1st World Country, 3rd World Wage Structure

1st World Country, 3rd World Wage Structure?
"For years, companies have creamed off a larger share of economic gains - larger than those in other developed countries or industrialising economies in Asia.

As a result, workers get a slice of Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) that is considered unusually

tiny

compared with their counterparts' share in those countries.


many people have asked: how come we have economic growth of 10%, but we cannot feel the goodness?
where all the money have gone to?

we knew that 80% of the company profit goes to 20% of the top management whilst 20% of the rest is for 80% of the workers.

so, we can see the clearer picture from here.
we the workers worked like shit, had minimum increments over the past few years.
our CPF cut when there is a crisis and when good times have come, it is the same as ever.

For years, companies have creamed off a larger share of economic gains.

it really make us feel bad when you know the truth.

transport fares

come july the 3rd, there will be fare adjustment for the buses and MRT.
for some commuters, they may have slight savings while other remained the same.

but not for the elders who enjoyed a flat rateof 68 cents before 3rd july.
now the flat rate has increased to 86 cents, an increment of 18 cents.

still, it was a tiny sum as compared to others who enjoyed saving instead.

however, they are the vocals ones, perferred to be the silent ones, and kept quiet since the fare's adjustments a few weeks ago.

for those smokers who smoke outside the flat, they will noticed this sign..

smoking

i do not like people smoking, but i do not hate them as some of them chose a corner to smoke.
however, i hate those who smoke outside their flat, tnd let their neighbours have their second-hand smoke.
for their own conveniences sake, and to satisfy their needs, they do not care about other but they themselves only.

people have become selfish nowadays and i have noticed the changes long, long ago.
are our society progressing orwalking backwards..?

you have already know the answer

the special one

Mourinho always likes the last word, as he is plotting more Champions League success if he signs for Real Madrid.

"Few have the privilege of winning it.
it's an even bigger privilege winning it twice.
i can win a third, a forth, a fifth time but i don't like the feelings will be different," he said.

"the feelings are joy and happiness and a tear if i leave."

Mourinho always proved that he is always right in the end.
again and again, he showed that he could win the much prized trophy.
he said it and he did it.

unlike one minister said that singapore will be in the final 32 teams of 2010 world cup.
he is building castle in the air, knowing that it was the gigantic lie.
and yet he said it and reported in the press!
shame on you.

I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

I am the man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to ol' Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised.

The place where he was born and raised

For six long years I've been in trouble,
no pleasure here on earth I've found
For in this world, I'm bound to ramble,
I have no friends to help me now.

He has no friends to help him now

It's fair thee well, my old true lover,
I never expect to see you again.
For I'm bound to ride that Northern Railroad,
perhaps I'll die upon this train

Perhaps he'll die upon this train

You can bury me in some deep valley,
For many years where I may lay.
And you may learn to love another
while I am sleeping in my grave.

While he is sleeping in his grave

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given,
I'll meet you on Gods golden shore

He'll meet you on God's golden shore

North and South Korea

ring finger

eversince i injured my left ring finger, i have changed much since then.
i am no longer no same person.
i have changed but still walked on the narrow path which i have chosen.
it is my choice.
no one else.

for friends

for friends.
as days passes by, as we works,
friends are disappearing from my phone list.
each year, it is getting smaller as we strikes off friends whom i trusted them but betrayed me in the end.

all left are few but precious friends whom i can depended on.

they are truly my friends.

talk less do more

i have learnt from my mistakes in the past.
luckily friends told me and advised me.
Talk less and do more.

i have been too trusting in others, and in the end, i have fallen, hard.

calm

i will be calm.
i will be still.
in quietness and silence.

too many jobs for singaporeans?

they told you that Singaporeans should not be choosy, take whatever jobs that comes up, but they never told you this:

The momentum has now ground to a halt because of the economic crisis.
But if the pace picks up again, Singaporeans could end up being outnumbered by foreigners in the workplace.

there could be more than three million foreigners working here by 2030, forming half the workforce. That will jump to almost 10 million by 2050, making up 75 per cent of employees here.

It is a frightening leap from the current figure of one million, or 36 per cent of the workforce.

Of the 235,000 jobs added in 2007, six in 10 went to foreigners. The ratio rose last year, with foreigners taking seven in 10 of the 222,000 new jobs.
This means that almost 300,000 foreigners flocked here to take up jobs in the past two years, pushing their population past the one million mark for the first time.

bad blood

Hong Kong comedy and drama actor, Richard Ng said this.

