wow weee as again just zooommmed & its National Day yoohoos as again.
42th Birthday haha. sounds so old yet so young when compared to the rest of the world....

 

Yes once again azure takes pride in being a Singaporean, holding the red passport, globe-trotting on business or quirky adventures. Many have asked me, "hey, what's so nice about Singapore that makes you luv it so mucha ?" or probably more locale, "eh siao eh, damm bo liao leh u, ai Sin Gar Por, choon boh, mai siao la, wah piang !!!"

 

hahah okies, frankly, the 1st time i recalled feeling the love for Singapore was when i went on business to Sweden. Sounds strange, indeed.

 

Prior to this, i've been travelling on school field trips or on vacations to 1st - 3rd world countries but never did i have such thoughts. No no dun get me wrong, there is nothing wrong about Sweden, infact, it's a nice place where great friendships were forged.

 

Can't helped but each time as my flight land at Changi aiport, the feeling of tired relief comes vividly. The smile widens as the plane unlocked and as i walked to the immigration counter.

 

Home at last!

 

Still till this day, azure still shed tears of pride while watching the march-pass & also be reminded of saluting the flag during NPCC days.

 

Holding the red passport, visiting visas - never an issue. People who came across me, speaks of Singapore as a brand. The green parks, the urban planning and also the obedient citizens are just some common remarks that were mentioned each time my nationality is exposed. haha.

 

Frankly, i feel fortunate to be a Singaporean, where there are alot of things, so well taken cared of, that we took for granted. There is no perfect world, but here, meritocracy for the average Jane / Joe still exists.

 

Reading the articles about patriotism especially for the ones overseas is really inspiring. Whopping 55.7% will lay their lives for the nation. hahah just realised that i took part in that survey ... this is nice to know cos being such a young nation, where her citizens, being well educated and having a comparatively good standard of living, are always tempted to the greener pasture elsewhere. Deep down inside, indeed, you just can't take off the kopitiam within us.

 

To quote the article on the newspaper today - True patriotism is about turning that momet of silliness in to reflexive as well as reflective way of life, without having to finger national prayer beads while counting our blessing as a country.

 

Not attempting to explain the love for our country cos the more we try to explain, the more contrived and contingent our love becomes. Maybe we should learn from the American - when u ask them why they love their country, their response: " I just love my country."  and then, its a Period. Cool say.