How can we escape from the current boring lifestyle in singapore without having to spend much money? Tricky question right? Singapore is a great city, for the RICH! We pay for everything we do, including having fresh air and unblock view( staying higher floor ;)) ....I am not sure if you notice a scenario in singapore. That scenario, I believe it has been around for quite some time and i am sure that it will continue to happen....
Imagine you are eating in a food court, be it hawker center or shopping mall, try to look around you, what do you see besides the food stalls and plenty of people walking around and waiting for your seat ? You will see many of the cleaner are busy clearing the table full of plates, they are at the age of your parent ( i mean retired parents)! At night, before entering the lift have you ever see any old people collecting rubbish/ aluminium cans from the rubbish bin just next to your HDB lift? So what is actually happened here?
To me, i will never want my parents to do all the above. These are not embarrasing job but i only hope that at that age they can enjoy their retirement life which they didnt due to giving all the best to us, their children! You may argue, that is what they choose to do, cleaner at school, shopping malls, and at night collecting aluminium cans......anyone of you would like to do that one day when you are retired and old? Not if you have no choice right? So, i always wonder if the seold people really need to work at their age? May be they do not want to be burden to their kids? They do not want to be 3 Deng citizen, ( deng in manderin is waiting), deng Eat,deng Sleep, Deng Si (Si in hokkien is die)...hard to know the reason but i believe it is the combination of the above....
Firstly, clapclap! To contribute to the society by working , contribute to spore working force. Secondly, do not want to be the burden for their kid. Thirdly, nobody want to be 3 Deng citizen......Something must be wrong, somewhere, somehow.....
One thing to be sure, do plan for your future now and work hard and smart for your future....it is a long long journey and the journey starts after you retired. Learn from the west, do give everything to your children as you deserve to have a good life as well. So invest wisely and save enough for your golden day! Yes, since we cant help change the current situation, we can help to lighten their work load by returning your food tray to the collection point be it in the food court or hawker center and when you are serve by the old aunty, do thanks them for doing a good job.
good article! maybe the government need to do something to correct this phenomena too ?
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