Wanna Mess With Baked Regularity? Sure

Singapore is not a country of second chances. The meritocratic system we grew up with doesn't applaud failures and wishes them the best. So unfortunately our size and miniscule population doesn't allow for avenues for experimentation, so kids aim for tertiary education at the staunch behest of their parents so that they get a great job and make big money. (The pursuit of material validation for one's successes is an inevitable result of meritocracy, else why would we go through with it? So kids get PSPs when they pass exams and adults hope for big bonuses) If one doesn't comply somewhere along the way, one's options become limited by a fairly large degree. And you get stuck and make do. In the general scheme of things, everyone seems to have their place and do so for the greater good of seeing Singapore succeed. Sticking with the plan should get you the best result, generally. If you want to step out of the conformity, you better be darn sure you have a plan or tons of money or want to endure hunger, homelessness and ridicule (well, at the extreme I guess). No second chances.

So what's wrong with voting the Opposition for the sake of having a different voice in Parliament? Ah-hah. Doesn't seem part of the plan eh? Not really sure of what such an ingredient would do to the grand, seemingly fine, concoction of a regularity we got baking these past decades? Like in cooking, you'd never know if you didn't try. I also mean you wouldn't add curry powder to an apple pie, but a dash of a curry spice like star anise could help with a complimentary sensory accent. Clever additions, not wild experimentation.

We're smart enough to judge if we're listening to crap from the Opposition. More importantly, this is also a time to realise if the incumbents have been spewing crap within the baked regularity we've been used to, and have they burned the pie? I hope we're smart to also realise that sometimes rocking the boat makes the captain run his ship with greater care for the passengers. Remember, the folks in the Opposition are mostly the product of the Singapore system too, and hope to make a valuable difference to our tiny country. Like you and me, they would like to be heard. Please listen. Then, with conviction make a choice on May 7.