Back from the dead

Oh yes, after ages away from blogger, I've returned from the dead. Damn.. sometimes I feel alot tired than I should be.

Anyway, back on topic. National Day's just over. So what's the big deal about turning 40? Hmm.. that we've become a great city state in that space of time? Not really. What's so great about this city state when the taxes and costs rise every year? Call it whining but I don't give a rat's ass.

We're saddled with alot of financial burdens year in year out. Even with a high-paying job, the taxes, paying for the home's mortgage.. etc. will just burn you out. Its a good country, very secure and all but in short, if its a constant rat race I'd rather live on Mars.

With the recent hoo-haa on the Elected Presidency, I felt kinda sad when I couldn't exercise my right to vote. What gives the PEC or whatever that council is, the right to thumb down an applicant just because he's not rich enough, or his qualifications are not there? I'd rather have a coffee-shop uncle as president than some fella selected by the council to be the "best" man for the job. Read "best" because he wasn't elected by the people.. he was placed on the pedestal.

Kudos to Prez. Nathan for being a good dude and all, but surely, a contest would be much appreciated. Sadly that was not the case. Reading an article on the Straits Time by a lecturer from NUS?? .. some Dr Thio Li Ann? I hope I got that right. He/she summed it pretty perfectly when the question turned into..

Elected or Selected? That is the quintessential question. I leave it to you, the reader to surmise what that means.

Below is an image of one of Martians from the movie Mars Attacks! from CNN.com. That what I feel like doing right now to the people on the council.. *just kidding*