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April 28, 2006
A Politically Apathetic Singaporean
I must confess: I'm politically illiterate. The Singapore General Election's on May 6 (next Saturday) and really, I just don't give a damn.
Almost every night I'm glued to the TV, not watching the news coverage on the politics between PAP, WP and SDP, but watching the politics between Lady Han and Lady Cui in the Korean drama Jewel In The Palace (Dae Jung Geum, Da Chang Jin or as ZY calls it, the Korean cooking show).
I know...I'm so auntie. But it's just more interesting cos it's a more level playing field. Although Lady Han is now the Top Lady of the royal kitchen, Lady Cui still wields great political clout and influence among the other kitchen bitches so she's able to put up a good fight. Never thought cooking a meal for a Korean emperor can be more complicated than electing our Singapore politicians.
Just can't understand why all these ladies want to be Top. If everyone's top, who's gonna be the bottom?
My dear friend ZY seems to have some opinions about the general election. I extracted the following paragraph from his blog:
"One important reason explaining the difficulty of the Opposition is this shrewd system of merging Parliamentary and Municipal elections, whereby constituents elect superman MPs-cum-Town Councilors (who would continue to excel in their professions in law, medecin, and management, while bringing up a picture-perfect family with three or more kids)."
This much, I can understand. It's like having a Chief Lady and a Top Lady instead of having just one superwoman. But what happens when you have a Chief and a Top? They end up playing politics. And mind you, they're kitchen chefs not politicians. So I think there are merits of having just one superwoman lo. It virtually squashes all oppositions and politics.
I didn't ask him for permission to reproduce his blog posting so I can only pray that he's not going to sue me for copyright infringement. Singapore can be a pretty litigious place.
To read more, visit http://quzy.blogspot.com.
I have to introduce him to Jewel In The Palace. He doesn't know what he's missing out.
Posted by loganw at April 28, 2006 08:27 AM
