strange days and stranger nights.
slept for an hour and woke up feeling rather refreshed. cannot get back to sleep. don't feel tired at all, but think i will suffer later in the day.
anyway, since i could not sleep, i did some reading and re-read this interesting article on ST some time back. now posted on some blog.
http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/days-of-reflection-for-mm-lee-kuan-yew/
reading it and the comments makes me realize a few things.
sgforumers are generally idiots compared to forumers such as these.
“We mourn the blossoms of May, for they are to wither; but we know, that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops,–which teaches us always, in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.”
LKY knows that he did terrible things. he chose to do them. for what? for Singapore. do we really understand what had to be done at those times?
everyone makes mistakes. not even he could foresee the problems that arose from his decisions. so live with it.
he is a man. a smart man. a powerful man. still a man. his wife have since passed on. he is old and frail. he knows it's soon. and yet, besides all this, he worries about Singapore and our future. what a man!
yes, many people condemn him and his family for running Singapore the way it is being run. to me, we have done well. could we have done better? probably not by much. to do much much worse is much much easier. recent years have seen tremendous change in global, regional and local scene. i believe Singapore needs to stand firm in this troubled times and not be swayed by passing squalls. it seems that the government is more keen to go with the flow, even when the flow change every few months. not easy on the populace. still we need to change and adapt. perhaps..
then i remember searching and reading about 'Maranatha'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranatha
http://www.swamij.com/maranatha.htm
interesting. will further study that. ok, try to sleep another hour before leaving the house.
slept for an hour and woke up feeling rather refreshed. cannot get back to sleep. don't feel tired at all, but think i will suffer later in the day.
anyway, since i could not sleep, i did some reading and re-read this interesting article on ST some time back. now posted on some blog.
http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/days-of-reflection-for-mm-lee-kuan-yew/
reading it and the comments makes me realize a few things.
sgforumers are generally idiots compared to forumers such as these.
“We mourn the blossoms of May, for they are to wither; but we know, that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops,–which teaches us always, in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.”
LKY knows that he did terrible things. he chose to do them. for what? for Singapore. do we really understand what had to be done at those times?
everyone makes mistakes. not even he could foresee the problems that arose from his decisions. so live with it.
he is a man. a smart man. a powerful man. still a man. his wife have since passed on. he is old and frail. he knows it's soon. and yet, besides all this, he worries about Singapore and our future. what a man!
yes, many people condemn him and his family for running Singapore the way it is being run. to me, we have done well. could we have done better? probably not by much. to do much much worse is much much easier. recent years have seen tremendous change in global, regional and local scene. i believe Singapore needs to stand firm in this troubled times and not be swayed by passing squalls. it seems that the government is more keen to go with the flow, even when the flow change every few months. not easy on the populace. still we need to change and adapt. perhaps..
then i remember searching and reading about 'Maranatha'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranatha
http://www.swamij.com/maranatha.htm
interesting. will further study that. ok, try to sleep another hour before leaving the house.
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