I am shocked of this large number of foreigners needed for
Singapore as projected by the aforementioned division. Already- as I have
experienced and noticed- Singapore is already crowded with people-caused by the
large influx of foreigners-everywhere: be it in the MRT trains, shopping
centres or even places of interest. Also, from what I have read and observed,
not too many Singaporeans are welcoming of too many foreigners, especially if
they are not the good ones: like those who make comments that jeer at
Singaporeans.
Already, sometimes I ask myself whether this is my home when
I am out of the streets as I see around me hundreds of foreigners walking the
streets. I do not dislike or condemn foreigner just that if there are so many
foreigners in my homeland, I do feel a bit uncomfortable and that Singapore is
not like my home anymore.
At many instances, I have to resort to using the native
language of foreign service staff when purchasing goods and services. I think
if this trend is to continue unabated and uncontrolled, sooner or later,
Singapore’s English will definitely go downhill.
It saddens me to say that I do not feel at home anymore in
Singapore with the huge influx of foreigners into our shores, frequent
breakdown of the MRT trains and the astronomical high cost of living. I think
the 1980s to 1990s is the time I enjoy living in Singapore. After 2000, I feel
that life in Singapore has become more and more hectic and not enjoyable. I
feel more and more Singaporeans are becoming too stressed of the hectic demands
of living here. This may translate to the widespread phenomenon of hair
thinning and balding here and the increased promiscuity among Singapore’s men
and women here as they may want to seek an outlet to escape from the super
hectic and super stressful life in Singapore. I feel our current ministers are
no longer of the old-guard type, seeking innovative measures boldly for a
better Singapore, rather I feel that they tend to stay status-quo in their
policy-making with their armies of supposedly faultless and elite scholars.