He told once he witnessed with his own eyes a China man pulling a woman out of a cab just because he wanted to have the cab for himself first.

He also commented on the huge influx of China immigrants into Singapore.

He said in time to come, Singapore's crime rate would go up because of these immigrants.

He added the Singapore government was importing bad blood.

attitude

it is just a simple task, but attitude that counts.
different people reacts to the task and have different attitudes.
the aim to do the things even better.
but what we saw is the exact opposite.
they just do not care.

honour

i will fight for honour,
regardless of everything.

Welcome To Next Great Depression

it is coming.
for every success came the greatest failure.

robin hood:one man can change the world

Robin Hood 2010 is not the typical story of the man and his gang of “merry” men stealing from the rich and giving to the poor that we have known for years.

This “new” version of the famous creator is more detailed and purposed.

Robin Hood 2010 starts out by giving us a more detailed history of the famed archer and how he sacrifices himself for his country.

Russel Crowe brings his usual expert performance to this film. Crowe makes us believe the notion that one man can change the world.

Max von Sydow, Kate Blanchett and William Hurt also give stellar performances. This version of Robin Hood is bloody and violent and is not for little kids.

As I was watching this movie, I kept thinking of the movie Gladiator and how Robin Hood falls along the same lines.

Don’t get me wrong here, this movie is an excellent movie.

If someone other than Russel Crowe were playing the lead I would probably never made the comparison.

Just as Russel Crowe made Gladiator the hit movie it was, he will also be remembered for Robin Hood.

This movie is definitely a must see for all action fans as Robin Hood 2010 will not disappoint you.

the saddest sound

Alvin Tan: Jobless reader cried with Mum on Mother’s Day, May 18th, 2010


if anybody asks me what I have given my mum on Mother’s Day last weekend, my answer will be – SORROW.

“Oh, you’re such a unfilial son!” one will quickly retort.

No, no, hear me out.

I am a 44-year old single guy, held the post of a senior manager before but was retrenched last year.

I have sent out more than 230 copies of my CV to potential employers but received only less than 15 interviews so far.

Each appointment brought forth false hopes of employment and ultimately disappointment. How many rejections can a person take?

I was furious and dismayed but I could take it all.

As for my mum, she can’t. Such is the love of a mother has for his son. She wants her son to be gainfully employed and not daily coop up at home living a meaningless life.

I know that she is worried for me as each time when she heard that there was an interview coming, she would iron my clothes personally because she knows that my ironing is out of this world.

Weeks and months have now passed and I am still at home, patiently cutting papers for job opportunities.

I also began to slowly doubt myself – is there something wrong with me? Am I that bad that no employer is willing to give me a chance?

My savings are also drying up and the bills are haunting me slowly.

I can take it all – but not my mum.

She can’t bear to see her beloved son unemployed for so long.

You see, a year ago, I promised my mum on Mother’s Day that I will give her a good treat when I can find a job.

More than 365 days had passed since that day. How time flies when you are jobless.

Finally, Mother’s Day came last Sunday. I asked her what would she want for a Mother’s Day gift?

She cried and said: “The best present will be a job for you.”

I hugged her and we cried together.

Tears filled my eyes and there is a growing resentment within me.

I don’t hate myself anymore for being unemployed. I hate the current policies of Singapore.

It is not that I am lazy but the truth of the matter is many jobs have now gone to the foreigners.



Under Singapore’s lax labor policies, companies are allowed to employ foreigners so long a quota for local workers are fulfilled.

The situation is further exacerbated by the astonishingly short time in which the PRs are granted.

Most countries require foreigners to reside for a period of time before they are allowed to apply for PR but not in Singapore!

Two out of every three PR applications are successful here.

Many of these so-called foreign talents are in direct competition with us locals for jobs. Can Singapore truly accommodates six million people? Where are the additional jobs going to come from?

I have served my 2-year national service to protect my country and now my country is filled with these foreigners, which I am obligated to protect. How ironical can it be!

Is this what I deserve for being a true Singaporean?

As for my mum, she will have to wait a while longer for her Mother’s Day treat from me.

mother's love

when i injured ourselves one day, the first person whom came into our mind is my mother.
no body else but my mother.

the call of the wild

the howling
the cry,
the hope
and
the wishes..
not for me, but for my mother