S'porean vs FT

[Kingcopa]

U r correct. listen to him when he speak in chinese, straight away u know whr he came from

[Curahee]

So many walkovers....... I wonder how many sitting in parliament did not even get a single vote?

 

Whatever it is, we LL must be happy becos we as a group (as Singaporeans) have caused it to happen.

 

How many FT students are there in our universities who are being financed fully by Singaporeans? If each FT student is taking up $70,000 then if there are 1,000, it will cost the Singaporeans $70,000,000. Phew!!!!!!!!

 

The investment company already using hundreds billions of our money to invest, so what is this amt to them??

[Curahee]

We not only lost 2.5 yrs, still got the stupid ICT, RT, IPPT, etc that cling onto me for years

[Kingcopa]

How can i forget all these sh*t

[Ultramega]

Wah...scarely ler....

Bear with a Singapore Crest to ask this question ?

 

無間道

 

huh...simi bear? i not bear leh

[Lv3338]

ops , i mistook the lion and tiger for a bear...

[Smiley]

we go overseas, we are 2nd class citizen.

we stay here, we are also 2nd class citizen.

humm.....

[Smiley]

he is born in Malaysia.

Edited February 22, 2008 by Smiley

[Getzmanzz]

correction

 

we go overseas, we are 2nd class citizen.

we stay here, we are 3rdclass citizen.

Edited February 22, 2008 by Getzmanzz

[Smiley]

3rd class?? why?? 2nd class very chiam liao, how come 3rd class?? how come?? i cannot take it.... i want to jump!!

[Getzmanzz]

rich people 1st class,

FT 2nd class

we normal sillporean 3rd class

[Smiley]

got it......

[Nutty]

rich people 1st class,

FT 2nd class

Ah Meng 3rd class

we normal sillporean no class

[Beei]

rich people 1st class,

FT 2nd class upper

Ah Meng 2nd class lower

we normal sillporean slaves

[Beei]

"Under the Cheaplabour Act, you die die must report to Cheaplabour Camp on 30 Feb 08 for blah blah blah. Or else you will be condemmed as a defaulter and 100% kenna charged for not protecting the richs, FTs, and Ah Meng's grave."

 

Idiotic Acts. Served NS to protect FTs and give them our jobs in the process. We are the only country doing these things..

[Albeniz]

My company's R&D department - 80% FTs.

 

But that doesn't make our products robust.

I am facing the customers day in day out, and receive a lot of tongue lashing for a fcuk-ed product.

Everyday, I see them coming in late. Spend a lot of time talking crap, lazing at pantry.

So FTs does not always mean they are the best of the best.

 

Go to our two world class university labs and you will find similar situation.

Most Masters and Ph. D postgraduates are FTs.

 

Where are our local brains?

[Blackwind]

See here. Really boils me up.........

 

http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/viewtopic...321e50b00c459d1

 

i guess it is not so much of being singaporean or ft. i guess it is about who has money and who has not.

 

im a singaporean, i worked full time and studied full time when i was in poly. worked from 11pm to 7am at apple factory. go straight to school after work. finish school in the afternoon or evening depending on timetable. go back home and rest until 9pm.... and off to work again. my marks were horrible so i can onli go to sim. again i worked full time when i was studying in sim. ontop of that, 2yrs in ns wasted my valuable time. i'm going to be 29 now and it is now that i finally see money growing in my bank.

 

my singaporean friend on the other hand always played a fool at school, onli studied until n-levels. but his parents are filthy rich, sent him to the states and has completed a phd and is doing very well now.

 

another singaporean n-level holder fren of mine on the other hand who doesn't have the financial muscles is currently stuck doing some odd job earning 1k a month. her husband also earns arnd the same amount n life is very tough for them.

 

then i hav this singaporean fren of mine who is reasonably well to do and is a highflyer, went to UK to study, did well and everything was sponsored by his University since then. high pay, great future... he will stay there.

 

another fren of mine hired a filipino maid recently. he told me that she was a degree holder but had no money to further her studies so ended up becoming a maid.

 

in a nutshell it is not about being singaporean or FT.... it is about who has money and who has not. if you have no money the only way is to be super hardworking or super clever.... if not cannot survive in singapore. life is unfair but must get used to it. imagine if we were born in some 3rd world countries... no matter how hard we try life will still be difficult/unfair for us.

 

no point getting stressed up over such unfair matters as nothing in life is fair. but that doesnt mean we must take all the heat and keep quiet... it is good to fight for fairer opportunities like the graduate in this example so that atleast future generations will benefit.

[Scoots]

While I do agree with you on the cold reality about money and what is opens up, I cannot agree to subscribe the the consolation of "imagine if we were born in some 3rd world country..."

 

Agree that we may be born in a better place and time, and that we should be grateful that we are NOT born there, but that doesn't mean that we should stop striving to upgrade ourselves and standard of living. In our society, we have other problems and difficulties that those in 3rd world don't have.

 

But linking back to the subject of this tread, it's the sad reality that we, local born cltizens, are seemingly less welcomed in our own home than FTs.

 

My Singapore, My home...... ??

Edited February 23, 2008 by Scoots