Pain of a Working Class Father....in Singapore

[TopSage]

Working Class Father in Singapore

Oh daddy how come we have no car?
Because it is too expensive, my son.
How come my friends father all drive?
Why do must we take MRT and bus?
Because daddy does not earn not enough.

Oh daddy, where are we going this holiday.
Son, we are going to Lego Land in Malaysia.
Malaysia again? I want to go to Europe and America.
How come my friends get to go so faraway?
Why is it always Genting and that lagoon in Sunway.

Oh daddy, why don't you make more money,
So we can stay condo and eat sushi.
I'm tired of hawker center and kway teow mee.
I want better, daddy please give to me.

Oh daddy, you look so tired and drained,
Did your FT boss scold you again?
Oh daddy, please up your productivity.
Try to get promoted and earn more money.

How come other people's dad so capable,
Drive BMW and live in private condo.
Their children all get private tuition,
While I struggle through my education.
On their body are branded creations/
Why must I wear imitation?
Cheap pasar malam clothing,
I think is skin irritating.

Oh daddy, you quarrel with mom today,
You gambled all housekeeping money away?
4D every week you must play?
Why don't you work harder to earn more pay?

Why do I have a father with no degree,
Look down upon by our capitalistic society.
Every month struggle to make ends meet,
So many OTs and no-off weeks.
Still, the cost of living rise faster than he can earn,
Numerous new things he has struggle to learn.

Deep inside I know he tries his best,
He struggle so hard and never rest.
Late night shifts for a few dollars more,
For those new pair of shoes I wore.
I know no matter how hard he cannot catch up,
They overrun him with cheap foreign imports.
Younger workers with whom he must compete,
Bullied at work he dare not speak/

Oh daddy, you look so worried today,
You deep wrinkles are a giveaway.
Oh daddy, what is on your mind?
Your foreign boss again unkind?
Did they humiliate you at workplace,
Say you're too slow too old nowadays?

Oh daddy, I'm okay to take bus and MRT
I don't mind living in H-D-B,
I don't want any holiday to Europe,
No need branded shoes and clothes.
I know whatever it is you still love me,
That's enough for me to be happy.

I just want again to see your smile,
For me you went the extra mile.
A working class father nothing is easy,
Every dollar you sweated for the family.
Others can look down on our poverty,
But we will stand up proudly,
For you are the ones that work the hardest,
They rob when they pay you the lowest.
But every working class father is truly
The backbone of our economy.

 

[Leongsam]

The thread title should be "The pain of a loser in Singapore".

 

[TopSage]

The thread title should be "The pain of a loser in Singapore".

Also can, but that makes 2.8M losers in Singapore. 83% live in HDB, less that 20% of families have cars. less than one quarter university degree
This is the PAP system - many losers, few BIG WINNERS....

 

[Leongsam]

many losers, few BIG WINNERS....

That's a good system and it's the way it should be. Imagine what the Olympics would be like if the majority of the participants won medals and only a small number went home empty handed. The top athletes wouldn't bother to take part and the stands would be empty.

 

[saratogas]

Pain is when you need to take public transport (packed MRT) to work... Meeting inconsiderate FTs... Ah Nehs, PRCs, Pinoys etc. But can't help to change the situation. Gahment say we need them...

 

[Leongsam]

Pain is when you need to take public transport (packed MRT) to work... Meeting inconsiderate FTs... Ah Nehs, PRCs, Pinoys etc. But can't help to change the situation. Gahment say we need them...

If life is a picnic for everyone, society goes soft in no time.

It's blatantly obvious that this is what has happened to Singapore. The abundance of jobs in the 70s, 80s and early 90s resulted in Singapore society becoming arrogant, complacent and lazy to the point where they actually believed a well paying job was a right rather than a privilege.

This is why spurs now need to be stuck into their hides to get them going again.

 

[TopSage]

If life is a picnic for everyone, society goes soft in no time.

It's blatantly obvious that this is what has happened to Singapore. The abundance of jobs in the 70s, 80s and early 90s resulted in Singapore society becoming arrogant, complacent and lazy to the point where they actually believed a well paying job was a right rather than a privilege.

This is why spurs now need to be stuck into their hides to get them going again.

Yes according to your logic 70s,80s, 90s were too good for workers so we should roll back to 1960s and call this progress...
Yes, yes logic can be twisted like tongue twisters for the sake of argument and the workers can always suffer more because they can always be viewed as pampered so long as they have more than food.

 

[Leongsam]

Yes according to your logic 70s,80s, 90s were too good for workers so we should roll back to 1960s and call this progress...
Yes, yes logic can be twisted like tongue twisters for the sake of argument and the workers can always suffer more because they can always be viewed as pampered so long as they have more than food.

If there is no pain in being a loser, nobody will bother striving for excellence to become a winner.

 

[TracyTan866]

If life is a picnic for everyone, society goes soft in no time.

You are wrong

Life is a picnic for me and I have everything I want. But I am very strong against the pap.

 

[batman1]

That's the life cycle of a good,honest and hard-working average singaporean father despite the colossal financial burdens
shackled on his shoulders.

 

[mojito]

Man's Unspeakable Pain



Premature Ejaculation

 

[mojito]

If life is a picnic for everyone, society goes soft in no time.

It's blatantly obvious that this is what has happened to Singapore. The abundance of jobs in the 70s, 80s and early 90s resulted in Singapore society becoming arrogant, complacent and lazy to the point where they actually believed a well paying job was a right rather than a privilege.

This is why spurs now need to be stuck into their hides to get them going again.

So says the softy who has creamed off the boons of the PAP. That's really rich coming from you.

Trying to yank off the ladder of social mobility after climbing it? How Sinkie you are!

 

[Cruxx]

If there is no pain in being a loser, nobody will bother striving for excellence to become a winner.

Agree. The purpose of becoming a winner is to enjoy a less painful life. To achieve this purpose, we need to endure a lot of pain.

 

[mojito]

Agree. The purpose of becoming a winner is to enjoy a less painful life. To achieve this purpose, we need to endure a lot of pain.

Ah, but not all winners have to endure lots of pain. You have confused cause and effect.

 

[aquilonian]

Thats rather cynical.

The thread title should be "The pain of a loser in Singapore".

 

[Cruxx]

Ah, but not all winners have to endure lots of pain. You have confused cause and effect.

Tell that to Samantha Leong.

 

[StinkiePeasants]

The thread title should be "The pain of a loser in Singapore".

I can see why the loser can't afford those things that his son wants. Because his English is terrible with plenty of wrong grammars and incorrect sentence structures. No sensible employer would want to hire a person with such a bad command of the English language and pay him a high salary. Hence, his low wages doing menial jobs. He only has himself to blame.

 

[UncleTOBY]

It's easy to say things when you've made it but for most, it's a life struggle all their lives.

 

[Leongsam]

It's easy to say things when you've made it but for most, it's a life struggle all their lives.

Don't worry about it. If life is a struggle for them, then so be it. Someone has to lose. We can't all win.

Life is never fair. Some people will breeze through life. Otherwise will find it living hell. It's the natural order of things.

 

[Robert Half]

My father also do not own a car and travel to Europe for vacation. But his life saving is sufficient for me to live in reasonable comfort without having to work for people for the next 25 years.

That is what a good father can do for a son.... not those so-called winners who like to lavish spend to show off to other 要面子 people.

I am very happy and content to have a good father who really do a financial plan for me rather than those who left nothing for his children and give his money to those elites