within s'pore, it seems like the easiest way to live is just by listening to the dua tao, listening to those above u.

go and consider. if u think too much, wad will happen to u? u find that studying is unimportant, apparently making good contacts, friends and ppl relationship is impt. suddenly u tink. why i study. why study and hav a good future, when apparently u dun hav other stuff? u may be promised of money. but does that determine ur happiness next time? it seems wad determines ur happiness will be people around u, or another factor. but most likely, studying is not this other factor which determine ur happiness. so u will start tinking that studies are irrelevant. and when that happens, u dun study, u lose out in society cos u hav no cash to survive.

so u can see our future is very much pre planned for us. go and get a good education, hav good porfolio and cv, get good grades, perform, and cash is urs. and CASH SEEMS TO SHUT PPL UP. it is the truth. ppl are contented wif earning 3k a month, in exchange of the loss of time to tink about their lives. well maybe u can sae cos ppl nid to work for their family. true. but they sure nid their own private time to tink about stuff do they? u tink they are wad? robots? well i really hope sth can be done about this.

it seems only gov't can solve this problem. everybody is preoccupied wif too many things. and all these things lead to money. and money shuts people up. i like to assert that most ppl are not happy. they are juz satisfied. satisfied wif the cash which will bring them survival, and apparently because of this, they dun voice their unhappiness about the lack of time for philosophical thoughts. that's why s'pore loses in art stream. cos we dun pay ppl to sit down and do nothing and think. or maybe we do. juz that they are no one heard of that type of thinkers. isn't it?

s'poreans are happy? probably not heh. 时间就如金钱。我现在特地抽出时间在这儿发表我的意见。这可偷了我可以用来做功课等事情的时间。i told u. we do not have time to think. that's why we lose out. it seems like it's time for something to change in this theoretically developing society, when in fact it's not. because everyone is juz zombified, working according to gov't plans for ur life. and because no one is thinking already.

well to be fair, maybe my above argument is a very big generalisation. because i have to give the benefit of doubt that ppl do think, philosophically. just that they dun dare to show it. why? cos later get ostracised, and ppl think u're weird thinking like this. and it doesn't conform to the POLITICAL NORM. isn't it? but sorry. when u stand firm to wad u tink, political norm will not be so relevant alr.

at the end of the day, though society may be lousy, pls everybody, juz fulfill ur basic societal responsibility. i may want more time for doing nothing and thinking vanity. but i still carry on studying. why? only by playing along wif the system, until u get to the top, then u can make a change. then u can start fiddling alr.