10.31.2006

Wee Shu Min on Technorati/ Wikipedia/ mrbrownshow/ mrmiyagi/ insanepoly/ shaox
(read shaox's for full news in a page, albeit a pretty long one)

It's pretty ironic that an MP's daughter manages to give us a taste of reporters sans frontières (after Singapore being ranked 146th this year, now trailing badly from Afghanistan), keeping in mind that she was not punished simply on account of a half-hearted apology, which earned the whole-hearted wrath of many a Singaporean. I personally disagree that she should be let off so lightly on this account, with merely a boost to her ego and emotional trauma of collective hate. After all, I started paying the adult fare on public transport since I was 18, an age she has undoubtedly attained.

Despite all the hate going around, I must applaud Wee Shu Min for bringing this issue on elitism to light, sparking a podcast (refer mrbrownshow) and a satirical comic (insanepoly) on our concept of elites in the nation. Despite being labelled as part of the exclusive society of Gifted Education students and honestly finding not-so-intelligent people truly annoying, it is difficult for me to relate to myself as an elite. I empathise with Derek Wee's attitude of bleakness and his aptitude to whine, clearly a true reflection of the current Singaporean situation, which is nonetheless part of my lifestyle. A country is, after all, tasked to provide security and shelter for its citizens, not to ensure political standing for elites despite controversy sparking from family members. If a government scholar can be ripped off his scholarship simply because his father had been found guilty of absorbing capital from a national aeronautical company (and not based on a demise in merit), I do not see why a politician cannot be stripped off his appointment for having a daughter who writes on sensitive matters by poisoning the well. I mean, despite both events being completely different matters that cannot be discussed on the same table, you get my point.

Being the 2nd controversial female to graduate from Raffles' Girls Seconday School (after Anabel Chong) and the 4th interesting (after Annabel Chong, Kit Chan and Stefanie Sun), I must certainly congratulate the institution for continue churning out more forward-thinking personnel to entertain the world in the new generation (although it erks me to mention WSM, Annabel Chong, Kit Chan and Stefanie Sun in the same sentence). It is disturbing to note that WSM has been heavily influenced by the government's policy of social studies (which is not very social in the first place) as her reply to Derek's complaints were studded with governmentreport-worthy gems such as a need for the continual upgrading of one's self, anti-communism, foreign talent rocks, baby boon, we should be obedient road-sweepers instead of whining managers et cetera, albeit in a cynical, reverse-psychology manner.

I certainly do hope that this is a wakeup call for the lower class of uneducated citizens, with bad grammar and spelling, to stand up for their rights and mug hard to oppose the current situation of already rich people becoming academic elites and masters of spelling and grammar to steal capital off the government despite being able to fund their own education three times over. After all, if you're not good enough, life will kick you in the balls. And we certainly do not fancy that.

As for me, I really can't be bothered. You break my balls then at most grow two bigger ones on top and go for sex change lah. si mi lan jiao. this is damn lame, can?

11:49 / and blackened tears fell with mine //

1 Comments:

Blogger shaox said...

lol, i'm quite honoured to have my blog up there and specially mentioned among all those famous sites :P

11:13 PM  

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