore is a clean and safe country, but today, we see that the cleanliness and the security of this place are becoming a facade of singapore. and that my neighbourhood definitely isnt as safe as before.

at the age of 20, i didnt been through japanese occupation, merger and separation, the struggle of independence, and what im going through is the influx of foreign 'talents'. i recognise the needs for singapore to attract people here to maintain our economy, the size of population and global competitiveness, but i guess the government could be more selective in granting citizenships and should consider the fact that our national identity is being compromised in the process.

i dont think it is exaggerating to say that more than 50% of singaporean-chinese are PRCs. i know that the singapore-chinese were also immigrants, however, they've been contributed and been through struggles to gain that citizenship. but many of my friends simply gain citizenship after studying here for a couple of years.

zzz. alright, you can just treat this post as a lamentation.