Why are there more floodings....

Long from my secondary school days, we were taught that the monsoon seasons during the Nov / Dec period brings us our annual wettest months. Day in day out, the skies alike teenage tantrums, happy, bring out the sun... moody, blanket the skies with clouds, anal and pissed, we end up being drown in sorrows as the sky breaks a hole and let in all the water.

With past case studies, despite the torrential downpour, our well established drainage network proved seamless. Strangely, there have been cases of flooding on certain regions of our island... especially the lower lying areas. How could it be? Our champion planning government didnt map out the drainage system properly meh?

After much thoughts due to being trapped indoors by lousy wet weather, I came to a conclusion... Our island has a sound drainage, its just that we are sinking~

Too many ppl coming into our small tropical island... gradually becoming a playground for the rich and a slave market for the rich wannabes. Globalization has allowed our island nation to rake in the brains and brawns everywhere.

The smart ones wear power suits and sip Dilmah tea in the CBD, the brawn loiter ard little india or chinatown when they knock off. Everyone is coming into our already populous country, and its adding to the weight she can take.

She is sinking, therefore more floods are bound to happen. How can we help allueviate the situation? By daming up marina bay to keep the tides out? Or stop ppl from coming in? I aint smart enough to come up with the policies to get a win-win situation =(

grit on for a brighter and sunnier Singapore bah~

For thy rainbow, thou to bear with the rain~

My tour as a commander of 20+ guys has so far been rather rollercoaster. There are times that those kids tight-rope on my line of patience or incidents as they get themselves into hot soup awaiting my judgement to fish them out or let them simmer in it and of course triumphant moments when my soldiers display their altruistic efforts, putting in nothing but their best.

Its kinda enriching for me to be empowered with the authority n at the same time the responsibility for 20 over young man taking orders from me. My personal stand is to ensure the 2 years given to our nation wont be wasted. I would want to let them go through trails and experience what life can bring and give to them in order to prep them for the future years ahead after they shed their green uniforms and drop all those army-biased jargons we all love and hate. If you want to put it, its my dream to pass on what I had picked up during my time in "green" and for me to pay it forward for the ppl i interact with. Keeping my fingers crossed and concisence clear to provide my guys only the best I can offer.

Alas, it aint easy to juggle between reward and punishment. Spare the rod and spoil the child, wield it too often and it will create a morale dent. Quite a challenge for me to maintain a balance and just system within the company I am handling. Especially when the upper management of mine aint really a "people" person. So many instances when I get drained and down when faced with unreasonable orders and hurtful remarks...

Sometimes I wonder if its really my boss or is it me who is too superficial and unable to see the bigger, higher view picture of everything. Whether if I had been too defensive of my subordinates.

"Its never the problem of the systems, its the user problem" - quote from my out-going CO.
I believe in what he said and it has proven its track records even wiht my short 6 months.

Everyday is a learning experience for me, to see the sunshine, gale and the rains. What ever comes, I will take it down, no sweat. Nonetheless, I love my job and will keep basking in the rainbows. Of course always remembering thy oathe - to lead to excel and to overcome.

patrix